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Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Ableminds Edition

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KITCH

anybody tell me where I can find a good online map of st. paul..

I would like to know EXACT border streets...

I'm really interested where the cut off line is by 280.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 8:02 AM Permalink
Terry

Looks like Emerald St. SE is the border street to the west of 280.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 8:49 AM Permalink
KITCH

what I thought...
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 9:06 AM Permalink
ares

north of university there isn't much of a street-defined border. i added on to kc's medallion map incorporating the border of st. paul on the cooler crew site.so if you zoom in you get a really close approximation.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 9:17 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Thanks for the reminder BFG
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 12:09 PM Permalink
Eags

Second posting of this info:

Cooler Crew Get-Together

Tuesday, November 6 - TONIGHT!!!!

7:00 PM

Great Moon Restaurant

White Bear Avenue

Across from Maplewood Mall

I have a headcount of 17 (plus two maybes) as of 3:45 PM today, including all those who have posted to this thread and/or PM-ed or e-mailed me.

If you post that you are going to be there, I will get there early and see if we can get a couple of big tables.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 1:46 PM Permalink
KITCH

holy crap...thats a lot..

sorry I won't make it...
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 1:47 PM Permalink
Eags

me too, Kitch!
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 1:49 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Sorry I can't either.

Plans, as usual. I have way too much of a life these days.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 1:53 PM Permalink
Eags

Bummer KC - how's the job search plan coming along?

Sorry I won't get to see so many folks this time, but I hope to be back in MN a few more times over the winter, including the medallion hunt. I probably can't make the move back now until spring, and now that the real estate market is starting to tank where I live, who knows what next year will bring.

But, as sad as I am to be without my doggie, I am able to come and go more freely now, so hope to get in on as many cooler events as possible.

I'll check in here one more time around 5PM for any additional headcount and then will be heading out to pick up Vicky from work. She and I are going to make a stop or two and get out to the restaurant a little early to get a table for us all.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 1:58 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

It's going. I can focus on it more after I get rid of some responsibilities looming over my head (non work related, but they're nonetheless a pain).

Well hopefully I'll see ya during the hunt sometime then. At least I'll have a car for this year's hunt, and an honorable plan to use the prize money on, the PP would probably eat it up in a press release. So, maybe I'll even find the darned thing.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:04 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Count me in as a maybe too. I love chinese! I haven't seen any of you for a long time. Hopefully I can finish my grad school homework and meet some of you there.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:22 PM Permalink
KITCH

art---somebody spray some raid in the woodworks??

nice to see you out.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:24 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

On a totally unrelated note, if any of you are getting rid of or know someone getting rid of Department 56 Dicken's Village pieces, I would love to talk to them.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:25 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

It wasn't the woodworks, it was below the equator!!! Heyooo!
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:26 PM Permalink
Redbear

Dan, I know where you can steal a bunch!
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:52 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I do too but you'll have to bring some steaks for the dogs first. :wink:
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:53 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I'm listening!! How have you been Redbear?
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:54 PM Permalink
KITCH

might be able to distract the owner with a tickle me elmo doll.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:58 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Knowing my luck, I would get confused and tickle the owner while trying to distract Elmo.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 3:04 PM Permalink
Eags

I'm heading out - have added Art to the headcount as a maybe.

See y'all there at 7PM.

I'm sure there's room for a few add-ons, so don't be shy...
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 3:04 PM Permalink
Clue Master

BWAHHH!! :sillygrin:
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 3:16 PM Permalink
Terry

Great seeing those that could make it. We certainly missed those that couldn't be there, but it was difficult to get to say howdy to everyone as it was.

And they had coconut shrimp there this evening! That is my personal favorite and they don't always have it. Yummmmy!
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 8:19 PM Permalink
Eags

It sure was good to see everyone, and get to meet a few people I hadn't met before!

