Who's in for a lunch meeting?

[ghee-grose]

I think it would be neat to get together once a month or so and have lunch or dinner together as a group. I'm sure there would be plenty of great conversation and it would give the newer guys a chance to get to know us better.

Some of us did a lunch at Tim's Cajun Kitchen one Saturday after meeting at UAH to watch Dave, Jon, and the other NASF guys do their thing. I thought that was a very enjoyable lunch.

What do you guys think of doing something like this? I know schedules are different at the lunch hour... so would dinner be better?

....your input? :o

Gary

[dee-grose]

Yeah, a supper meeting would be good. We wouldn't be as limited on time in the evenings.

[Jim_Marconnet]

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[Ultralight]

Sounds good to me. Ditto on the Adtran lunch. I`m here all day anyway. :rolleyes:



Jason

[GLIDERGIDER]

Sounds like a great idea. Gary I trust you will crystalize the plan and post the meeting times here? Lunch is better for me, but I'd try to squeeze a dinner it too.
Dave

[ghee-grose]

With all the Adtran guys and most of us very close by, it sounds like lunch at one of the Adtran cafeteria's might be the easiest. They've got some good food too!

We could probably do the lunch more often than once a month and who makes it can join us. Then we can have a dinner and see which has the best turn out.

*don't get me wrong... I'm gonna eat lunch SOMEWHERE... might as well be with you guys every once in a while* :D

[atjurhs]

Dito AdTran

[Tram]

Dinner would work for me, but my schedule will be soo off the wall for the next several months, no need to tke me into account. :)

[ghee-grose]

You need to find us a nice slope, or at least a beautiful field to fly in over there in the Florence area. That will give us an excuse to go to Famous Dave's for lunch. :D

[SYAWLA INVERTED]

I'm in for lunch at Adtran, I'm here all day as well.

MT

[Tram]

Yeh, slope's - I dunno.. I know of a couple nice fields.. :)

[nuevo]

adtran lunch sounds nice. I've eaten there several times with my wife.

[Mars Flyer]

An Adtran lunch sounds good to me. I'd go for dinner as well. Heck, I'm always ready to eat and talk about flyin.

Rob

[ghee-grose]

Would tomorrow work out for lunch at Adtran? 11:00-12:00 ?

[dee-grose]

Red Beans w/ Rice or Lemon Pepper Chicken is on the menu. They have other stuff cooked to order that's pretty decent.

Guess we need to decide which cafeteria, East or North/South. My vote is for the cafeteria in the twin towers (North/South towers). :)

[ghee-grose]

That cafeteria seems easier to get in and eat than the other one.

[dleviner]

Andy / Gary, North/South tower is good for me... just right downstairs.

[GLIDERGIDER]

Would tomorrow work out for lunch at Adtran? 11:00-12:00 ?

I'll be there.

[SYAWLA INVERTED]

I'll be there...too

[dee-grose]

For those that are unfamiliar with the Adtran campus, here's a visual aid ;)

The green arrows indicate where Visitor Parking is located. The red arrow points to where the cafeteria is. If you park in the north visitor parking, the door is overly obvious, so just walk toward the SW corner of the lot and you'll see the door. Either entrance will put you on opposite ends of a long hallway with the cafeteria smack in the middle. There are usually several tables pushed together in the middle that we can grab.

Looking forward to meeting you guys tomorrow.

Andy

[atjurhs]

Glad you posted a pic. I was going to go to the one on the East side of the lake.

What time are we supposed to be there?

[dee-grose]

Todd, 11-12 looks like the time. Remember where you met me that evening, that is the North parking lot.

[GLIDERGIDER]

Have you tried that lake with a float plane? That would be really fun.

For those that are unfamiliar with the Adtran campus, here's a visual aid ;)
Andy

[Mars Flyer]

I'll try to be there. But don't wait on me :rolleyes:

Rob

[atjurhs]

I have a meeting at 10am. Hopefully it will be done in time, but don't hold your breath waiting on me....

[nuevo]

I'll be there.

[ghee-grose]

Great lunch guys!!! We had 10 people there for the first of what will surely be many lunch meetings.

ChromeDome had his camera and snapped some pictures of our fun. We will post them up soon. :D

[ghee-grose]

I had a great suggestion given to me at lunch today from Mike (syawla inverted). I will now put the lunch date/time in the title of this thread. That way you don't have to dig through to find it. :D

[UAGrad2001]

I'm not certain I would take any suggestions from Mike. Trust me, I work with him.

[ghee-grose]

I just met him for the first time.... I'll have to take your word for it. :D

[SYAWLA INVERTED]

Even a broken watch is right twice a day!

[ghee-grose]

Here's the pictures from the lunch today. I think I've got the names right. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the pictures Tom!

