Conference rdvax::grateful

I'm NY-bound.  Spoke to my Mommy yesterday who is at my sisters, they plan to
go out to dinner for Mom's birthday (yesterday) so I am going to take the
afternoon off and join them.  Then I'll be heading farther west, to Poughkeepsie
to be with my favorite Dave (who by the way is having a party Sunday and if
anyone is interested send me mail by 11:30 and I'll send you direx...).

Lisa

    Ill start....just to keep my mind from freaking out I have a very full
    weekend planned....tonight Slipknot at Chets....tomorrow Slipknot at
    the Blueplate....Sunday, I will be outside with a video camera taking
    videos of Birds.....yeah Birds, you got a problem with that ! I'll be
    using a very hi-tec cam thats got lots of fun effects on it, this will
    become a short video for Westboro Cable Access....I will be doing this
    on Monday as well.....in between all of this I will sleep and shower
    and eat ! run my phone bill up talking to Sparky in CO :') can't wait
    for her to get home on Wednesday.....
    
    Chris_trying_to_keep_sane

re:   <<< Note 295.2 by LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO "discover the wonders of nature" >>>


I grew up in Poughkeepsie. Whereabouts does Dave live?  I haven't been back
there in about 12 years, since my parents moved to Florida when I was in
college.  You'd a thunk they'd at least have left a forwarding address. :-)

		Dave

    Parent trying to give you the slip Dave? :-) :-)
    
    Umm,.. what I'll be doing this weekend is wondering how THE KIND
    is sounding up in Maine while I sit around a family reunion of
    my in-laws,.. 
    
    Hope to make it to Chets tonight if we don't have to travel,..
    
    take care folks,.. I'm almost a goner,..
    
    
    Jum,.. If I have a littler more time later today,.. I will try once
    more to explain my personal name,..
    
    By the way,.. I have never changed my personal name since joining
    DEC,.. do you think I hold any kind of record or anything for that?
    
    							Billy
    

This weekend is our very first TAG SALE.   So, if yer in the neighborhood, stop 
by.  Here are some of the more alluring items...

Gloria, my brother's '61 pink Crysler New Yorker. 
Ted, the little Red Snapper ride-on mower that couldn't. 
A rowing machine with a genuine simulated naugahide sparkle-embedded seat. 
At least 17 assorted paper weights. 
My collection of Mod Springbok puzzles from 1967. 
MILFH's GE electric carving knife. 
A circa 1977 TRS80 Model III with 48K memory with two floppy and one Cassette
drives, including TRS-DOS operating system, Visicalc spreadsheet, and Basic.
Approximately two miles of disassembled HO scale train track.
Three completely burnt out tape decks, one burnt out receiver, and two burnt 
out turntables. Oh yeah, throw in a few burnt out speakers to boot.  :-)

Look for our sign in Oakdale Center, on rte 140 just past the Wachusett Res.

Another Dave from Poughkeepsie, neat!  Did you go to Spakenkill?
He lives in the town of Poughkeepsie (as opposed to the city, yes folks
they are different).  Right near the Nassau Road School which is behind
Rt 9 between THE MALL (which is fairly new according to Dave) and IBM.

A very busy weekend ahead...

Friday - Work till 5, go to Chet's -- Work at Chets -- get home at 3:30am
Saturday - get up at 8:00 -- Drive to Colrain -- family picnic -- leave for 
	   Maine at 3:00pm -- drive for 4-5 hours. -- unpack/set up tents -
	   eat and drink beer -- sleep (hopefully early) -- 
Sunday - Get up early -- clear a homesite -- work on developing a spring --
	 Eat -- drink beer -- pass out from exaustion --
Monday - Eat -- do more site and spring work -- pack up camp -- drive home
	 along with the rest of the world visiting vacationland. -- 

Tuesday - Wake up battered, bruised and achey and feel better than I have 
	  since the last time I was up there.

Geoff

Tonight hopefully heading to Chet's Fahhhhbulous Diner for a Slipknot fix.

