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Jafo Embarks On A Road Trip

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Jafo Embarks On A Road Trip

And only 36 years since the last one.....

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Tomorrow morning [Friday, Aus time] I'm on a plane to the US and Canada.   All things going well [the US doesn't chuck me out for being unintelligible] I'll be visiting all the great guys and gals at Stardock HQ.

Yay for me.....  It's been a loooong time coming.  I've known these guys for about a decade so it'll be a 'buzz' to finally catch up with them in 'Real Life' [tm].

In all of my history with skinners/skinning I've only met 3 skinners before, all of whom were from Oz, like me.....so this will likely be sensory overload [or something]...;)

I have a beat-up old laptop that'll hopefully keep me in contact here on my travels....and if I get a chance on the road I'll try to post the odd pic or two, but I'll likely not be on quite as frequently/long as is usual.

If you've the inclination to PM or otherwise contact me re issues with Wincustomize and/or its inhabitants it may be a better bet for the next few weeks to badger Island Dog in lieu.....[he yearns for your contact]....;)

Hopefully I can get one or two group mug-shots at Stardock on the 16th to show you what an ugly - er - wonderful bunch of people they all are....

Take care of each other...I'll be busy taking photos....;)

Cheers,

Paul.

 

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Reply #126 from WinCustomize Forums Top

sorry im late to this thread jafo but i feel like i ate some of starkers curried cabbage :puke:     glad to see you enjoying your trip can't wait to see some pics  and soak those tootsies :rofl:                                                     

Reply #127 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting cplair, reply 46
Here's some of my eating spots when you get hungry:

Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch (Louisiana style cooking, five star food)

523 Washington Blvd.  Marina Del Rey (301) 578-1005



Rajun Cajun (Cajun food so good, makes your toes wiggle)

422 Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach (310) 376-7878



Rosa's Mexican Restaurant (The Super Deluxe Burrito is the best in the city, my spot since 1975 and the recipe has never changed)

322 Pacific Coast Highway Redondo Beach (310) 374-9094



Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles (Try the "Scoe's Special" with my complements)

Five locations depending on where you're staying including the original in Hollywood on Sunset and Gower.

Enjoy Dude;

 
Curtis's Ballet School and Screen Shot Heaven (Try the frou frou and slippers, thery're so cute) 


I'm 400 miles north and so hoping you'll visit!).

 

Say, Jafo....did you ever manage to visit Curtis?

 

 

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #128 from WinCustomize Forums Top

  Doc...that's wrong in so many ways. Funny as hell, thou.   ;)

Reply #129 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What part of Toronto are you staying in?

Yonge street....2837....bit south of Laurence.

We pick up a car tomorrow....off to Niagara....;)

Reply #130 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If you see barrels for rent to see the Falls ..... don't.   :grin:  

Reply #131 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Definitely try the Maid of the Falls...and do get the slickers...it actually goes right up close to the falls and the view is stunning. Did it years ago, on a very hot day....as good as a tall, cold one. Something the girls won't forget. I promise.

Reply #132 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Definitely try the Maid of the Falls

...already booked....from Melbourne weeks ago....;)

Reply #133 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting CarGuy1, reply 128
  Doc...that's wrong in so many ways. Funny as hell, thou.  

I know it was wrong. I know I should be ashamed......but I'm not. :w00t:

Reply #134 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 111
....considering how far you have to go to find a shop that sells them.

If it was this hard in Oz there'd be an uprising.....ultimately a 4 mile walk...


I should have warned you about that. We are pure in Ontario. You can't just go anywhere and buy beer or liqour; you have to go to a government distributor. If you go to a licensed establishment, sometimes known as a bar, they are not allowed to sell you something that you can take home.

Reply #135 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Day 17 .... beer 79 ....Niagara is impressive.....all that water....a few hours of it would solve Oz's water shortage....;p

Been behind the falls...got a bit wet.....tomorrow we're on the Maid of the Mist......probably wetter.

View from the hotel is 'spiffy'....don't really need to go anywhere....;p

Reply #136 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i can't image the cost of this trip. you must have saved for years in order to be able to afford such a vacation. you're doing something that most americans and canadians will never do. GO JAFO! i'm quite envious.

