2010 Polkfest, rockin dirty Jersey!!

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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    shack wrote: »
    I doubt there would be many places in Jersey where Cathy would be safer than PF at Lou's. It's one thing to be cautious and wary...but PF at the home of folks gracious enough to open it up to "internet friends" doesn't fall into that category IMO.


    I enforce a fairly strict no drama policy at my home, I expect the people I invite into my home to treat it with respect. I have seen this at past Polkfests, which is why I had no issue doing this.

    if Cathy is that uncomfortable and apprehensive, it is best for her not to attend. which is why I don't want the issue forced. Thanks in advance for your cooperation on this folks.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2010
    \I prefer to focus on what it is--a good time with friends,,a very close family of friends-- anything else is just hype.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2010
    shack wrote: »
    I know quite a few women that are like Cathy and are very cautious and prefer not to travel alone...and that is understandable.

    On the flip side, the women in my life think nothing about heading out on their own at the drop of a hat. My youngest daughter showed up last weekend black and blue from having gone whitewater kayaking on the Ocoee River with 5 guys (none of which were her BF). They were just guys she knew from school and work. They took care of her when she got hung up in a tree in a bad situation...maybe even saved her. She goes rock climbing and to music festivals all over the country as well as doing some solo hiking around the Smokies. As I have posted, my oldest thinks nothing of grabbing her backpack and heading to the far side of the world by herself...as she is doing right now in Cambodia. My wife while not as adventuresome as our daughters has flown across the country by herself on several occasions for various activities. Do I worry that "something" could happen? Sure...but people get killed or hurt everyday in their own backyard...often by people they "know and trust". I know they will use their best judgment and be wary and smart...and if something happens...it happens. They are independent, smart, confident women who would have it no other way.

    Other than the fact they might think they would be bored to tears attending a PF with a bunch of audio geeks, they would have no qualms attending on their own just based on the things I've said about the past PFs and the people there. I doubt there would be many places in Jersey where Cathy would be safer than PF at Lou's. It's one thing to be cautious and wary...but PF at the home of folks gracious enough to open it up to "internet friends" doesn't fall into that category IMO.

    Shack I'm in AWE of your daughter & wish I could be more like her!

    I have NO doubt that I would be safe at Lou's, and have a great time. But as George pointed out it also would include the to & fro, plus lodgings & transport, and being in an unfamiliar city is just too much to overcome my sense of self preservation & survival instinct.

    Now if there were a couple of more women on here that were willing to go & we could meet up & share a room to attend I'd be there in a heartbeat.

    But I am eagerly awaiting the reports & pics of this event!:)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    edited August 2010
    ohskigod wrote: »
    I expect the people I invite into my home to treat it with respect.
    I will show your shrubs much respect.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I will show your shrubs much respect.

    there are alot of them to respect. plenty of places for you to pee in a pinch :p
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2010
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I will show your shrubs much respect.

    You better. We have carnivorous flora in these here parts. They'd chew you up like a fat kid on an ice cream sammich...
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2010
    cfrizz wrote: »

    Now if there were a couple of more women on here that were willing to go & we could meet up & share a room to attend I'd be there in a heartbeat.

    I do believe a couple members wives are going to be here. But I feel ya...

    We need to get Darla up here. That'd be way cool. We could train her chihuahuas to stand guard... Yeah Buddy...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,194
    edited August 2010
    Plans are made, hotel is booked.............so I'm 100% in, barring some last minute snafu.

    DKG999 and I are going to head to Ricardo's on Thursday and stay the night and then the 3 of us (so far) are leaving Friday AM to head to Lou's for a rockin' Polkfest 2010.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    Thanks again for the words. She's just freaking out and was super worried and we have been talking more about it and what I would be doing ect so she is calming down a bit. I just don't want her to have a panic attack the moment I leave the state and have to be on the phone with her 24-7 telling her I'm ok as then its just stress to me and not the fun weekend that I intended.

    But its getting better, so good things, good things I hope.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,194
    edited August 2010
    Chris, do what you have to do. You guys are both young and if she's not going to calm down about it, then you have to decide if it's worth the hassle if you decide to go to PF.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2010
    Chris, maybe you should bring her...
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    Chris, maybe you should bring her...

    can't. Originally she wanted to come so then she could just hang out in the hotel room all weekend and do her thing like go shopping or whatever she does but she couldn't get it off for work when she put in her request so she can't go.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2010
    Cathy!!!! We had in BLAST in Baltimore, no? Who will I have to laugh with me during all the pranks on the newbs?

    Either way, you are an integral part of what keeps this Club Polk ship from listing too far to one side.