Tommorrow morning up early, pack up the mountain bikes, and head off to 
boootiful Wilton, Maine to enjoy the changing seasons and play with my dad's 
new toy (boat).

Next weekend I'll be doing some camping in Maine on the Appalachian Trail.  I 
have a nice description of the hike I'll put in the hiking topic, in case 
anyone wants to join in the fun.

Have a GRATE one everybody!!!

Scott

    Ah the weekend!  Yahooooo!  
    
    Let's see.... tonight, maybe chet's.... maybe sleep early....?
    Saturday, drive to Logan to pick up my friends Rich & Donna (DEDGAR),
    (can't wait to hear about their Ireland Honeymoon!)  ;-) 
    Saturday night pah-tee at sis & bro-in-law's house
    Sunday drive to NY to pah-tee w/Lisa & Dave & whoever else....
    Monday drive home and go to cook-out at Gram's house w/da family
    
    Tuesday.... start planning next weekend...  ;-)
    
    MJ

Friday - fly to Belgium.
Saturday - fly to Munich aftrt.
           sleep 3 hrs to compensate for JetLag (tm)
           Drink a lot of beer in Munich.
Sunday - pick up rental bomb.
         drive somewhere cool (the winds will guide us, hopefully! :-)
         drink beer.
Monday - drive somewhere cool.
         hike around a bit.
         drink beer.

	:-)

    Tonight- Getting together with an old friend from college who's
    visiting from Virginia.
    
    Saturday- Gettin' up mid mornin' getting an oil job, doing some
    laundry, and heading out around noon to Misquamicut Beach, RI, with my
    significant other.
    
    Saturday night- Drinking myself into oblivion, Crashing at a cheap
    hotel.
    
    Sunday- Hitting the beach and re-living the childhood memories of having
    vacationed in Misquamicut for 14 yrs straight.  It's so much more fun
    now going to the beach front bars.  You miss alot spending all your
    time in the arcade and waterslide. (Secretley looking forward to the
    waterslide and bumpercars at the amusment park part of the public
    beach)
    
    Sunday night- Party more, A lot of bars have christmas parties around
    now.  They close for the Winter so its kind of a last bash.
    
    Monday- Pack-up, Check out, hit the public beach for the rest of the
    day.
    
    Tuesday morning- Wonder why I didn't move to San Fransisco and wind surf
    for a couple years. (I don't know how to wind-surf, but it seems like a
    very romantic image.
    
    Hope everyone has a grate one,
    Jeff
                     

Sure wish Slipknot was playing out here,  I could really use live-music fix...
I wonder where Shakedown Street is playing this weekend...  

In NE case, my agenda looks like a lot of little pet projects: 

Fri - Take measurements to replace the carpet in my house.
      Take measurements for painting the interior my house.
      Finish some make-shift 2x4 kayak racks for the car and garage.

Sat - purchase carpet and paint for my house 
      Mow the lawn at Danielle's Rental Prop
      Repair deck and do some landscaping around Danielle's house while we
	supervise the exterior painting of her house 
      outfit kayaks to fit Danielle and Natalie 

Sun - Natalie's B-day - Check out hot air balloon festival in morning
      Try out the kayaks on a lake pending weather

Mon - Paint interior of my house 

>Another Dave from Poughkeepsie, neat!  Did you go to Spakenkill?

I graduated from Roy C. Ketcham HS but we competed with Spakenkill in sports. I
actually lived in the town of La Grange but it still said Poughkeepsie on our
mailing address.  Tell Po'town I said hi but they'll only say, "Who?" :-)

		Dave

Yeah, a friend of his (now mine as well) also graduated from Ketchum ....
rivals they say.

