Conference back40::soapbox

        Rt3 north  to  Merrimack  off-ramp,  left  under  the  highway,
        straight at the  lights,  Nickel's on the right about 100 yards
        beyond the lights.
        
             
    

    
    
    figures...that's an hour-and-a-half drive for me...
    
    
    

    
    Only if you go the wrong way on Route 3!!!
    
    

    
    RE: .2
    
    Then of course you can spend the night at a friends house....
    (Depending in which direction you go ;)
    

        Lovely Raquel, if you come, I will hold you and squeeze you and
        hug you and call you George... ;*)
        
        &y
            

    
    
    deb!!!  need i remind you it is also an hour-and-a-half ride for you as
    well...and that IS going the right way...
    
    andy, the closest friend has to work that nite, so a> she won't be
    staying late and b> she'd be getting in rather late..
    
    &y, as long as you promise not to bring me any candles like the one you
    brought 'tine...i'll think about it...
    
    

        NOT to  bring you a candle?  And after the way your eyes lit up
        when 'twas unveiled too - aw okkaaaayyyy....
        
        &y
            
    

    Was the wick wet?
    

    
    RE: .6
    
    
    What? You have no other friends close by???

    
    
    
    yer not that close, are you???
    
    

    
    Raqhoney, I can get to Nashua from my house in 20 minutes and &y sez
    Merrimack isn't much further.  You can seepovah my house iffen ya want.
                                                                        

    will not be there, too far, have fun, be safe.  

    
    RE: .10
    
    Can you say "10 miles"?  Sure you can!! There!! I knew you could!!
    

    
    I have received some offline serious objections to the choice of
    location.
    
    Any other suggestions will be entertained today.

    How about something in Ottawa? It's only a 7 hour drive for you New
    Englanders.

    Glenn

    
    Well, the beer _is_ better there...

>>    I have received some offline serious objections to the choice of
>>    location.
    
No, No keep it in Merrimack  - it's the first time I wouldn't have to 
drive a zillion miles!!


Pat

     There's no location that will be universally acceptable. Given the
    fact that bashes happen quite frequently, one hardly thinks it the end
    of the world to have it at nickles. No matter where you have it, some
    people won't come because it's too far. Seems to me that people are
    getting wimpier/less game these days. If it's more than a 10 minute
    drive, they can't be bothered. So stay home.

Anything more or less along the 495 corridor between Marlboro
and Lowell works for me, also the Rt 3-ish area up to Nashua
is fine.

If &y will be there by candlelight, I can't miss this.

joanne

                  Mark, you seem to be so angry lately. Very
                  un-Christmas-Chanakah-Holiday-Seasonlike. 
                  What's bugging ya?  (being serious here)

        I'll be  there,  Joanne,  along  with  Andy K (right, pal?) and
        assorted others, at Nickel's' time to be established...
        
        &y
        
        

    
    <------
    
    
     With bells on !!!!! :)
    

    
    Maybe a tie too...
    

	Well, then, I can manage that.  Even if it does mean a bout
	with the F.E. Everett (We're Moving It 10 Feet to the Left)
	Turnpike and a personal passing by of Exit 5 (So Many Ramps,
	So Little Time).  I struggle as far as Exit 7 on Monday and
	Wednesday evenings.

	What's the protocol?  Walk in and start arguing with strangers?

	Will the MSO babes have rings on their fingers
and bells on their toes ????.

	RE .25

	Just pick the loudest group, and join in. Take the heat
from some and the chill from others. It's all in the sport.	%^)

	Don't forget to bow to the babes. I can tell you from 
personal experience that kissing the hand of Mz Debra will change
your life forever.........%^)

	BTW: You and 'tine promissed to reform me. I am still
waiting for my private lessons...................$*)

    I may be there as long as Tine doesn't threaten me again with a dull
    butter knife!!!

