TheBizDude Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Hello All, I've moved from MA to CA. Things have been hectic, to say the least. I should have posted sooner (like when Stone sent me his PM ). I just don't have nearly as much time as I used to have. I started working within days of arriving here and things haven't slowed down much. I will certainly make an effort to check-in more often. I'll be moving into a house of my own shortly, so hopefully I'll have more time then. JaySmith, I'm pretty close to you now and would love to see your HW collection sometime. Mine won't be set-up for at least a few more months. I did get a house that's plenty big enough. Now I can try to score a kiosk! Saturn, I miss you too, Man! Good to see this forum is alive and well. -Gregg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Wow, that's quite a move, I hope everything's going well for you. I moved from Massachusetts to Austin, Texas back in 1997 and anytime you move such a long distance it's quite crazy. I then moved out to California a few years later, but didn't stay there too terribly long and now I'm back in Austin. So I've hit both coasts now. Hope things calm down for you! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Cool! I read one of your last posts and had the idea you were moving but wasn't sure if you were coming back. Hope you get settled in and start posting again real soon. Saturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 JaySmith, I'm pretty close to you now and would love to see your HW collection sometime. Mine won't be set-up for at least a few more months. I did get a house that's plenty big enough. Now I can try to score a kiosk! Saturn, I miss you too, Man! Good to see this forum is alive and well. -Gregg Hey Gregg, Bad news bud, I'm moving to Las Vegas. I just accepted a new position. However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there and if CGE makes it there next year, I'll have a table with everything I got on it! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 JaySmith, I'm pretty close to you now and would love to see your HW collection sometime. Mine won't be set-up for at least a few more months. I did get a house that's plenty big enough. Now I can try to score a kiosk! Saturn, I miss you too, Man! Good to see this forum is alive and well. -Gregg Hey Gregg, Bad news bud, I'm moving to Las Vegas. I just accepted a new position. However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there and if CGE makes it there next year, I'll have a table with everything I got on it! Jason Jay needed to get a better job to be able to afford all those Jaguar rarities. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there This is a joke, right I love the American sense of scale Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there This is a joke, right I love the American sense of scale Haha, it can take longer than that to drive from one side of Texas to another.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I hear ya there, i drove about 2 1/2 hours yesterday and only went through about 7 county's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there This is a joke, right I love the American sense of scale Stone No joke, Bay Area California to Vegas is about a 10 hour drive. I've made it many times.... Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 You're all mad It's only about 7 hours from one end of our entire country to the other Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 You're all mad Seconded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 assuming you don't drive through london or birmingham of course in which case you are looking closer to 7 weeks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 You're all mad Seconded. Thirded.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Sorry guys... I've driven thru about 40 of the 50 states and Texas is the most boring and loooooooooong drive I've ever done. Twice I took I-10 thru there and never, ever again. Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 You're all mad It's only about 7 hours from one end of our entire country to the other Stone Bah! I'd drive that far for sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Hello, At what speed does it take 10 hours? Seems a pertinent question... I've heard that the old 55 mile/hour limits are gone, is that true? Does the USA have lots of speed cameras like Europe and UK? Driving from Frankfurt area, (basically half way down Germany,) to the Dutch coast where I live now, for example, will take most people anywhere between 4 hours (~3.5 my best) and typically 6+ hours depending on the speed you drive, and road conditions. The ~3.5 hours requires that you try to keep over 200+ Km/H through Germany in order to stick near to the 120 Km/H you have to do through Holland. It's weird dropping from 120 miles an hour down to 120 kilometres an hour, but oddly relaxing... (When a friend and I drove up in my car to the Dutch border, for the first E-Jagfest, at one point I noticed him looking rather worried, and thinking it might be my driving or my speed, I asked if the speed was OK. He said he might be going faster, he was worried we'd never get there at 130 Km/H. When I pointed out we were doing 130 M/H instead of Km/H (English car) he was rather reassured, and we made OK time anyway, despite my car being incapable of anything more rapid...) :-) Stone is right though - you guys from the USA don't really understand our European transport issues except when you visit, and we never quite believe films about USA roads like the "Cannonball Run" (a film requiring a game conversion). Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 A little off-topic (like the rest of this thread) but it's starting to remind me of an email I got... : Things I learned about Texas Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with all four feet in the air. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a few no one has ever seen before. Raccoons will test your melon crop and let you know when they are ripe. If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite you! Nothing will kill a mesquite tree. There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around their house. A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck. The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25, then it stops totally until October 2. Oncet and twict are words. People actually grow and eat okra. Green grass DOES burn. When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your front ga te in the middle of the night. The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first few weeks. When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to see a doctor. Fix-in-to is one word A TANK is a dirt hole that holds water for irrigation, watering the cows, or swimming. There ain't no such thing as"lunch". There is only dinner and then there's supper. "Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you are two. