Conference yukon::christian

    I can't believe it!  Wish you were coming here.

    Its possible to have a stop over on the West Coast on the way from
    Sydney to NH. I've done it. Depends on travel dates/times.
    
Peter.
    

Ooh Ooh!  Me!  I actually have a home that I can invite someone to now!

I'll take a look at my schedule for that time stretch and see what we can do!

Paul

G'day Kym,

We live in Merrimack, a town right next to Nashua. We have a Bible study
that meets at our house on Thursday nights which you are welcome to come
to. Phil Morano, a former Deccie and former Christian notes participant,
and his wife are part of the study. The rest of the folks are non-Digital
except for me.  If you're interested in trying out a Messianic Jewish
synagogue, you'd be welcome to come to ours. We meet on Saturday morning
in Needham, MA. Its a little bit of a drive (about 50 minutes from Nashua),
but we think its worth it :-).

Leslie

Maybe lunch in Nashua somewhere could be arranged - I'd like to finally 
meet Paul Weiss too.

>Maybe lunch in Nashua somewhere could be arranged - I'd like to finally 
>meet Paul Weiss too.

Ain't it always the way.  Work right near each other for years, and it takes
someone from the other side of the world coming by to get together...

I think it sounds like a great idea.  There's a fair number of folk we could
get together for a luncheon.

Perhaps this is a good occasion for a CHRISTIAN noter's party?

Paul

    Yes it is... [boo hoo boo hoo]

 I'll just be getting back from vacation about that time..would love
 to get together, though..



Jim

    Kym,
    
    you bring back lots of piccies, or you're a 'dead-man' ;') Remember,
    not only do I know where you sit, I know where you live :')
    
    H

    This is sounding great...
    
    I'll leave it up to you very nice people to arrange a gathering. 
    
    I do want to do some shopping while I'm there so anyone wanting to go
    shopping with me please raise your hand :-)
    
    
    kym

What sort of shopping did you have in mind?

Paul

    
    	Kym, I'm saddened that you haven't yet asked to
    	pitch a tent on our lawn.  I mean, I did promise you	
    	that much.  ;-)
    
    	Nashua is about an hour from here, but I can probably manage
    	to make my way for a gathering.
    
    	Karen
    

	Wow, I work in Nashua, but I live about an hour west of here.  If
	the timing's right, and if children are allowed, I could probably
	make it to a CN get-together.

	TonyC
	

Another Nashuan...  I'll join you for a CN get-together.

Rich

    * Harry pouts :'(

 
Hey, we haven't had a get together in a looooooooooooooooooong time!

    Was the last one the one I went to when I visited Merrimac in 1991?

 anyone from Nashua ?  - Yes .... too far from ...

C'mon Harry, the best is yet to come.

And, all you folks who're going to be there - don't forget the photographs.
It's easier to share them round now we can get them online too. ;-)

							Andrew

 the last one I recall was when Mark Metcalfe left Digital and we had a
 gathering at his home.


 Jim

Hey Andrew Yuille!

I hope Greg & I can see you when we travel to England at the end of April/
beginning of May!!!! :-)  We'll be staying with Mark & Jane Lawson again. 
I'll send you some mail with what our schedule looks like exactly in a day
or two.

Leslie

    so, Leslie, will Greg swing by Oz again? ;')
    
    H

Hi Harry,

No plans for now. The trip to England is 100% vacation and not business
travel. I'd love to come to Oz but its a bit out of our budget. Hey, why
don't you and Karen come here?

grins,

Leslie

    we're working on it - no date(s) as yet

    
    
    Well after some dicussion with management my trip is back on...
    
    for a while there I was not going but the last I heard I am going.
    
    My time over there is getting taken up really quickly.  Someone has
    suggested that I visit NY in the middle weekend that I am there. this
    sounds like a good idea as I would love to see NY. There are many
    nights that I have free so if anyone would like me to cook them dinner
    pleae let me know - I could even cook a Pavlova for you :-)
    
    only 1.5 weeks to go.
    
    
    kym
    
    DTN 730-6010

So.  Is anyone else going to organize a noter's party for this occasion?  I'm
not exactly centrally located, up in NH.  But if no one else will....

