[Smaug] Fwd: Meeting day ??

[Alexis Chen]

8:30?  But that's my bedtime!

No caramel chocolate truffles for you, Peter.

Only (half-)kidding...

-Alexis

--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Peter Belew <abcruzww at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Belew <abcruzww at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Smaug] Fwd: Meeting day ??
> To: "Steve Kudlak" <izelatlan at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: "SMAUG Users" <smaug at lists.svlug.org>
> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 3:47 PM
> I'll keep on showing up at Asana on
> Thursday, for the time being. I
> think there are various people living downtown or on the
> Westside or
> on the UCSC campus who find that place convenient, and
> there are too
> many conflicts the rest of the week.
> 
> I will be showing up around 8:30 on Thursdays, so someone
> ELSE should
> bring any additional power cords or power strips that may
> be needed.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Steve Kudlak <izelatlan at yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
> > Wed or Thurrsday r OK...Asana best for me.... I am not
> well off alas and the
> > tolerence of the sttaaff is a big thing...
> >
> > Have FUn,
> > Sends Steve
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Peter Belew <abcruzww at gmail.com>
> > To: SMAUG Users <smaug at lists.svlug.org>
> > Sent: Sat, January 16, 2010 2:33:16 AM
> > Subject: [Smaug] Fwd: Meeting day ??
> >
> > (Forwarding this on to the list)
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Peter Belew <abcruzww at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Smaug] Meeting day ??
> > To: Keith Derrick <keith.derrick at att.net>
> >
> >
> > Everyone - please respond to the list, not just to
> me!
> >
> > Responding to Keith Derrick, mainly -
> >
> > There was one other reply, favoring Wednesday - maybe
> that was sent to
> > me only rather than to the list.
> >
> > My experience and friend's with IHOP is that the wi-fi
> still doesn't
> > work very well, and power outlets are really hard to
> find. Also I've
> > ended up spending over $12 each time I went there.
> >
> > At Asana, there's usually space - often we are able to
> put 2 tables
> > together. Space tends to open up later in the evening,
> though they
> > close at 10.  I generally just eat a cookie and bring
> a water bottle
> > for drink. Others do buy more.
> >
> > I've had no complaints from the management about our
> freeloading -
> > generally everyone does order something.
> >
> > The Burger King is pretty quiet - but no wi-fi - am I
> right? If they
> > did have wi-fi it would be nice!
> >
> > McDonald's has wi-fi? Explain the AT&T connection?
> It is a bit more
> > crowded than the Burger King.
> >
> > The food court at the Capitola Mall has wi-fi, which I
> haven't tried
> > yet, but it's VERY NOISY - they need to put in a
> sound-absorbing
> > ceiling.
> >
> > The big new-ish Safeway on 41st has wi-fi, but I don't
> know if they
> > have any power outlets. Space is a bit limited. I
> imagine the new
> > Safeway on Mission has wi-fi too. I haven't been to
> the new store yet.
> >
> > There's a little coffeehouse at 17th and Brommer in
> Live Oak that has
> > wi-fi - 2 blocks from me. There's enough parking
> there.
> >
> > Anyhow, for now the main issue is meeting day.
> >
> > If parking and late-night access to the UCSC campus
> wasn't such a
> > problem, I'd suggest an on-campus coffeehouse - free
> wi-fi there, with
> > guest access.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Keith Derrick <keith.derrick at att.net>
> > wrote:
> >> Not seeing any other replies ...
> >>
> >> Mondays don't work for me anymore as I am acting
> as a taxi driver for my
> >> kids. Tuesdays mostly work, as do Wednesday's ..
> But that can change at
> >> the
> >> drop of a hat round here.
> >>
> >> For me, the venue is more of a problem. As I
> recall, one of the strikes
> >> against the iHop (and I know there were others)
> was the cost of
> >> food/drink.
> >> I can't see Asana being cheaper when almost any
> hot drink costs nearly $5,
> >> and there are no sodas other than a RB Float
> (again at $5). It's also
> >> extremely crowded, which actually works a little
> against us being viewed
> >> favorably as we take up so much real-estate.
> >>
> >> But then, I'm a cheapskate and one of those
> reviled "free loaders" that
> >> cyber-cafés suppoedly hate - except that SMAUG
> would be the only time I
> >> ever
> >> enter one except in desperation. Anyting more than
> $1 for a tea or coffee
> >> is
> >> just sheer insult. If I need a quiet space away
> from home to work (and
> >> tht's
> >> a regular event) I hit either Burger King on 41st
> ($1 for a bottomless
> >> drink, power if you know where to look for the
> outlets, and long/late
> >> hours)
> >> or McDonalds (drinks at least 2x BK, usually no
> soda fountain, usually
> >> smaller/noisier, power harder to find, but they
> have free WiFi if you have
> >> AT&T DSL at home). More importantly, you are
> highly unlikely to be
> >> preventing a "paying" customer from finding a seat
> and they are going to
> >> be
> >> open/heated/lit anyway so you aren't really
> costing them anything.
> >>
> >> Keith
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: smaug-bounces+keith.derrick=att.net at lists.svlug.org
> >> [mailto:smaug-bounces+keith.derrick=att.net at lists.svlug.org]
> On Behalf Of
> >> Peter Belew
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:51 PM
> >> To: SMAUG Users
> >> Subject: [Smaug] Meeting day ??
> >>
> >>
> >> I have an overlapping conflict on Thursday
> evenings now.
> >>
> >> Who has problems with Monday, Tuesday, or
> Wednesday? Right now any one of
> >> those would work for me.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> --
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> >
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> backups.
> >
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> > My Web:http://littlegreenmen.armory.com/~peterbe/
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> backups.
> 
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