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| (...) Ted, Once again, you come through in spades! You always seem to have the answers I'm looking for. Do you have a Brickshelf folder or image gallery on the web where I can find a bunch of close-up pictures of your truss bridges? I want to get a (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) 
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|  |  | Re: Electronic brick (1968) schematics? 
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| (...) Yeah, I understand. The standards on LUGNET have sunk to the point where just about *anyone* can post. I mean just *imagine* getting something as basic as that wrong... sheesh... (...) Funny, my students in my 100-level astronomy class said (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic) 
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| (...) How about some anecdotal pictures? This cable stayed bridge spans 192 studs and this arched truss bridge spans 288: (URL) This over truss bridge spans 192 studs: (URL) This under truss spans 192 studs and passed the 16 pound bowling ball in (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) 
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| "Dave Sterling smsrallysport.com>" <dave@ <spamsucks> wrote in message news:Jv2A1L.BAr@lugnet.com... (...) If you use a tensioned string support system underneath, you can go long distances with few parts. -Rob    (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains) 
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| Stacy and I are designing a small layout for Brickworld this year and we want/need to have a bridge in the layout. We've been working to design the layout using banquet tables (so I don't have to bring my own tables), yet we still want an open space (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) 
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|  |  | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!! 
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| (...) That was MORE than two cents worth, Chris! Excellent work! Especially the bethgon, which is a former project of mine:-) And if I might add to you and others who have posted in this thread: please start your own threads with new MOCs and (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) 
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| (...) seen the whole thing. In reading through it, I recalled reading it when it was fresh but lost interest when some yahoo screwed up the 3-4-5 right triangle angle measures... I'll admit right here that I know nothing of these M and Q and A (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic) 
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| (...) That's OK, you must have missed the original thread I introduced this on, where I directly blamed you for my obsession: (URL) I guess I'll go back to building sets straight out of the (...) Well, that's almost all I did. It's just the box (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains) 
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| (...) ... snip ... Hello there fellow lurkers Now, I'll accept that I have been particularly lax in posting my achievements over the latter half of the last year, and John's message was just the kick up the a## I needed to stop lurking about and get (...)   (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) 
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| (...) Thanks, Brian, for providing once again that sick, humbling feeling that I'm now feeling. <sigh> I guess I'll go back to building sets straight out of the box according to the directions ... Rafe    (18 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains) 
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