Teeks, it would most likely change the lives of the
other patrons as well, since I'm not well-known for
kissing the hands of other gals.

joanne (a goil)

 Depending on location, I may pop in for a diet coke or 2 (which I will
 drink).




Jim

    
    
    jack....it's a dull spoon...not a dull butter knife...the effects are
    much better...
    
    hey deb...why don't i just meet you at  your house that morning and we
    can go together...i have a bazillion miles to drive the next day, too,
    which was my main objection in the first place...
    
    and i just *have* to see andy again with his bells... :>
    
    

    
    OK, but you gotta do *my* timeframe, not vice-versa 8^).
                 

>	Teeks, it would most likely change the lives of the
> other patrons as well, since I'm not well-known for
> kissing the hands of other gals.

> joanne (a goil)



	You would change our mynly lives by allowing us myn the
priviledge of kissing your hand  %^)






	Whew, how's that for a come back ??? %^)

    A dutch redneck.
    
    This troubles me.

	We are not all that different after all ????


	This truly troubles me....%^(

    
    
    well, deb, as long as you are in here by 8:00...i kin do dat...
    
    
    

| <<< Note 201.30 by AIMHI::JMARTIN "Barney IS NOT a nerd!!" >>>

| I may be there as long as Tine doesn't threaten me again with a dull
| butter knife!!!


	'tine.... please use a butcher knife next time please.... :-)

| <<< Note 201.34 by POWDML::LAUER "Had, and then was" >>>


| OK, but you gotta do *my* timeframe, not vice-versa 8^).

	I guess you're going seperately then... heh heh...

| You would change our mynly lives by allowing us myn the
| priviledge of kissing your hand  %^)


	While I agree that would be a hell of a privilege, it won't change me!
If the other babes couldn't, no one can!

	Glen, don't tell them that !!!......Keep them trying, it's
more fun that way.............%^)

	So, who'll be in the cast of characters I meet at the bash-ette
	this afternoon/evening?

	(Aside from loony Scotsmen who phone up looking for abuse, that is.)

	joanne

    
    by popular demand, me!!!
    
    

    
    <-- and she is ADORABLE today.  Simply adorable.
    
    I'll be there - the short one with the drink taped to my hand.
                    

        Just had  Jack  Delbalso  visiting  - he might well be there as
        might Suz K, Mindy, Andy K+SO, Sandy might show up...
        
        5.00 and on seems to be the time
        
        &y (Sheckel for an ex-loony, Mrs. (rtd))
        
        
                            

    
    Hugz to Suz, 
    
        and tell her the mail bounced I sent to [email protected]
    
    
    Heiko
    

 I may pop in depending on what time my son picks me up at work today and
 what time I can get him home by and then drive back over to Merrimack after
 stopping at the store to buy a couple things I gotta have, like scissors cuz
 I don't have any to use for wrapping stuff...



Jim

	Andy K, being the one that looks "like a terrier"?

	8^)

    have fun you lot
    
    and eat yer hearts out you US babes you ain't gonna get a chance at
    this UK hunk (bwahahahahaha ... )
    
    ric
    
    :-)

    
    RE: .49
    
    Who said that!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    :)
    

    >>cuz I don't have any to use for wrapping stuff...
    
    jim,i told you...for a fee...
    
    
    -raq
    
    
    

    Yeah, ante up!  I did or will or might :-)

RE:                 <<< Note 201.52 by GAVEL::JANDROW "Raquelf" >>>

   > >>cuz I don't have any to use for wrapping stuff...
    
    >jim,i told you...for a fee...
    
    
   
    Well, what's your fee?    
    
    

>  <<< Note 201.51 by SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI "Zebras should be seen and not herd" >>>
>    RE: .49
    
>    Who said that!!!!!!!!!!!
    
>    :)
        
        I cannot tell a lie - Jensen said it.  I was trying to describe
        what we all  looked  like and mentioned your distinguished good
        look and short grey hair - "like a terrier" she exclaimed.
        
        Honest.
        
