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Looks like we have our master builder speaker... The MNRA is a great tie-in. We should approach them with the idea of hosting an LTC side event at the same locale. A first pass proposel list might be: 1) Convention display space for a layout 2) A (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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All- What about coordinating the conference with the NMRA show in San Jose next summer? And if you'd like, I was a LEGO Master Model Builder five years ago. Right now there are only three left in the U.S. The model shop went through the fitness (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Wow, we're already up to 8 attendees! What is "IIRC" and thanks for checking calendars SteveB (...) me (...) ideas... (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, if it ends on the 27th, we could close with: 6) Set personal record for most people singing "Happy Birthday" to Ben. :) Ben Roller (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) How about Minneapolis (*more* centrally located?;) (...) The NMRA convention is IIRC the weekend of the 6th. A problem for the PNLTC? (...) Again, perhaps a conflict with the proximity in time of the convention? -John (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi All, I was hoping to get a ruff idea of how many would attend, so please e-mail me or RE: if you are more then vaguely interested. I thought I'd start this off by picking a place, date, events, speakers. I would love to hear any ideas... (BTW (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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(...) (Just forwarding a copy of this to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo, and lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl... Followups to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl...) --Todd (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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Steve, That sounds like a great idea, I'm willing to pitch in some money no problem. I would cool to have a global group. Also a ANLC would be wild, that would probally get the attention of the world wide press and The LEGO Group. Can you imagin (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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[ XFUT lugnet.publish ] Steve: (...) If you just need a fixed rescaling and have access to a machine with netpbm/pbmplus and (t)csh, you can use the following script: #!/bin/tcsh # # This script makes scaled down versions (30%) of the images # (...) (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Sounds like a nice idea to me. We could also (slowly) work on a nice reference to all the club and personal web sites. It might also be nice to make space available to new clubs which don't have the resources to have their own web site yet (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ImageMagick will do mass thumbnails. Maybe not as auto-magically as some other tools, but it's free, and it runs on any platform. Steve (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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I use Front Page (but only the editor) and it has a thumb nail maker built in. A real time saver. For all the bad-mouthing I hear about Front Page I generally like it (I do love to bash MS when ever possible). The latest Photoshop has a batch mode (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Steve- Thanks! I was just trying to live up to the standards the pnltc.org site sets. <g> The thumbnail overlays are from a program called debabbelizer that I used to create them. I haven't sprung for the full verision yet, and the demo splashes the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I'll jump in and reply here - that 'shadow' text is from the tool John used to create the thumbnails. If anyone knows of a good tool - preferably 'freeware' <grin> - to create thumbnail images, let us know! Yesterday J3 was doing the scanning, (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi All, Since there are clubs popping up all over the place I was wondering if a central web site for all Train clubs should be started. "World Wide LTC" We could all chip in a few buck for the URL domain name and have a jumping off point to all our (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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John, The site looks very nice. I don't have time to look at it all but the graphics and layout is very nice. I am inspired to give PNLTC site a face lift but time is tight. Good work! I did notice something. There is text on top of some thumbnails (...) (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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I am pleased to announce the soft opening of the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club's web site. The IP address may change and the DNS entry is not set yet, but if you'd like to view the site during this soft opening, you can find it at (URL) Kelly (27 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New Greater Florida LEGO Train Club
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Congratulations, guys! Good Luck:-) Some comments: 1. I like your logo! One suggestion would be to include the registered trademark symbol on the word LEGO. 2. Spring for the GFLTC.org domain;-) c. Take lots of pix! -John (...) (27 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | New Greater Florida LEGO Train Club
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Hi all, The new Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) met for the first time last Tuesday in St. Petersburg Florida. Nick, Dennis, Mark and I picked the name, logo and table design that we will use. We also decided that we will do the first club (...) (27 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Re: NOVALTC meeting tonight
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(...) ...The meeting went great, tho there were only three of us there! The meeting room is perfect. A huge floor to spread out on and a nice central location for anyone who works in or near DC! We laid out some track to match roughly our table (...) (27 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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