Reply #137 from WinCustomize Forums Top

View from the Hotel room....;)

Reply #138 from WinCustomize Forums Top

great view jafo thanks for posting  i get to see places i have never seen before :star:

Reply #139 from WinCustomize Forums Top

great view jafo thanks for posting i get to see places i have never seen before

There'll be more...but it'll be easier when I'm back in Oz...;)

Reply #140 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Day 18 .....beer 84....still not King.

Maid of the Mist was great....;)

Tomorrow we drive back to Toronto.... 'the girls' fly on to Washington...while Terry and I fly to Detroit..... just to see the guys at Stardock.

We get there around 4-ish [tho with me driving ....anything could happen]..;p

Looking forward to it, though....:)

Reply #141 from WinCustomize Forums Top

84 beers and still not King?

Congrats on finally getting to visit Stardock!

Reply #142 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There'll be more...but it'll be easier when I'm back in Oz...;)                                                                                             cool will be waiting :sun:

Reply #143 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Canada declares beer shortage crisis.  Thinking of deporting "The man who would be king" Jafo.  US warned to beef up border crossings.  Only so much beer left in Canada for Hanker.

Reply #144 from WinCustomize Forums Top

tho with me driving ....anything could happen

Just remember, you're gonna see a lot of clowns driving on the wrong side of the road... best you do the same if ya wanna avoid a prang or 3.

:-"

Reply #145 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Jafo . . was nice seeing you!  Wish you could have gotten to HQ earlier so I could hve slacked off a bit.  :)  Your lovely wife was . . . well . . lovely.  I like you more after meeting her!

Reply #146 from WinCustomize Forums Top

^ Not only lovely, apparantly....but actually a healer. Has anyone noticed the striped ones' typing/spelling? Or maybe Jafo....Jafo'd him!

Reply #147 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Enjoyed your visit at Stardock, Jafo?

 

I've got the impression that your presence there was appreciated. Larry told me he was sorry that he didn't have enough beer for you, though. :)

 

Have fun. :)

Reply #148 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Day 19 ...got to Detroit....

...got cleverly lost...[my fault - Terry was right [this time]] ...got to SD HQ just on 5 pm.

....I mean...everything was stacked against us....wanker in the care-hire before us with his blue 'Stang...just HAD to check every inch of the car for scrapes. etc...just so when he totalled it in a missed fly-over he wouldn't be stung for ALL the mess...

....got lost...ended up on some backroad...lo and behold...goods-train shunting....life ebbing away...

...finally at the SD turn-in...."It's a Macca's driveway", says Terry....."no it ain't...I know where I am....now....seen the Googlemap"....says I.

OK, so I was late....and it was a mongrel of a trip, one way or another....that AM we were in Niagara....driving to Toronto...to catch the flight....and that arvo we were finally THERE!!!!!

AND....[not to labour the point]....hadn't had a beer....;p

So far this trip [read backwards for the hilights]....the other 3 had been asking "what's your highlight so far?"....and always it was..."walking out on that glacier" [quite a humbling thing to be on an ice floe that is deeper than the Eiffel Tower is high....

....but now, I have to say....it's "making it to Stardock"....and meeting all [most] of the guys ['guys' being generic].

Saw ALL the important things....Frogboy's Porsche [nice]...Frogboy's bees [subdued]....Frogboy's frogs...[he even caught one [probably staged...;) ]]...Frogboy's Groundhog [cute]...Frogboy's tortoises...[surprised even him]....and even Frogboy's employees/staff....[geeky, computer nerds, one and all]...;)

I knew most of the SD crew...after around 10 years doing whatever it is that I do here....but at last!!!....there they were....;)

There's more to post yet....but did make it to beer 87 by day's end......shall post more shortly...;)

Reply #149 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's day 20 ...and we're in Washington....beer 90....still more to come...;)

Reply #150 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 149
It's day 20 ...and we're in Washington....beer 90....still more to come...

Washington?! OMG...you'll need 90 more veeery soon! No other way to stomach the place!

You will, however, absolutely love The Smithsonian.