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Gathering 2K2... are we still on for Boston?  Have we got an agenda?  
Is anybody surprised to realize they're still subscribed to this 
list/sublist?

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At 10:47 PM 7/5/2002, Karen Cravens wrote:
>Gathering 2K2... are we still on for Boston?  Have we got an agenda?
>Is anybody surprised to realize they're still subscribed to this
>list/sublist?

I'm ready if you are.  A target date of September 20 - 22/23 has been chosen.

As for the agenda, anyone have any preferences?  To keep with the tradition 
established last year, a visit to a RenFaire is in order.  The local one is 
King Richard's Faire .


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On 5 Jul 2002 at 23:31, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:

> I'm ready if you are.  A target date of September 20 - 22/23 has been chosen.



> As for the agenda, anyone have any preferences?  To keep with the tradition 
> established last year, a visit to a RenFaire is in order.  The local one is 
> King Richard's Faire .

Oh, that one looks like fun.  I'll try to avoid having to put a 
sewing machine on the airplane.

I think the New England Aquarium would be a good visit.  (Nearest 
aquarium to us is Denver, a twelve-hour drive or so (well, less now 
that the speed limit's raised.))  And/or the zoo, although we're a 
little less deprived in that regard (we just like seeing new zoos).

And us hicks would probably be pretty impressed by Harvard and MIT, 
too.  Dunno about any other attendees.

Oh, and Carl needs to see the ocean, of course.  (Heck, *I* haven't 
seen one in, um, about a quarter century.  Eek.)

There should also be a seafood or other Local Food event.

And at some point during the weekend, it will probably be necessary 
to have a dinner with some alt.folklore.urban folks.

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At 10:28 PM 7/7/2002, Karen Cravens wrote:
>On 5 Jul 2002 at 23:31, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:
>
> > I'm ready if you are.  A target date of September 20 - 22/23 has been 
> chosen.
>
> > As for the agenda, anyone have any preferences?  To keep with the 
> tradition
> > established last year, a visit to a RenFaire is in order.  The local 
> one is
> > King Richard's Faire .
>
>Oh, that one looks like fun.  I'll try to avoid having to put a
>sewing machine on the airplane.

We have one you can borrow, if withdrawal strikes.

>I think the New England Aquarium would be a good visit.  (Nearest
>aquarium to us is Denver, a twelve-hour drive or so (well, less now
>that the speed limit's raised.))  And/or the zoo, although we're a
>little less deprived in that regard (we just like seeing new zoos).

Boston has a zoo?  (Two actually: .)  I've 
never been to either, because until recently they were not nice places.  I 
know that they've done a lot of work on them in recent years, so things may 
well have changed.

>And us hicks would probably be pretty impressed by Harvard and MIT,
>too.  Dunno about any other attendees.

Given how many friends I have that are students/employees/alumni of MIT, 
that should not be a problem.  And the outside of Harvard is *very* easy to 
see.

>Oh, and Carl needs to see the ocean, of course.  (Heck, *I* haven't
>seen one in, um, about a quarter century.  Eek.)

Seeing it is easy, you will definitely do so if you fly into Logan (it's an 
island in Boston Harbor).  Splashing in it could be arranged.

>There should also be a seafood or other Local Food event.

Definitely.

>And at some point during the weekend, it will probably be necessary
>to have a dinner with some alt.folklore.urban folks.

Sounds interesting.


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On 8 Jul 2002 at 7:27, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:

> We have one you can borrow, if withdrawal strikes.

I'm not worried about withdrawal, I'm worried about "Omigosh, I 
forgot to..."
 
> Boston has a zoo?  (Two actually: .)  I've 
> never been to either, because until recently they were not nice places.  I 
> know that they've done a lot of work on them in recent years, so things may 
> well have changed.

Bummer.  Whenever you come out here, you can visit ours.  It *is* a 
nice place.
 
> Seeing it is easy, you will definitely do so if you fly into Logan (it's an 
> island in Boston Harbor).  Splashing in it could be arranged.

In September?  I think that's what happened that quarter-century ago 
(only on the other coast, and the other end of the season) and I 
spent half my vacation with pneumonia.
 
> >And at some point during the weekend, it will probably be necessary
> >to have a dinner with some alt.folklore.urban folks.
> Sounds interesting.

Should be.  It's a crowd not unlike asr in outlook, but with more 
occupational diversity.  And with a long history of get-togethers, 
too.


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At 11:44 PM 7/15/2002, Karen Cravens wrote:
>On 8 Jul 2002 at 7:27, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:
>
> > We have one you can borrow, if withdrawal strikes.
>
>I'm not worried about withdrawal, I'm worried about "Omigosh, I
>forgot to..."

Most addicts rationalize their addiction. . . .

> > Boston has a zoo?  (Two actually: .)  I've
> > never been to either, because until recently they were not nice places.  I
> > know that they've done a lot of work on them in recent years, so things 
> may
> > well have changed.
>
>Bummer.  Whenever you come out here, you can visit ours.  It *is* a
>nice place.

Allison has brought the Southwick Zoo  to my 
attention.  It turns out to not be very far from us (as such things go at 
least).

> > Seeing it is easy, you will definitely do so if you fly into Logan 
> (it's an
> > island in Boston Harbor).  Splashing in it could be arranged.
>
>In September?  I think that's what happened that quarter-century ago
>(only on the other coast, and the other end of the season) and I
>spent half my vacation with pneumonia.

