My dog has a $1000 a week heroin habit. I'm gonna have to start cracking down on him though cause lately he's been sharing needles with the neighbor's cat.

Hey, look everyone, here's Funny's cousin, Not Funny.

Sorry about being a smart[censored], but I just got a bit ticked off right there.

Oh, to try to make the post semi-on-topic. I don't mind traveling to either Austin or Dallas for the meet.

Actually, I thought that was pretty funny. Poor taste, perhaps, but pretty funny regardless.

I thought it was an absolutely ridiculous comment, which has lowered the tone of the entire BBS.

I mean - a dog has no opposable thumb, so how the hell it is supposed to shoot up?

Everyone knows dogs prefer to snort coke.

Rob

PS I can't make the Dallas meet

Well, I try to find humor in most all situations, and I thought Rob's comment was funnier, but I find that one of them (not Boomer) like the green stuff better, not that I do that anymore... much.. on days that end in "y"

Anyways, I wouldn't wish this on anyone (or their dog/cat/snake/ferret/bees/etc). It's a drag, but like lectric said, the things we do for these little guys, or in Boomer's case, BIG guy.(Cool mugshot too lectric!) Unconditional love is what they give you, no matter what the case. The vets office has a sign that reads:
The highlight of my day is coming home to my dog.
And it's true!

As for a Texas meet, I'll travel anywhere in the great Republic of Texas, just depends on the date...

I was kinda wondering how we got on the subject of geriatric dogs on dope. Kind of strange to me that we would be discussing this in a forum about In dash car MP3 players!
heh oh well.

Would March 9th -10th be too soon maybe just the dallas guys can get together somewhere and swap ideas. Maybe meet somewhere close to the intersection of 635 and 75. I have that whole weekend off and I would like to do this sooner than later.
How about the Best Buy Parking lot in between Park Ln and Walnut Hill? That has a huge parking lot there and it is pretty much in the middle of town for most people.
If the majority of you like this idea then we just need a suggestion on a time to do it. And whether Saturday or Sunday would be better.

How do dogs respond to needles? Do they harbor resentment at being poked?

Calvin

Flower Mound, huh? We are neighbors. I am in Lewisville. I am willing to go where ever as well.

Personally, I am a little surprised that there are as many of us in the Dallas area as there are. I thought I was one of like only two or three in the DFW area. Guess thats what I get for thinking..

As for a state wide meet or a local DFW one, I would almost prefer a state wide one. Oh sure, a local meet would be the easy way out but I would kinda like to get the hell out of dodge for a day and put some faces to the rest of these names. If we opt for a state wide meet, Austin would be central to us all (sorry El Paso!) but like I said, I dont care where. I would prefer a nice warm sunny spring day.

Austin would be central to us all (sorry El Paso!)

El Paso (western end of the RoT) and Orange (eastern end of the RoT) are both about 10 hours from Austin, so it is central...

I can't make March 9/10, I'll be down past the aforementioned Poteet on Choke Canyon Res. doing some fishing that weekend and the weekend after as well...

I know 3, maybe 4 of the empeg owners at Ensemble (just south of the I-635/I-75 contruction, north of Narthpark mall) would probably go to a meet. My only problem is that I don't have my car yet to install the Empeg into. (It's undergoing epa/dot conversion to become legal in the US). If the meet is on a weekday, I'm sure we would vote for something close to the office.

Yea, those M5 wagons are tough to get into the country, huh?

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Yea... It seems I have to deal with multiple government agencies.. all of which have wonderful customer service records and fast turn-around times. <inset manical laughter here> It's actualy not so tough as it is a long gruling endurance thing....

I guess that's the price I pay for wanting a 375 HP Station Wagon. Well I've got patience....

As for where, I'm for Austin, Dallas or Houston as I live in Austin, have a brother in Dallas, and have good friends in Houston my wife and I keep promising to visit!

As for when, I happen to be going to Dallas for my afformentioned brother's birthday party March 10-11! After that, my schedule currently looks clear for Mar 30-31, April 6-7 & 27-28 and May 18-19. Beyond that, I'll have to check.

Otherwise, the major problem I have is that I still don't have my empeg installed! Income tax ate up all my money I was planning to spend (and SO much more!) on the headunit I picked out (Pioneer DEH-P7400MP or something similar, though I'd love a Clarion VRX925VD!!). Oh, well...

Well it seems to me that we have some interest, and a lot of information being randomly passed around.

First things first. Lets decide on if this is a Dallas area meet or statewide. It is appearing to me that there is enough interest in a statewide meet, Austin and Houston have a few 'EmpHeads' that want to meet too. I see no problem.. anyone disagree?

We still need a location and a date. As I see it, we can approach this a couple of different ways.. it started out as a Dallas area idea - we could run with that and ask our Houston and Austin (and anyone else) to join us. We would need someone in DFW to take the lead and come up with a place thats easy for our out of towners to find.

Another way to approach this would be to make it an official state wide meet and pick something like Austin, central to most all of us. We would still need someone (in Austin?) to spearhead and find a place.

Or another way is pick any old city and rotate the location between the three big cities.. one summer here in Dallas, next time in Houston, etc..

In any event, we are at the point where we need to decide. Are we going to do this or not.. its time to S or get off the pot.



