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fisher Super Nerd Picogroup Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2,731 Concord California USA Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #45 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 5:04pm It will be good to meet you Jan. Have you been to Washington before?
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Jan Kraakman Senior Member Picogroup Offline Love my STS Posts: 191 Zwaag Netherlands Netherlands Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #46 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 2:18am Good to meet you to Don No I haven't been to Washington yet and it will also be the last trip for the time being because I need the time and money to move the shop in the near future Jan.
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Jan Kraakman Senior Member Picogroup Offline Love my STS Posts: 191 Zwaag Netherlands Netherlands Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #47 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 6:09pm Hey Guys I arrived in Seattle @ 2 pm 11 pm dutch time and had a pleasant flight Picked up the car (red STS ) and drove to the hotel in Tukwila For me it's about 3.10 am right now but have to stay up for a couple of hours to get my biological clock on time So I'll take a look in the mall close by and get a bite to eat Jan
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fisher Super Nerd Picogroup Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2,731 Concord California USA Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #48 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 7:33pm Hello Jan, We could meet this week. I am working till 5 PM these days. There is a sizeable Scandinavian community here in the Pacific Northwest; you might notice. Carl is coming out on Friday.If you want, call me at 206 450 3969. Are you going to rent a car?
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Reply #49 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 10:05am

Hi Don

I'll try to call you today Smiley

I'm visiting a dutch friend in Seattle today and pick up Rich from the airport tomorrow 11 am, then we go to the space needle, so maybe we can meet after that if it's ok with Rich Smiley

Yes I've already got the car, a Caddy STS with 4820 miles on it that we can break @ Tom's Smiley

My Cell is (1) 269 779 26 26 just in case Smiley

Jan

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fisher Super Nerd Picogroup Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2,731 Concord California USA Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #50 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 10:20am Great. I am going to work the 4 ten- hour- day week, or at least so that Friday I have just a couple hours or so to make up; I could pick Carl up at the airport myself. How does that sound Carl?
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Carl Grotti LSD Guide Picogroup Offline Deceased Posts: 1,501	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #51 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:00pm Hi Don, I'll be renting a Cobalt. Only rich people can afford to rent an STS. See ya Friday,
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Jan Kraakman Senior Member Picogroup Offline Love my STS Posts: 191 Zwaag Netherlands Netherlands Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #52 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 11:13pm Nah I'm not rich just saved for this so if we can put the cobalt in the trunk of the caddy then you can ride with Rich Mick and me Jan
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Reply #53 - Oct 12^th, 2008 at 7:41pm

Tom and Laura,

Thank you both for the hospitallity. It was well worth the flight out to Washington. There was quite a bit of brain power there ~~breaking~~... eh em... I mean working on Jan's 09 Cadillac.

We were able to explore a brand new pressure transducer and that was a lot of fun. Tom, you may want to check out your hard-drive space now. When we weren't looking, them boyz were filling it up with captures, so you might want to look into that.

I don't know what happened today with you crazy Autonerdz (Tom, Mick, Jan, Don, and Rich), but what ever you did, I'm sure guys were able to fix what you broke so you nerdzs could make it back home.

Jan,

Thank you for the Dutch house shoes and the cook book. I was thinking of wearing those shoes into work tomorrow. I'm sure the other techs will be jealous of them.

Mick,

Man... I can't keep up with you on pressure transducer analysis. Thanks for hepling us out with the evaluation of a new tool.

Rich,

You now know how to start an STS without the key. Wink

Don,

I'm glad you could make it. It was good to see you again.

We got a visit from Keith Crowell of Crowell Bros. Inc. Good talking with you again, Keith.

We also received a visit from the ASA of Washington President, Jeff Lovell. Thanks for stopping in, Jeff.

Jan, Mick, Rich... Hope you guys make it back home safely.

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Reply #54 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 10:21am

I am amazed at how many of you came to our humble open house event from such a long way. I hope you all had a great time...I know we did

Thank you all for coming. Smiley

It never got over crowded and the local visitors trickled in one group at a time an so there was never too many at one time to get to talk with everyone and see what was going on.

Laura did a great job with the foods and other things to make things go smoothly.

We just were able to visit and do nerdy stuff all weekend. It was a pleasure to meet you all and I was blown away by the expertise we had here in one place. Wow. Smiley

I know we will be having future Nerd conventions here. This was just too much fun. I'm sure it must have been illegal Smiley

The weather got sunny just for the weekend and so we were all able to enjoy some rare beautiful days for October here.

I wish we would have gotten more pictures but here is all we have in a zip file.

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Reply #55 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 9:22pm

Tom, I had a great time at your grand opening. I was able to learn some stuff. Thanks Carl Wink

It was cool to meet everyone . Just sorry I could not make it back on Sunday. Family matters kept me from returning. Don't even tell me what I missed. Angry

So nice to meet Jan,Mick,Rich,Fisher & Carl's friend .Was it Garrett or Gary?
I hope Jan , Mick and Rich made it to the airport ok in that Caddy. Shocked

I don't know if you know it or not but you have started something great with the Autonerdz.

Hey nobody has said anything about the laptops . Man there was a few there. 7 or 8 Grin

How many gigs?

I am looking forward to the next one.

Or any training event that you may have there. Nice for me 45 minute drive and I am there.

Thanks again Tom..........Keith Crowell

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Reply #56 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:01am

Well I made it back home to Toronto but not without problems at security. I had taken
back some cop extension leads in my computer bag and I had to be pulled over to the side
and explain what they where before they opened the bag, then they did a swob test in all
the compartments. Smiley

Anyway I can tell you all, that being at Toms was a treat we got looked after by Laura in
the food and drink department, all the vegetables were fresh out the garden I feel so
healthy now. Smiley

To be able to try out the new pressure transducer on the Cadi while we used Carls Tech 2
to activate the intake and exhaust actuators was great.

Rich got the easy job from the
drivers seat so in the end we got him to polish the beautification covers when we were
done. Smiley

It was good to be able to put a face to a name Fisher (Don) Keith Rich Carl Jan Tom and
many more thank you for making me feel at home and making sure I got to the airport to
return . Smiley

I only wish I lived closer for future events. If you do live on the west coast you got to go
there, you want regret it.

I will post pictures when I get back on track

Mick

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fisher Super Nerd Picogroup Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2,731 Concord California USA Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #57 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:26am I was glad to meet all the fellows I did. I am going to be around for a few years more (I dont plan on dying just yet) ; I would be glad to put up folk whom travel from afar... I cant do that now; though. Oh well. Tom has a nice place in a more rural part of town; deer can be seen grazing on the lawn.
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Reply #58 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 2:50pm

Hi Group,

Well I made it back in one piece. Smiley

Today was the first day back on the job. Smiley

I think, I gained some weight from all the food and drinks that Tom and his wife set up for us Smiley

Many thanks.
Tom and his wife are very fun to be around, thanks for the good time and hard work that was taken to make this posible. Smiley

I also enjoyed meeting other piconerdz as well.

It was fun to mess with some of the guys in person that I have messed with for years online. Smiley

Thanks for the toys Tom. I used one today with good results.

And a special thanks to Jan for dragging my butt out there Smiley

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Never Stop learning Smiley

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daveyK Super Nerd Picogroup Offline (Retired) - Elevation: 525 feet Posts: 2,357 Hellertown, PA, USA Pennsylvania USA Gender:	Re: Have We Gone Mad? Reply #59 - Oct 15^th, 2008 at 2:47pm Hi all, Congrats! I'm happy everybody had a geat time. Tom, Can names be assigned to the faces in the zip file? I think I recognize you and Carl, however Thanks, dave
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