PF 2003 - Gatherings
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Thanks for the map. I was looking in PF.
Just wondering, since there are about 80 restaurants within a mile of the Grand Hotel, including the Pigeon Forge Golden Corral (between lights 7 & 8) why you would want to meet at one that is 10 miles away?
Just curious,
Paul
Just wondering, since there are about 80 restaurants within a mile of the Grand Hotel, including the Pigeon Forge Golden Corral (between lights 7 & 8) why you would want to meet at one that is 10 miles away?
Just curious,
Paul
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"why you would want to meet at one that is 10 miles away?"
PF is dry, through offline and online discussions, about half the guys wanted to tip one on at least one occasion without getting arrested. George set up three events at different venues to please all of us at least once.
Also, we discussed the possibility that getting out of PF might increase our odds of getting more tables. And maybe not.
Thanks George, You done good!
PF is dry, through offline and online discussions, about half the guys wanted to tip one on at least one occasion without getting arrested. George set up three events at different venues to please all of us at least once.
Also, we discussed the possibility that getting out of PF might increase our odds of getting more tables. And maybe not.
Thanks George, You done good!
Last edited by fatfenders; Apr 26, 2003 at 06:31 PM.
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Paul, the distance issue came up in several off-line discussions and, as I suspected from our short meeting last fall, you are exceptionally intelligent since you picked up on it (as is the other person who picked up on it). 
As 'fenders mentioned, some folks wanted a chance to have a beer or something similar so there was a request to hold one event out of town in a "non-dry" area.
As 'fenders mentioned, some folks wanted a chance to have a beer or something similar so there was a request to hold one event out of town in a "non-dry" area.
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Earl,
Your map is still way up in Sevierville. The TN 66 which looks like becomes US 441 is Winfield Dunn Parkway. That is the main drag. Just follow the traffic! When you cross the Little Pigeon River, you are in Pigeon Forge, but still a few miles from the Grand. If you follow the signage to Gatlinburg, you can't miss it.
Your map is still way up in Sevierville. The TN 66 which looks like becomes US 441 is Winfield Dunn Parkway. That is the main drag. Just follow the traffic! When you cross the Little Pigeon River, you are in Pigeon Forge, but still a few miles from the Grand. If you follow the signage to Gatlinburg, you can't miss it.
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Thanks Glenn. I've been working on relaxing for this trip for some time now. I am dead set on not getting bent about anything - including a few extra minutes spent finding places if I need to. My life's too short and my job's too stressful to not just enjoy a couple days off wandering around the show and local area. I plan to have a very good time in your great state!
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It is a great state! But realize even though this is my state, I'm still about 9 hours away. Some come through 3 states and are closer than me.
The Supernationals is a great place to be. And there are many businesses that are great. There are however many others that are tourest traps. Gatlinburg is probably worse in that regard, but at least you can walk most of it in one day. Pigeon Forge is a "drive-around" town.
Then there are the Smokys. If you have time, you gotta drive around in there a little. And if you don't mind hiking, you can really get away from the "crowd"!
The Supernationals is a great place to be. And there are many businesses that are great. There are however many others that are tourest traps. Gatlinburg is probably worse in that regard, but at least you can walk most of it in one day. Pigeon Forge is a "drive-around" town.
Then there are the Smokys. If you have time, you gotta drive around in there a little. And if you don't mind hiking, you can really get away from the "crowd"!
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Thanks for the info on why not eating in PF. I didn't know it was a dry town.
Paul G.
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Yeah, I'll have my laptop with CD-RW, USB, Firewire, and DVD capability. I plan on boring everyone I can by forcing them to look at hundreds of pictures of Earl. 
I'll also have a couple of 256 MB flash cards for my camera. That's about 259 photos per card with my 3.1 MegaPixel camera at a reasonable image compression setting. There is NO WAY I'm going to take more than 259 pictures at PF since that would eat up way too much of my time. Thus, one card would be available for someone's use. If you are REAL nice to me until then, I MIGHT let you use one of the 256 MB cards. Depending on your camera's resolution, a 256 MB card should give you at least 200 pictures - maybe as many as 1000.
I'll be sure to bring along a bunch of blank CD-Rs, my flash card reader, and an inverter for charging the laptop from the car. Not bringing the satellite uplink stuff, though. Too much crap and too expensive to risk having stolen.
I love all my children - especially the electronic ones.
I'll also have a couple of 256 MB flash cards for my camera. That's about 259 photos per card with my 3.1 MegaPixel camera at a reasonable image compression setting. There is NO WAY I'm going to take more than 259 pictures at PF since that would eat up way too much of my time. Thus, one card would be available for someone's use. If you are REAL nice to me until then, I MIGHT let you use one of the 256 MB cards. Depending on your camera's resolution, a 256 MB card should give you at least 200 pictures - maybe as many as 1000.
I'll be sure to bring along a bunch of blank CD-Rs, my flash card reader, and an inverter for charging the laptop from the car. Not bringing the satellite uplink stuff, though. Too much crap and too expensive to risk having stolen.
I love all my children - especially the electronic ones.
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It's not actually my personal stuff. Heck, personally I couldn't even afford the memory card much less the camera. If I break it, lose it, or get it stolen though I will have to replace it - OUCH!!!
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Please sign myself and my S.O. to thursday and friday night. I'll make it to breakfast on Saturday but I don't think she'll want to get up that early. i'm also up for anything going on Wednesday as I'll already be there Tuesday afternoon.
Again, George, thanks for going through the effort of making the arrangements to get us together.
Again, George, thanks for going through the effort of making the arrangements to get us together.
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Thanks George, sounds like you got the tech stuff covered. I have a cheap Compaq laptop I will bring from work. It is bad slow and unstable. I can copy PICs onto the HDD, but getting them off is not so simple. Guess I could just email 27 GIG of F100 PICs to myself, and then spend 14 years downloading them on AOL modem.