The rest will fall in to place

Austin, being the most central of the major Texas cities, would probably be ideal. The longest drive is Dallas -> Houston, so we'd be helping people out by avoiding that.

However, just to toss out a random date, I'll be in Dallas to see my parents on March 28-30, then it's back home to Houston. So, if you guys want to plan something in Dallas, how about trying to do it then?

I started the post, so unless anyone has any problem I will volunteer to take the lead on this.

"Or another way is pick any old city and rotate the location between the three big cities.. one summer here in Dallas, next time in Houston, etc.. "

That is a good idea!
I say the first one will be in Dallas and then every 4 months or so we rotate large cities in Texas (mebbe a few cajuns could join in).

Like I have said before there are several locations in Dallas to meet.
We need someone from Houston that knows Dallas to Maybe tell me what big locations they know of that would be good for a meet.

My email is:
jeff@jakobstone.com

We need someone from Houston that knows Dallas to Maybe tell me what big locations they know of that would be good for a meet.

I guess that would be me.

We need somewhere that has a restaurant we can all meet at for lunch maybe in a back room, and that has plenty of parking lot outside. I mostly know North Dallas / Addison / Richardson, so other folks should feel free to chime in about elsewhere that might work.

Possibilities:

- Blue Mesa Grill - several locations, but the one that I know is at Belt Line and the Tollway (in the old Sakowitz Village shopping center). I seem to recall that they've got a back room that we could take over.

- Purdy's Hamburgers - 4812 Belt Line in Addison - a generic upscale burger joint (if we want something fancier, there's a Mr. Sushi right next door that's pretty good). Neither place has a back room. The Fudrucker's on the corner of Belt Line and the Tollway might have a back room, but it's got underground parking which could be a problem if people have thumpin' stereos they want to show off.

Nothing else is immediately coming to mind. Of course, there are all the generic chain restaurants (e.g., Chili's) scattered throughout the city. Any of those places, on a weekend, would have all the space we'd need.

(Thinking out loud: do you suppose, if we couldn't get any of the Cambridge crew out for a visit, that we could get them to send goodies to give away, as they've done at past owners' meets?)

I will call all of those joints today to see which ones have a back room and what time and date we could possibly get them.
I have a question, How would I go about getting stuff to give Away at this meet? I am more than willing to ask whomever I need to but I haven't got a clue where to start. And what are we looking for to give out?

Sorry, at Woodside we had two marketing people (and the CTO) present and they brought along the give aways. It was on the Rio Car marketing budget, which no longer exists.

Rob

I'm just curious, what kind of stuff did you give away?

I've got a stack of ARM Powered stickers if anyone wants some...
Though I will not officially (or unofficially) represent ARM in any way, shape or form...

Here's a list of some of the stuff. That thread also gives some good examples (pictures too) of other stuff that went on.

Cheers,
Tim

A restaurant for lunch is a good idea. But I do think that a parking lot where we can show off is a must. I want to see what the rest of you have. I am not the audiophile that a lot of you are so I want to see what one of our players can do in a real setup. Just the thought of my plugging in my unit in one of your cars and hearing something that I am familiar with on real speakers, etc makes the meet worth it to me.

Anytime, anyplace.. count me in.

I called the two restraunts that DWallach Suggested and here is what I found out:

To get the room we need a minimum of 30 people in the party. Friday nights and Saturday nights After 5:00 P.M. it costs $50.00 to have the room.
Blue mesa lunch menu:
http://www.bluemesagrill.com/articles.html?mcat=4
Blue Mesa Dinner Menu:
http://www.bluemesagrill.com/articles.html?mcat=9

Purdy's does not have a back Room but they will reserve tables and it's free they just need advance notice and a head count.
Purdy's lunch Menu:
http://www.purdystexas.com/lunch.html
Purdy's Dinner Menu:
http://www.purdystexas.com/dinner.html

These are good places to eat and There are several Large parking lots in the area to just BS about our CarPlayers.

If no other Dallas folks serve up an alternate proposal, I'd say we should go for the back room at Blue Mesa. If we shoot for lunch on a Saturday, then the restaurant will be (hopefully) relatively empty and we won't have to pay for anything. We'd want to ask the empeg guys to e-mail all of their Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana/Arkansas customers, which could well get us a decent turn-out.

I was at the Woodside meeting (thanks to a convenient business trip), and it would be fun to try to do something similar. If we can't get any official reps from SonicBlue to make an appearance, then perhaps they might trust some of us to do the honors. In particular, it would be cool to have an HSX-109 around to show off. And, if nothing else, maybe we can get a batch of Rio t-shirts or other random goodies they've got sitting in a closet somewhere. Rob's reading this message. Maybe he'll contact one of the organizers (e.g., jakobstone) and ship out a box 'o toys. Or maybe not.

As I recall, the give-aways last time were a Rio 800 (portable) for the winner of the trivia contest, and a whole lot of t-shirts, polo shirts, and other assorted logo-covered paraphenalia. There were also prizes for RioCar installs, with people wandering from car to car, listening and eventually voting on scraps of paper.

I am from Oklahoma City and I would be excited about a Dallas meet. Assuming my car install is done by then.

I have been out of town for a couple of weeks and just saw the post. I live in Houston and am the happy owner of three Empegs. I will be happy to go anywhere in Texas for a meet. I just need to know when the definite schedule will be.

I have not seen any new posts on this in a few days. Has this meet already happened?