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(...) I remember when I was a kid and had walked into a model RR shop...how the seemingly crusty old owner had warned me not to touch dem' trains. Of course most kids today have half-a$$ed parents who never did learn to respect other's property (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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3 months of USMC boot camp overwith, & straight to Legoland I went, now, I'm back online, & back to the LEGO!! I have alot of catching up to do, if you need to contact me, send it to shi_web@hotmail.com. Josh (PFC BAAKKO) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow. I'm apalled at that parent's lack of respect for your efforts. I would have set them straight that you are not working for LEGO and that the display represents the hard work of a group of private individuals. They don't let you touch the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Good point, whenever little ones try to touch the layout and I have to "correct" them, I always end my statement with "we have a play area over here and you can touch all you want"...this sends them heading right for the play table with a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"Ted Michon" <ted@michon.com> wrote in message news:H6toDM.C7@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This is a good reason to have a play area. You keep the hands off your layout but still let people touch bricks. Play (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm thinking it would be fun to add answers (ala Jeopardy, without the questions) to the backs of our business cards. They might include: More than 100,000, less than 500,000 About 3 months 16 people from 4 counties At Target for $99 We don't (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Our display turned up in the Festival of Trees picture in the Atlanta Journal: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.mediawatch)
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We go with the "Make Conan an offer!" answer to the "How much is it worth?" question. We've had a few qualifing offers, but it turns out most 8 year olds can't write checks. The numbers at the Minnesota Transportation Museum were up to 400 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) A few of my favorite answers to common questions: "A lot of people a lot of time." "About three-point-seven zillion pieces." "I don't even want to think about how much it cost." And of course, the ever-popular: "No, we don't work for LEGO." (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"No we did not glue them together!" Paul SCLTC (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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PNLTC checking in... OMSI is a small show due to venue (and by choice) so the pics will be underwhelming compared to other BIG shows this weekend. All the same, we had lots of fun spreading the word... "Yes! Matter of fact since the 1960s." You all (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:H6qqo9.JtK@lugnet.com... (...) week! (...) NCLTC has a layout on display for the month of December at South Hills Mall in Raleigh. This afternoon we set up our play area and collected food to benefit (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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John, Add GFLTC to your list... Seasonal Sensations at the Pinewood Cultural Park, December 7, 2002... Here are some pictures! I say, not a bad layout for a one day show... (URL) week it's SMRC Model Train Show at the Manatee Civic Center in (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Bring it on, baby... I can hardly wait to see the pics. PS if all goes well mine will be on display again at our show the last weekend of the year, and it will be (slightly) bigger, as it won't be up against a wall and will need a back... (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hello John, hello everybody, (...) And for sure it can be used for block control. The whole idea of block control is that you can have more than one train running on a single track without having them ever crash. As the name block control suggests, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Looking forward to the pix. Next weekend Dec. 14 & 15 we will be showing at GATS Memphis, come see what a real mountain should look like. (nothing but love Larry). Matthew Greene (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You should add NELUG to the list as well. We are running our 10' x 20' train layout at the Festival of Trees fundraiser for the American Kidney Foundation at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston. This is essentially the same layout that we ran at (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) There are various block control systems, originally designed for model railroaders that do NOT require alterations to the motor blocks. I have a huge article here about one such system, designed for a dutch modelrailroad magazine called (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was watching a movie set in Europe yesterday and I realized one of the reasons they were so willing to go along with that was because that is how some British trains look. They look like they're set on a baseplate, as opposed to the seperate (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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