 | | Visiting Beaverton
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Hi, I'll be in Beaverton Area from 2003-01-15 till 2003-01-24. Is there something (Lego related) I should not miss? Do you have some shopping tipps for me? Thanks in Advance, Jörg (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.or)
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| | PNLTC Mall Show - One More Public Weekend & Pics Up From Previous!
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Back by popular demand, the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club will be hosting an additional public weekend on August 24th and August 25th at the Beaverton Mall (outside Portland, OR). For those of you who have missed our two previous public (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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| | PNLTC Beaverton Mall Show Pics are Up!
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Our first public weekend at the Beaverton Mall in Beaverton (outside Portland, OR) was a great success! July 6th and 7th we were open to the public during mall hours at our new temporary "clubhouse". Highlights included a large port area, a 12V (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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| | Matt's Roller Coaster is showing again!
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My roller coaster has been down in the basement for a few months undergoing upgrades and modifications, but it is now showing again! It is showing this weekend at the Beaverton Mall in Beaverton, Oregon, and you can see it Sunday the 7th from 11:00 (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) A club "does" whatever the group of people decide they want to do. Some of us specialize in trains, some do Technic, some do Mecha, some do Mindstorms or First LEGO League, some do games like Brickwars or Steve's Pirate Games... Find a bunch (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) A few things... * You get to socialize with people who don't think less of you just because you play with LEGO * Show off your models and see other peoples' models (like Brickshelf, but in real life) * Put on shows for the public (Great (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) What exactly does a lego club do? I know that in the area is a the PNLTC (Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club) in the area. But I am still unclear as to what a lego club does. (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) Good idea. If I lived in that area, I'd join... Here's an idea for a name: "WilLUGmette"! --Bill. (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) It's my fault for including lugnet.loc.us.nc in the original post... Frank (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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(...) Ah, I hadn't realized you're in Oregon. Cool! I've joined PNLTC which is about half Portland folks. I think most of the PNLTCers don't post much to Lugnet. I'd love to get together sometime though (this weekend might be short notice, but with (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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"Tim Coats" <tcoats@cyberis.net> wrote in message news:GwKxnD.4Gn@lugnet.com... (...) about (...) Was the cross post to lugnet.loc.us.nc a mistake? The rest of your post seems to be about Oregon. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: My move in progress
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There don't appear to be a lot of Lego collectors in this area who know about the Lugnet newsgroup anyway. I actually live in Salem, which is about 45 minutes drive or so from Beaverton. I might be interested in helping getting a Lego club going in (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | My move in progress
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Well, my move is in progress. Friday, they driver called to ask if he could come by Monday to scope things out (he was scheduled to arrive Tuesday for packing and loading). I said sure. When he arrived on Monday, he asked if he could get started and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Visit to Portland
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I fly out to Portland Monday the 4th and leave Thursday the 15th. I'll be staying downtown at the Hilton, but will spend at least one day out in Beaverton. I'd love to try and get together, and anyone who would be free an evening to show me around (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Heads are rolling... far far away...
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(...) <snip> Ummm...congratulations? Or...not? I...uhhh...don't know...really...what a head-spinner.... No...definately congratulations...yeah! That's it! Congratulations Frank! I hope Portland turns out to be everything you want and need! Best (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Heads are rolling... far far away...
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Well, this last week has been hectic and a bit of a roller coaster. Tuesday night when I got home from BricksWest I sent off my references to Spinnaker Networks in Pittsburgh PA. Wednesday, a new possibility at the IBM Almaden Research Center (San (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Any general lug for Portland, OR area
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(...) Ok, so that makes three of us. Perhaps that's enough to start the ball rolling here. I'm in Aloha as well. (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Any general lug for Portland, OR area
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(...) I, too, would be interested in a lug group in the PDX area. I am out in Aloha. (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Any general lug for Portland, OR area
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I would be interested to be part of a general lug group in the Portland area. (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Anything going on next week?
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Of course my travel schedule didn't sync up with the PDX GATS show but I am heading out to Portland next week (2/26-2/28). Anything going on in the Portland area on Monday or Tueasday? I will staying down in Tualatin. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: PNLTC will be at GATS this weekend!
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Once again, my trip to Portland misses one of your events. I am heading out to Portland next Sunday (late) and will in town (Beaverton actually) through the afternoon of 2/28. Anything else going on? Mike FUT: lugnet.loc.us.or.por -- Mike Walsh - (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: PNLTC will be at GATS this weekend!
