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popcorn
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response 200 of 259:
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Feb 25 13:45 UTC 1995 |
Re 198: We could simply have a Really Big Honking Birthday Party for
Grex this year. Would that work? It's not too many months in the future
at this point....
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abchan
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response 201 of 259:
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Feb 25 15:08 UTC 1995 |
For those of us who are clueless... when is Grex's birthday?
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carson
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response 202 of 259:
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Feb 25 20:59 UTC 1995 |
popcorn says July 18, and that the date is somewhat negotiable.
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abchan
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response 203 of 259:
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Feb 26 04:43 UTC 1995 |
Let's just nominate July as Grex's birth month. Then we can celebrate all
month! Just think... four weekends for grex conventions!
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steve
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response 204 of 259:
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Feb 26 07:12 UTC 1995 |
No, the birthday isn't negotiable--it's July 18th, at about 4:33PM.
What *is* negotiable is *when* we celibrate it! ;-)
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popcorn
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response 205 of 259:
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Feb 26 14:01 UTC 1995 |
My actual statement that response #202 is based on went something like,
"There are a lot of dates that could be called Grex's birthday. You could
count the first founders' meeting, or the day Grex first went on-line for
only founders to work on, or the day Grex opened its doors to the public
for the first time. Generally we celebrate the day Grex opened to the
public, which is July 18th."
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sidhe
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response 206 of 259:
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Feb 26 14:20 UTC 1995 |
Or the day grex linked to the net.. I get the idea.
So, what of my suggestions on Southfield?
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steve
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response 207 of 259:
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Feb 26 18:37 UTC 1995 |
No. Grex's birthday was when we did what we said we'd do: become
real. The time of the founders meetings was rather something like
conception, except that it involved 12 people and took months. ;-)
(kinky)
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popcorn
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response 208 of 259:
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Feb 26 23:34 UTC 1995 |
Thank heavens Grex wasn't born out of anybody's body! It has lots of
sharp corners and wires. Yowch!!!
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steve
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response 209 of 259:
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Feb 27 01:07 UTC 1995 |
And disks. God, don't forget the disks. Oww.
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carson
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response 210 of 259:
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Feb 27 01:33 UTC 1995 |
How big a baby was Grex?
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steve
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response 211 of 259:
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Feb 27 01:37 UTC 1995 |
About 230 pounds.
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popcorn
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response 212 of 259:
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Feb 27 12:42 UTC 1995 |
Owwwwwch!
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anig
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response 213 of 259:
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Feb 28 06:02 UTC 1995 |
I am glad that *I* wasn't the one that gave birth to Grex!! :)
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lilmo
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response 214 of 259:
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Feb 28 06:55 UTC 1995 |
Re #212: Gee, popcorn, you seem to be making numerous posts like that lately:)
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sidhe
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response 215 of 259:
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Feb 28 15:40 UTC 1995 |
"ahem"
Southfield, anyone?
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popcorn
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response 216 of 259:
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Feb 28 17:54 UTC 1995 |
(Re 214: And I complain when other people enter zilions of responses
that just say "yeah!". ooops. <sigh> You're right, and I'll try to be
better in the future.)
Sidhe - I'd guess people are kinda luke-warm about Southfield, since nobody
has responded enthusiastically Yes or No.
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tsty
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response 217 of 259:
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Mar 1 00:27 UTC 1995 |
Southfield can work - What about Ft. Wayne, IN?
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steve
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response 218 of 259:
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Mar 1 04:42 UTC 1995 |
If you think the birth was weird, think of this: as Grex gets older,
it will become more powerful as any teenager would. But, besides getting
stronger, it will get smaller. Eventually it will be 100 times more
powerful than it was at birth, yet weigh 1/10 as much.
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gregc
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response 219 of 259:
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Mar 1 07:42 UTC 1995 |
So, by that reasoning, Grex will eventually become a small cube of super
dense matter that will sink to the center of the earth and begin to suck
the Earth's mass into it's gravity well until nothing remains but a small
sphere of nutronium orbiting the sun. Phew! We better be careful about
our future upgrade policy.
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tsty
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response 220 of 259:
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Mar 1 12:38 UTC 1995 |
<<Grex v7399482.3 The Black Hole>>
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sidhe
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response 221 of 259:
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Mar 1 16:25 UTC 1995 |
Ft. Wayne is fine, too.. but I was attempting to realign the item
with it's origina; purpose.. discussing where when and how a GrexCon should
happen!
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carl
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response 222 of 259:
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Mar 1 23:50 UTC 1995 |
I just read through this item. Whew!
I'm definitely in favor of a Grex get together, and would attend
it if it were within 400 miles of AA.
Having said this, I have nothing to offer concerning location,
time or organization. The one thing that seemed obvious is that
to get large numbers, it should be in the Ann Arbor area. The
other thing that seemed obvious is that nobody is obviously
taking the lead to coordinate it.
Two thoughts come to mind. Why not see if there's enough
interest to have a convention type get together in Ann Arbor
where there is the best chance of getting critical mass. Let's
also see if there would be enough interest to have a weekend
gathering (not necessarily a convention as such) up North.
Any thoughts?
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carson
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response 223 of 259:
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Mar 2 00:19 UTC 1995 |
(I think that's the most sensible, calm, well-thought out response
that I've read in this particular item yet.)
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nephi
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response 224 of 259:
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Mar 2 02:19 UTC 1995 |
I like that idea. Who wants to be in charge?
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