Conference rdvax::grateful

    
    i be there early
    i be there often
    
    breakfast with slipknot 
    
    WE RIDE!

S.O.S is _next_ weekend (Sept. 9), according to the most recent slipknot
schedule in the slipknot note (which needs housecleaning IMO :-), CORRECT ?

Or was that a typo and they are playing the Marlboro F + G on this Sat, 9/3 ?

 Josh

I thought it was next weekend as well. I'll be there and word has it DC 
will be there too.

jeff

    
    I believe it is next weekend also.  Sorry if I created any confusion.
    	Mark

    
    Oh yaa,  good freinds from Coloradee coming into town next weekend.
    I'll probably be having a post-SOS party.  
    
    	Mark

    i'll be slippin out...  and yes, it's next weekend...
    
    					da ve

I'm sad to say I will miss S.O.S. this year - but only a little sad. 
I'm headed for Europe on Monday evening for two weeks of work-related
travel.  

"Work-related" means I'll be working some of the time.  

This is my first trip out of the country, and I'm psyched - especially
because I'm going to be spending most of my time in Ireland, where my
favorite Redhead will be joining me at the European DECUS in Dublin
(scant blocks from the Guinness brewery ;-)  We may also get a chance
to look up some distant cousins of mine in Ballina, County Mayo (on the
other side of the country).  

So...I'll be raising a pint of warm Guinness on 9/9 for y'all.  Have a
GRATE time!!!

tim

    
    Have a good time Tim!!!
                                                      
    Guiness/Harp sounds most appealing right now.

    looks like the Colorado Contingency will be represented by none other than
    
                          PATTY AND rfb!!!!! 
    
    It's been a hectic summer, a lousey f*ckin
    August and September doesn't look to be any easier...I can't rememeber
    what my kids look like,( We pick our eldest up from Mission Wolf on 
    Wednesday and fly outa here Thursday)
    my dogs are pissed for not takin them on
    fishin trips, etc. , it's too freakin hot here....so Patty needs a
    vacation *BAD*! 
    
    
    
    And I thought we had finally gotten rid of Authur the Asshole...he ran
    away again last nite with no tags on, we had written him off. I just
    went out for lunch, made 20 posters with his picture on it, put 'em up
    at every store in the area and on every telephone pole, stopped by home
    to get more stick pins and the little *#@$%ER WAS HOME......zat good
    news or bad?????
    
    
    see ya at the jubalee!!!!
    
    rfb

    We'll be at SOS, no doubt with Erica's little red wagon in tow.
    
    Anyone have details of times etc?
    
    gary

	the jollimore family will be slippin' outta summer!

The Thompson clan should be there.  If we can't see the boyz, let's at least
have some good music!  And rfb as well.  Hell, that alonw would be worth
the trip ;-)

PeterT

Hey Tim, you're probably already out of here, but if'n you get a chance to 
peek this way from that side of the ocean, have a good one.  Having just
come back from DECUS Oz... I can say that they are generally fun!

And say howdy to Angela for me...

Later,
PeterT

    you guys are makin way too big a deal out of this rfb character...he's a no
    good shiffless skunk who will dose yer mother given half a chance,
    steal yer face given a whole chance, and will probably boot all over
    who's ever car he's in.....

    ...but his wife is a real sweetie!!!!

    
     I have to agreed with everything rfb said!
    
    Yes his wife is a real sweetie!!!!
    
    Divide Dave

    SOS sounds like fun, even with rfb there.  I'll try to bring the kidz
    and maybe even Roz.
    
    	dave
    

    you ain't riding with me barnes
    
    you'll have to hitch from RI to SOS

    
    I'll be there dancing.  What happens if we finally get some rain?
    
    Sloan

	we dance nekkid
	
	:-)
	
	

    we do that regardless of the weather
    
    
    i ain't scared
    i've skinny dipped hampton beach before

    Probz...I'd really like to see ya again and we would really like to meet
    Roz....try and make an appearance, OK? 
    
    
    rfb

Stop twisting my arm already.  I'll be there!

Roz is making noises like she'll probably come along too.  The kids always
have enjoyed these, so it's likely that we'll all be there.

	dave

    TWIST  TWIST!!!!!!

