[Noisebridge-discuss] South Bay Surplus Crawl

[Corey McGuire]

What about Chicken's bus?  Maybe he won't flake for a day trip ;-p

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

> At one point I looked intro getting a bus for a dorkbot field trip,
> but it was just too expensive. Thought it would be fun to hang out,
> and maybe get dim sum in Cupertino, and hit Weird Stuff + Halted or
> other places open on Saturday.
>
> It would totally rock to go on a bus, which would let us socialize and
> also give us space to haul our loot back.  I called around
> (teacherwiththebus.com, Green Tortoise) and the going rate is nearly
> $1000 for half a day, meaning we'd need 30+ people willing to pay $30+
> in order to cover it, which I realize is kind of steep. (On the plus
> side, it's totally legal to drink on the bus.)
>
> Here's a little form to gauge how much interest there is: please take
> a look if you are at all interested:
>
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p0ZEnLfIiQr_jKv79OwpOBg
>
> I will publish results (minus identifying info) when/if it hits some
> kind of critical mass
>
> On the other hand, can anyone suggest transportation alternatives?
> Smaller vans? Personal cars + Twitter?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>
> wrote:
> > Oh fun!  The next one appears to be June 13, which in no way conflicts
> > with Maker Faire.  I'd be up for a field trip if I can wangle my sleep
> > schedule around getting there at 5AM.
> >
> > grey wrote:
> >> I realized it's electronics flea market season again; and we've missed
> >> the past two already!
> >>
> >> http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/
> >>
> >> Anyway, field trip for the next one definitely seems in order; it may
> >> conflict with Makers Faire; but not really - get there early for the
> >> best gear and bring your out of town friends who are in town for an idea
> >> of what can be found.
> >>
> >> OR, bring our junk and try to drum up some revenue by selling it off by
> >> the pound!
> >>
> >> Anyway - if you've never been, you should be going.
> >>
> >> -grey
> >> (I now return to my regularly scheduled ignoring mailing lists)
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