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you. "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning, "did you eat?" You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is - You work until you're done or it's too dark to see. You Know you are from Texas if: 1. You measure distance in minutes. 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks. 4. You see a car with the engine running in the Wal-Mart parking lot with no one in it, no matter what time of the year. 5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixin' to go to the store. (Note: In the portion above, "fix-in-to" is one word....) 6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or a vegetable. 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 8. You carry jumper cables for your own car. 9. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are. l0. You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper, Catsup, and Tabasco. 11. You think everyone from north of Dallas has an accent. 12. You think sexy underwear is a tee shirt and boxer shorts. 13. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require six pages to cover Friday night high school football. 14. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. 15. You know which leaves make good toilet paper. 16. You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm. 17. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer and Christmas. 18. You know whether another Texan is from East, West, North, or South Texas as soon as he opens his mouth. 19. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally-world". 20. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather. 21. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...It's a Coke regardless of brand of flavor. 22. You understand these jokes. If you do, forward them to your friends from Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Hello, At what speed does it take 10 hours? Seems a pertinent question... I've heard that the old 55 mile/hour limits are gone, is that true? It is for most hiways, freeways, interstates, etc. where the speed limit is usually set at seventy mph. Here in Texas at least. Does the USA have lots of speed cameras like Europe and UK? Not that I'm aware of... Driving from Frankfurt area, (basically half way down Germany,)to the Dutch coast where I live now, for example, will take most people anywhere between 4 hours (~3.5 my best) and typically 6+ hours depending on the speed you drive, and road conditions. The ~3.5 hours requires that you try to keep over 200+ Km/H through Germany in order to stick near to the 120 Km/H you have to do through Holland. It's weird dropping from 120 miles an hour down to 120 kilometres an hour, but oddly relaxing... This is cool. The only time I've done 120mph is on me little Suzuki rice rocket. All I can think about is some small animal running out in front of me and then becoming one with the pavement. Ever see the driver's ed. movie Red Asphalt? (When a friend and I drove up in my car to the Dutch border, for the first E-Jagfest, at one point I noticed him looking rather worried, and thinking it might be my driving or my speed, I asked if the speed was OK. He said he might be going faster, he was worried we'd never get there at 130 Km/H. However, when I pointed out we were doing 130 M/H instead of Km/H he was rather reassured, and we made good time anyway, despite my car being incapable of anything more rapid...) :-) Stone is right though - you guys from the USA don't really understand our European transport issues except when you visit, and we never quite believe films about USA roads like the "Cannonball Run" (a film requiring a game conversion). Cannonball Run would be an awesome game, I look forward to updates.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Not that I'm aware of... Soon I guess then... but you have cops with radar guns I guess. This is cool. The only time I've done 120mph is on me little Suzuki rice rocket. All I can think about is some small animal running out in front of me and then becoming one with the pavement. The fastest I've been on a bike was 105 M/H, I've never had a very fast bike, a friend has a rather nice beast that does over 150 M/H, but I've never quite fancied doing as he does, and testing it out on the A99(?) ring road around Munich, that road gets far too hairy... Cannonball Run would be an awesome game, I look forward to updates.. Well I think I'll have to wait for an Atari badged Xbox from Infogrames to appear to do it justice on an Atari I'm afraid. I don't think anything any home-brewer could knock up could do it justice. Captain Chaos! Whew! Surely there has been a Cannonball Run game already... but it must have sucked because I don't remember it, and it's classic idea. Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 However, the good news is you're only 10 hours from there This is a joke, right I love the American sense of scale Haha, it can take longer than that to drive from one side of Texas to another.. ..Al The distance from Shreveport LA to El Paso TX is the same distance from Chicago to Philadelphia. Whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 but you have cops with radar guns I guess. Yes, they're everywhere. I refer to them fondly as be-yotch. This is cool. The only time I've done 120mph is on me little Suzuki rice rocket. All I can think about is some small animal running out in front of me and then becoming one with the pavement. The fastest I've been on a bike was 105 M/H, I've never had a very fast bike, a friend has a rather nice beast that does over 150 M/H, but I've never quite fancied doing as he does You and me, both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 A friend of mine is a little mad with his cars. I've done 120 in his current car, a nice little sporty thing, I forget what it is, but its blue, and very cool. Most amazingly however, I've done a ton in a beach buggy That was cold. Oh, and those are mph, Im English. 120 is 193km/h, and a ton (100 mph) is 160km/h. Both times was on motorways, which have a max speed of 70mph, I believe anything over 100 is an instant ban, but damn it was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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