Gary

[atjurhs]

What a motley looking bunch we are. You guys need a hair cut :)

[ghee-grose]

I know you arent' talking about chrome dome! :p

[ghee-grose]

Anybody up for lunch today??? Same place, same time???

[atjurhs]

I can't today. We have a fellow worker's going away luncheon.

Next time.

[GLIDERGIDER]

Anybody up for lunch today??? Same place, same time???
I just came up for air, work has been busy. I'm eating lunch right now!!! So I can't.

[Jim_Marconnet]

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[ghee-grose]

Lunch next week anyone?

[SYAWLA INVERTED]

I'm in for Tuesday the 10th

[atjurhs]

I'm good.

[GLIDERGIDER]

Lunch next week anyone?

No can do. I'm on travel. If you decide to delay a week, I'm in.

[Mars Flyer]

I hope to be there.

Rob

[ghee-grose]

Just checking in... everybody remember today is the lunch meeting.

Make it if you can!

Gary

[Johnnie Paul]

Just checking in... everybody remember today is the lunch meeting.

Make it if you can!

Gary

I have never been, and I will not be able to attend today, but I would like to know where and how to meet at Adtran...?

Johnnie

[ghee-grose]

I think Tuesdays are usually the best day for it. We meet at the North/South tower cafeteria. This is the buildings on the West side of the lake (not the tallest tower). There are a few of the Renegades that work in one of those buildings and I think one or so that work in the East Tower (the tallest one across the lake). 11:00 seems to be the best time to meet.

We've had only one meeting so far, and it had pretty good turnout.

[atjurhs]

So are we on for lunch today at 11am?

[ghee-grose]

I think it's a GO for lunch today!

[ghee-grose]

This might be a good time for a lunch meeting. Anyone up for a de-brief of the Sunday Fly In at New Hope???

[Jim_Marconnet]

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[GLIDERGIDER]

This might be a good time for a lunch meeting. Anyone up for a de-brief of the Sunday Fly In at New Hope???
This meeting would be a good place to discuss the DBPS flyin on Wednesday at Electronics Blvd. Winds speeds are going to be reduced on Wednesday, so where ever you may be, Wednesday you should get outside for some stick time.

[Jim_Marconnet]

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[ghee-grose]

Look at the title to the thread... it does say Tuesday.

AND there are two towers on the west side of the lake.... so North and South.

[dleviner]

In!

Does anybody know anything about the GWS 2205-15 brushless motor? I'm starting to think this would be a good option for a BPS.

[Miderror]

I will make the meeting and have the Ex tape with me for all that can make it and haven't got theirs yet.

Don

[atjurhs]

I should be able to be there.

Are we going to slope or fly DBPS indoors?

[Johnnie Paul]

Whats the price for lunch, or is it a brown speacial?

Johnnie

[dee-grose]

I think the meat and two veggies is about $4.

[Johnnie Paul]

I think the meat and two veggies is about $4.

I should be able to make it.

Johnnie

[GLIDERGIDER]

Look at the title to the thread... it does say Tuesday.

Gary,
I was confused about this thread, just like Jim. It seems that you edited the title. I looked for this option, and couldn't find it. I'm thinking now that its an option available to moderators only, or can we edit titles too?
Dave

[ghee-grose]

I've always updated the title to reflect the lunch date.

[ghee-grose]

If you can't edit titles, then it may just be a moderator tool. I think you are able to edit the title of threads you start yourself though. ??? Maybe?

It's kinda hard for me to know what you guys can do and can't do... for me there is ALL the tools available in our forum. (edit, move, delete, close, sticky, etc to any thread or post in this whole forum)

[GLIDERGIDER]

If you can't edit titles, then it may just be a moderator tool. I think you are able to edit the title of threads you start yourself though. ??? Maybe?

It's kinda hard for me to know what you guys can do and can't do... for me there is ALL the tools available in our forum. (edit, move, delete, close, sticky, etc to any thread or post in this whole forum)

To threads that I start, the only option available is to "close" it, which is an admin tool. I can't edit the thread title.

I think you have an expanded tool set because you are the moderator.
Dave

[ChromeDome]

To threads that I start, the only option available is to "close" it, which is an admin tool. I can't edit the thread title.

I think you have an expanded tool set because you are the moderator.
Dave
I tried to delete a thread that I meant to be a reply but could not do it. I could change the title and delete the contesnts but couldn't delete the thread. The moderator has more tools.

[Jim_Marconnet]

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[Johnnie Paul]

For someone who has never been to Adtran (me) how would I find the cafeteria? I work at Dynetics IA building at the corner of Wynn and Bradford...and I know Adtran is at the dead end of Bradford.

Johnnie

[dee-grose]

Johnnie, when you get to the end of Bradford, bear right onto Explorer. Hop over to the left lane and take the first left onto Discovery. Come to the third Adtran entrance on the left. Turn in there. There is visitor parking up by the building, but you might have to park out in the main lot if there isn't room.

