As suggested in the US Meet post I think it would be a little easier to just have local meets. With all of the new owners that might not have the technical knowhow (like me) and maybe don't have all of the equipment to get their players working effectively (like me again) I think it would be beneficial to anyone participating, not to mention the friends that could be made.

I am propsing a Dallas Meet, there are a few locations we could go...several new malls with large parking lots like Stonebriar or a movie theater parking lot. Any suggestions would help. I'm sure there would be people from other surrounding cities that might be interested. Please put your input on this post so I can see if this is a possibility.

Thanks,

Jeff

I live in Houston and would consider driving to Dallas for a meet if others were interested.

-Jeff

I live downtown, also Terminator lives up north I think, probably in Richardson.

Meeting anywhere off of 75 would be ideal (I'm still new to town).

g

I can travel up from Austin, just make it close to Grapevine so I can hit the Bass Pro Shops and make the drive even more worthwhile...

I'm in the Austin area too, and I'd have no problems going to Dallas (assuming whatever weekend is open for me...).

60 Gig Blue MK2a in Toyota 4Runner (soon!)

There are 5 (five) empeg owners (including a Mark 1) who all work together in Dallas at Ensemble. (2 miles south of the I-635/I-75 interchange). 3 or 4 of which might be interested in a meet.

I'm in the Houston area, and would be interested also.

I live right down the street from there!

I need some feedback from everyone as to what a good date and time would be to do this. I think the sooner the better and on a Saturday or Sunday.

Also what kind of activities need to be planned if any. And where everyone wants to meet. It will probably be up to the Dallas guys to suggest locations unless the austin & houston guys know dallas really well.

There are several good places i know of.

Stonebriar Mall parking lot.
Main Event in Plano
Showplace Lanes in Garland
Malibu Speedzone in Irving
Or any large Mall Parking Lot

Let me know if you want to do this or if you want to go to any of several bars around town and just liquor it up.

I am really looking forward to this, maybe I will be able to learn alot from everyone. Hopefully I won't look as stupid as i think i will .

I've been off the hard-jar for several years (beer during UT football, though), so I'd probably be a wet blanket at a bar.

A weekday afternoon/morning would be good for me. I save the evenings for the wife. And it's easier to see installation stuff during the day anyway.

Speaking of installations, there'll be no laughing over home-grown stereo installs. There's only so much you can do with a Roto-Zip on the balcony of an apartment complex. I don't believe in paying an installer several thousand dollars to do something nice and shiney that I could do myself (just not as pretty)., and still sound just as good.

Why don't we get a list of people who are interested and where they live ... maybe we can plot this on a map and find an ideal location for everyone.

I'm right in downtown Big-D, literally. I could walk to work if I weren't going to school, and felt like getting mugged.

Greg

I'm in Flower Mound. I'll come to wherever.

I live in Plano, with ANOTHER WRX. I'll come as long
as there is advance notice.

I'm horribly busy so I'd have to get some kind of advanced notice if I were going to make it, but this would be great. I don't drink, so I wouldn't be any fun at bars either. I'm not sure I if i will be able to make it, but I definately can't run up to Dallas on a Sunday, we would have to do Saturday. I hope it works out.

-Jeff

I'm in Austin also, a drive up will be a good excuse to go see Monolithic at Italy on the way!

I'm in Austin as well
sounds like we almost have them outnumbered
besides, austin is in CENTRAL texas heh

Jason
20GB mk2a in 2000 Viper (with cool little homemade Viper boot logo)

i'm south of san antonio... so i'd personally prefer an austin meet...

or here... i have "facilities" to host a meet ranging from parking for about 30-50 cars on a nice 30 acre plot on I-37... to parking for unlimited cars on over 650 acres with actual bathrooms, enclosed building in case of inclement weather (barn), etc. just off HWY 16 S in Poteet...
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sancho
selfish

I'll be near Dallas for QuakeCon this hear, and thats August 15th to the 18th. I'll probably be going to Houston sometime either before or after that, and after seeing Austin last year, wouldn't mind stopping there.

