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(...) It would be very cool if you could contribute one of you fire houses to the display for a couple days. I have been a big fan of you fire houses for a long time and would love a chance to see one in person. Plus every good train, I mean town, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well I have had one idea stuck in my head now for a while so I might as well share it to see if someone could make it work. Actually I'm almost positive you could make it work but until you have proof that it works thats hard to say. Here is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Should we plan for the week after next, then? If we can pick a date, we might well be able to a) get the private room and b) give enough notice to attract new people. Maybe we could even get the guys at the Construciotn Site to let us put up a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I've heard of someone making a roundhouse that used an RCX brick as it's brain, but I don't know the specifics. eric (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I'd be happy to do that, since I got my way last time. :) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I'd be inta figuring out some kinda mindstorms thing for this. It'd be coolest if it's actually related to the train, not just a sideshow thing. (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) at (...) definatly try to make the next one, especially if it is at Bison County (went there with the wife....yummm). Anyways, I am not much of a train nut, but I could probably come up with a building or two for a display, or maybe even one (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Good Point! I have been trying to sit down with my wife to hash out a date for a BBQ. Unfortunately most of my August weekends are taken with Baby Classes, Baby preparation, and Baby Showers I think except for maybe one Sunday in early August. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I'm excited by the fact that the folks from Greenberg came to Lugnet specifically to ask about Lego train stuff. That means good things about Lugnet and the Lego train fan community in general, IMHO. I'd be happy to contribute some buildings (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug Well I just saw this message in .train.org inviteing LEGO Groups to display their layouts at Greenburg shows. (URL) there are 2 shows in New England. One is in Hartford CT on Nov. 25,26 and Willmington MA on Dec 2,3. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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(...) Mindfest really had education and creative play as the central themes.... (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) <snip> (...) If you folks did a fest in the fall, I don't think it would impact Brickfest at all. After all, Mindfest really wasn't all that different an event from Brickfest (it just had robotics as the central theme rather than train, and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) While I think the Enfield trip would be cool, and it actually has been brought up several times at meetings, I don't know if we should try a brickfest event. This is only because I think at the moment 1 is probably enough and Washington DC is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Hey Town is part of Train isn't it ;-). Kidding aside I think every good train layout needs a town to go with it. If we were ever to attempt a train layout I don't think I would expect everyone to bring Train engines and freight cars. I think (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I've said this in person, but I'll mention it here as well for the sake of, um, well for some reason. :) I really dig Lego trains, but Mindstorms/Technic + Space + Town already exceed my Lego Budget. Trains would make a really expensive (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I take it from the reponse, and lack there of, that there isn't much in the way of train heads up here in New England (At least that read these newsgroups). Thats OK I still plan on doing a little more with it and hopefully doing a larger (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) What!?! How could you *say* that? I'm a New Englander, and I'm not bitter about *anything*! Well. Except maybe this stereotype you're foisting off on us. Wait. Dang. I guess it's true, then. (...) This is great! Perhaps when Bitter Bob makes (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Well this morning I shipped of the NELUG Boxcar to the folks at GMLTC for the kidvention in July. After the kidvention the Boxcar will be routed north to be included in the PNLTC world record event. Included with the boxcar is Bitter Bob a local (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, no, although I was having some problems viewing it. I uploaded it again and it seems to be OK now. On the other hand, I seem to be having weird difficulties with the Javascript I used and my new copy of Netscape. It works fine on PC (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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