[atjurhs]

Johnnie,

If you want a ride, I can swing by and pick you up. Give me a call, if I don't answer it's because I'm in a classified vault, so send me an email. I'll check my email before I leave here to go.

[JoHowell]

Okay, I'm going to try to join you guys for lunch. I've got the directions to the cafeteria, is there a general gathering place at 11:00? I would probably recognize Dave and probably Todd, but since I've only seen them at the quarry when it was cold and they were dressed for the weather, my guess is that they will look a lot different in "regular" clothes.

It just occurred to me that I didn't have my beard back when I flew with Dave/Todd/Larry, so I won't be the same either. :) Just so you will know, if you see a bearded - mostly grey - guy with glasses in a brown henley shirt and brown trousers looking lost and confused, it'll be Jim Howell.

See you then, and looking forward to getting a face to go with a name,
Jim

[dee-grose]

In the past we have just grabbed our food and gathered at one of the big empty tables...just look for a bunch of loud guys.

[atjurhs]

loud guys talkin' smack

[dleviner]

anybody want to do lunch again since it's too hot to fly nowadays???

[ghee-grose]

That might be a good idea. When we arrive on a date I'll edit the title of this thread to reflect the time/date.

[dleviner]

How bout this Thursday??? 11 or 11:15

[atjurhs]

Do you guys like hospital food? Thursday, I'll be getting out of surgery just about that time, so you could have jello with me :D

Maybe next week would be better for me.

[dleviner]

So, question still remains.... anybody up for lunch this week???

[ghee-grose]

I'm out. Leaving early tomorrow to head to Gulf Shores for the weekend.

[dee-grose]

David, I guess me and you can meet for lunch on Thursday. Anybody else coming?

[GLIDERGIDER]

I have a deadline both Thursday and Friday. If you change to next week, I'll be there.

[dee-grose]

Nothing says we can't do both this week and next :D

[GLIDERGIDER]

That sounds good to me.
Nothing says we can't do both this week and next :D

[atjurhs]

I can make it next week too.

[Jim_Marconnet]

I'm interested in lunch this Thursday since I'm available then and I have no idea what my schedule will be next week.

Jim

[dleviner]

OK, then whoever can make it this week and next week works for me. I'll be there tomorrow for sure.

[Jim_Marconnet]

OK, then whoever can make it this week and next week works for me. I'll be there tomorrow for sure.
Dave:

Sounds good to me. I'll be there at the ADTRAN North Tower when the cafeteria opens at 11. Hope several can make it and have a good time.

The last time I ate there with the gang, somebody mentioned the HobbyTown USA going out of business sale price reduction, and I ducked out real quick, but pretty much too late already! Rick and Pat were there, quickly emptying out the place! :D

[dleviner]

So... who can make it this week???

[ghee-grose]

I might be there.

[dleviner]

Bump! let's try this again...

Anybody up for lunch this week???

[dee-grose]

Count me in!

[dleviner]

Hey Gary, can you change the title to a more generic title like "Who's in for a lunch meeting?"

we'll spell out the time and place in the thread.


Thanks!

[ghee-grose]

I had a great suggestion given to me at lunch today from Mike (syawla inverted). I will now put the lunch date/time in the title of this thread. That way you don't have to dig through to find it. :D

Having the date/time in the title was a suggestion that most thought sounded good at our first meeting. Seeing as how you're hanging out on here more than the one that suggested it, then I will change it. :rolleyes:

[atjurhs]

count me in

[dleviner]

Thursday 11:15 ok?

count me in

[GLIDERGIDER]

I'll be there!

[Jim_Marconnet]

I can come this Thursday 11:15 if that's the date and time. I assume ADTRAN. Some of us prefer the other cafeteria, but which ever one is selected, I can and will come to.

Here's a possibility:

If someone brings up the subject of a lunch or dinner or whatever, our Great Moderator could set the Title to "Who's in for a lunch (dinner, whatever) meeting?"

Then when a date and time is agreed to, set the title to "Who's coming to lunch Date Time Place?" :D

That way people would be alerted to the general possibility, and would then notified that a specific date/time/place was selected, without reading all the intermediate posts.

[ghee-grose]

The old way seemed easier to me, and it would take care of wondering when/where just by reading the title, but it seems half of us are thinking differently.

Somebody make up their minds. :confused:

[RMoore]

I think I can make it (for the first time) Thursday. ADTRAN?

Randy

[dleviner]

It didn't really matter to me one way or the other Gary. You made it an issue for some reason. I just wanted to get the old date and time off the title.

[ghee-grose]

Read this thread post by post and you will see that I've changed it 3 times at the advise of other people. It will stay this way from now on... if folks can't read then they will just miss the lunch.

[Tram]

I'd come, but I'll be at Oshkosh.. :)