Thanks, everyone, for making it out there tonight.
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 8:31 PM Permalink
me2

geeesh talk about bar close - we closed the Moon.

just got dropped off a bit ago

I saw the great moon at the Great Moon tonight - :sheepish:

a nice evening out

all I can think of now is Vandelay tickling Ares :eek:
Tue, 11/06/2007 - 9:38 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I am pretty sure that Ares was one of the seven people that I didn't tickle in the parking lot, but I guess I did have a lot of Mongolian Beef so I was a little out of it. What a blast to hang out with you guys last night. I hope that I can see you guys again sooner than later.
Wed, 11/07/2007 - 12:05 PM Permalink
Mr. Med Hunter

Eags - great to meet you last night

Ice - thanks for the newspaper

Everyone else - nice to see you again, wish that I'd have had more time
Wed, 11/07/2007 - 5:42 PM Permalink
KITCH

Iceman there :frown:

oops...I should have had him give the $ to somebody a bit closer to me...like me2.
Wed, 11/07/2007 - 7:18 PM Permalink
Terry

It was fun last night. And after eating more than a fair share of coconut shrimp, and thinking that would do me for a good long while, I found myself wishing I had more today. That is some yummy stuff!

Ice - thanks for the Worthington paper. It's truly appreciated.

Eags - tell Vicky it was good to see her again. I feel like I didn't get a good chance to really spend much time with folks.

We should do this more often.
Wed, 11/07/2007 - 7:42 PM Permalink
girlbassist

I second that, Terry.. :smile:
Wed, 11/07/2007 - 8:43 PM Permalink
Liquor Lady

well....if you guys want an excuse to get together, we are having a benefit for my uncle, he had lung cancer and had a large tumor removed. gordy's band will be playing and we are also doing kareoke :smile: it's in forest lake so not too bad of a drive, November 24th. I'll have to post later where because I can't remember if it's the legion or the VFW. :smile:
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 2:56 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

hmmm, that might be doable for me. I'll ask Penny.
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 7:25 AM Permalink
ares

nope. none of ours are dickens' village series. we're north pole and snow village here.
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 10:58 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

so I did something laughable.

I set my myspace page to Espanol, and I can't find the control button to set it back to English (if there is really one - when I clicked the espanol button, it asked me like 3 times if I really wanted to do that - in spanish - and I said, yes, yes, yes,)

So I'm getting immersion spanish via my favorite online time toilet. But its pretty funny, cause a lot of things aren't the same, so it's like a whole new little world to me.

:sheepish:
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 11:55 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Converting it back won't be the same either as you know.
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 1:02 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

no. i figured it out - it's in the settings - you just put it to USA from USA/ESPANOL.

but now that I know that - I'm gonna keep it the way it is. more fun and i feel like I'm smarter now because of it or um something.

:eek:
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 1:39 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

watch.... by the time you want to actually switch it back, they'll have moved that function/feature to some other place on the page... :eyeroll:
Thu, 11/08/2007 - 8:20 PM Permalink
Redbear

Anybody know Whitney's status?
Fri, 11/09/2007 - 12:44 PM Permalink
me2

Who's Here

me2

posen

icesis

girlbassist
Sun, 11/11/2007 - 8:50 PM Permalink
KITCH

anybody else using twitter yet???

My understanding how it works

I'm thinking it could be nice during the hunt...

basically a person could post a small note on the website...or they can set it up to have messages (other friends in same group) sent to their cell phone and they can post to the site from their cell phone.

So lets say I'm in a group of hunters I'm "watching" I would get text messages from them as the hunt is going on if the "post" updates.

you can also turn "off" the text messaging at any time...

disadvantage...I don't have unlimited text messaging :wink:




thoughts?
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 6:54 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

can you post me a link!! I will check it out I love to be a ginnypig!!!
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 7:08 AM Permalink
KITCH

http://www.twitter.com/

I think I'd go broke...it would cost me 10cents to post...and 5 cents to receive a post..."since I'm on a pre-paid cell phone"

would be cheaper than 10cents a min. to make a phone call...heh.
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 7:11 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

ya Well once I get my cell back up and running it will be nice for the hunt!! but I will look in to it! my cell costs flipping 1.50 a text I hate Nextel!!!
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 7:15 AM Permalink
Terry

Sprint/Nextel are being sued by the State of Minnesota by the Attorney General's office. Funny as that is the vendor the state chose for cell phones used by state employees in the Twin Cities area.

We have to use Sprint/Nextel for our office, and dealing with the screwed up billings is beyond belief. There was one month they overcharged us about $1500. In the year we have had an account with them, only two billings were correct. The rest were varying amounts of over charging.

I wouldn't use Sprint/Nextel for cell phone service after our work experience with them. I have spent many hours combing through our billings to be sure we are paying correctly.
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 7:50 AM Permalink
Posen

Who's Here?

Posen

KITCH

mucluck

me2

:grin:
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 8:07 AM Permalink