Paul

I would like to suggest lunch on Tuesday, April 22 somewhere around exit 6,
7, or 8. Maybe Shorty's or Bertucci's or in that place that used to be in the 
Clarion which is now Crown Plaza - Speaker's Corner I think it was called in
Clarion days. What does everyone say?  We leave for England at the end of 
the week so a weekend or Friday evening gathering will be out for us. Can you
come to lunch on the 22nd - Kym, Paul, anybody else? I suppose somewhere 
nearer to Exit 1 is also a possibility.

Leslie

So Kym, could you post a schedule of your time here, showing what you already
have planned, and what days are open?

Paul

    
    
    here goes:
    
    Dep Sydney: 11:00 18/4
    Arr San Fran: 7:20 18/4
    
    Dep San Fran: 8:50 18/4
    Arr Boston : 17:18 18/4
    
    18/4 - 26/6
    Crown plaza
    2 Somerset parkway, Nashua
    603 886 1200
    
    26/4 -  4/5
    Sheraton Tara
    Tara Boulevard , Nashua
    
    Dep Boston 17:30 4/5
    arr LA 20:52 4/5
    
    Dep LA 22:40 4/5
    arr Syd  6:05 6/5
    
    plans while in NH.
    
    1st weekend -shopping - get it over and done with - clothes, shoes,
    cd's, camera etc....
    
    middle weekend - visit NY
    
    last weekend - what ever
    
    Kym
    

    Hey I could meet you for an hour in San Francisco! :-)

Questions I have:

Where in NY are you going in the middle weekend (just curious)

Have you found places to worship yet on the first and third weekends?

Do you like getting up early?  I do a bible study ever Wednesday morning at
6:00 that we'd love to have you join with us. :-)

Could other people attend a mid-week Noter's party?  I'm guessing that Kym will
have most evenings as free as any other.  I can't really do one on the first or
last weekends, and Kym's gone the middle one (actually, so am I).  But there
are several Mon, Tue, or Wed nights I could plan a get-together at my house, if
people could come.  Since no one else has stepped forward, I guess you'll all
have to come to NH. :-)

And Kym, even if no one else can come, you're invited to dinner, maybe multiple
times if schedules allow.

Unless we're going to have several lunches (which might not be a bad idea),  I
think you're going to have to drive further south, Leslie.  There aren't many
DEC folk in Merrimack any more.  Even I usually have to drive south to meet
people.

If the location were relatively easily reached, who could attend a lunch on
Monday the 21st or Tuesday the 22nd?

Paul

Whew, everything happens at once - more on that later. 

I had the wonderful occasion of hearing Kym's voice last night which was the 
end of my Thursday, but the start of his Friday. I don't think we'll hear any-
thing from him until Monday since its the weekend for the Australians now.

Leslie

    Paul,
    
    where in NY .....umm..well....the touristy places....and some shopping.
    I have been told to go to 47th St photo to get some of the things that
    I want.  
    
    If anyone knows someone in NY that would like to be a tour guide for a
    day or so please let me know. I don't really want to be racing around
    NY on my own but I will if I have to.
    
    Leslie has some friend that go to a lutheran church so I'll be going to
    church with them on the first weekend in the morning - the last weekend
    has not been worked out yet.
    
    Evenings would be good as I guess I'll just be sitting back at the
    hotel killing time. Lunhc times could be a tad difficult as I don't
    have a timetable yet.
    
    Till later
    
    Kym
    

     Arr Boston : 17:18 18/4
    
    May I suggest that you spend the first night in Boston (I usually stay
    at the Boston Airport Hilton), this way you don't have to drive in
    Boston peak hour traffic, when tired, or at night, to get to your
    hotel.
    
Peter.
    

I was thinking the same thing, Peter.  Trying to leave Boston at 5:30 on a
Friday night...  ugh.  I grew up driving in Boston and that makes ME shudder. 
Now add being used to driving in a much congenial, polite, and less congested
setting, AND being used to driving on the other side of the road....

Paul

Not many people are responding....

Monday the 21st is probably a hard day for lunch for most of the MA folks,
since it's a holiday.  How does Tuesday the 22nd for lunch sound?  We could try
to make it further south if there were a bunch of MA folk who wanted to come,
but since Leslie is one of the few who have expressed interest and she's NORTH,
and Kym is here in NH and worried about not having enough time for lunch, I
suggest here in Nashua.

We'd need to find from Kym what time he's available.