    I think I have to ride my bike thisafter. Then lateron I can take a
    walk up to Chet's and see if I can hear any diffenerce in the Bass
    guitar.
    	Tomorrow, I'll probably sleep lat and hopefully have everything
    ready to sail.
    	Got a window from 13:00 to 19:00 to get to Tarp cove. Hang out
    there, eat, drink beer, swim, sleep and think, "Another perfect sail, I
    wonder what everyone else is doing".
    	Sunday, up early, chow, drink coffee and reach for Oak Bluffs
    before noon. Hang out on the Vinyard and maybe land there for once. 
    	Monday, get through Woods Hole before 13:00, maybe stop in Hadley's
    Harbor for lunch. After lunch, sail home, drive home, be home and
    sleep.
    	Tuesday, get up, goto work, realize that I need to have some time
    off. Think about what I'd do with it and remember that S word.
    
    	I got space on the boat, anyone doing nothing?
    Geoff
                                   

	Weekend?  Holiday?  Vacation?  Whazat?

	I was just very kind and told the engineers that work for me
	that they could take the whole weekend off.  But be ready to
	work Saturday the 12th.

	My vacation for next week, that I had put in for back in May,
	was cancelled.  Well, maybe not "cancelled", but I was told that
	if I took vacation and the project deliverables for September
	weren't met...

	Oops, they're coming around around again with the whips and hot
	pokers, I better get back to work...  1/2 :-)

	Bob_burnt_around_the_edges

    Wow Bob,..
    
    	Glad I don't werk for you,.. you slave driver!
    
    				3/4 :-=)
    
    							/
    

    I was planning a bike trip to Canada for the weekend, but the guy
    organizing it called me last Monday and said he thinks he has early
    symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and it's better to call off the trip
    than risk it getting worse.  Said he wasn't able to do even an hour of
    biking without he hand getting numb.
    
    But, maybe some alternatives.  First, tonight watch my
    recently-converted-from-PAL-to-NTSC videos of Cropredy.  Tomorrow,
    maybe bicycling or hiking.  More of the same for Sunday.  Monday the
    weather sounds iffy, so maybe beer making and bottling.  Just picked up
    most of the ingredients for 3 all-grain batches (even have the liquid
    wheat beer yeast sitting here avoiding the hot car) - a wheat beer, a
    Belgian ale (using yeast from my Chimay Rouge), and a Christmas ale.
    Still have to pick up the big part: the extra 10 pounds of grain since
    the new shop in Nashua doesn't yet have large quantities of grain.
    
    Scott
    

    Playing it by ear and playing with the kids no doubt.  After we get 
    them to sleep, relaxing, catching up on my reading and video watching.
    If the night is nice and the moon is down, maybe I'll drag out
    the scope and get further behind on my reading and video watching ;-)
    If the weather is nice and hot, maybe I'll finally get to the 
    State park and do some swimming with Hannah, the 3.5 year old.
    Anyone know of any good pools (indoor, at least 25 yards) in the
    Nashua area?  I really need to get back in shape.  Monday, if 
    our friends get home early enough from Lon Guyland, we'll head up
    there and do a 3 yr old bday party with them.  See if I can convince
    them to go to Slip Out of Summer next weekend ;-)  All in all, not 
    too exciting, but hey, 3 days is 3 days.  Oh yeah, probably take some
    code home and totally ignore it ;-)
    
    Later,
    PeterT
    

    
     Saturday.....work
     Sunday.......work
     Monday.......work
    
    it's great working nights every weekend.....NOT!!

	Re: the dedication of this note - thanks Fog! 

	:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) 

anybody know of anything interesting to do goin' on this weekend in or around
boston?  my bro's coming up from nyc and i'm looking for something to keep
us entertained

/rich

    Chris and I are _way_ busy . . . I've got my 5 year class
    reunion tomorrow and then riding Sunday morning and then
    Chris' brother's bday party Sunday afternoon, so I can't
    help ya.
    
    You may want to check the Phoenix New Paper . . . they tend
    to have loads of "to do" stuff in there!
    
    ;-) sparky

RE:  Whatcha doin' this weekend?

Recovering from last weekend!

:)

 Something from which I'll have to recover next weekend :-)

    
    well, if you decide to come down and visit your brother instead, Paul
    Kantner's Wooden Ships and Country Joe McDonald are playing at Wetlands
    tomorrow night.
    