You have to promise me the people there will drive properly on the highway though

just off HWY 16 S in Poteet...

Oh oh! This sounds good! On the highway to Choke Canyon Reservoir for big bass fishing and near Poteet for the Strawberry Festival!!! (April 12, 13, &14)

"You have to promise me the people there will drive properly on the highway though."

Uhh ... yeah Drakino ... we'll get right on that ;-)

g

Wherever we meet up, Dave you have to promise to bring the dog. I can't wait to meet him.

g

Oh boy, I actually have two dogs, and long car rides are not their strong point. Boomer (the pictured one) is cool with it, but Pepper can hardly handle a trip down the street without trying to take off out the window after anything that moves. Depending where it is, I'll have to see.
Boomer is my special buddy, he's got epilepsy and I have been through hell with him to get it managed. Lots of medication and he is one of the mellowest 125 pound black labs in the world now... Four years of 2x/day medication and a seizure every 4 months or so to keep life interesting so far...
See the attachment for one of my favorite photos of the two...

Yup, Boomer's the one. Probably don't remember but I asked about his status last summer. I'm glad that it comes for him as infrequently as it does these days.

Hope to see y'all!

g

Oh yeah, I completely forgot... Sorry 'bout that...
I'll make sure you get to meet up with the Boomdawg!

Well, I didn't expect such a large amount of interest. I was really wanting just a Dallas area owners meeting, but maybe I helped get the Austin and Houston owners a little interested.

Well let me ask this:
Would it be preferable to have separate meets? Likw one in Dallas/Forth Worth, one in Austin, and one in Houston...or One big Texas meet?

I would prefer one in Dallas but I am up for anything.

I'm willing to travel to Dallas or Houston, but Boomdawg would rather have it local to Austin...

I'd say one big Texas Sized meet, make things more interesting. I'm in Houston, but I could drive to Dallas or Austin for the meet.

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just off HWY 16 S in Poteet...

Oh oh! This sounds good! On the highway to Choke Canyon Reservoir for big bass fishing and near Poteet for the Strawberry Festival!!! (April 12, 13, &14)

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we'll be barbecuing and such out here anyways around the time of the strawberry festival... and we're just a couple miles from the grounds...
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sancho

Do dogs take the same medications that humans do for epilepsy? Isn't that very expensive?

Calvin

Do dogs take the same medications that humans do for epilepsy? Isn't that very expensive?

Yes the meds are the same and from the same pharmacies. Phenobarbitol (Pb) is the first line of treatment, which is what is commonly used in humans, but if the seizures can't be controlled effectively, they add Potassium Bromide (KBr) to the mix. KBr used to be the sole medication for treatment of humans before Pb was discovered/created. KBr has a narrow range of effectiveness vs toxicity, so they don't use it in humans much if at all anymore.
Boomer is on both, and there are side effects, hind-quarter weakness and possible liver damage are the two main ones. The meds are about $80 for 3 months worth, vet bills were outrageous when it first set in, but he's worth it to me... Liver screens are required to make sure liver damage isn't occurring due to the Pb. that's a bit expensive, but are only once a year. I keep a journal and links (which are rather outdated at this point in time) of the ordeal. I am going to move my website and update it all someday.... BTW last seizure was last Thursday night, hopefully it's not until July for the next one, I would prefer never, but it beats the 4 week intervals we used to be on... (Sorry this is so off topic now)

Maybe we should take a vote to see where the most popular location would be I will end the poll on Friday and we will go from there:

Well I vote for a Dallas based meet.

My gf's dog has epilepsy as well. He's on phenolbarb as well... So far, so good. Only problem is he is now 17 years old and on senility medicine (Anipril) as well as having to have 100cc's of fluid injected (by me) every 2 days. Kidneys are starting to shut down. He's currently on 2 other meds for a bronchial infection as well as valium, as this helps /w the seizures. As he gets older, the seizures are getting more frequent and they last longer. Danna freaked out last week because he siezed, then wasn't able to walk for like 4 hours. Ahh, the things you do for those little guys...

See the attachment for a mug shot.