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[Tyler]

Still on! Come on down if you can get free.

[jogilli]

approximate arrival time.... I got a loonnnnggg way to travel my friend.... lets hope our snow lets up...

james

[Alden]

I hope to make it, still don't know for sure if I will be working.

[jogilli]

Alden.. it's called a COLD ... i don't feel well boss and have to go to Midland to see a specialist ...

hope you can make it

james

[Tyler]

I hope to make it, still don't know for sure if I will be working.

I hope you can make it!

[Tyler]

I propose this for those that can attend:

Lunch at Dos Compadres, then retire next door for a few bowls and some good discussion at the Hemmingway.

Anyone in?

Tyler

[Ocelot55]

Tentative yes! It all depends on what time you guys wanna meet. I'm going get my oil changed today and hopefully make sure the car won't fall apart on the way down.

[jogilli]

well I made it... at to Monahans.. so i'll be there tomorrow...

james

[Alden]

Not going to make it
These 70-80 hour weeks are kicking my butt. Got in last night about 10, when the alarm went off at 6 it just wasnt happening. Y'all have fun without me.

[Ocelot55]

I had a blast yesterday guys! Thanks for putting up with me all afternoon!

[jogilli]

agree... thanks for putting up w/us jessie..glad you came down.. I really appreciate the time you took out of your weekend... The time Tyler One took out of his day.. adn the time Tyler Two took out of his day..

piepdom to a new high... hanging around talking techniques... and smoking a few good bowls... nothing finer...

james

[Tyler]

I enjoyed it too! Tha is for coming guys.

This gives me an idea. In the bamboo rod making community they have annual "gatherings". With the increasing popularity of pipe making I wonder if we couldn't do similar. The one I went to was in Mountain Home, AK. The eventwas held at a resort on the White river, and had fishing, rod making seminars, and demo casting of various makers' rods. It was a hoot.

The obvious thing to do would be tie such an event to a pipe show, and maybe have an extra day, before or after, with making seminars. The Chicago show obvious has the beginners course, but I bet there would be a draw to intermediate and advanced skills lessons.

hmmmm....

[Alden]

Great idea Tyler !

[Ocelot55]

Sign me up! I'm still trying to process all the little tidbits of information I absorbed yesterday before they disappear.

[mredmond]

Attending a show is high on my list of things to do. Tyler, your idea would move it up a little higher, even.

[Leus]

Probably not next year, but the one after, I would go to a seminar. Sounds like fun.