    

 Hmmm....sounds good, but I don't think I'll make it down there til Thanks-
 giving week :-/

	Country Joe ??  Wow, I wonder if he's playing anywhere around
	Boston in the near future ?   I'd love to see him again!

	NYC is a great place to be for music!

	Ken

    Phyllis, 
    
    Is Starship this weekend or next weekend at Wetlands? A friend of mine
    from Waterbury was trying to convince me to come down next weekend 
    (11/14) for that show.
    
    Mike

re Ken

>	Country Joe ??  Wow, I wonder if he's playing anywhere around
>	Boston in the near future ?   I'd love to see him again!

Ditto!

Love his cover of GDTRFB ....

    
    Mike, Starship isn't playing Wetlands.  Your friend probably got some
    mis-info stemming from Kantner's appearance.  Next weekend is War.
    (Thurs. Fri. and Sat.)
    
    Unless of course it's a surprise and they're all showing up tomorrow
    night!  :-)
    
    

I'm leaving for three weeks of kayaking in the Grand Canyon and right about now 
my butterflies are turning into b-52 bombers!!!

8^)  8^o  8^0  8^()  8^)  :^)  %*}  == typical day on the river

Have a GRATE month everyone!  See you CXO-heads at Denvah!!!

Glenn

    
    Wow, sounds great!  Have fun, Glenn!!
    
    

    
    hey Glenn,
      Have a most excellent time.  It sounds incredible.  Good luck.
    
    	-mark

    
    
    Hey Glenn, 
    
    I've never done anything like the Grand Canyon before, but I have done
    the Kennebec and the Dead River via Kayak...
    
    I know *EXACTLY* what you're talking about 8^)  8^o  8^0  8^() ...
    
    Nothin in this world like that feeling!  Nothing that I've done
    anyway...
    
    Have a once in a lifetime experience!!
    
    Tree
    
    ps- Country Joe played somewhere in Boston Last night (if the radio was
    right).  I forget hearing where, but it wasn't a big venue...  tough
    one to miss.

re <<< Note 295.37 by LJOHUB::RILEY "Namer of chaotic individuals everywhere!" >>>

>    ps- Country Joe played somewhere in Boston Last night (if the radio was
>    right).  I forget hearing where, but it wasn't a big venue...  tough
>    one to miss.

Yikes ... I wonder if he's in the area tonight?!?

- DC

    
    call a local radio station.  I know wnew has a concert happenings
    concert line.  bcn or someone should have something similar.
    
    

I'm Back!!  Thanks for all the grate wishes,  had THE time of my life
in the Canyon - will review later -- right now I'm getting ready for the show
tonight and need to find out where everyone's gonna be!

Glenn

	Despite that I have had some real depressing things going on
	in my life right now, this past weekend was one of the 
	most fabulous weekends (weatherwise) I have ever experienced.
	
	Friday night I stayed with my friend on Winnipesaukee and 
	sunrise was incredible over the lake.

	The view from the top of Whiteface, Saturday, was major
	...easily 100 miles.

	Yesterday I biked 40 miles from Acton through Harvard
	into Lancaster and back through Ayer...very nice warm 
	winds.

	Next weekend I may hit Tuckermans....not too sure.

	If anyone want's to go along let me know! 

    keep da faith!
    rfb

    40 miles!  Yikes!  I'm up to 14 in one hour and I thought I was doing
    ok.  Now I'M depressed.
    
    dave

>rfb

	thanks mon! I'sa be tryin!


>40 miles!  Yikes!  I'm up to 14 in one hour and I thought I was doing
>ok.  Now I'M depressed.
       	
	Don't be depressed!!!! I left at noon and returned at about
	6:00pm....your 14mph clearly beats my 6.6mph! ;-)

	(although I did make a couple stops! heh heh) ;-)

 

Time to wake this one up again...it's a long weekend comin' up.

What's up?  I'd hate to have to spend it painint my house....:-(

tim

    playing out friday nite!  opening up for the visitors at g'willikers!
    	:^)  :^)  :^)
    
    			other than that, i have no idea...
    
    						da ve

    There's a 'Battle of the Blues Bands' in Worcester at the Firehouse on
    Sunday July 4th....some good local bules players should be there....
    Other than that, i hope the wind blows so'sin i can git some surfin'
    action for my wind jones....
    