    ...and I'm on my way, ON MY WAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!
    
    
    rfb

    There will be a few never seen before RONs there.  DECheads, wear your
    colors.  It'll be our only clue as I expect this foot-stompin party to
    have its share of deadheads. 
    
    Hope to see y'all there.  Pray for sunshine.
    
    jeff
     

    i will be nude...from the waist down.......
    with a bright day glo "digital" plastered across my arse
    
    
    or i will just have shorts and a "larry bird song" gaahden t shirt on

    why does the expression "harbinger of festivity" spring to mind?
    
    				:^)

	maybe we should make him stand out on rte 20!
	
	;-)
	

   <<< Note 481.27 by CSLALL::LEBLANC_C "All good things in all good time" >>>

>    i will be nude...from the waist down.......
>    with a bright day glo "digital" plastered across my arse
    
    
LeBlanc,  this is how you troll for a proctologist....

suggest maybe the letters DEC.

bobo

                  THANK YOU!!!!!! FOR A REAL GOOD TIME!!!!!!!
    
    all those faces we met and all those bodies we danced with...what a
    wonderful time! It was so nice to put faces with names..I'd like to
    mention all of you but the evening became quite the blur as we rock and
    rolled on...but a few...Jolly Jeff (we gotta do some fishin sometime!, 
    reily (whata trip! you are!), Lydia and 
    DC (I think my wife was falling in love with you "He's SUCH a nice guy!"),
    jeff corey, dave benjamen (thanks for the tapes), Ken Hannen, Probz 
    Roz and Family, Charlotte (loved those pigtails!!) Debess and Guntis, 
    ADstewart and his buddy, Fog and family, Adam Siegal, Mark Eklof, 
    John Shep and Carol Roberts, Mnelson's friend Wild Willy, 
    Josh, Cris Lablanc (yer returned check was hilarious!), da ve, 
    ken hannen, cathy sloan, dean-o, jeff strobel (funny guy!!!), 
    don mitchel (another funny guy!!!), sorry for  failing to mention some,
    but that's they way whirlwind vacations are! send me a reminder if we
    met and I haven't mentioned you. Slipknot was a grate band! Patty
    needed to dance in the grass!!
    
    Thank so, so, SO, SO much to our travel agent, bed-n-breakfast
    hosts and tour guides, Mark and Lisa, Lindsay and Dan Nelson, next time 
    we see ya'll,  we'll give ya knuckle sandwich!! %^) (private joke!) 
    The RI beach is freakin awesome!!! we brought back a ton of seashells
    and see weed, etc....
    
    BTW Mark...our plane left Boston at 4:15...not 4:50...musta been those
    last several Sams and that clam chowder....%^)
    
    
    again, thanks to all for dispelling the myth that New Englanders are rude,
    insensitive people....if they exist, we didn't meet a single one of
    'em!!!!!
    
    
    
    rfb and Patty

>    again, thanks to all for dispelling the myth that New Englanders are rude,
>    insensitive people....if they exist, we didn't meet a single one of
>    'em!!!!!


That's cause we all stayed home because we knew you were coming!

Well, not really.  We'd planned on going but the people we were planning on
going with decided against it (John had just taken off for the coast that
morning and Barb thought the weather was going to be bad...) and my wife
was less interested after that, and thought the weather was going to be
bad...

I couldn't go by myself, since Amy would NOT babysit the kids again while
I was out, and I could have dragged the kids along, but then it would have
been a bit hard to hang out and chat with anyone ("Dan, Dan come back here!!
Excuse me, I'll be right back..., Hannah, where are you...) so in the
end, I just decided to can it.  But Amy is cool to the idea of going to 
Colorado sometime, so maybe in the future....


PeterT

    I'm dead serious about the friendlyness of those I met in New
    England...and not just at the SOS, but at gas stations, airports, on
    the beach, everywhere.......even the real drunk older genteleman at SOS
    ("I got yer f*ckin Jerry Garcia shirt right here!") was a kick!
    *ALL* the older fishermen from the MFG were real cool when I told them
    I was from COlo and wanted to know what the fishin was like in the
    local ponds.
    
    and the next time some transplant says how rude ya'll are...they'll here 
    from me fer sure!
    
    
    rfb

    and we'll see ya in Colo sometime petert...i'll never forget you were
    the first person to send me the total lyric pile (although several have
    sent it to me since cause I lose things)
    
    
    rfb

>    and we'll see ya in Colo sometime petert...i'll never forget you were
>    the first person to send me the total lyric pile (although several have
>    sent it to me since cause I lose things)


Nah, now you've got me confused with someone else, maybe that other Pete Thompson
here in ZK.  Hmm, lyric pile?  I might know of where to point to, but 
I don't have any lyric base myself.  Now, Jay seems to be able to come
up with song lyrics before anyone else can pull them up, so maybe him...