        &y
        
        PS. Suz just called - she will _try_ to make it tonight
        
    

    
    Uh-oh.  Perhaps you should share the descriptions you gave her of the
    rest of us!

        I told  her  that  you're  _not_  short since both of your legs
        (almost) reach the floor...
        

    
    Just as long as you didn't mention the puppies 8^).

'Tis true...  Fraser was giving a gentlemanly description 
(a bit too lovingly, I might add), and I rudely cut right in
with "sounds like a terrier."

At that point, he burst into tears, threatened me with  
bagpipes, and then hung up on me, he did.

Blimey.

        Oi did,  yiss.    But, take my threats seriously - just ask Deb
        about my threat to bite her bum ...
        
        &y
        
        PS. Save me the one with the pink nose, Deb
        

    
    So is this place a cheap clip joint for picking up tarts or what?

        Only watery tarts or the occasional moistened bint ...
        

    i surely hopes the NRA sign up sheet makes it to this bash, and
    everyone hereafter.

    re .62
    
    Deb,
    
    What are you saying exactly ??

	The NRA sign-up sheet did not make a personal appearance,
	but there was a photo.

    Sh-tung Sh-tung! Uh, the watch will be ready at midnight. The _Chinese_ 
    watch. Right. Bye bye.... Motha.
    
    

    
    
    My apologies to those who showed up (and I didn't) was here (MKO) till
    after ten last night to get a rush job out to a vendor by this morning.
    
     Needless to say, I'm here now to tidy up a bit before the Holiday...
    
     I was looking forward to seeing you all... :( :(
    
     Have a Happy...
    

    
    Well, 'twas mini indeed, but a rollicking good time.  Other than the 3
    MSO_Babe sorts, &y & s&y fraser were there, jack delbalso, suz kinaci,
    d'arch (also known as c'arch) and joanne jensen.
    
    After everyone but us 3, suz, & joanne left, we five got down to serious
    womanly conversation.
    
    I'm afraid we frightened Joanne 8^).  Joanne, you WILL come back, won't
    you?

    Oh, definitely, if I ever get out of the tub!  {angelic look}
    That'll teach &y to leave early.
    
    He, by the way, is a gracious Scot.
    
    j.
      
    

    Good joke teller too!

>         <<< Note 201.70 by SUBPAC::JJENSEN "Jojo the Fishing Widow" >>>

>    Oh, definitely, if I ever get out of the tub!  {angelic look}
>    That'll teach &y to leave early.
    
>    He, by the way, is a gracious Scot.

        Well, thank  you  m'dear  and Glenn, have I got a joke for you,
        next time we meet! :^)
        
        Re "tub" and  my  leaving early - why do you think I left early
        (8.30 or so)?
        
        See, I know, from  experience  what  the conversation gets like
        when that particular <giggle> gets  together and the wine flows
        free... ;*)
        
        &y
        
        PS.  <giggle> is the collective  noun  for a plurality of babes
        after a glass of wine or three.
        

    <giggle> is the collective noun for geese after they've gotten into the 
     goosenip.  HTH.
    

    joanne, i'm dying, really, i am :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))

    
    well, &y, for the record, no wine passed these lips...only about 5
    glasses of water...so there!!!
    
    joanne...you are good!!  :>:>
    
    
    andy, i missed you... :<
    

    
    raq!!!
    
    You ain't allowed to be sober without me!! :) :)
    
    > andy, i missed you... :<
    
    Like I said... I missed being there... 
    
    It was about 10:05 when I finally got out of here that night, and
    almost made my way over there to see if anyone was still around... but
    I figured everyone was gone by then... 
    
     I guess I coulda caught a few "giggles".... :) :) :)
    

Is there one on the horizon?

daryll

    Yes.  MadMike is coming out the first week in Sept, but I haven't
    ironed out any details yet.  Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat
    channel.

{blink, blink}

MadMike is gay?

    
    
    oh dear!

    
    ohhhhhhhh deeeeeaaaaaaar!!!!!