    We shall see....
    
    			dugo

    
       well i'm gonna battle traffic and head up to hampton beach saturday
    morning to soak up some radiation, and then catch buster poindexter and
    his screaming banshees (feeling hot! hot! hot! 8^)) at club casino
    saturday night (i think emo phillips is opening, god help me).
       sunday includes a trip to matunick beach in l'il rhodey for another
    dose of radiation, and then i plan to catch the ska band BOP(harvey)
    sunday night at the ocean mist. 
       monday will be a lazy hazy day, with some mountain biking thrown in
    for good measure. 8^)
    
                                                              ^dave

    Hey now Dave,
    
    Where's Ocean Mist???  Bop Harvey's killer and i sure would like to
    get'em if i can....
    
    dugo

    
       i believe the ocean mist is located in narragansett, ri. anyway you
     would take rt. 95 south to route 1 south (towards e. greenwich) and
     head down to narragansett, past scarborough beach to the matunick 
     beach road exit off the left hand lane, which is really a u-turn.
     matunick beach road is about 1/4 mile on your right, and the ocean
     mist is about 1/2 down on your right.
    
                                                 happy_boppin'...^dave

    Hey da ve,
    
    My house needs painting too, if you finish mom & dad's early!  :-) :-)
    
    tim
    

    	Somebody else has a wind jones? Cool! I'm blowing off work on
    Friday and going for a daysail (remind me to apply the radiation
    defense cream). Saturday is my lazy day, maybe I'll go peddle my legs
    off. Sunday I'm going to finally do an overnight on my boat in one of
    my favorite places southeast of Mattapoisett.
    
    I might go see Da ve on Friday now knowing that's happening
    Geoff

    
    RE: The Ocean Mist......it's in Matunuk, R.I.
    
     cool place, but beers are expensive....
    
    Sean

    Rodeo on the 4th and then home for the fireworks (in Westboro) they
    shot them off over my house !!! and the street is one big party :')
    
    but mostly, some needed R&R.
    
    Chris

Stamford CT. to watch the Grucci fireworks at Cummings Park on the 3rd from
the privacy of my Mom's beach on Wescott Cove (also, good views of
Manhattan). Hey, anyone know whose playing The Terrace this weekend? 

I think we're going to be joining the July 4th festivities in Milford NH ...
hey Bobo, are you gonna be there?

- DC now with short hair :^(

>I think we're going to be joining the July 4th festivities in Milford NH ...
>hey Bobo, are you gonna be there?

Nope not me!  I'll be south of Burlington, VT hopefully enjoying the weather.
Have fun in Milford but lock the door when you leave :)
bob

    Travel to Philadelphia, to spend 4th with Sister,and her family.
    

    Tumbledown Shack in Park County...so damn hot my head caved in...
    
    I HOPE it's a cool one this weekend!
    
    rfb (77 degrees outside at 12:00 noon today!!! beats yesterday's 93)

Campin out and cuttin wood on the 5 acre lot we purchased yesterday :^)

I hope it's cooler this weekend too, these 90+ degree days have been 
causing havoc with Danielle (baby ETA 5 weeks and counting....)   :^)

Glennnn

    I MAY go to the Cajun fest at GW on sunday, if it's not too 
    hot. I went to the folk fest they had there a few years ago
    with my wife and thought it was great.
    
    re .-1
    
    hot days are no more fun AFTER the baby's born than they are before!
    Mom and baby both get miserable.

    well we got our cooler weather for the fourth out here on Colo.
    
    Fryday was that....fryed in the Sun at 10,000 feet. rode the Mountain
    bikes, that nite went into Alma to the South Park Bar to  
    listen to the local geologist and friend play some acoustic music 
    (nice FOTD garcia/grissam style), met MNELSON and friends there, drank
    some Newcastle on tap, played pool...
    
