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| All - I'm looking for a place to crash Thursday night before BrickFest. I have hotel arrangements with a roommate but that room is only reserved for Fri-Sun. Is there anyone local who can put me up for a night? A couch or a recliner (or a floor if (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
| | | | | May meeting train stuff?
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| Looks like you guys were up to something train-wise earlier this month. Anything interesting discovered? If so, please consider posting details to .trains. Rick Clark (23 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | WAMALUG May Meeting
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| Date: Saturday, May 10, 2003 Time: 12:00PM - 5:00PM Location: GMU Arlington Campus 3401 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, Virginia 22201 Room: 257 If you're in the area and you have a chance just stop in, join us! Take the Metro if you can as parking (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
| | | | | WAMALUG April meeting
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| Date: Sunday, April 13, 2003 Time: 12:00PM - 5:00PM Location: GMU Arlington Campus 3401 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, Virginia 22201 Room: 257 If you're in the area and you have a chance just stop in, join us! LEGO Discussion, Show and Tell, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
| | | | | You are invited to a GardenSLUG meet in central New Jersey on 3 May!
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| Hi all, GardenSLUG will be hosting a meeting in central New Jersey on Saturday, May third. We're hoping to have a large turnout of the GardenSLUG regulars and by opening the invites to surrounding communities and clubs, drum up some wider-area (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi)
| | | | | Next Brikwars?
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| When's the next Brikwars planned for? I'm fairly new to the area and I've been looking Brikwars over for a bit and I'm pretty excited to get in on a game. I don't know the normal size of forces that are usually employed during a game, but I'm fairly (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | When was your LUG/LTC/MUG formed?
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| Hi! This is a periodic "call for information" regarding the dates of formation of all LUGs, LTCs, MUGs, etc., around the world. I've been maintaining a comprehensive list for the past couple of years... (URL) I'm thinking of putting into a database (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.msltc, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.carlug, lugnet.org.us.cmlug, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.hrmug, lugnet.org.us.legotics, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.robotics) !
| | | | | Article on Wamalug in Washington City Paper
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| An article on Wamalug was published in Washington's City Paper for the week of December 13th. I finally got around to scanning it, and it can be read here: (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) Post first, ask questions later, be forced to answer thine own post. Searching the Home Depot site, I see that the shelves Adrian recommends are only $20 for a five shelf unit. This looks like a better deal than I remember seeing in the past. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) tub-stacking problem as well. Nice job! I think the hand-crafted vs. pre-fab decision probably comes down to that classic duality -- time vs. money. The shelves I built cost me about $30 for supplies and about 2 hours for planning and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| Now, if only I had enough Lego to make a set of selves like that necessary! Oh, maybe one day... (dreaming... still dreaming... ok, I am back) I also found it quite funny, looking at pictures of 'Shelving for Bricks' hosted by 'BrickShelf.com' (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) Yea, that looks really compact. In fact, it looks more compact that the custom built wood shelves people have been showing (since you get 3 tubs to a shelf, with very little space between them). My biggest complaint about shelving systems is (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) This whole thread has been pretty fascinating, seeing shelving built out of wood. For those of us without the carpentry skills to build such things (yes, I know they're pretty simple) you could always go the route I took. I bought a bunch of (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage -- Bucket Rack
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| (...) Mark, Pardon the expression, but Nice Rack! A couple questions for you: I notice that you and Tom used cross-braces at both the top and bottom of each bin slot. It seems to me that the ones at the bottom of the bin are unnecessary. Did you (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage -- Bucket Rack
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| (...) Here is the rack I created (URL) used 1x3's because thats what I had. I love being able to get the bottom bucket out with out moving the whole stack. mark IndyLUG (24 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage -- Bucket Rack
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| (...) I liked Tom's bin rack idea, but it was the stacks of _buckets_ that I kept tipping over. So I built a rack to hold them. The rack holds a total of 24 buckets, each of which can be slid into its own cubby without disturbing any of the others (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) Tom, If you don't mind could you supply some more measurements and any other information that would be helpfull in building one. Thanks Mark IndyLUG (24 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) I have been meaning to post dimensions and materials for quite some time now, but I have just not gotten around to it. They are made of poplar wood (nominal 1x2s; .75"x1.5") held together with wood glue and 1.25" wood screws. They stack and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | Storage
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| On brickshelf Abe Friedman posted these pictures of the WAMALTC Meeting @ Tom Cook House - November 23, 2002: (URL) Tom or anyone else shed some light on the construction and materials of these. They are a great idea and would like to make somehing (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | | LEGO GREAT PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY!
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| This weekend at Potomac Mills Mall.. The LEGO GREAT PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY! Saturday, October 26th 2700 Potomac Mills Circle Prince William, Virginia 22192 Bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Grand Court to benefit Toys for Tots and receive a free LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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