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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:13 PM
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Hey everyone in North Texas, Guy James is coming to town and going
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 03:15 PM by anarchy1999
to Crawford. He is flying into DFW on Friday afternoon and spending the night in Dallas and then traveling to Crawford on Saturday and will broadcast live from Crawford on Saturday evening live.

I spoke with him this afternoon and he'd love to have a DU meet up with all of us on Friday evening. Who's in?

Oh and by the way Will Pitt and the truthout.org group will be in Crawford tomorrow!
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sonias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 04:06 PM
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1. That's great news anarchy1999
I hope you can get a good group there to have a DU meetup to send Guy James off to do his great show from Crawford.

I might be able to make a weekend trip to Crawford but I was also hoping to go for a bit tomorrow. I can't stay for Thursday though.

Have a good meetup!

Sonia
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 04:54 PM
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2. I wish I could go
Work, work, work for me. My only day off is Sunday, and it's impossible for me to get off this weekend to go down.

Good Luck to those that do get to make it to Crawford. :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 08:28 PM
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6. Tammywammy, I am in the same boat; work on Saturday, plus
another committment, otherwise I would be getting up a carpool.
But I am giving serious thought to the following weekend.

There is a part of me ( the part that thinks I am still 29 and can run on 3 hrs of sleep a day, coffee and vitamins)that is thinking a run down on Sunday afternoon could be do-able. I know it is only an hour and a half to Waco, so I am thinking about it...but it would be even better if it were a car load...

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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 01:53 PM
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13. This weekend is just out for me
I don't get off until 6pm on Saturday. I moved last Friday and since I've been working doubles so far this week, my life is still crazy. Sunday is my only day off from work, so I have to use that day for errands.

Maybe I'll be able to make it down next Sunday...

And BTW, I'm only 24 and I can't run on 3 hours sleep, so don't feel bad. :P
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 04:57 PM
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3. Well, this is cool!
I'm trying to get this figured out about when I can go this weekend. But I can probably meetup with ya'll and Guy James on Friday evening.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:23 AM
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9. Hey sweetie...
If you go, do you think you could take some supplies down with you from me? We sent a big donation in this morning, but I want to do more, since I can't go down and keep vigil.

I'm thinking of a couple cases of water, some cough drops and Dayquil for Cindy, blankets or sleeping bags, and some goodies to eat. Plus some other doo-dads that they mentioned in the other thread.

Let me know, and I can try to give them to you Friday if we meet out somewhere. Otherwise I can come to you before you leave.

FSC
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:04 PM
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4. Hey everyone in North Tex, don't let Guy James down. Thanks.
Anarchy1999,

He is looking forward to dinner with us all. Go figure.
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:21 PM
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5. Derby is in charge. Thank you D and Gin.
n/t
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:46 AM
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7. Is Will still going to be there Saturday?
I sure hope so. Do you have an email addy for Guy James? You can PM me if you want.
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 09:48 AM
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8. Will and the truthout crew are supposed to be there today !
I'm pm'ing you soon re Guy.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:11 AM
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11. Is Will going to stay through Saturday?
Or is he only going to be there today?
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:59 AM
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12. I don't know, I'm heading out now and I'll update everyone late tonight.
Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 12:00 PM by anarchy1999
Thanks you guys.

DU has helped so much and I posted this in another thread, I'm so proud to be a part of this community. Send my thanks to Skinner, I've run out of time. Also send out my thanks to everyone here. "It takes a village".

anarchy1999
S
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:24 AM
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10. We should probably try to find out where he's staying...
so he wouldn't have to drive very far from there. Especially if he doesn't know Dallas very well.

Anyone know?
FSC
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 02:28 PM
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14. Guy's staying close to DFW
There's lots of places. I spoke to him about preferences and he hates seafood anad fowl. He loves spicy foods, so Indian, Tex Mex, Italian - all those are fine with him.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 02:39 PM
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15. Hmmm....I'd help, but I don't know that area very well.
Anyone have any ideas?

There should be tons of great Indian places out in that area, being near the Hindu Temple an' all.

FSC
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 02:47 PM
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16. There's a good Indian place in Irving
Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 02:49 PM by tammywammy
It's on Beltline off of 183. It's called Pasand. It's a buffet at lunch, and menu order in the evening.

Here's a link to the GuideLive review.

http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,97400&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&item_id=12598
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 02:53 PM
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17. Aah! Pasand! We have one of those over here.
by Coit and Campbell.

Decent lunch buffet. I go there for my RDA of naan.

I've never been there at night, but sounds good to me.
FSC
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 02:56 PM
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18. ginbarn and I are familiar with that location
Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 03:25 PM by derby378
No beer. That's one main strike against it. On the other hand, they've got ample seating space, and it's pretty comfortable.

Let me keep Pasand in mind.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 05:34 PM
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21. Yes no beer there
But there's a Hooter in walking distance. Beer there is reasonably priced. (As long as no one objects to going to Hooters).

Or right there is an On the Border, Chili's and Friday's (I think).
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:51 PM
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23. Okay, I re-read the GuideLive
It says it's BYOB, so you can bring your own drinks.
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TecnoCrat Donating Member (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 04:14 PM
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20. Excellent
I'll be at Quakecon this weekend, at the Gaylord near there, so I should be able to attend as well.

There are TONS of places around DFW. Finding something he likes should be no problem at all.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 04:51 PM
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28. Guy James meetup
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 03:54 PM
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19. Here's another idea - Los Lupes (Tex-Mex)
Located on Highway 183, not far from Pasand. Full bar, semiprivate meeting room, etc. Sound good to anybody?
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 05:37 PM
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22. Is there a fee for the meeting room?
A quieter room would be probably be good -- we'll want to talk. Could get busy on Friday night. Do we have any idea what time we're talking about? The drive out to Irving is simply brutal in rush hour traffic.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:35 PM
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24. Sounds good to me....
and we wouldn't have to bring our own booze (would we?), which is a plus.

I haven't gotten a chance to see how I do on tequila lately.

Let's check into the room.
FSC
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:38 PM
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25. What's going on with this?
reprehensor and I are trying to decide if we're still coming or not.

Chances are I'll be completely beat after work. I mostly just want to give someone my supplies to take down.

FSC
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 12:53 PM
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26. Derby's getting bounced back and forth
between the manager and corporate. At Los Lupes, they said that if we don't use the whole room, we don't have to pay a fee. The private room seats 40 people, so we would likely only use half of it.

Danny has to verify it with the manager now. He's supposed to call him back today'. We'll keep you posted.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 04:29 PM
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27. Everyone - IT'S ON!!
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