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In lugnet.org.us.richlug, Bert Waters wrote:
> We will post new photos of Tim's Virginia State Capitol...
I loaded photos from the Aviation Museum show on brickshelf several days ago and
am just getting around to posting. Here's a link to my favorite photo entitled:
Virginia State Capitol in the year 2525.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3103254
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Great to see some activity on the Trains newsgroup today! We will post new
photos of Tim's Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and soon
(hopefully) to be displayed at our State Capitol. This year we have a much
smaller display at the Aviation Museum. Perhaps next year the new system will
create more excitement, and we can once again promote LEGO trains.
The Richmond Lego Users Group (RichLUG) will once again present a display at
the Virginia Aviation Museum's Ninth Annual Wings n' Rails show in Richmond,
Virginia, on March 29-30. Hours for the event are 9:30 am to 5:00 pm both
days.The museum is located at the Richmond International Airport in Sandston:
http://vam.smv.org/
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please note that i have tried every method i know of to contact Clifton without
posting this to lugnet. this is my last resort.
Clifton D. Chambers,
You have had well over 2 months to ship me the jambalaya box. I am
getting really tired of emailing, calling and posting to Lugnet trying
to get you to do what you agreed to do, when you choose to participate
in the town/train jambalaya box. All 8 of the other participants
followed the rules, why can’t you?
Please ship me the box ASAP.
I need the box for BRICKWORLD, which starts Thursday.
Ondrew
P.S. if you are not Clifton D. Chambers please help me get this box
from him. I’ve tried everything I can think of short of flying to DC and I’ve
had no luck.
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Hey Steve,
Good luck with your shot at participating in this. I am concerned that they can
cut and paste clips together to tell whatever story they want to. I also think
that they go out of their way to put together the least compatible people
possible, to generate controversy and hence ratings. So don't expect this to be
a pleasant experience.
One other concern is that if they think you're a reasonable person, you're much
less likely to be chosen. It's been a while since I've seen that show (or
perhaps the other one - don't Fox and ABC have shows with exactly the same
premise?), but I remember that the people they have are usually a little
freakish. Instead of someone who likes to keep their home clean they'll have a
total neat-freak who goes nuts if one thing is out of place (and then, of
course, place them with total slobs who haven't cleaned their home in decades),
or there was one where they had a religious person, but instead of any of the
people I see in church on Sunday, they had someone who fulfilled the worst
stereotypes you can come up with for a fanatic intolerant religious person.
I got the e-mail too, but don't fit their criteria (no kids), so it's not a
question for me.
Bruce
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> At 04:05 PM 12/13/06, Aaron Sneary wrote:
> > A TV show that is seeking to mock and poke fun
> > at our group is a detriment to our hobby/sub-culture.
>
> There will always be people that just live to mock and poke fun at
> others. That's their hobby. It's what they do.
>
> On the other had, you can't believe how much fun I've had in the last
> year, sharing my hobby with people all around the world, talking
> about LEGO, Mindstorms, robots and all the stuff I enjoy.
>
>
> Now, I need to practice being judgmental and extreme...
>
> <Extreme judgment>
>
> I'm shocked that you stupid people don't have the vision to see an
> opportunity when it's handed to you. There are millions of people
> who would die for this kind of chance, and you morons are too scared
> of what mocking idiots will think about your precious hobby...
>
> </Extreme judgment>
>
> Well, that's about the best I can do. :) Please note that was
> intended to be sarcastic. I'm just trying to practice in case they
> do put me on the show. I do understand how the show may try to take
> things out of context (like the above statement), but I hope I can do
> a good job of presenting myself and our hobby. And, maybe I'll even
> end up a better person, when it's all done.
>
> Steve
There are plenty of people who think we are nut cases already, a Wife Swap
episode mocking AF'sOL won't make things any worse. :D
The thing I think is most worrisome is that on some of those episodes the new
wife comes in and clears out objects she doesn't like. In one recent episode
the Evangelical new wife broke to shards a large platter with Wiccan symbols the
absent wife had on display. What if the new wife comes in and donates or tosses
all the LEGO? For a lot of people here the $20,000 compensation wouldn't begin
to cover the value of their LEGO collection. If you are selected, maybe you
should entrust your most valued parts / sets / creations to a friend or relative
for the duration.
Maggie C.
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