    Saturday slept in, MNELSON and friends went and climbed 3 14'ners.
    I'll let him tell that story...%^) That afternoon as Divide Dave and
    Julie showed up the cold rain and snow started. It snowed most of the
    nite and most of the next morning, no collection at Tumbledown but
    Mousquito Pass prob got 3-5 inches. 
    
    Sunday we cut some Aspen for firewood as we watched the snow squalls
    come and go over the pass. Brats for lunch and time to head home. Got
    home just in time to see the Springs fireworks and then to set some of
    our own off. Drank till 3am.....good thing Monday was a holiday too. 
    
    Vegged almost all of Monday
    
    
    happy Fourth everybody! hope it was a good one!
    
    rfb

...I'm vegging today. I spent the weekend pressure cleaning my
house in preparation for staining it.  I tried keeping the 
house between me and the sun, like a sun dial, to avoid 
getting burned.  2500 psi of 50 degree water kept me from
feeling the heat - or the burn.  It didn't work.  I'd make a 
better stop sign, than a sun dial today. ;-)

The house looks good, but I'm fried.

tim

We had a beautiful time camping on our recently purchased land. Set out
Friday night and set up our cabin tent nestled in some trees facing the eastern
horizon.  Started dinner and took a walk aroung the property all the while
I simply thanked the Great Spirit for bringing us here and asking the land to
embrace my family and our home.  Apologies were offered for the disturbance
that is to occur soon and offered assurance that, although we will need to
cut down several trees and excavate for our foundation, we will embrace the 
land and to care for the land.  As I returned to camp, we were greeted by 
an almost full moon peeking over the horizon :^)  After dinner,
my daughter Natalie and I played frisbee under the light of the moon :^). 
Later that night Natalie, whose recently discovered Christianity, read some
passages from the youth Bible she has obtained on her own and we had some very
insightful, productive discussions based on this. (This is the first time we've
had such discussions and when I posed questions (mostly asking what the a phrase
or passage meant to HER) I found her reflections to be quite positive. Having 
been exposed to many Christian religious organizations in my youth, I had
feared that she might be taking one person's or organization's viewpoint and
not developing her own ideas, but found that once prompted, she is developing
some very beautiful insights of her own.  We also spoke of why I was getting 
up to greet the sun in the morning, and although she didn't want to get up to 
join me ;^), it was nice to offer her another spiritual viewpoint of great 
respect for our natural environment.

I got up about an hour before dawn on Saturday and just sat and watched the 
sky light up, greeted the sun as it rose and went for a walk around the land
again.  Returned to camp and sat down to read "Blessingway".
After only a couple of pages, I was visited by two young bucks :^).  I watched
them for about two minutes before my dogs noticed them :^/.

Cleared trees saturday, camped under full moon sat night, finished clearing and
stacking on Sunday.  

A very tired and happy Glenn :^)

    re .65  Glenn
    
    Nice note.  Thanks for sharing it.
    
    :-)
    
    Marv
    

    
    Headed up to do some hiking.  Met up with rfb at Southpark (Alma's
    Other Bar).  After many beverages we returned to Tumbledown for a
    nightcap.  I finally realized that I had become a total weeble and 
    decided to lay down before I fell down.  I was major league stressed
    that night and really overdid it for a pre-hike night.
    
    Woke up with a world class hangover and 3 14'ers to hike. Byron, Holly
    and I grabbed some chow and headed for Kite Lake.  There were
    considerable snow fields on the trail so we decided to ascend through
    some major talus fields straight up Democrat Mountain (14,200+ feet).  
    It is pretty scary climbing in that stuff with all the slipping of rocks.
    The summit was pretty windy so we did not stay long.  Chowed down a 
    sandwich and some powerbars and started heading down.  I was able to 
    glasade(sp) down several hundred foot stretches, which was a ball.
    
    We had to crosss over Cameron Mountain (13,900+ foot summit) and then
    up Lincoln (14286 feet).  The view was spectacular, looking down on
    Prosser Valley on one side, Montgomery reservior on another and soaring
    peaks all around.
    
