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ThongPrincess

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The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« on: April 26, 2008, 03:07:47 PM »
I realize it is still about 3 months away, but I decided to start this to get an idea of who is coming and put everything together.

Details so far:

Dates Officially - Friday 7/24 - Sunday 7/27

Bowling will be at:
Creekside Lanes
1450 Trade Mart Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27127
(336)771-9800

Hotel most have stayed at in the past:
Extended Stay America Winston-Salem Hanes Mall Blvd
1995 Hampton Inn Ct
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(336)768-0075
Rates $69.99 - $94.99/night

Golf

Nollster is organizing tee times at Tanglewood for Thursday. The Championship course is $37 to play all day. It's a great course with many great views of the beach!!  Looking to go off pretty early in the morning so we can get 2 rounds in. Please let him know if you are planning on playing some golf!
(copied from his post on page 3)
 Tee Times 8:20 & 8:28

Thursday afternoon some show up for bowling.

Friday Evening Scotch Doubles
Check-In 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Bowl 7:30PM

Saturday Afternoon
Bragging Rights Tournament
Time TBA

Group Dinner Time TBA
Low Entry/No Limit Poker Tournament at Striders home, also Billards & Darts & Home Brew available

Sunday
For those who just cannot get enough bowling - Ron generally works with those who want his help

In the past some participants have been able to get equipment donated to give away.  If anyone has anything, post it in this thrread.


Definitely Attending
Magic Carpet & Karen - Hosts extraordinaire
ThongPrinces - Tuesday
JessN16 & Melena - Friday
Toma Tuesday(?)
Nollster Tuesday(?)
Strider & Wife
Joe Falco (The Energizer Bunny) - Friday
crazyyankee & wife
kev3inp & Diane - Thursday
williewc Friday or Saturday
Graaille
SrKegler & [deleted] lefty Thursday
a_ak57 & 3 friends Thrsday
Alakazam & Jo Ann Thursday
novawagonmaster & Shannon Wednesday
janderson, Kat, j's brother & nephew(s) Friday
JPRLane1
9cline Thursday
WillynHook, Mindy, Sharon and Josh(Mr & Mrs WyllinHook & The Chaos Twins)      
   Thursday
lexlefty Saturday
Andy WS
LuckyLefty Friday
Scolai and Wife Friday
mmike1053
*Coach Jim Saturday
*Jturly46
*mbrown205

Maybe Attending
Frank the Tank
leftyinsnellville
lexlefty's brother & teammate
Mutilated1 & Kitten
*Big Willy Style
*Powermachine-
*chaos10187
*BeefSTL
*hawkeye4life
*T Brockette
*triggerman & 2 sons
*Spider Ball Bowler

* names from the original post * will be removed when signed on here
Golf Interest
Nollster
Toma
Strider
crazyyankee & wife
mmike1053

If you are definitely attending or maybe attending, sign in and list when you plan to arrive.
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JOE FALCO

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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #76 on: July 18, 2008, 08:33:18 PM »
Flying DELTA Flight 883 .. leaving 9:09 AM.

If we can team up it would be great with me .. I'll see you Friday .. glad to see you survived the bowling!
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #77 on: July 18, 2008, 09:22:04 PM »
Different airlines - Southwest 1596 leaving at 7:40AM.

Very cool!  I look forward to bowling with my two guys
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #78 on: July 18, 2008, 10:09:19 PM »
Aight.  It's official.  As a birthday present to me, my wife booked our hotel room and we are on for Friday PM, Saturday, and Sunday.  We used Priceline for the hotel and couldn't get the closest ones, but we got a room for $45 a night for a 15 minute drive to the center.  Far better than the $115/night it could have been.

See you all at Creekside on Friday afternoon/evening.
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ThongPrincess

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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #79 on: July 19, 2008, 10:29:40 AM »
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Driving down with that damn Nollster again! I got a GPS so our scenic route through NC will be intentional this time.


