AE Conference?

[Big B]

Oh timing is everything.
I spent most of the last 5 months traveling to North Carolina, but as of Thanksgiving my travel has been to NYC (though much more infrequently).
I wish travel and time would allow - it would be great to meet many of you.... but Cali is a long way away.

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: Leandros


Hi, everyone, please excuse the guy with the previous posting. He is several years beyond retirement and recently had heart surgery that kept him under for so many hours that it did wonders to his (forget what it is called) - oh,yes - memory. Far-off memories are fine - closer ones, not so fine. He has bought so many Matrix games through the years that he forgets which ID's he bought them under.

Anyway, come-togethers' like the one suggested here can be seen quite often on various Forums. The only one I know of that ever came off was one organized by a German Marine Forum. Saw the Type XXI submarine in Wilhelmshafen. Since there seems to be an over-abundance of US members here I suppose we shall never meet in Bastogne. Well, I have been there a couple of times but it's a nice place. Lovely cafees around Place MacAuliffe. And a Sherman tank. Combine it with a visit to Eben Emael, the Bastogne Monument and the Maginot Line. Or the WW1 forts around Liege.

Fred

I'm in another internet group that has had at least one weekend long get together a year since 1996. Most of the recent ones have been at my house. Getting together with people you met over the internet is great IMO. I've made a lot of pretty good friends that way.

Bill

[John 3rd]

Thanks Bill. Sounds like a great success with your other group!

[CaptBeefheart]

Maybe us Eastern Hemispherians can meet somewhere like Truk (i.e. Chu'uk). Palau (i.e. Pelilieu) also has some great diving and I know the local brewmaster.

Manila offers some good sightseeing opportunities like Corregidor and Bataan.

Cheers,
CC

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: Leandros


Hi, everyone, please excuse the guy with the previous posting. He is several years beyond retirement and recently had heart surgery that kept him under for so many hours that it did wonders to his (forget what it is called) - oh,yes - memory. Far-off memories are fine - closer ones, not so fine. He has bought so many Matrix games through the years that he forgets which ID's he bought them under.

Anyway, come-togethers' like the one suggested here can be seen quite often on various Forums. The only one I know of that ever came off was one organized by a German Marine Forum. Saw the Type XXI submarine in Wilhelmshafen. Since there seems to be an over-abundance of US members here I suppose we shall never meet in Bastogne. Well, I have been there a couple of times but it's a nice place. Lovely cafees around Place MacAuliffe. And a Sherman tank. Combine it with a visit to Eben Emael, the Bastogne Monument and the Maginot Line. Or the WW1 forts around Liege.

Fred

I'm in another internet group that has had at least one weekend long get together a year since 1996. Most of the recent ones have been at my house. Getting together with people you met over the internet is great IMO. I've made a lot of pretty good friends that way.

Bill

I lived with a guy for 2 years that I had known over the internet for 6 before that. The internet is much maligned for no reason.




I'd be down for.... a web conference [;)].

[PaxMondo]

New Orleans - WWII museum is great and NO is a great town.

San Diego - USS Midway, great tour and weather is San Diego is predictably good.

Phoenix - Commemorative Air Force is based there and weather in winter months is great.

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

...Had a dream last night that pertained to Canoerebel. In it, he is very handsome, sort of a cross between Stone Philllips and Cary Grant. I am mesmerized by his winsome manner, his bronze visage, and his noble brow. Here, I realize, is a man....

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

New Orleans - WWII museum is great and NO is a great town.

San Diego - USS Midway, great tour and weather is San Diego is predictably good.

Phoenix - Commemorative Air Force is based there and weather in winter months is great.

Chino, CA - 2 huge air museums

I believe the main CAF field is still in Texas, but they have a branch in Arizona.

[Lecivius]

I'm game for anything in the Western Hemisphere...as long as I can get the time off...and clear it with the War Department.

[Encircled]

If weather is an essential component, then don't come anywhere near Lancaster UK at the moment.

We've been flooded out!

[Trugrit]

If you want to go central U.S. I recommend the National Museum of the Pacific War.
Located in Fredericksburg, Texas.

I’ve been there and it has some very unique items. They now have a living History Program.

http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/

[Lecivius]

If ya'll wanna come to Colorado, I can get us into Cheyenne Mountain. Just imagine it. All of us, locked up in a lead & steel lined room deep in a mountain with a series of terminals in front of us. Then a voice comes from a speaker....


"Would you like to play a game?" [:D][:'(][8D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Trugrit


If you want to go central U.S. I recommend the National Museum of the Pacific War.
Located in Fredericksburg, Texas.

I’ve been there and it has some very unique items. They now have a living History Program.

http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/

+1.

I'm about an hour from there and have been there twice. Both times 'rushed' and only got to spend a half day. Would love to go there and spend a bonafide full day (or two) with a fellow aficionado.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

If ya'll wanna come to Colorado, I can get us into Cheyenne Mountain. Just imagine it. All of us, locked up in a lead & steel lined room deep in a mountain with a series of terminals in front of us. Then a voice comes from a speaker....


"Would you like to play a game?" [:D][:'(][8D]

[:D]

I'm assuming that sometimes it's "Let's play a game now, eh?" with all the Canadians there? [8D]

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

If ya'll wanna come to Colorado, I can get us into Cheyenne Mountain. Just imagine it. All of us, locked up in a lead & steel lined room deep in a mountain with a series of terminals in front of us. Then a voice comes from a speaker....


"Would you like to play a game?" [:D][:'(][8D]

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Murfreesboro might be the place to have it. Not that there's anything wrong with Nashville (except Nashvillen of course). It has Feable Weiner too. Any musicians out there? We could create a band called Murfree's Burro. That might be a better name for a bar.

Oh, you wily Gorn, I have you fooled!

I work in Murfreesboro (The historic courthouse downtown, built before the ACW) and live about 8 miles away!

I would be happy to be the point guy for this. We have lots of great new hotels around here and like has been mentioned before lots of things to see in the region.

[Ol_Dog]

If you all hurry with this thing, I am driving through Nashville, Murfreesboro and Chattanooga on the way to Blue Ridge GA and Atlanta GA for Christmas. I can take out a day or two to spend with you rather than some of my relatives.[:)]

[LeeChard]

Nashville is in reach for me [:)]

[btd64]

Central Ohio. Dayton has the Air Force Museum. Near me we have the Motts Military Museum. Columbus has Pubs, Pubs oh and did I say Pubs. There is a Air field just north and west of Columbus were they are restoring a B-17. I know a guy who was a ball gunner on one, Yes he is still kicking, and he gives talks with pictures and will be more than happy to talk about his experiences. We can go shooting too.....GP

[wdolson]

McMinnville, OR has an entire museum built around the Spruce Goose. Plus it's in the middle of Oregon wine country. Lots of wine tasting in close by.

Bill