    The weather started taking a turn for the worse and we knew we had to
    make some time.  The temp dropped to 30ish and we started geeting hit
    with intermittent snow showers.  The wind started picking up to huge
    gusts.
    
    We headed across an easy ridge heading for Bross (14200+ feet) and weather
    kept getting worse.  The weather report sited gusts in excess of 90 mph in
    colorado that day.  We were with 100 yards of the summit when we got
    together to decide whether to go on.  We agreed to do it, so we dropped
    our packs and scurried to the summit.  The snow was now blowing
    straight across the summit and really hurt any exposed skin.
    
    We made the decision to skip the trail back and glasade down a huge snow 
    field.  We probably descended over 1000 feet in that fashion and it was 
    both exhilirating and frightening.  I slid down the majority of it on my 
    butt and was really cranking in some spots.  
    
    We made it down safely with a full round trip time of 6 hours 18
    minutes.  This is the second hike I've done with these folks and both
    have had incredibly extreme conditions both times.  All in all a grate
    trip.
    
    	Mark   

Glisading without axes? That _is_ scary!

Fog_really_looking_forward_to_his_visit_to_Tumbledown_in_six_weeks!

    Friday went to see Brused Orange and the Visitors
    Saturday nothing all morning, it rained....took a nap in the afternoon
    Sunday went a Rodeo, then a parade.....then sat in my front yard and
    watched traffic go by then fireworks then traffic go by the other way
    and all along eating food, drinking beer, blowing bubbles, playing
    frizbee, street chalking and all sorts of things you might do on the
    4th of July.....
    
    oh yeah, stopped by JC's when I saw him and Deb walking home from the
    store !
    
    thats about it...
    
    Chris

    
    Hey fog,
      i had my Ice axe with me.  I got a new Black Diamond on Friday, It's
    a beauty.  
    
    	Mark 

Whew, had me scared, there...

     	This weekend we've got a big race! The PHRF New England Championships
are being held out of Marblehead and there will probably be between 90 to 
120 boats competing. The participants will probably be split into 6 or 8 
fleets and they'll run 2 courses/starting lines. We usually end up starting
in the first fleet at the slower line. We have the distinct disadvantage 
of be rated faster than many boats in the fleet but that rating does not 
reflect reality, with an identical hull and keel rated 6 seconds slower than 
us as well as some tricked out racers to which we owe 12 second per mile. 
We have to push that over rated, heavy, cruiser with small sails faster 
and harder than we've figured out. 
     The weather forecast is now for 15-25 knots out of the southeast, small
craft advisories. Marblehead being on the north shore means that the seas
will be fairly large, probably breaking over the bow a lot when on the wind. 
Down wind is going to be surf city with a spinnaker up and big seas. I don't
want to broach and I don't want to be washed off the foredeck (that's my 
job). 
     So I'm facing a day of great intensity tomorrow and am seeking vibes 
of success and safety. With two DECheads on board any vibes you can give will
be twice as powerful (kinda like the matching gift policy :-)). So wish 
us luck and root for Aventure every time you look up and see the trees 
bending tomorrow!

     Geoff The_guy_on_the_pointy_end_who_gets_the_waves_first


     P.S. So I wont be making Slipknot tonight, gotta sacrifice.

    Good Luck Geoff!!!
    

    Lots of speedy vibes comin' yer way!
    

    Well I'm not doing it and it will be after the weekend but it fits for
    me !
    
    	Julie will be heading to Tulsa OK monday for the Jr. Olympics
    Roller Skating Nationals !
    
    Me, I'll be home waiting for the phone to ring !
    
    
    so send those warm loving vibes next week towards Tulsa Ok. !!!!
    
    
    Chris

good vibes headed to the North Shore and to Julie in Tulsa!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................

    Okay Chris, 
    	I'll trade you good luck to Julie vibes and a news paper article 
    with her name, picture and your name for some luck on the race course.
    
    Sound like a deal? 
    
      ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

    humm OK.....!!!
    
    Wells blow me down - Popeye 
    
    :')

    Hiong to the Maine Narrow Gauge RailFair in Portland.
    
