#176749 - 25/08/2003 07:39
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
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thats awesome!
how do i get one???
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#176750 - 25/08/2003 07:44
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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Registered: 13/07/2002
Posts: 634
Loc: Jesusland
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COOOL! I take my 5year old every so often... A few of those would be AWESOME!
Where do I get them? 
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#176751 - 25/08/2003 08:03
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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I'll let you know when it arrives
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#176752 - 25/08/2003 08:07
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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Did you make it or is it one of the ones Rob S's (I think it was him?) son made?
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#176753 - 25/08/2003 08:32
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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old hand
Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
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I'd also like one 'em empeg keychain whoozits.
- trs
Edited by trs24 (25/08/2003 08:42)
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#176755 - 26/08/2003 02:59
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: trs24]
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old hand
Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA
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Thanks guys. It's a one off that I made but I heard Nath(Rob S's son) may be doing something similar. If your looking for one, he's your best bet...
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#176756 - 26/08/2003 15:16
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14484
Loc: Canada
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Ooooo!
Very nice, Alvin!
-ml
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#176757 - 26/08/2003 15:26
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: mlord]
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old hand
Registered: 15/07/2002
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Loc: Texas, USA
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Thanks! I'm hoping it makes it somewhere near the September meet on its trek west.
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#176759 - 03/04/2006 15:18
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Nath is still making these occasionally to special order, so if you'd like one I could possibly get it organised. He does matching mini-remotes as well (about 4mm square). 
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#176760 - 03/04/2006 16:00
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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I would be very interested in a few!!!
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#176761 - 03/04/2006 18:35
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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OK - can you say how many, and what colour lenses you want? He does this for pocket money and does them quite quickly as long as you spec what you want.
He can also do empeg bags and Mk 1s as well.
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#176762 - 04/04/2006 10:47
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
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Rob - I'll take one with a blue lens.
How much is pocket money these days?
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#176763 - 04/04/2006 12:42
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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I'll take one with either a smoke or a blue lens (whichever is easier for him)!
That is so cool!
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#176764 - 05/04/2006 07:21
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
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Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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I've been surprised at the interest in this - OK, he's charging E5 per model with a mini remote control included. There is postage on top of that, but it'll probably be about E1.50 or so.
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#176765 - 05/04/2006 14:26
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5543
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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Stop CO2 Emissions Now! - calculate your waste!
Cute little calculator. It tells me that I am much "greener" than the average American (less than half the average) but it does not take into account that living in Alaska, my consumption of heating oil is about double my consumption of gasoline. If I factored that into the equation...
tanstaafl.
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#176766 - 05/04/2006 14:33
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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It is an interesting calculator. And I like that it even has the green energy generation variations. That is still a lot of CO2, though...
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#176767 - 05/04/2006 19:30
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Registered: 10/11/2005
Posts: 35
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Interesting. It says electric heating is strictly the worst, without regard for what heating technology is used (here in Virginia where it never gets extremely cold, heat pumps -- which are far more efficient than gas or oil heat -- are very common).
edit: Oh, wait it does take heat pumps into account, just later.
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#176768 - 05/04/2006 20:16
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: jpt]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5543
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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It says electric heating is strictly the worst,
That's because most electricity is generated by coal-burning power plants, which are probably second only to volcanos in CO2 emissions.
I always laugh at people who think that electric cars will give rise to cleaner air.
tanstaafl.
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#176769 - 05/04/2006 20:31
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
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I always laugh at people who think that electric cars will give rise to cleaner air.
It does centralize the problem. Electric power plants exists to provide power for our things. And the car is one of those rare exceptions to the rule of having a centralized output location for CO2. Switch to electric, and the problem moves from being mobile to being centered at the power plant with everything else. It won't fix the problem now, but it allows the problem to be fixed along with the rest of our electric using devices if a power plant is replaced by a cleaner solution.
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#176770 - 05/04/2006 20:43
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: drakino]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Also, power plants are more efficient at extracting energy from their fuel than cars are at extracting energy from theirs. (Of course, you may lose a lot of that efficiency once an electric car gets to use the electricity.) Also, while alternatively-powered power plants (hydroelectric, wind farms, etc.) may account for a minuscule portion of the country's power production, it's still an infinitely bigger portion than that used by a car. And, regardless of their other noxious outputs, nuclear power plants do not produce air pollution.
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#176771 - 05/04/2006 22:33
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
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I want an electric car just for the simplicity. They could just put a motor on each corner and eliminate most of the mechanical components of a car.
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#176772 - 06/04/2006 07:12
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: msaeger]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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If, Instead of digging a channel tunnel, we had put a dam across with a motorway and railway on top, the tidal surge would provide enough electricity for the whole of Europe, without CO2 emissions ( if's not one of mine, it's an article that I read abour 30 years ago by a Frenchman whose name I've forgotten).
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#176773 - 06/04/2006 10:03
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
Me neither, It's not what I come to this BBS for.
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#176774 - 06/04/2006 10:06
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: boxer]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Ohh - how depressing. I score really well on having a very green house, but then I lose a lot with 20000 miles a year in a performance car, and 25-30 flights a year. 
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#176775 - 06/04/2006 10:09
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Rob - I'd love 2 blue ones if that is doable.
Price seems reasonable.
Cheers
Rory
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#176776 - 06/04/2006 10:34
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: frog51]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
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I'll have 2x blue.
Edited by Phil. (06/04/2006 10:35)
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#176777 - 06/04/2006 10:56
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
Me neither, It's not what I come to this BBS for.
I thought it was far sighted, visionary civil/electrical mega-engineering: Much too much for a mere politician to take in!