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(...) <snip> (...) "not having a layout" thing would really put a damper on our portion of the display... *grin* JohnG, GMLTC (23 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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| | PNLTC will be at GATS this weekend!
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This weekend the PNLTC will be showing an all new 15'x22' layout at the Portland area GATS (1). This is going to be a GREAT show! We have more new MOCs at this show that I have ever seen at a single show. For examples: - Steve Barile's 'Americana' - (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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| | Re: Looking for other pdx/vancouver mindstorms people
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(...) Do you mean Vancouver, BC Canada or Vancouver USA? If you mean Vancouver BC Canada then join the VLC! THere are quite of a few of us Mindstorm'ers around here. See link below. If your Vancouver USA... Oh well. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Looking for other pdx/vancouver mindstorms people
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I'm looking for other pdx/vancouver mindstorms people to chat/play/invent with. The wargame club I go to has some nice 5x9 foot tables with raised guard rails that make excellent test tracks. I'd like to set up some challenge type events like the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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(...) Well, actually, the October meeting was held two days before you joined the eGroups mailing list. There are multiple reminders about meetings once you're on the list, however, so that shouldn't happen again. (...) Well, we can make one up for (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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(...) again?) (...) Well, as soon as I said I'd come to the next meeting and talk pirate stuff, you guys 'forget' to tell me where and when the October meeting was. :^P I guess I'm supposed to believe that email I got was an actual invitation... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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(...) Maybe "popular" is too strong a word. ;^) (...) *ahem* Perhaps if some people who were interested in stuff other than Space came to the meetings.... Shiri, we'll be needing you to call yourself "Mark" while you're visiting... just to keep (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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(...) Legendary Shiri? Wow, I had no idea I was that popular. ;-) (...) Mark and Mark? And his alter ego? Hehehe... (me, myself and I all over again?) (...) Please do, I'd be really happy to meet anyone around. I will find out the dates ASAP (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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Egad! RUN! ;^D Sounds great, Shiri! Perhaps we can organize a SEALUG meeting around and about the time you show up... keep us posted on the dates of your visit. Thanks for the heads up! ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Visit in February (President's weekend)
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(...) Wow, the legendary Shiri coming to our shores, will wonders never cease. Maybe she'll put a stop to all this Space foolishness that's been going on with Mark and Mark. :) This definitely calls for a special meeting. Not that we haven't be (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Visit in February (President's weekend)
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Hey guys, Gotta be brief, but just wanted to drop y'all a note saying I'll be around in February, on President's week. Dates elude me at the moment, but if I don't post now I'll probably forget entirely. I'll be landing in Portland, staying there (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | In town July 5th and 6th...
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Hey just had a last minute business trip dumped on me. The only bright side is that I might get to visit some AFOLs in Portland. I doubt I will be able to do anything the 5th but I think the evening of the 6th is open for dinner/drinks/minifesting (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Hawthorne Fred Meyer
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Just a heads-up as to the stock at this store (no, I don't have anything better to do.) Saw a bunch of the new 2000 Castle stuff, not a lot of SW except for the smallest sets and Mos Espa. Quite a bit of Rock Raiders small and medium sized sets. The (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: Bizzah weatheh
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We have a saying in Portland, OR; "If you don't like the weather, sit down and have a beer. Chances are the weather you wanted will be along before you're finished." Yesterday it was sunny, partly cloudy, raining and windy all at the same time. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: 20% off all Lego at Fred Meyer AGAIN!
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The Fred's at 158th and Walker in Beavertron had 10+ 5958 Mummy's Tombs and at least 2 5976 River Expeditions. Also a couple Insectoids sets (enh.) and Rock Raider HQs. More Mos Espa Podraces than you can shake a stick at; Throwbots, old and 8523 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | 20% off all Lego at Fred Meyer AGAIN!
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...so are they gonna do this every month? Coupon valid Sunday March 12 through Saturday March 18th, 2000. Looks like they've got much better stock of 2000 stuff than last month. 3 cheers for Freddie's! Scott (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: 20% off all Lego at Fred Meyer
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(...) HI,I was wondering what the final cost is of the following adventurers sets that are at your local fred meyer? the two different sets I'm interested in are: Sphinx's Secret Surprise 5978 Mummy's Tomb 5958 I have been trying to find a few more (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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| | Re: 20% off all Lego at Fred Meyer
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I went by the Fred's at 148th and Division last night; LOTS of clearance. I saw a bunch of Ninja Fire Fortresses at 50% off, some Flying Ninja Fortresses at the same, Sphynx's secret Surprise at 50% off... and a whopping pile of Mummy's tombs. Of (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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