    On the spouse / sig other front - everything is in good fun, and everyone is treated with the utmost respect at these events - it will REALLY show you what the brotherhood is all about - just being a member on the board doesn't even come close to the comradarie experienced in person.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    edited August 2010
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Cathy!!!! just being a member on the board doesn't even come close to the comradarie experienced in person.
    Hede these sage words of advise, Chris. You AND your girlfriend just might have a good time.:rolleyes:



    Man! I'm glad I m single!:p
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    edited August 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    You better. We have carnivorous flora in these here parts. They'd chew you up like a fat kid on an ice cream sammich...
    I have personally wiped out acres of kudzu in one session. No fear.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2010
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I have personally wiped out acres of kudzu in one session. No fear.

    Ouch! That hurts just thinking about it. One good thing for you: No Sense=No Feeling...
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  • PolkClyde
    PolkClyde Posts: 662
    edited August 2010
    george daniel wrote: »
    I'll be joining the wagon train from the south.:)

    This does not have anything to do with the thread,you guys have to show me how to send messages to everyone at one time...... I haven't post here in a while,but I still Love you guys... Remember me? from polkfest 08 I'm Ted's(reeltrouble1) friend from Brunswick Georgia...... Saying,Hello to everyone,I pray that, all of you audiophiles are doing fine and keeping your ears clean. :)
    PolkAudioClyde
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2010
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Cathy!!!! We had in BLAST in Baltimore, no? Who will I have to laugh with me during all the pranks on the newbs?

    Either way, you are an integral part of what keeps this Club Polk ship from listing too far to one side.

    On the spouse / sig other front - everything is in good fun, and everyone is treated with the utmost respect at these events - it will REALLY show you what the brotherhood is all about - just being a member on the board doesn't even come close to the comradarie experienced in person.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    Well some of those newbs are probably old enough to be your father..is my guess. Whatever happened to respect for one's elders? lol

    It's all in good fun.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited August 2010
    Wife and Wee-un will be in FLA during this weekend so I am THERE!!!
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    jdhdiggs wrote: »
    Wife and Wee-un will be in FLA during this weekend so I am THERE!!!

    brilliant, haven't seen you in a dog's age!!!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    Jstas
    Fireman32
    hearingimpared
    devani
    jimmydep
    cnh (highly possible?)
    millerlightscott
    shack (is planning...lol)
    lightman1 (now it's a party)
    serendipity (if no exams)
    face
    pohlrbehr
    pearsall001
    George Daniel and Janice
    Trietz
    F1Nut
    Nadams
    Amulford
    Ricardo
    Heiney (over even money chance)
    Reeltrouble (will come to laugh at my peasant audio gear )
    Disneyjoe7
    George Grand
    MMadden
    Ben626709786243......whatever
    Zombieboy2000
    kab (now it's REALLY a party)
    Lasareath (still did not reconfirm, but eff it, he's on the list)
    NJPolker
    Hawkeye
    Patrick C
    RuSsMaN
    Pycroft
    Dorokusai
    Big Dawg
    Jdhdiggs
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    Gave the Holiday Inn a shout out about a group rate, hey....worst they can say is no.

    I'm gonna ride the courtesy shuttle use hard though.....many people coming and it's like 1.5 miles to my house.

    lm for the sales manager. will see if he calls me back.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited August 2010
    LOL.... will they courtesy shuttle us back at 2am, too? Group rate would be awesome. It's currently hovering around $120 a night for a double.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited August 2010
    nadams wrote: »
    LOL.... will they courtesy shuttle us back at 2am, too? Group rate would be awesome. It's currently hovering around $120 a night for a double.



    can't see why not, take one employee, put him in the Van, drive him about 7 blocks......done!!!


    like I said, if it wasnt for the 2 highway overpasses, you guys would be walking.


    havent heard from the guy, hoping to here from him tomorrow. wouldnt count on too big of a break if any.....rooms run pricey here in the NY metro
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2010
    I'm passing out in the back yard in a fresh pile of something, so I ain't skeert...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2010
    Most of you are amateurs.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2010
    ohskigod wrote: »
    can't see why not, take one employee, put him in the Van, drive him about 7 blocks......done!!!


    like I said, if it wasnt for the 2 highway overpasses, you guys would be walking.


    havent heard from the guy, hoping to here from him tomorrow. wouldnt count on too big of a break if any.....rooms run pricey here in the NY metro

    Louie please post results ASAP as $120 a night is way over my limit.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited August 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Louie please post results ASAP as $120 a night is way over my limit.

    Remember HI - it's about $60 a night if we split a room. There's two beds, so we don't even have to cuddle.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2010
    nadams wrote: »
    Remember HI - it's about $60 a night if we split a room. There's two beds, so we don't even have to cuddle.

    Noah I thought you said you were just going up Saturday! PM headed your way.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    edited August 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    I'm passing out in the back yard in a fresh pile of something, so I ain't skeert...
    I got dibs on the bushes with Doro!:D
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