As far as evenings are concerned, I could do a Christian 'noter's party' at my
home on the evenings of Monday the 21st (perhaps it being a holiday would be a
HELP in this case?), or the evenings of Mon, Tue, Wed the 28-30.  Would anyone
be able to come to one of these, or would it be just Kym and I? :-)

Paul

Paul,

As it turns out, that week is a really busy one for me and my husband.
It is Pesach - and we have seders on Monday and Tuesday night, one at 
the home of friends, and the second at our house. I will be in Salem 
during the day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to do some appliation testing.
Thursday I have off to take the dogs to the kennel, laundry, and pack.
Friday morning we leave for England. So I don't think I am going to be able
to do anything. Kym is going to church with friends of ours (and I think I may
visit also, I've been meaning to) and then we are going to lunch/brunch on 
Sunday. Due to the business of the week, I think that will be my only 
opportunity to meet Kym.

Do you work at ZKO? Our group is moving to ZKO in May sometime. It would be
great to finally meet you.

Leslie

>Do you work at ZKO? Our group is moving to ZKO in May sometime. It would be
>great to finally meet you.

Yes!  I look forward to it!  :-)

Paul

    
    I would be interested in lunch and/or dinner if I can make it.  I'm 
    fairly available except for Tuesday Lunch and Wednesday nights.
    
    Please let me know what's happening for meeting times.
    
    					-JimGle-
    
    

Well, I talked to Kym last night - he called from Australia.  He's going to be
heading up to Maine from Nashua on Saturday to do some shopping, and was
wondering if he could stop by my place on Saturday evening, and I said "Sure,
why not?"  He said that the rest of the first week looked very busy for him
(seminars all day, often going until 7:00 in the evening), but the second week
looked much more available.  We may plan some other events with Kym during the
second week, but since he's going to be available the first Saturday he's
here...

Kym will be at my house on this Saturday evening, and any of the rest of you
who would like to join us are welcome.  Kids are welcome too.  Might as well
make an evening of it.  Any time after 5:00, you're welcome to come.  If you
come on the early side, bring something to share for dinner or to toss on a
grill, if you come later just bring yourselves.  RSVP would be nice, but is
absolutely not required - if you decide at the last minute you can come, then
by all means do.


Directions to my house are simple:

Find Rt 93, and take it to exit 3 in NH, which says "Rt 111, Windham, Canobie
Lake."  Or if you're coming from the Nashua area, just take Rt 111 east.  If
you come from Rt 93, head east on Rt 111 off the exit.  Almost immediately, you
will come to a T and stoplight, with a farm stand and golf driving range
directly in front of you.  Take a left, which continues to be Rt 111.  After
about a half mile, you will pass Ernie's Garage on the left.  My house is right
on Rt 111, the second house after Ernie's.  It's a beige house with big stone
posts out in front.  It's #24 Range Road, and if you get lost my phone number
is 893-9624.

Hey Leslie - I know the rest of your week is hectic, but will Saturday work for
you?  Maybe we don't have to wait for another couple of months to meet!  :-)

Paul

Thanks for the invite, and I will consider it. However, I kind of doubt it.
We are in Needham most of Saturday, and we've been so busy that Saturday
night I think we will have home chores to do (after shabbat ends of course).

Leslie

Well, Needham to Merrimack - it's easy to go right up 93 and stop off at my
house - it's right off the exit - even if you only stop in for half an hour.

Paul

    
    
    Hi again,
    
    This will be my last entry before I leave. Looks like I'm going to be
    busy. Sat night out for dinner, sunday church, monday shopping.....
    
    Thanks for all your help - see you in Nashua
    
    
    Kym
    

    
    	Paul,
    
    	Thanks for the invite.  I'll be checking with Jamie to
    	see if there's any possibility, though we do already have
    	one other invitation for that evening.
    
    	I want to meet Kym, though - please be sure you get
    	a way to contact him during his stay, and keep me posted
    	on potential get togethers.  I can do a long lunch
    	(it'll have to be long to get there from here :-/ ) with
    	enough warning.
    
    	Karen
    

So who else, (anyone?) knows they are coming on Saturday when Kym will be here?
Tony Camuso and his family are a definite, and another RONLY noter is coming. 
Is it just going to be the four of us?

And please remember - if you don't say yes and you find you can come at the
last minute - then please do.

Paul

    
    	Well, Paul, i've printed out the directions, just in case ;-)
    

 I could probably make it Monday of next week...lunch could be any day,
 I think.


