Getaway 2008

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:58 AM

Well my plan involves hiring a camper for the weekend.

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 08:50 AM

Usually, I am loath to share a room with anyone but my wife/partner/ close friend etc. but if Dani wants to be on top I might be a little more "flexible". :-)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 09:02 AM

CELLAR Kendall !!!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: artbrooks
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 09:15 AM

Which camper were you planning on hiring, Giok - I'm pretty sure Jenn won't be available...

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 09:27 AM

Was looking at this Art.

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:27 AM

"What sorts of things would that be, Bill? "

well, Genie...like who stays up late, who snores loudest, who has kids, who doesn't get along with certain people, who is bashful at bedtime...etc...combined with who can't climb into an upper bunk!

The hardest job in the entire known Universe is looking a a map of the cabin layouts, a list of registered people, and moving names around until it seems almost possible! (I 'think' it is harder than the workshop juggling...but others may differ)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 02:49 PM

Why not just post a map with bunk numbers and have people fight over spots them selves? Designate a few quiet/kids/late/top/bottom/ etc and do first-come-first-served? Just a thought... 'cause I would think assigning is a thankless task..... But I'll send thanks in advance anyway : )

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:59 PM

Well, I don't mind an upper bunk (I need the exercise), and I'd love to be in an all-night jam cabin -- where snoring wouldn't be such a problem unless it's louder than a walrus. If I'm really tired, I can usually sleep through about anything. Plus, I have ear plugs.
I just hope the cabins aren't so hot and stuffy that my asthma would keep me awake.

I sort of gathered there are not co-ed cabins, but it doesn't matter to me if I'm with all females or not.   It's prob'ly gonna be too cold in the Baltimore area in October to be running around in my skivvies anyway.

I still need advice about airports and ground transportation, though.   The plane ticket I can get with FF miles, I think, but I'd like not to spend and arm and a leg on taxis, shuttles, or car rental (makes it hard to walk and play guitar).    Do Mudcatters set up any kind of carpooling network to connect Getaway participants?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:20 PM

Yes, Genie, there will be carpooling. Probably the best airport would be Baltimore, or if it works better you can fly into DC. There will be plenty of Catters coming that way. I would pick you up, but I am likely going to be driving in from Michigan. I might fly and rent a car, we will see what gas prices look like as we get closer. Accomodations are kind o catch as catch can. I like bottom bunks cause I am not called Big Mick for nothing.

This is going to be a great Getaway weekend.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:32 PM

Dani...sounds good until early arrivers get settled in in a 'comfy' way, and folks who arrive at 11PM can't figger out where to go, or they can't find 3 bunks together...etc. It is 'possible' to trade around a teeny bit, among those who are already there...but best to have most of it planned when quarter are tight..

and Genie...we usually provide ear-plugs! (started a few years ago when we had some open dorms and several wold-class snorers.)

And yes, we do try to link those flying in with locals or anyone driving in at the right times. We 'usually' can find someone a ride. Post when you have flight times set. BWI airport is often best choice, but Dulles and Reagan National have been used. A few times, it has actually worked better for someone to go into Philadelphia or Newark to meet someone driving in from that area. (Skarpi may need something like that this year)

   A few folks like to rent cars...or have 9 guitars and plans to stay around for 2 weeks..*grin*)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:32 PM

Big Mick runs an excellent airport shuttle service Genie :)

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:33 PM

Having spent years at sea, I can handle a top bunk, but I can not handle snoring.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:34 PM

Jacqui...CELLAR !!


G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:57 PM

Bill, I was thinking about doing it ahead, online. Make big ol' spreadsheet, and as people register they can request to put their names on the bunk/room they want, you just label them as needed.

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 06:03 PM

That's OK for them as knows the camp Dani, and then again you might need a spreadsheet for those that DON'T want to share with a particular someone!

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 06:55 PM

Dani..we do have a place on the registration form to list preferences for certain things...who you 'want' to room with, quiet spot....etc. But 40 years experience has told us it is good to have most of the allocation in the hands of one person who knows both the camp and most of the people. People DO put in little notes with requests, and we do reasonably well that way....

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:03 PM

Thanks for the info on airports, carpooling, earplugs, etc., folks.   Sounds like I'm really gonna be able to make it this year.   

BTW, how important is it to bring our axes with us?   I don't like to take my old Martin with me on planes, especially when it's not a non-stop flight and I can't take her on board with me. But I have trouble playing anything that doesn't have a narrow neck and light-gauge strings. Are there usually a lot of different guitar types that people will let others use occasionally in a jam, sing-around, or the concert?   

I may bring my itty bitty Ibanez, since I can take it on board. Doesn't make a lot of noise, but it's very portable.   Or maybe I'll just bring the Sigma. The action and sound aren't as good as the real Martin, but it would be much less a heartbreak if it got lost, stolen, or broken.
What do you other 'foreigners' do?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ClaireBear
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:10 PM

I brought just my voice last year and was totally happy. I had offers of loaner instruments, but I had enough to do just singing.

