#278813 - 15/04/2006 11:40
Re: Announcing the 2006 Empeg Owners Meet in Europe
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Well, I mentioned the Rapide to Wayne, and he said, in his casual, low-key North Yorkshire way, "ahh yes, my uncle flew it down to Duxford from Scotland. As the pilot".
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#278814 - 15/04/2006 12:09
Attendee's Poll
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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If you're planning to attend the meet this year (whether a definite or a probable) please complete the following questionaire:
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#278815 - 15/04/2006 13:05
Re: Announcing the 2006 Empeg Owners Meet in Europe
[Re: julf]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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.....apart from which, great works the Robs': what a weekend, I'm going to have to do some bowing and scraping now to see if I can get there!
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#278816 - 15/04/2006 15:17
Re: Announcing the 2006 Empeg Owners Meet in Europe
[Re: julf]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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OK, so I assume the runway at Duxford can take a herc, so that the chinook is not needed?
Well not *needed* as such, but I mean, it never hurts to have one handy, right?
Rob
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#278817 - 15/04/2006 17:26
Re: Announcing the 2006 Empeg Owners Meet in Europe
[Re: rob]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Well not *needed* as such, but I mean, it never hurts to have one handy, right?
Point taken, but as it looks like the RAF flyboys will still be pretty busy down Bagdad way, we wouldn't want them just hanging around idle, would we?
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#278818 - 15/04/2006 17:37
Re: Announcing the 2006 Empeg Owners Meet in Europe
[Re: rob]
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Registered: 30/10/2000
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Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Holy crap! Rob and Rob really seem to have outdone themselves! I can't wait!
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#278819 - 15/04/2006 20:22
Locations and maps
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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I thought it might be useful for people who didn't know the area to have a map of the various locations. So I knocked up a "quick" Google Maps page with the locations from the iternary on it. It also has the distances (as the proverbial crow flies) from the hotel, as calculated by Google.
Empeg European Owners Meet 2006, locations
If anyone has any other locations that should go on the map, PM me the description and postcode (or preferably the latitude and longitude).
P.S. if anyone is thinking of messing about with Google Map's API for the first time, leave yourself some time. My "quick" page took several hours of messing about to get right.
Edited by andy (15/04/2006 21:04)
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#278820 - 15/04/2006 23:42
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: andy]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Rob and Rob Corp.: This sounds like quite a meet! Good work pulling everything together so far.
RobR and Brian: $100 airfare? I'm seeing $500 on Continental out of Newark dpt 9/10/06, ret 9/25/06. Guess I'll have to keep digging.
Andy: Thanks for the map. That will come very much in handy.
everyone: See you in September!
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#278821 - 16/04/2006 00:16
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: andy]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
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I love the google maps api. http://l0ser.net/h/I built that for when I went to Hawaii last October. I updated it via cellphone. As I was short for time while developing it (plane was leaving soon) I convinced ricin to write something that would grab my images from emails. I've since written a better method of doing that, as our code didn't like each other and now many of the images don't show up on the proper points or don't show up at all. It was cooler to watch the daily progress than it is to look at it now, but it was a fun project. All images are viewable at http://l0ser.net/h/images/
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#278822 - 16/04/2006 00:18
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: FireFox31]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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RobR and Brian: $100 airfare? I'm seeing $500 on Continental out of Newark dpt 9/10/06, ret 9/25/06. Guess I'll have to keep digging.
It's only that cheap because it's some sort of tax for using points exclusively to buy tickets. I paid for the tickets entirely with OnePass miles (Continental). The $100 charge is just some sort of scummy way getting cash out of you.
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#278823 - 16/04/2006 04:39
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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I thought it might be useful for people who didn't know the area to have a map of the various locations. So I knocked up a "quick" Google Maps page with the locations from the iternary on it. It also has the distances (as the proverbial crow flies) from the hotel, as calculated by Google.
Nice work! Can I link this from the meet web site?
You can add the grand party at 52deg18'41" North, 0deg3'10" East unless I move between now and September!
Rob
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#278824 - 16/04/2006 05:52
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: rob]
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Nice work! Can I link this from the meet web site?
Absolutely.
