Dartmouth Area Monthly Porcupine Meeting

[Russell Kanning]

Kat, Kira and I will be coming.

[Kat Kanning]

Baby live eels!  They must tickle as they go down! 

[the_liberty_belle]

Kat, Kira and I will be coming.

I'm glad you can come!

[the_liberty_belle]

Baby live eels!  They must tickle as they go down! 

I can't attest to that personally, but my friend from Japan says they feel pretty weird... he says the trick is to slurp them down as fast as possible.

[the_liberty_belle]

OK, the feedback I've gotten says:
1) The vast majority of folks who came last time came from points south.  Should we move our venue to somewhere more toward Grantham, Grafton, Sunapee, or somewhere thereabouts?  Does anybody have a suggestion for a place where we could all sit together and talk in that area?
2) Japanese food is expensive and not everyone likes it.  Would anyone just want to meet up at a coffee house and get drinks instead of food?  We could change the time to later in the afternoon if everyone wants to, maybe 3:00 - I know there were a few people who couldn't make the noontime meeting last time.  Suggestions for a place are welcome.
I'll post this on the Yahoo group too, and we'll get a definite time and place worked out within the next few days.

[Lex]

Can't make it this Saturday. Taking this class: http://www.yestermorrow.org/courses/mmbs/engineer.htm

[the_liberty_belle]

Can't make it this Saturday. Taking this class: http://www.yestermorrow.org/courses/mmbs/engineer.htm

Wow, that looks fascinating.  Are you building your own house?

[Lex]

Can't make it this Saturday. Taking this class: http://www.yestermorrow.org/courses/mmbs/engineer.htm

Wow, that looks fascinating.  Are you building your own house?

Yes.

[Braddogg]

Hmm, I don't think I have plans Saturday; I may catch the (evil?) Dartmouth Coach bus and join you for the fun.  What time is the shindig?

[Russell Kanning]

1) The vast majority of folks who came last time came from points south.  Should we move our venue to somewhere more toward Grantham, Grafton, Sunapee, or somewhere thereabouts? 

You might get a totally different makeup this time.

We are from Keene and West Leb is better than Hanover by a little bit. Other places farther East might be good for others, but no better for us. It would have to be all the way down in Newport to be better for us.

Since this group is for and by guys from your area, then make it best for that area and if some of us want to come ... we can suffer.

The last place was decent ... they were friendly and my meal was inexpensive. Anyone can choose to turn a restaurant into a coffee shop and just order something small or not at all. I like choosing places for location, seating, and friendly staffs.

[Russell Kanning]

Where are we meeting this time?
We might not have as many, so we can fit in the last place.

[the_liberty_belle]

Good points, Russell.  Yes, I like to patronize Yama - they are nice people there and they work hard.  Why don't we keep our meeting at Yama and keep the time at 12 noon (please try to be prompt).

Here are the details, which I will post to the calendar here and to the Yahoo group:

Dartmouth Area Porcupine Meeting
Saturday, February 17th
12:00 Noon
Yama Restaurant
96 Main St
West Lebanon, NH 03784

If anyone wants my number so you can get in touch with me on short notice and you don't have it already, just PM or email me.

[the_liberty_belle]

Hmm, I don't think I have plans Saturday; I may catch the (evil?) Dartmouth Coach bus and join you for the fun.  What time is the shindig?

Hey David, let me know if you need a ride from the bus station! :-)

[Russell Kanning]

sounds good ... you can see over time ... where the gang comes from.

We will visit Ed Brown and hang out with the porcupine crew. I wonder if Ed could ever get out to come to parties. Nah ... that would be too complicated.

[the_liberty_belle]

We could bring him some sushi.