 Sorry I couldn't make it Saturday..having just got back into town on Thursday
 night I was kinda wiped out all weekend (still am, actually).



 Jim

If we had lunch with Kym somewhere central like Littleton on this Wednesday,
who could come?

Paul

    Paul,
    
    tell Kym I miss him - well, I know he's not here at least ;')
    
    H

      Man, I'm not working this Wed.  (Bummer.)
    
    					Tony

Eeesh...I'd love to, but I have to take my son Scott to a dentist appt.

    
    I can, I can.  Make sure you let me know if it's Wed. or some
    other day this week.
    
    					-JimGle-
    

    
    	< raises hand and waves it in air >
    

OK - Jim, Karen and whoever else...

Kym and I will be at the Yangzee River restaurant in Littleton (just down the
street from LKG) tomorrow at noon.

We'll see you there (whoever you are)!

Paul

    
    It's probably about 96% sure that I will be there.
    
    Looking forward to meeting Kym.
    
    				-JimGle-
    

    I'm about 49% sure that I'll be there.

Wow, really Mike!  Better get those plane reservations soon!  :-)

Paul

    Well going by the weatherpersons on Phoenix metro TV, any chance of
    rain less than 50% might as well be 0% ;-)

well, I don't know about the Nashua folks, but dinner with Kym last 
night here in the Atlanta are was mucho fun.  Thanks again, Kym - the 
boys loved your visit.

-Steven

    
    	Well, everyone teased me without mercy at our lunch
    	last week.
    
    	Here I am, an addle-brained pregnant lady, and all those
    	nasty boys just kept a'chucklin' at my expense.
    
    	

    Re: -1
    
    Gonna have a family of 5?  That's nice - you can have your own
    basketball team now.  We have enough for a team plus 1 sub.

    
    	Well, sort of.  I don't think they'll let me play.
    
    

    That's what you get for swallowing the ball ;-)

We did not!

Well, we did, actually.  But not really more than anyone else.  Except for
that once..... :-)

Paul

    Now listen here you guys,
    
    do I have to come over and deal with you? STOP picking on your big (no
    one mention 'round the tummy ;') Sister
    
    H

>    do I have to come over and deal with you?

Yes.  When will you arrive?  :-)

    Yes you will have to come.  Obviously none of us here are able to do
    it!  :-)  Come soon.
    
    
    Jill
    

    
    	Um, thanks, Harry (I think).
    
    	I don't think I qualify as big sister to any of that crowd,
    	except for Kym, and he certainly had his share of laughs
    	at my expense.
    
    	Karen
    

    huh! next you'll be accusing _me_ of picking on you ;') :'D
    
    H

    
    	I think you've learned your lesson there ;-)
    
    

    {GULP}

    does that translate to yes or no?  :-)

    Well I made it back home again. Thanks heaps to the people I met - it
    was great to meet you. I must give Paul Weiss a huge thank you for
    looking after me while I was in Nashua. There is nothing like having
    home cooked food on your first night away. One thing that I will
    remember about Paul is his theology. One lunch time he said grace and
    it came out something like this..
    
    " Lord we thank you for this wonderful day. For you sun and you other
    son ...."
    
    - I didn't know that Jesus has a brother :-) :-)
    
    Thanks must also go to John Covert for showing me Boston. Going to his
    church was certainly an eye opener.
    
    Eating at Steve Vore's place was certainly....umm interesting. Firstly
    the kids wanted me to continually play with them ( ok ok so I'm a kid
    at heart ). I was told that we were going to have freshly cooked bread
    when it had finished cooking - sometime later i happened to comment
    that i though it odd that they smoked bread.....after much running
    around I found out that smoked bread is not what they were aiming for.
    Beware of eating at the Vore's....take a book :-) .....well not
    really...its just that because we were chatting so much ( and the pie
    too ages to cook ) the meal ended up lasting 2.5 hrs. Remember to
    challenge Steve to a game of one on one ( basketball ).
    
    I have set up a web page with some photo's of the people that I met
    
    http://www.stl.dec.com/~schwarz/trip/
    
    enjoy...
    
    
    Love 
    
    Kym
    
    Ps I found out today that I might be going to france for training later
    this year so look out you europeans ;-) :-)
    
    
    

Hey, the bread was just fine Kym.  The smoke turned out to be 
misleading, never did find the source.  It was great having you over. 
Just think of the pause between dinner & pie as 'time to digest and 
share each other's company'