Post-TAM Tour?

Andriiya said:
I'm not hearing good things about these MDC shenanigans... I guess I don't mind being late/skipping it, but would we be back by 7-ish? :boxedin:
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Definitely back by 7. As cool as Red Rocks is, and as interesting as Kitten's information will be, I think 6 hours in the desert sun is a little much.
 
Andriiya said:
Are we skipping Steve Novella's presentation and Randi & DJ's 'closing remarks' then? They're not over until 1:30.
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mr. ottle said:
I'm fine with waiting until 1:30 for those who want to catch the closing remarks.
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That's what I originally wanted to do! But, Kitten was all concerned about flights and stuff. I reposted the relevant conversation below.

Perhaps we can put it to vote.

I agree that the live MDC thing might not be worth watching, for most folks, having experienced the first one, and half of the second one. (Not even sure if the second one counted as an MDC thing, but whatever it was, it wasn't worth sitting through.)

As for inter-car communication, I was sort of expecting to get out of my car when we got to Red Rocks. If everyone else does something similar, we can talk then.
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I assume there might be some commentary on the trips back and forth.

And, perhaps we might take a driving tour, if it's too hot for most people to do a lot of walking, maybe.




Anyway, here is the conversation we had about the time of the event, so far:

Wowbagger said:
Did they just add Steve Novella to the schedule? I coulda sworn Desiree Schell was the last speaker.

We should probably say that we intend to leave around 1:30 PM or whenever Steve is done, if his thing is running a bit late.
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Kitten said:
Don't want to head out too late as some people have Sunday flights... I say we leave at 1pm firm. What do other people think?

Steve's great, but haven't we heard him speak a bajillion times? :-)
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Wowbagger said:
Steve is so great, he's worth hearing a bajillion times! And, not everyone going to TAM has heard him a bajillion times, either.

But, you make a good point about flights. How about we compromise, and leave at 1:15 PM firm, when he is scheduled to end. And, if he runs late that's too bad. I'm sure it'll be on the DVD.
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Kitten said:
Let's plan on leaving at 1pm. My friends pointed out that there's the live challenge at 5pm, so we want to make sure we're back in time for that :-)
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Wowbagger said:
That's what I originally wanted to do! But, Kitten was all concerned about flights and stuff. I reposted the relevant conversation below.

Perhaps we can put it to vote.
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I vote for 1:30. I wouldn't like to miss Steve Novella and Randi's and DJ's closing remarks.
 
Wowbagger said:
I assume there might be some commentary on the trips back and forth.
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That's the risk you take. I'm not renting a school bus or buying walkie-talkies on the off chance someone in another car says something interesting. We'll have had three days of people giving interesting commentary -- I'll take my chances with the intelligent people who end up in my car :)
 
Okay, here's a new rule: The Central Scrutinizer (a.k.a. "Scrut") has no authority on this thread. Do NOT listen to anything he says. He will deliberately try to deceive you!!

But, as long as everyone understands that Scrut is to be ignored, here, we could then grant him the freedom to say whatever he wants, without as much further comments, except the occasional reminder of this warning. If Scrut wants to post that we are leaving from Chicago, Illinois, at 2:00 PM Singapore time, it is his privilege to do so. If Scrut lies, and tries to claim that he is really the one in charge, then you know it must be a lie. (And, a rather hideous one at that!) If Scrut does say something that happens to be accurate, chalk it up to coincidence.

The Official Chain of Command for the Post-TAM9 Red Rocks Tour goes like this:

1. Wowbagger - Everything that I say in this thread is the Official Word on the trip. Unless, of course, I am being sarcastic about something.

But, how is one to know if I am being sarcastic? One thing to look for is the word "pony" or "ponies". From this point forward, if you see that word in a paragraph that I am posting in this thread, it indicates that that paragraph was meant to be sarcastic, in some way. The only exception, of course, being paragraphs that explain why all the others would be sarcastic, with those words, including this one.

2. Kitten - In the unlikely event that I am unable to fulfill my duties as Self-Proclaimed Lead Organizer of the Red Rocks Tour, I think it would be most appropriate to leave Kitten in charge, since she is going to be The Guide, anyway, and seems to have some experience running these sorts of things.

If Kitten does not wish to take on this burden, she can name whoever she wants to take her place. I do not care who it is, as long as it is NOT Scrut.

3. mr. ottle - In the even more unlikely event that Kitten can not take on the burden of leading this thing, and she does not name someone to take her place, I suppose it would then fall onto the brave shoulders of mr. ottle, who volunteered to be our chauffer, early on.

If mr. ottle does not wish to take on this burden, he can name whoever he wants to take his place. I do not care who it is, as long as it is NOT Scrut.

4. God - In the extremely tragic occurrence that not even mr. ottle is able to fulfill his duties as leader, and he does not name anyone to take his place, then only God knows what is going to happen to this tour! Consult with Him about what to do... or at least one of His ponies.

There may be further posts that will elaborate on some of the nitty-gritty details about this post. So, I will now open it up to any questions or concerns you might have. Anyone have any questions or concerns?
 
I abdicate my responsibilities to Rebecca Watson.

Since Rebecca doesn't participate here, we will have to listen to her official spokesperson, Scrut.
 
mr. ottle said:
I abdicate my responsibilities to Rebecca Watson.
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If you wish to abdicate your responsibilities to Rebecca Watson, that is your perogative. However, I remind you that such a declaration would not be relevant until I am unable to fulfill my own duties as Lead Organizer, and for some reason Kitten is unable to, either.


mr. ottle said:
Since Rebecca doesn't participate here, we will have to listen to her official spokesperson, Scrut.
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Again, this would not take place until the above happens. So, anything Scrut says is still not to be taken as any authority.



Now, can we please get back to logistics?!

I would like to hear Kitten's opinion on the matter of inter-transportation communication. If we drove in separate cars, would we all need to hear any interesting commentary along the way?

For the record, I would not mind renting and driving a mini-van for this trip, that much. We might be able to fit all or most people in it.
 
I like the idea of a school bus. We could pretend it's a field trip and sing songs.

Ponies!
 
18 people in a minivan. Yeah, that would be fun.

I'll wait to hear Rebecca's decision on the matter.
 
AdMan said:
I like the idea of a school bus. We could pretend it's a field trip and sing songs.
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If we could get a driver.

I think school buses require a different license than the normal driver's license.

mr. ottle said:
18 people in a minivan. Yeah, that would be fun.
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I think we could fit 12 people in the right kind of minivan. That covers most of us.
 
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Wowbagger said:
I would like to hear Kitten's opinion on the matter of inter-transportation communication. If we drove in separate cars, would we all need to hear any interesting commentary along the way?

For the record, I would not mind renting and driving a mini-van for this trip, that much. We might be able to fit all or most people in it.
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Maybe Kitten could phone into a local radio station and they could put her on the air, then the people in the other cars could tune to that station.

Of course, she'd be on a 7 second delay, because she cusses like a sailor. :)
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
Maybe Kitten could phone into a local radio station and they could put her on the air, then the people in the other cars could tune to that station.
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That is not a completely unplausible idea. A ham radio might do the trick, as well, if someone can provide the equipment.

But, I chalk its potential usefulness up as mere coincidence. We all know that most of your posts in this thread are going to be pointless.
 
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