[Noisebridge-discuss] South Bay Surplus Crawl

[Jonathan Foote]

Um, no.

Been there, done that, shot the bottle rocket at his ass. (If you want
the full story, ask me sometime.)

Chicken is fine if you can handle living in the Chickenverse. I
personally prefer the reality-based community. And yes, he is out of
town, and if you really feel like a learning experience you are
welcome to contact him and attempt negotiation yourself. But remember
his warning: he's "not about customer service."


On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:
> 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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