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Post by fastredponycar on Aug 11, 2009 11:50:17 GMT -5
DAMNIT!!! Our band had a double header gig last year during splawn con as well!! sh!t...  Well.. maybe next year it'll work out. I demand more video to be taken this year.... and I'm holding my breath for the 3 channel splawn debut... maybe it's finally happened? |
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Post by TJ on Aug 24, 2009 10:47:25 GMT -5
alright so let's get a true head count if this thing is going down on the weekend of Oct. 10th. Who's going? No "I think I can make it's" who's actually going? Getting down to the wire.
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Post by supercharged350 on Aug 24, 2009 12:56:09 GMT -5
Can't make it this year. Have fun guys. |
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Post by H. on Aug 24, 2009 20:54:33 GMT -5
Im in......No boss this year to tell me I cant have that day off...
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Post by shreder75 on Aug 25, 2009 12:42:45 GMT -5
not sure yet
I gotta talk to conan...and see what the finances are like after we move into the new pad
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Post by TJ on Aug 25, 2009 14:53:48 GMT -5
I've got gigs that weekend that have been booked for quite some time. I don't think i'm going to make it this year. :-(
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Post by VomHalen on Aug 26, 2009 8:44:28 GMT -5
I've got gigs that weekend that have been booked for quite some time. I don't think i'm going to make it this year. :-( it looks like alot of the diehards are busy this year. we need to figure out what to do |
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Post by shreder75 on Aug 26, 2009 8:53:43 GMT -5
I've got gigs that weekend that have been booked for quite some time. I don't think i'm going to make it this year. :-( it looks like alot of the diehards are busy this year. we need to figure out what to do maybe a postponement is in order? |
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Post by Tone Ranger on Aug 27, 2009 16:19:36 GMT -5
I just got a job as lead guitarist for another band. Not sure what's going on. As much as i would like to go, i find it more feasible just to order some more gear from Scott. I could always use another cab.
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BigJohn
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Come dance with RUFUS baby!!!!
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Post by BigJohn on Aug 28, 2009 12:41:33 GMT -5
Afraid i'm out this year as well fella's......this economy SUCKS!!!!
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Post by fastredponycar on Sept 1, 2009 8:09:20 GMT -5
What about a reschedule to the weekend of the 24th? I'm free that weekend.
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Post by TuskerKevin on Sept 1, 2009 8:55:20 GMT -5
Yikes! I am back from Africa....the Splawncon headcount isn't going so well....
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Post by H. on Sept 1, 2009 9:25:25 GMT -5
Yikes! I am back from Africa....the Splawncon headcount isn't going so well.... Yup..So far its just me...oh, and the ghost of DC. ;D (who could probably still out play me)  How was africa man? |
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Post by TuskerKevin on Sept 1, 2009 17:08:23 GMT -5
It was amazing! I worked in a medical "clinic"...we saw 100's of people..unimaginable poverty...yet, the people are wonderful and filled with dignity.