Actually, given the way the Gulf Stream works, the waters around here are 
warmer than those off California most of the time.


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On 16 Jul 2002 at 6:51, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:

> Most addicts rationalize their addiction. . . .

I'm not addicted to sewing.  Now, fabric shopping, that's 
different...
 
> Actually, given the way the Gulf Stream works, the waters around here are 
> warmer than those off California most of the time.

That's what they told me in California, only it was the Something-
Something Current.
 
We have drive-in restaurants here (drive-in theaters, too, but that's 
not germane) which serve, among other things, slushes of various odd 
flavors.  One of them is "Ocean Water."  Carl keeps suggesting it, 
and I keep telling him it doesn't matter if it's been twenty-some 
years, that *still* calls to mind the taste of, well, ocean water.  
Yeccchhh.  (It's also a weird blue, and is, um, pina colada flavored 
or something.  Or so Carl says.  I don't eat or drink *anything* that 
color, no matter what it's named.)  I'll have a nice traditional 
grape slush, thankyouverymuch.

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At 09:05 PM 7/22/2002, Karen Cravens wrote:
>On 16 Jul 2002 at 6:51, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:
>
> > Most addicts rationalize their addiction. . . .
>
>I'm not addicted to sewing.  Now, fabric shopping, that's
>different...

Ah yes, she who dies with the most fabric wins?

> > Actually, given the way the Gulf Stream works, the waters around here are
> > warmer than those off California most of the time.
>
>That's what they told me in California, only it was the Something-
>Something Current.

Then we'll just take you to a place you can look at it from afar, then.

>We have drive-in restaurants here (drive-in theaters, too, but that's
>not germane) which serve, among other things, slushes of various odd
>flavors.  One of them is "Ocean Water."  Carl keeps suggesting it,
>and I keep telling him it doesn't matter if it's been twenty-some
>years, that *still* calls to mind the taste of, well, ocean water.
>Yeccchhh.  (It's also a weird blue, and is, um, pina colada flavored
>or something.  Or so Carl says.  I don't eat or drink *anything* that
>color, no matter what it's named.)  I'll have a nice traditional
>grape slush, thankyouverymuch.

"Proper" slushes are pretty much unknown here in New England.  And no one 
would even *think* about calling one "Ocean Water".  And weird blue is 
reserved for raspberry.


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On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:

> I'm ready if you are.  A target date of September 20 - 22/23 has been chosen.

Just over six weeks away... we've kind of dropped the ball on drumming up
interest.

Is _anybody_ outside of the Cravens and the Feldhusens interested in
getting together for gaming and the renfaire in Boston the weekend of
September 21?  Or is it going to be just the four of us again?

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On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Carl D Cravens wrote:

> Is _anybody_ outside of the Cravens and the Feldhusens interested in
> getting together for gaming and the renfaire in Boston the weekend of
> September 21?  Or is it going to be just the four of us again?

Oh, yeah... Mike, what area should people look for a hotel in?  You can
reply here or update the Gathering page directly...

http://www.phoenyx.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/Gamers/PhoenyxGathering2002

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At 05:44 PM 8/5/2002, Carl D Cravens wrote:
>On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Carl D Cravens wrote:
>
> > Is _anybody_ outside of the Cravens and the Feldhusens interested in
> > getting together for gaming and the renfaire in Boston the weekend of
> > September 21?  Or is it going to be just the four of us again?
>
>Oh, yeah... Mike, what area should people look for a hotel in?  You can
>reply here or update the Gathering page directly...
>
>http://www.phoenyx.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/Gamers/PhoenyxGathering2002

Here's a link to hotels here in Marlborough (MA): 
http://eastmassachusetts.worldweb.com/MarlboroughMA/WheretoStay/HotelsMotels/



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> Is _anybody_ outside of the Cravens and the Feldhusens interested in
> getting together for gaming and the renfaire in Boston the weekend of
> September 21?  Or is it going to be just the four of us again?

I love the idea, personally, but I fear there is zero chance of my making
it.  There are already more relatives clamoring for us to visit than we have
time or budget to do so.  As such, it would be very difficult to justify a
gaming weekend, alas.

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Carl D Cravens  writes:

> Is _anybody_ outside of the Cravens and the Feldhusens interested in
> getting together for gaming and the renfaire in Boston the weekend of
> September 21?  Or is it going to be just the four of us again?

I'd be interested in at least a meet & greet. I live in Cambridge
(across the river from Boston) so I can be rather flexible :)

I went to MIT & have a working alumni card, so I can get you in if you
want- though most of the interesting places won't require one. (Off the
beaten path is 'Strobe Alley' where Doc Edgerton, the inventor of strobe
photography, did his stuff. Some cool strobe-based toys there.)

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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Scott Kullberg wrote:

> I'd be interested in at least a meet & greet. I live in Cambridge
> (across the river from Boston) so I can be rather flexible :)

I set this message aside to reply to later, then forgot about it.  I'd
like it if you can still join us.

> I went to MIT & have a working alumni card, so I can get you in if you
> want- though most of the interesting places won't require one. (Off the
> beaten path is 'Strobe Alley' where Doc Edgerton, the inventor of strobe
> photography, did his stuff. Some cool strobe-based toys there.)

I'd really like to see the place, but our schedule is pretty packed
already, so I think we'll have to pass.

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Karen Cravens wrote:

> I'm not worried about withdrawal, I'm worried about "Omigosh, I
> forgot to..."

"...start working on my costume more than a week before the faire!"

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