    Putting about three hours in holding a customer's hand as he installs
    our software (which only takes about five minutes but will take him one
    hour to bring down his production system and two hours to get back
    up... if nothing breaks!) (LARGE Vax)
    
    ...michael T. RailHead 

    
    So whats on people's agendas for this weekend???
    
    All I know is Phish on Sat. night!!!

Last night... beer and bachelor-type things for Keith (a friend who's gettin
hitched this weekend).

2 night... Phish at GW
2 morrow mornin' (early!) pickin up Dori at BOS :-)
2 morrow night more Phish at GW.
Sunday Keith's wedding.



...and next weekend...



Gettin married! :-)


- jeff_will_be_back_on_19_July
  if_I_survive_the_honeymoon_:-)

            <<< Note 295.80 by SUBPAC::MAGGARD "Mail Order Wives" >>>
>...and next weekend...
>Gettin married! :-)


Wow Jeff!!  Excellent!  Congratulations....

Enjoy your honeymoon.

bob

    
    
    Phishin' both nights.
    See you all there.
    
    
    ps. LeBlanc's going incognito. He'll be wearing a dress.  ;-)
    
    
    Steve-O

    Congratulations, long life, prosper, etc...
    
    I'm packing my bags for another adventure. Siberia and Lake Baikal!
    
    2 1/2 weeks of adventure (my wife keeps telling me it'll be fun; I keep
    telling her about the Plane_Ride_from_Hell we had last time we went to
    the USSR (which is still was, then... about six months later is when it
    broke up)
    
    so... bug spray, nylons, oilskins, and small jars of instamt coffee is
    what I'll be packing!
    
    Be back in New England on July 31.
    
    ...michael t. "World traveler... again"Head
      

    
    WOW!
    
    We got one person gettin hitched and another headed to Siberia.
                                                  
    This has always been quite a notesfile.

    mike, enjoy Siberia !!! hope to meecha when you get back...
     
    Congratulations to Jeff and Dori !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Wes_and_Karen_who_will_be_relaxing_attending_cookouts_and_recording_
    on_the_4-track_this_weekend

    Jeff - the other thing you have to do is fed ex me a ticket
    on saturday!
    
                                                                  i
    and congratulations!  This is why you didnt need her return trup!!!!
    

>     Jeff - the other thing you have to do is fed ex me a ticket
>     on saturday!

Ticket??!?  What ticket?!??!



Jus' kiddin, Carol! 

:-)


- jeff


PS -- thanks for the kind wishes, folks! :-)

    Congrats also Jeff, to you and Dori.  Gee, if you're working next week
    a night at the Regency might be in order (if you've got any free
    ones. Remebering the week before my wedding, I wasn't too busy
    was I?  Nah...)
    It not, when you get back.
    Best of luck!
    
    PeterT

    congrats to jeff and Dori! May you have many happy days!
    
    rfb

congrats Jeff & Dori

Thanks for all the kind wishes!

The wedding went great -- someone up there put in a good word for us and we
were blessed by beautiful weather for our outdoor ceremony and nothing
worthwhile for America's_Funniest_Home_Videos :-)

The honeymoon was even better (albeit too short).  Musta been asked a hundred
times if I feel different after the wedding.  Nope, not a bit.  Only thing is
that 3300 miles feels a lot farther after two amazing weeks of togetherness
(after 11 months apart).  Six more weeks 'til Dori finishes her internship and
comes back to the Right Coast.  YAHOO!

- jeff_back_from_Hawai'i

<<< Note 295.91 by SUBPAC::MAGGARD "Mail Order Wives" >>>
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I wonder if I should change my PN just yet... ?

:-)


- jeff

><<< Note 295.91 by SUBPAC::MAGGARD "Mail Order Wives" >>>
>
>I wonder if I should change my PN just yet... ?
    
    Well, I think I would, before Dori finds out...;-)
    
    Congrats, dood.  
    
    tim
    

    change it to what???  male ordered by wife????   ;^)

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Good'n da ve!

:-)