PeterT

    RFB - that was me that send you the lyrics...was hoping to meet you
    last weekend, but the wife was kinda sick.  But I WILL catch up with
    you sooner or later.
    
    Pete
    

    DOOOHH! yer both right! Pete Kibling was the original provider. 
    Obviously I need a couple of more trips back there to get everyone's
    name/face right! %^)
    
    BTW, peteK, that lyric pile has made it around Colorado quite abit! 
    rfb

    Hmm, lyric pile.. can some kind soul forward me info about this?
    Songs mean a lot more to me when I can see the words.  Gee if
    I had 'em *all* I'd never have to bother anyone again!  :-)

    rfb, I think you met every darn friendly new englander in massachusetts..
    sounds like it anyway ;-)

    Tom

if only your house wasn't in the opposite direction for me! :^)

			da ve

	yeah, that's a prob with most folks.
	i only offered cuz it was on the way of some NH folks.
	deanne-o mite have people at his place.
	a little closer for most folks, but still not for you, da ve.
	

    
    Perhaps we could move operations to the Acton Central Party 
    Command Center?

S.O.S. is advertised as happening "rain or shine".  Well, looks pretty 
certain that it'll be rainy on Sat. with the remnants of Hurricane Fran
coming up the coast.  what I want to know is, are we expected to sit out
on the field in the rain, or does the stage get moved indoors?  Under
that outdoor pavilion at the F & G Club, or indoors completely to the building
that has the bathrooms in it?  

 - Josh

	finally something non-war-related, non-political-related, 
	non-sports-related that I feel like talking about ;-) 
	getting together for a pahty!!  I'm maybe up for it - if'n
	I can't find a place for 2 of my kids to be at on Saturday,
	I'll have them with me and probably won't show up at a
	pre-party - but if I'm alone, I will - so when y'all decide
	where it's gonna be, could ya send me directions?

	and Josh - we've dealt with rain before...and we can do it
	again!

	Debess

    
    I don't foresee us having more than a shower or two on Saturday.  If
    this storm hits the southern coast it'll be modern american history.
    
    Last night on my way from Wilmington NC to Atlanta GA we flew through
    some pretty intense t-storms.  I was one of the few on the small twin
    engine prop that didn't lose lunch.   I'd pay big bucks to fly through
    turbulance again...what a rush.

|I'd pay big bucks to fly through
|    turbulance again...what a rush.

Deane-o,

Seek professional help. ;-)

tim

>    I don't foresee us having more than a shower or two on Saturday.  If

Deano, I will be quoting you on this on Sat. if its a downpour! :-)

>    engine prop that didn't lose lunch.   I'd pay big bucks to fly through

I have a great mental picture of Deano walking off the plane, his clothing
covered with other people's lunches, and a big smile on his face :-)

 - Josh

    
    Actually, as the turbulence grew worse...the beautiful southern belle 
    sat next to me became more and more friendly with every lurch.

>    Actually, as the turbulence grew worse...the beautiful southern belle 
>    sat next to me became more and more friendly with every lurch.

Oh great.  _Now_ I have a mental picture of Deano, dressed up like Rhett
Butler, offering his neckerchief to said Southern Belle to barf into.

    
    Weather sounds like it'll cooperate tomorrow.  I'm pretty psyched to
    put on the dancin shoes!
    
    	Mark

	anybody got a pointer on direx??

	it's off rte 20  which way off of 495 exit East or West?


	Toby

    west toby
    
    you'll see the signs when you approach the road the F&G is off of

	495 to 20W
	about a mile take a right onto Boundary Street (at a blinking
	yellow light????) (there's a small Marlboro F&G sign before it)
	(if you go past the ENTERING NORTHBORO sign TURN AROUND!!! ;-)
	
	about a 100ft down Boundary, take a right onto Elm.
	A little ways up Elm, take a left onto Muddy Lane
	and you're there!
	