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#278825 - 16/04/2006 07:56
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Empeg European Owners Meet 2006, locations
If anyone has any other locations that should go on the map, PM me the description and postcode (or preferably the latitude and longitude).
Very cool, but if we're going to Grantchester won't it be the other Scudamore's? IIRC Scudamore's don't let you take punts over the rollers.
Peter
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#278826 - 16/04/2006 08:55
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: peter]
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Registered: 22/05/2005
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Hi guys,
I'm afraid to say i'm a bit of a lurker on the site but i'm hoping to be able to attend potentially both the main meet and the mini. I don't really know anyone here (somehow missed the empeg until recently) but it would be nice to chat/drink with some fellow geeks who get excited about the same stuff I do. I got a lot of time for anyone willing to organise something like this as it is so hard to try and please everyone but it looks like it'll be an awesome weekend and the grantchester punt run is a cambridge tradition that should just not be missed. Just thought I'd say hi.
Ross
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#278828 - 16/04/2006 10:32
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: burnswannabe]
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Registered: 07/01/2005
Posts: 893
Loc: Sector ZZ9pZa
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...I don't really know anyone here ... but it would be nice to chat/drink with some fellow geeks who get excited about the same stuff I do...
Hey Ross. Yeah, I've not ever met another Empeg owner either! It will be good to see you in a few months.
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#278829 - 16/04/2006 11:19
Re: Locations and maps
[Re: sein]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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...I don't really know anyone here ... but it would be nice to chat/drink with some fellow geeks who get excited about the same stuff I do...
Hey Ross. Yeah, I've not ever met another Empeg owner either! It will be good to see you in a few months.
you're not going to ever find a much easier mob to get on with, I think it took about 20 minutes, 4 years ago - and the great thing is being able to put so many names to faces, I just hope that I can make it!
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#278830 - 17/04/2006 20:31
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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It is now after Tuesday (in the UK, at least). Is it safe for us to purchase airfare for this now?
Oh yes 
Rob
Flights now booked. SWMBO and I will both be at the meet.
We'll probably visit Oxford earlier in the week, and move up to Cambridge on the Friday. After that, we have a few weeks to go exploring other parts of the home island. Anyone want visitors? 
Cheers
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#278831 - 18/04/2006 10:54
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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If you fancy a visit to Europe's biggest indoor climbing wall you'll be welcome up north of the border
(I know it isn't a mountain, but it's fun and the restaurant is good too)
EDIT - looks like I can make it to the Cambridge meet - yay!
Edited by frog51 (19/04/2006 05:25)
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#278832 - 18/04/2006 14:11
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: frog51]
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Registered: 14/08/2001
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Loc: London, UK
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I'll be a the meet, babysitter permitting.
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#278833 - 20/04/2006 14:47
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: rob]
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Sunday - Messing About on the River
So any idea if there are any silly regulations against kayaks on the river?
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#278834 - 20/04/2006 16:49
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: julf]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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So any idea if there are any silly regulations against kayaks on the river?
Not as far as I know.. I believe Dave is intending to bring his..
They can't be as much fun as trying not to fall off the back of a punt though!
Rob
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#278836 - 21/04/2006 06:46
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Excellent! Will definitely bring one of the Kleppers. I loved the warning "incompetent people in punts after mid-morning"...
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#278837 - 21/04/2006 21:10
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: julf]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Ahh - you do need to be a little cautious of the electric eels: they escaped from the flooded Rutherford labs in '83 after being irradiated there during the big flood. I would advise caution.
We will be taking a resucitation and defibrillation kit along with us as a precaution, so don't worry *too* much though.
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#278838 - 21/04/2006 21:26
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: schofiel]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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What do you need a defibrillator for when you have electric eels to shock people back to life?
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#278839 - 25/04/2006 17:54
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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I'm in, with some complication, we've moved our Majorca holiday, so Mrs. boxer, the Boxette and I will all be in attendance, I've just ticked all the appropriate boxes.
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#278840 - 25/04/2006 18:24
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: boxer]
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#278841 - 25/04/2006 18:29
Re: Empeg International Owners Meet, Sept 15th - 18th 2006
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
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Yaaayyy!!! Good man. You have a patient wife, sir.
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