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To the LUGNET community, This is going to be my last time posting here on LUGNET until I feel that this place becomes worth the effort. The constant flaming, bickering, and attitudes of some posts do not reflect what I come here for. The feeling I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | I'm part of the workforce!
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Well, it's all said and done, and I'm now officially employed. I'll be working in the Drafting Dept. at American Athletic Industries (www.americanathletic.com) in Jefferson, IA. Got my apartment secured today; gonna move next week/weekend. I start (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.ia)
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| | A guiltier expression you *never* will find ...
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Caught in the act: (URL) Yeah, he's people too. (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.fun)
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| | From the 15 minutes of fame department...
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I am supposed to be interviewed today for the local news. It's not LEGO(r) related, although I may slip a little something in, but rather it's because of our many exchange students. We have had GEO exchange students the last 2 summers and are (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does anyone know...
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(...) handy). He doesn't seem to be highly motivated to always return messages. Steve (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Suz Q&A was:[Why the absence of LD in their own newsgroup?]
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(...) I guess I meant: what did you learn from being on the *inside* that informs your attitudes about the company overall and/or how to deal with them? (...) I'm not sure why the parent company has no relationship to the question, but I think we'd (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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| | Suz Q&A was:[Why the absence of LD in their own newsgroup?]
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Here are some short answers, for now.. (...) no. (...) I didn't disclose anything while I worked for TLC (1996-1999), but it's not a secret anymore. I worked for R&D. LEGO Futura, Boston office. LFB's job was to come up with cool, innovative LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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| | Hippo Birdie Matt Gerber!!
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Hey everyone - Its Matt Gerber's birthday today :-) Happy birthday Matt!!! -Tim (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: My biggest Lego Purchase
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(...) If the Lego came included with the house at the price I paid for the house, then I would have listed this as a FOTC*! :-) - Bob * Find of the Century (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: My biggest Lego Purchase
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(...) You mean, the Lego came with the house when you bought it? <innocent look> That must have taken some house-hunting to find! Kevin ---...--- NEW tan facade kit, 427 pieces! (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | My biggest Lego Purchase
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Here's a picture of my largest Lego purchase to date: (URL) OK - it's just a house, but there's a Lego Train Layout set up and a Lego Assembly Room and most of the closets are filled with boxes and boxes of Lego. So it is a Lego related item after (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Looking for Chris Gill
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Does anyone here have any regular contact with Chris Gill, proprietor of the LEGO Antiquities Brickshop? I'm having trouble getting a reply from him, and I'm wondering if there is an e-mail address other than his "betabug@bigfoot.com" one that I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Anniversary
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(...) [...snip rest of story...] I think you did a great job of capturing that. I love the way you adjusted the focus so that the eye was drawn to the Ken minifig. No, you're not loony. Ken, we miss you. I can't believe it's been a whole year. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Anniversary
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This June 30th will be the 1 year anniversary of Ken passing away. We recently had his great aunt from Japan stay with us for about two weeks. (Here's a trick for every one to try sometime, have 6 people ranging in ages 6 months to 100+ in your home (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.people)
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Does anyone know the guy that runs this site: (URL) been trying to email him over the past few days regarding a CAD part. However, I've been getting failure notices indicating that his mail folder is full. I don't have an urgent need to contact him, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Vacation!
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I'll be on vacation without email access until July 9. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) A club "does" whatever the group of people decide they want to do. Some of us specialize in trains, some do Technic, some do Mecha, some do Mindstorms or First LEGO League, some do games like Brickwars or Steve's Pirate Games... Find a bunch (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) A few things... * You get to socialize with people who don't think less of you just because you play with LEGO * Show off your models and see other peoples' models (like Brickshelf, but in real life) * Put on shows for the public (Great (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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(...) What exactly does a lego club do? I know that in the area is a the PNLTC (Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club) in the area. But I am still unclear as to what a lego club does. (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | BrickFest 2002 presentations update
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The BrickFest Schedule has been updated.* The following are just some of the presentations that will occur at this years Fest - July 19-21, just outside of Washington, DC. For more up-to-date info go to www.brickfest.com Jeffrey Ardis - Spybotics (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.people) !
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