LOL, but just think of the conversation starters you'll miss out on
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #80 on: July 19, 2008, 10:34:04 AM »
My wife and I finished our travel itinerary this week -- we're leaving Alabama at 5 a.m. Friday and should be in W-S between 1 and 2 p.m. I'm usually not up at 5 a.m. unless it's because I haven't been to bed yet. Not looking forward to coming through Atlanta during the morning rush.

Assuming we're not both totally dead when we arrive, we're going to bowl the doubles event that night.

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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #81 on: July 19, 2008, 11:35:34 AM »
I never had any major issues with Atlanta.  Just try to stay away from traveling through at lunch time or 5 pm.  I always took the bypass (285) around the city as opposed to cutting directly through.  Use the car pool lane to maintain a fairly steady speed and avoid the idiots changing 7 lanes every 30 seconds.  I've never seen so many lanes with a 55 mph speed limit, not that anyone pays much attention to that near Atlanta.  

I'll be of all week, so if anyone needs any assistance, give me a call.  PM me if you want the number.
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #82 on: July 19, 2008, 03:42:41 PM »
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I'm going to be there Friday morning (or early afternoon) .. just this morning my wife started backing out of the trip. Her feeling is that there will not be enough time to ready ourselves for our Vegas trip on Monday July 28. I was planning to use her as a partner in the SCOTCH DOUBLES .. looks like I now need a partner!

I will only be staying the one night .. have to leave on Saturday! I look forward to the get together and Saturday breakfast sounds GREAT!

See all of you on Friday .. have a safe trip!
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Joe, tell her that is no excuse for missing out!
My wife gets back from a 3 week trip to France on Monday night. She will repack her bags Tuesday, and we are on the road early Wednesday for the gathering! Who needs time to prepare...JUST DO IT
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #83 on: July 19, 2008, 03:43:51 PM »
My wife would love to bowl with me, but she does not bowl in leagues...can she still participate? I don't care about winning or losing. I just want to be able to share my time with her
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #84 on: July 19, 2008, 04:16:28 PM »
Anyone know about internet access at Extended Stay?
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #85 on: July 19, 2008, 04:54:39 PM »
me and my wife will be playing golf thursday with toma, nollster, mike, and strider.and friday we will be at the lanes at 10:00 to bowl.we will be driving back and forth from roxboro n.c.
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #86 on: July 19, 2008, 05:25:44 PM »
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Anyone know about internet access at Extended Stay?
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It costs $4.99 for entire stay.  It is the most reasonable I've seen anywhere I stayed.  Let them know when you check in and they'll give you the password/login id
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #87 on: July 19, 2008, 07:52:54 PM »
In the Lefty Challenge thread TP mentioned taking some video.  Please do, a lot, and post it for those of us that aren't making it this year.  Maybe next year!  --  JohnP
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #88 on: July 19, 2008, 08:40:58 PM »
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Anyone know about internet access at Extended Stay?
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It costs $4.99 for entire stay.  It is the most reasonable I've seen anywhere I stayed.  Let them know when you check in and they'll give you the password/login id
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Thanks TP. That's a steal! Do you know if it's wireless?
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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #89 on: July 19, 2008, 08:45:42 PM »
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In the Lefty Challenge thread TP mentioned taking some video.  Please do, a lot, and post it for those of us that aren't making it this year.  Maybe next year!  --  JohnP


On the flip side (no offense, John), I don't have any videos of myself anywhere, and very few pics, and would prefer to keep it that way. Just personal preference. I think if anyone starts shooting video they should have the courtesy to ask whether their subjects want to be filmed. I will definitely opt out.

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Re: The Gathering 2008 - Roll Call
« Reply #90 on: July 20, 2008, 01:24:40 AM »
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Thanks TP. That's a steal! Do you know if it's wireless?
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On edit - I went to the website and it says wireless internet.  If you don't have wireless, you might ask at the desk if there are other options.  Two or three years ago I had a computer without wireless and brought an ethernet cable and was able to plug in.  It was something like $3.99/ stay at that time.

I will say I have stayed at a few places with free wireless access, for example where I stayed in Chicago - Baymont Inn & Suites.  I've also paid $10/ 24 hour period.
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