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(...) Larry, I would love to engage in class warfare with you -- that is, if you ever exhibited any class to war against. -- Richard (nose in the air) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope, sorry. I'm gonna keep it right here. (...) For the fun of it? To irritate you? But no, actually I don't believe in collecting -- only in building. Collecting is only for those without imagination. I recently asked someone else what the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wait, what about LDrawing! Oh, and Programming, chatting, posting, website building and festing... those are ALL different aspects of our hobby that some of us enjoy. (and don't forget class warfare, we have at least one participant on (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) mentioning (...) Speaking as a marginal pauper, the only thing I find wrong with Larry's deep pockets is that I can't access them. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What about building? Do you consider building part of playing? I mean, building is a totally different option. You should have put 'playing, collecting, and BUILDING'!! Anyway, I disagree with that. You can collect, play, and build(-::-), all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Take your sarcasm to RTL... (...) To imply that there are some who participate in LUGNET who are *not* obsessed is a bit of a stretch. Otherwise, why be here? As far as there not being a point to collecting, that is just so obviously wrong (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) O good. I was worried another 24 hours might slip past without you mentioning your deep pockets or someone else's trust fund status. There is no point in collecting, Larry. Sure you can do it -- but all it expresses is obsession. But, to each (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Disagree. You can do both. It just takes deeper pockets. I have a MISB 4558 and a MISB 6399 I probably never will open but I play with 4558s whenever I want. (...) That I agree with. ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I used LEGO as a demo at Comdex one year for some video stuff (an always moving non-human subject). I thought about setting up a tack at the office in a ping-pong config using Mindstorms to control it. But on second thought I'm not sure why I'd do (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The train is very impressive,the gas-turbine locomotive I've built has four motors.I wonder how powerful this would be in tractive effort? (My layout is way too small to test this!) -Harvey (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) In general, yes. But SR and N&W tended to run long hood first (for crash protection) so saw no reason to have a low hood on what to them was the "back end", since low hoods actually cost more, IIRC (the steel fab work for a high nose was less (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Southern and Norfolk & Western (predecessor roads of Norfolk Southern) typically got high nose versions of stuff, well into the 80s, IIRC. So I'd say GP38 is very possible although I don't have the Diesel Spotters Guide cite to prove it. Tom (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually I am off on hols for 2 weeks now. Perhaps I will come back cured. there isnt a lot of lego in Lanzarote! regards lawrence (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) one of (...) Now if only I could find more MISB 4558, 2150 or 4536 at the prices I paid for them I would be a happy man indeed. Actually I did buy 3x 4536, and built two. I thought I would sell the other to find the purchase. However, my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) work! But have you ever set up a working train loop around your PC? I did, it was cool, but my boss didn't think so:( So I took it home... Build on... Robin W GFLTC (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sure - buy more of the set, so you don't feel bad about opening (at least) one of them ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, if you just leave it in the box, it's almost like just lookin' at pictures of sets in S@H and stores. :-) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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G'Day Ya gotta decide if you want to play OR collect. Playing is much more fun. I mean what is the point of having LEGO sitting in a box ! it should be in ones hands so you can feel it, and then enjoy your finished creations. Cheers Oliver My 1 1/2 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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