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#176778 - 06/04/2006 12:38
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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Yeah, very reasonable! He can keep the remote though, or give it to someone else, the empeg itself is cool enough for me! 
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#176779 - 06/04/2006 13:27
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: CrackersMcCheese]
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I'll take 1x Mk1 Amber, with kenwood remote 
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#176780 - 06/04/2006 13:40
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: boxer]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1900
Loc: London
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If, Instead of digging a channel tunnel, we had put a dam across with a motorway and railway on top, the tidal surge would provide enough electricity for the whole of Europe, without CO2 emissions ( if's not one of mine, it's an article that I read abour 30 years ago by a Frenchman whose name I've forgotten).
The thing that always worries me about tidal power is the environmental impact, it could be absolutely huge, and it'll affect ecosystems that we know bugger all about.
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#176781 - 06/04/2006 15:00
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[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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I'm totally in for one of these with a smoke lens, or blue or green if smoke isn't one of the choices.
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#176782 - 06/04/2006 15:24
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[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
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I'll take two, one smoke and one blue.
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#176783 - 07/04/2006 01:56
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[Re: Mach]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Wait a minute, what is THAT? That's the coolest thing I've seen since... since I took my empeg out of my dash. What is this keychain made of? Will it hold up from every-day tossing about? I've been looking for a keychain since... geez, 2001. Put me down for three, starting with one stock blue. Question is, can he do "lit buttons"?! Haha, I'd love one with a green lens with green buttons/knob and one with amber lens with amber buttons/knob. That would make my millennium! PM me for payment and shipping requirements. Mach: That geocache travel bug site is great! It's hysterical how people move the thing around, taking it home for their husband, make it join a "tour group", and call it by name. How cute! Quote:
The thing that always worries me about tidal power is the environmental impact
tahir, you are my hero! I really need to return to reading your forum.
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#176784 - 07/04/2006 07:18
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[Re: FireFox31]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1900
Loc: London
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Quote:
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The thing that always worries me about tidal power is the environmental impact
tahir, you are my hero!
First time anyone's ever said that to me.
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#176785 - 07/04/2006 11:35
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[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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What is this keychain made of? Will it hold up from every-day tossing about?
The one I bougt a couple years ago was made of wax and didn't last more than a day of being in my pocket. It got squished.
I'm not dissing the thing. It has an incredible amount of detail for something so small and is truly amazing. Rob's kid is definitely talented. Just don't leave it in your pocket.
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#176786 - 07/04/2006 16:51
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[Re: robricc]
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Well, you forgot - you were supposed to COOK it in the oven to make it go hard!!!  The ones I am going to get him to make (now got 5 people ordering) will be hardened.
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#176787 - 07/04/2006 20:39
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA
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Those were the wax ones. I've still got mine somewhere.
The one above and Nath's are made from Sculpey/Fimo IIRC (gets baked in the oven).
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#176788 - 08/04/2006 00:07
Re: Empeg Travel Bug
[Re: Mach]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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I wonder if they could be further plastic coated to make them super durable; resisting cracking, chipping, shattering, etc. Any way to dip these in some liquid plastic which would dry evenly and clear? I want these to be my keychain for as long as I own my empegs.
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#176789 - 08/04/2006 01:52
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[Re: FireFox31]
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member
Registered: 09/03/2003
Posts: 121
Loc: Iowa
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How much are they? I would love to have His & Hers to go with our His & Hers Empegs.
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#176790 - 08/04/2006 14:02
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[Re: Gleep]
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Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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I've been surprised at the interest in this - OK, he's charging E5 per model with a mini remote control included. There is postage on top of that, but it'll probably be about E1.50 or so.
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#176791 - 08/04/2006 19:29
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[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Should seriously bring a basket full to the meet for sale.
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#176792 - 26/05/2006 00:02
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[Re: Mach]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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This little bug crossed my mind again today. How can we get him on a plane to Cambridge in September? At least get him into the hands of one of the American attendees. Or is that cheating?
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#176793 - 26/05/2006 00:51
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[Re: FireFox31]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
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This little bug crossed my mind again today. How can we get him on a plane to Cambridge in September? At least get him into the hands of one of the American attendees. Or is that cheating?
I wouldn't say it's cheating, but the bug should have a goal, like around the world maybe?
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#176794 - 26/05/2006 05:26
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[Re: gbeer]
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Registered: 18/01/2000
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Loc: London, UK
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the bug should have a goal, like around the world maybe?
It does: "Current GOAL: I am an Empeg MP3 player. I would like to go to San Francisco and then back to my creators in Cambridge, England."
Maybe we should make sure it gets back while there are still some of those creators left? Then we can make up another goal for it, like follow Hugo to Apple, the wrong way round or something?
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#176795 - 26/05/2006 16:51
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[Re: Roger]
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Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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Are any Bay Area folks headed to the meet?
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#176796 - 26/05/2006 17:41
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[Re: loren]
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Are any Bay Area folks headed to the meet?
If it helps, I will be in San Francisco the weekend of July 22nd. I won't be able to go on a hunt for it, but I could take it with me to Cambridge.
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#176797 - 26/05/2006 22:31
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[Re: robricc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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It is down near LA right now, so if someone can get it here then Rob can get it over yonder.
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#176798 - 01/06/2006 11:26
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[Re: robricc]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Elaine and I will probably be traveling all over the California coast (LA to Russian River, or more probably, other way around) in July, and will of course be in Cambridge as well...
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#176799 - 01/06/2006 12:17
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[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
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Rob, I'd really like to buy one too. WHite lenses if available. Blue otherwise. Thank you! Let mw know hot I shoudl proceed with the order
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