	Muchas gracias amigos

	

	hi all...

	just a short note to say that it was really cool to see so many
	DECheads at SoS this year!    i spent so much time hanging out
	with people and getting caught up and having fun, that i think
	i missed at least alf of the show (er, maybe more? :^)

	a grate day, even with the showers...  and the boys sounded 
	grate!  :^)

				da ve

	showers?  did da ve say showers?!?  Thanks Fran for -trying-
	to put a damper on the festivities...but no way did the rain
	stop us from having fun, fun, fun!

	felt So Good to be shaking my bones to the hours and hours of 
	wonderful music.  felt So Great to be seeing so many of y'all
	there (nice to meet ya Toby).

	some rugged little babies there - Jessica Sampson and Valerie
	Mandaro - if -they- could be there in the rain all day, noone
	else had any excuse!  (it was nice for me to be there without
	any kids though! ;-) )

	Debess


	

Grate time, indeed. 

First, seeing everyone again is always wonderful - and what a turnout for such
a crummy weather picture!  I normally hate being stuck out in the rain - but
all things considered (and with the help of a last minute grab for the
seldom-used dome tent) I had a grate time.

But the most entertaining thing was to see my son, Joe, take my place with my
dancing fanatic friends (Dee, Wilma, Dawn and the West Roxbury crew), up front
against the stage...;-)  What a riot!

My kids want to know when the next all-ages Slipknot gig is coming up...

tim

Rain? what rain?  :-)
I actually showed up at SOS at around 2:30.  Felt the rain startin' to come
down, and went back home to pick up the tarp, ski poles, stakes, and parachute
cord.  Got back at 4:15 and set Geoff and Gerry loose on the gear, and they
did a grate job erecting the DEChead Shelter_From_The_Storm.

Slipknot was in fine form, despite the usual sound-system troubles that were
eventually cleared up.  I especially liked the Playin' that ended the first
set, in the rain.  Sound was good back at the Shelter_From_The_Storm!
And, the Marlboro F & G had plenty of Sam Adams.  Even the hot dogs were good.
Was a lot of fun watching the huge balloon-thing arced over the stage fight
a loosing battle with the rain.  When it would come down over the stage,
it would completely block the view, since it was about 2 or 3 feet in
diameter.  So people would punch the rainwater off it, and it would float
back up for a while longer before sagging down again.

 - Josh

	that was a grate shelter!! :-)
	it was fun watching it go up, too.
	
	we had a grate time. didn't see everyone, but got to see a few.
	music was excellent, as usual.
	
	the balloons came down for the last time during the second set.
	they got broken up and bounced around. and occasionally a balloon
	or two would break free and flaot away. it was fun to watch.
	
	tamany hall this friday nite!
	
	:-)
	

|	the balloons came down for the last time during the second set.
|	they got broken up and bounced around. and occasionally a balloon
|	or two would break free and flaot away. it was fun to watch.

Back in the Department of Kids (DoK), we inherited quite a few of them.  Curtis
worked on filling the tent with balloons, and when the other three discovered
them, they formed an impromptu, helium-enhanced re-enactment of the "Lollipop
Guild" duet from the Wizard of Oz.  Cracked us all up...

Tammany looks inviting...we'll see...

tim

>Back in the Department of Kids (DoK), we inherited quite a few of them.  Curtis
>worked on filling the tent with balloons, and when the other three discovered

now thats a cool idea!  Did the tent start floating?  :-)

 - Josh

	tom davis is up here for a couple of weeks.
	he said he may be interested in a friday nite gathering.
	maybe MSBCo ---> Tammany
	
	

    tdavis going to that crazy funster sloan's joint thursday night?

	you mean for the Friday the 13th party?

    ayuh
    

    Looking forward to Sloan's on Thursday the almost 13th.

	Grate Grate Grate (did I say grate 8-)) time at Slip on Sat!

	it was really nice to meet/see so many Decheads! 

	Thanks fer the 	intro's da ve.
 
	Even the rain couldn't put a damper on things.

	this was my 1st time Slippin' and I *Really* liked what I
	saw and heard... The Music was Grate the beer wuz cold
	and the peoples were kind.... kinda felt like an Old Milwaukee
	commercial:

	it don't get any better than this  8-)

	St Stephen really blew my mind it was SOOO good to dance and sing
	to live Dead tunes again!


	Toby