Here is an article that was in my State newspaper called The Hartford Courant (Online) about me and Africa:
NAIROBI, Kenya — - Hartford lawyer Kevin McNally has been on safari in the most beautiful regions of Kenya during three previous trips to the country. But he's never felt as happy here as he was Wednesday morning handing out Gummy Bears to children in Kibera, Nairobi's biggest and meanest slum.The Marlborough resident's love affair with Kenya began in 1992 during a work-study trip to Nairobi as a student at Salve Regina College in Newport, R.I. He studied various regions and tribes, traveling to the source as part of the program.He liked the country so well that he returned twice on safari. And he talked about it so much back at home that friends nicknamed him "Tusker," after the popular Kenyan beer created by a man whose brother was trampled to death by an elephant.McNally's home filled up with Kenyan souvenirs, and he studied Kiswahili. Still, something was lacking about his Kenyan experience. He had gotten so much from the country, but hadn't — in his mind — given much back."Now I've figured it out," McNally said Wednesday while helping American Friends of Kenya organize patients who had come for a free medical clinic in the slum.Although the organization is based in Connecticut, McNally had never heard of it before a friend alerted him to a walkathon this spring in Norwich. He walked with Friends veterans, and promptly signed up for the group's August work mission.Most of those who travel with American Friends of Kenya have specific skills, in medicine, education or other fields, that they can put to use. As a real estate attorney at Chicago Title Insurance in Hartford, McNally wasn't an obvious fit.But Friends Executive Director Emely Silver was sure that the 40-year-old father of two, who grew up in Simsbury, would find a niche.So far McNally has been working chiefly with the organization's medical team as it conducts free clinics at various sites, giving out numbers to patients, delivering prescriptions to the pharmacy if there is one and running errands for doctors and nurses.Monday and Tuesday he was at St. Bakhita's, a Catholic-run standing clinic just outside Nairobi in Utawala. Wednesday he was in Kibera, where American Friends of Kenya is helping to open the first school for girls.The Kibera clinic was supposed to be just for the 45 students, and their mothers or guardians, who will form the school's first class. But when word got out, others began showing up.A mother brought in a baby with blood dripping from his mouth, and a young boy who arrived with an acute case of malaria was rushed to a hospital. Nothing went exactly as planned, but no one was turned away.An oft-repeated saying known to everyone who travels here, "TIA" ("This Is Africa"), recognizes that what can go wrong often does.But for McNally, "TIA" means that being in Africa finally feels right.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 1, 2009 19:07:09 GMT -5
It was amazing! I worked in a medical "clinic"...we saw 100's of people..unimaginable poverty...yet, the people are wonderful and filled with dignity. Here is an article that was in my State newspaper called The Hartford Courant (Online) about me and Africa: NAIROBI, Kenya — - Hartford lawyer Kevin McNally has been on safari in the most beautiful regions of Kenya during three previous trips to the country. But he's never felt as happy here as he was Wednesday morning handing out Gummy Bears to children in Kibera, Nairobi's biggest and meanest slum.The Marlborough resident's love affair with Kenya began in 1992 during a work-study trip to Nairobi as a student at Salve Regina College in Newport, R.I. He studied various regions and tribes, traveling to the source as part of the program.He liked the country so well that he returned twice on safari. And he talked about it so much back at home that friends nicknamed him "Tusker," after the popular Kenyan beer created by a man whose brother was trampled to death by an elephant.McNally's home filled up with Kenyan souvenirs, and he studied Kiswahili. Still, something was lacking about his Kenyan experience. He had gotten so much from the country, but hadn't — in his mind — given much back."Now I've figured it out," McNally said Wednesday while helping American Friends of Kenya organize patients who had come for a free medical clinic in the slum.Although the organization is based in Connecticut, McNally had never heard of it before a friend alerted him to a walkathon this spring in Norwich. He walked with Friends veterans, and promptly signed up for the group's August work mission.Most of those who travel with American Friends of Kenya have specific skills, in medicine, education or other fields, that they can put to use. As a real estate attorney at Chicago Title Insurance in Hartford, McNally wasn't an obvious fit.But Friends Executive Director Emely Silver was sure that the 40-year-old father of two, who grew up in Simsbury, would find a niche.So far McNally has been working chiefly with the organization's medical team as it conducts free clinics at various sites, giving out numbers to patients, delivering prescriptions to the pharmacy if there is one and running errands for doctors and nurses.Monday and Tuesday he was at St. Bakhita's, a Catholic-run standing clinic just outside Nairobi in Utawala. Wednesday he was in Kibera, where American Friends of Kenya is helping to open the first school for girls.The Kibera clinic was supposed to be just for the 45 students, and their mothers or guardians, who will form the school's first class. But when word got out, others began showing up.A mother brought in a baby with blood dripping from his mouth, and a young boy who arrived with an acute case of malaria was rushed to a hospital. Nothing went exactly as planned, but no one was turned away.An oft-repeated saying known to everyone who travels here, "TIA" ("This Is Africa"), recognizes that what can go wrong often does.But for McNally, "TIA" means that being in Africa finally feels right. Good for you TuskerK and good for the people of Kenya! However, the ever present eye of Ayton published this link right after you left. So, we've known the dealio for a while now... Glad to have you back! |
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