 | | ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —John Neal
| | | | Wow, was the ILTCO National Convention ever a BLAST this year! It was great to renew friendships that have been forged over the years and to make new ones, and the camaraderie among LEGO trainheads just keeps getting better. For you (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | | | | | | You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Chris Magno
| | | | | | John, once again it was a BLAST seeing you and Ross. I had a nice time meeting and seeing so many new people, and sort-a new friends I met from Brickworld. I cant speak for janey (who can really?) but I think we both had a fun time hanging and (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —John Neal
| | | | | | | | (...) I guess Ross forgot to mention to you that he is a member of a FIRST robotics team that went to the nationals in Atlanta this year. Oops. (...) Bon Appetit! (Hi, Pierre, Deb!) (...) My motto: "The louder, the funner". Also: "Hey Hoover; you (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Deborah Higdon
| | | | | | | | | | (...) i'll chime in at this point to reiterate those feelings. thanks for letting me hang around the layout and abuse your hospitality. it was great meeting both you, ross and jonathan for the first time. you're nowhere near as nasty as janey said (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Scott Lyttle
| | | | | | | | | | (snip) (...) John, Ross came to Atlanta for FIRST finals...where Joe Meno, Tommy Armstrong, and myself were there..and you didn't tell us?? now you suck... ;) Scott (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —John Neal
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Doood! I had no idea:-( Well, hopefully they will make it to the finals again this upcoming year! Then I'll know to say something. Heck, I'll even tag along as a chaperone:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Scott Lyttle
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) John, you should have been there in 2005, when we had an on-site LEGO store at FLL!! That was crazy...I won't tell you how we did in sales, but I think it made TLG look at the potential of one-shot on-site stores. If you tag along as a (...) (17 years ago, 2-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Joe Meno
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) It's a fun, crazy time. The atmosphere is full of energy, and it's just cool! And the people who are there besides what's become the 'gang' - me, Scott, Bryan Bonahoom, Steve Hassenplug, and now Tommy Armstrong - are really great! And I won't (...) (17 years ago, 2-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Scott Lyttle
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, FLL 2005 was when I got to finally meet Kjeld, and a whole host of TLG folks.. Soren Lund, Jorgen Vig, Paal Smith-Myer, Tormod, of course, Steve Witt comes with many new products for us to build and display, and my supervisor about 3-4 (...) (17 years ago, 2-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Steve Hassenplug
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I must say it's a very fun event, but two of the highlights of my 2006 event were when I was walking around Kjeld STOPPED ME to say hello. Then, a short time later, Tormod did the same. And, while LafLRC hasn't been a part of the AFOL display (...) (17 years ago, 2-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Steve Bliss
| | | | | | | | | (...) Ooo. What team is he on? Jamie was and David is on team 904. We played on Archimedes in Atlanta. That was my first time at the championship. What a mind-blower. Steve (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —John Neal
| | | | | | | | | (...) (URL) the Greeeeeen Machine!> (that's Ross on the far right) A very stout, defensive bot with a virtually 100% reliable double-ramp. They were the LAST team selected by the top seeds:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Matt Hamann
| | | | | | | (...) Chris, I have some a picture of the underside of the road plates (URL) here> and very short video (URL) here> of Steve's awesome magnet cars. (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —John Neal
| | | | | | (...) Ahh, and here I am pointing out that very tree: (URL) (...) Oh, and here is a pic of me showing off her handiwork: (URL) (...) Yes, and here is a sweet pale yellow building of hers: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Jonathan Lopes
| | | | | | (...) "This one goes to 11!" I had a blast as well (travel issues aside, of course - gotta love Northwest). It was great meeting and talking with everyone. Huge thanks to John and Ross Neal for letting me be part of their layout and Chris, Steve B., (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Scott Lyttle
| | | | | | | (...) I would have loved to have gone, but I just couldn't get away from work right now, and I had to travel to NJ for my niece's birthday--Jonathan, apparently, weather was causing a lot of havoc on the air travel system.. my flights on Saturday (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Michael Huffman
| | | | | | (...) Here's my pictures as well: (URL) Flickr> I've also set up a Flickr group called (URL) at NRMA> if anyone want to contribute pictures from the Detroit show or any NMRA shows from the past. See you all at Anaheim! --Mike. (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11! —Anthony Sava
| | | | | (...) Gosh darn it. All these people having fun across the country without me, how depressing. NMRA looked like it was a fantastic event, I'm exceedingly jealous of everyone who was able to attend. I've never been able to attend an event as a (...) (17 years ago, 2-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed... —Benn Coifman
| | | | | (...) Well it would have been great to see your steam engines in person, but there were still a few steam engines on hand. Here's a quick review of most of the ones I saw. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image, and click here for the (URL) Full (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed... —Anthony Sava
| | | | | (...) Thanks for the NMRA Steam Roster, Benn! It's really nice to have it all at one glance. Makes one wish there was some sort of LEGO Steam Engine link list somewhere (is there?)... but I don't wish there was one because then someone would suggest (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed... —Benn Coifman
| | | | | | (...) Well, after building my Hiawatha last year I threw in the steam engine towel for a while. The locomotive ran fine at home, but couldn't take the bumpy track we have at shows and it dirtied the track like no tomorrow. Then I saw what you and (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed... —Anthony Sava
| | | | | | | (...) I'm sorry to hear about the Hiawatha... have you localized the exact problem when it goes into the uneven track? I've run into the same problem before on most of my steamers, and I've found some solutions and still looking for others. Do you (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed... —John Neal
| | | | | (...) That's funny! And yet sad;-) JOHN (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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