TexLUG-SA

When:
August 12, 2006; 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Where:
Blue Cactus Cafe,
13525 Wetmore Road (one block north of Thousand Oaks)
San Antonio, Texas 78247
ph: (210) 490-7330

When:
July 22, 2006; 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where:
Blue Cactus Cafe,
13525 Wetmore Road (one block north of Thousand Oaks)
San Antonio, Texas 78247
ph: (210) 490-7330

Greetings fellow TexLUG-ers,

Lee and I feel it is high time for a TexLUG meeting with the San Antonio (and New Braunfels) folks. Of course, all TexLUG is invited.

We would like to meet on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 1PM.

We propose as our May meeting place Goerke’s Country Tavern, 1901 Weil Road in Marion, Texas 78124 (actually “5 and 1/2 miles west of Marion”.)

Goerke’s may be familiar to at least four members of our group. For the rest of you, it is a place that has nice long tables suitable for LEGO meets, and they serve food of the type that requires lots of napkins and makes it futile to try to be polite while eating it.

So bring your MOCs, trades, your LEGO news (or any news) and your hungry selves to Goerke’s and let’s remind each other what we look like!

Post by Chris for Pat.

When: 2:30 PM
Where: Chris’s House - See Meeting Places for directions
Who: Anyone who’s interested.
Why: To build various models for the March event.

When:
December 3, 2005; 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Where:
Blue Cactus Cafe,
13525 Wetmore Road (one block north of Thousand Oaks)
San Antonio, Texas 78247
ph: (210) 490-7330

See November Meeting (previous post) for more information.

Hey folks:

Lee Rahe and I had a smashing idea the other day: TexLUG-SA should meet one last time before the silly season begins, as we don’t get a chance to meet again until January or later. This will also be Lee’s last opportunity to join us this month.

At the Business Expo a few months ago, Chris Macdougald and I had another smashing idea: Next time we meet, let’s try the Blue Cactus Cafe. They served great brisket at their booth.

So why not, thought I, combine the two?

When: November 19, 2005; 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Where: Blue Cactus Cafe, 13525 Wetmore Road (one block
north of Thousand Oaks), San Antonio, Texas 78247, ph:
(210) 490-7330
What: Meet to welcome our newest member, Rebecca Chavez, trade the latest in LEGO scuttlebutt, trade parts, whatever, and eat a late lunch/early dinner.

Not sure if Mark Bagnell’s computer is working yet or nay, so I’ll inform him by phone.

Chris, I’m hoping you and Connie can make it this weekend, but also please inform anyone that I have not included in this email, if you would be so kind.

The URL for the Blue Cactus Cafe:

http://www.thebluecactuscafe.com/

Here you will find their menu, their history, and a MAP IT! link (near the bottom) that shows you how to locate them.

Hope to see you all there!

- Pat

It is time for the Statewide TexLUG meeting. As usual it will be held in Austin. Thanks Laura for hosting once again. TJ was kind enough to put the details online.

Fall 2005 Meeting Details

See you all there…

Meeting Information
Pat has offered to host the next meeting. Date is either the 23^th or the 30^th. To be decided. Date is the 23^th from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
Directions to his place.

Agenda

• A rather large monorail display for S&G
• A new TexLUG member
• Parts Trading (I am always looking for space, particularly Classical Space-related elements)
• Discuss progress of MOCs for September small-business display (remember to keep those borders four studs from the edges of the baseplate clear)
• Hear about YMCA update from Chris MacDougald

What date is everyone in favor for 23^th or the 30^th? Cast your vote by commenting.

Meeting Information
Lee is hosting a meeting at Goerke’s on June 18, 2005 @ 1:30 PM.

Address
Goerke’s
1901 Weil Rd, Cibolo, TX 78108

Attendees

• Mark
• Pat
• Lee
• Chris

Overview
Talked about website updates. Chris needs to come up with a tutorial about how it all works. Talked about various other LEGO items. Discussed burning of non-LEGO bricks! Enjoyed great BBQ. Talked about upcoming event in September. Lee filled us in on the Austin Sumo contest.

Photos
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Meeting Information
WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that long-winded emails can loosen your molars, shorten your lifestyle, lengthen your fingernails, and generally make you unpleasant. If you experience any of these warning signs while reading the following, my advice would be to stop.

Greetings and Hallucinations,

At the telephone request of Chris Macdougald, who is himself recovering at home from recent hospitalization, I am sending out the notice for the May TexLUG-SA meeting.
The May meeting for the San Antonio chapter of TexLUG will take place at my place. That is, here…

This month will feature ORIGINAL LEGO trains. That’s right…the kind with the blue plastic rails that was a real hit back in the early 70’s. I haven’t got a great deal of track (straight only), but I just got hold of a working engine and wheels to boot. So there will be a display of sorts on the coffee table.

Other stuff to look at/mess around with…

- Set 7047 (World City Coast Watch HQ). Lots of good yellow elements and new uses for old elements.

- Set 7045 (World City Hovercraft Hideout). See above, except substitute “blue” for “yellow”.

- One of our newest members (in addition to Mr. Wayne Murray) is Mr. Joe Casas, who happens to be my roommate. He just bought his first three sets - 4099,4105, 4107. His passion appears to be robots and mechs. And I gave him a green 32 x 32 baseplate…youknow, the one that truly seems to grow on trees. (Wayne, I don’t know if you are on the TEXLUG-SA mailing list yet, so apologies if you received this twice).

- A copy of the United States patent for LEGO filed by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen on January 28, 1958 and granted on October 24, 1961. A must see!

I am into inventory right now and it is too late to turn back. So have a laugh at my expense while you’re here. I have recently discovered Peeron and the LUGNET PartsRef and have made extensive use of these resources. I am going to send them some cash when all this is over. That could take years, however.

As some of you know, I am very heavy into LEGO Space. So why World City? Simple…for the same reason as getting a Harry Potter or Spiderman 2 set; for specific pieces. For the application that certain elements have in a large spaceship MOC. But you knew that.

Bring yourself, something non-alcoholic to drink if you like, your LEGO, your MOCs, and anything else you can fit into the backseat of a foreign car to my place on Saturday, May 8, 2004 at 2PM (1400) CST. If any of you out-of-towners are in San Antonio, then, please stop by and have a gander.