Claire (who is OK with a top bunk and didn't find her cabin at all stuffy)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:13 PM

book before ? DON'T want to share with a particular someone! ?
hmmmm it cant be worse than old Redwood ?? I mean all the snoorin In
some one I know :>)

but if its so bad then it must be a motel nearby ?

ATB Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:40 PM

Jacqui and I shared a room last year and it worked out just fine except for the bagpipes just outside the door in a quiet area.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 08:39 PM

OK,......strictly in the interest of my beloved Getaway, ....... and only because I am a big hearted guy who wants to help ...... I will bite the bullet and bunk with Genie, Dani, and Claire. It's alright, I don't mind, and it should ease the burden on figuring out rooms. If KT makes it, she can come on in too. Don't thank me, I just do these things because they are the right thing to do.......

Genie, I can bring a Baby Taylor if you would like? The rest of my stuff is dreadnoughts or 12 strings, or a bouzouki strung DADG.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: karen k
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 09:02 PM

I'm really planning on making it this year. Have missed the last 2 and I am looking forward to seeing the new camp. Can't wait to see everyone again.

karen

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: KT
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 09:17 PM

dang! you guys make it awfully hard to resist! To think that exactly 6 months from this minute, I could be singing with all of you again.....dang! There's gotta be a way!
KT

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,dani
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 10:02 PM

There IS, there IS, there IS! I'm clicking my (tar)heels for you, KT.

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Tinker
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:52 PM

Wow ! It's April and I go away for one night and this thread just morphs into being. Somehow I'm feeling like we just jomped over spring and summer and it should be heading into fall NOW.

I will find a way and once again anyone who is passing through New Jersey is welcome to share a night in our chaos...

Dani, it was warm when we tripped our way up to Maine -- well maybe not the ocean waters, but think of the wonderful lobster those waters provided....

All of you who have promised and not shown WILL show this year. Now I'm going to go and watch some old video and dream....

Love ya all .....

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 12:59 AM

Big Mick said {{{OK,......strictly in the interest of my beloved Getaway, ....... and only because I am a big hearted guy who wants to help ...... I will bite the bullet and bunk with Genie, Dani, and Claire. It's alright, I don't mind, and it should ease the burden on figuring out rooms. If KT makes it, she can come on in too. Don't thank me, I just do these things because they are the right thing to do.......]]]
In the immortal words of Amanda Wingfield, Mick, "You're a Christian martyr! That's what you are, a Christian martyr." *g*

Soo generous. ; x

But is that one bunk or two for the 4 (5) of us? ; )

Thanks for offering to bring the Baby Taylor. That would probably be very nice to have around.   If I can manage to book a retirement home gig in the NC Triangle area or even close to the camp right after the Getaway, I'll probably need to have one of my guitars with me, but that's still up in the air.

BTW, I can handle a Martin D28 or D35, as long as the strings aren't too heavy and/or I don't have to do more than a song or two. Something about Martins, makes playing a bigger guitar easier.   Bouzoukis - well, that's a whole nuther story.

This oughta be fun!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 02:51 AM

One bunk? You planning to practice being firewood? Do you have any idea how much bunk Big Mick takes up?


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 03:04 AM

Sorta.

Ennyhoo, Mick's the one what suggested it.

How big are these bunks, anyway?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 03:15 AM

Well, we had 5 bunks in one room one yr & Mick took up 3 of them, all lower ones too, and none of us would sleep with him either. Amos tried to keep the window open all night cause of him. The remaining 4 of us had to make do with the 2 bunks that he left us, pretty hard when they're both are uppers but we found them to be comfy enough. Does that tell you how big they are, the bunks, not Mick! now this yr if Micks gonna be in the same room again, I want the arangement to be one Mick & at least 2 of the other 4 bunkers need to be female, Mick's not gonna pull that stunt again on Amos & EJ, I was told that they're not going for it.

Barry

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 03:29 AM

I suggest we look at the posting times on this thread when choosing bunkmates..........

Doesn't anyone in this place SLEEP anymore?!

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:00 AM

It;s hard with you around, Dani....


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:01 AM

Sure, Dani

Just not before 2 AM. LOL

Genie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:39 AM

The last picture in this set, shows one of Mick's previous Getaway conquests Genie.

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 05:46 AM

Doesn't anyone in this place SLEEP anymore?! yes Dani I do .....

I dont know about others


ATB Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 07:05 AM

AMOS CELLAR!!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 07:43 AM

!!!! AMOS SKELP !!!!!!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: artbrooks
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 09:09 AM

Was that Big Mick in the ape costume...or did he just take his shirt off?

Genie, Jenn will probably have her little Martin there, and some arrangements can probably be made.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Jeri
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 09:47 AM

I think I'm gonna need a tent, or a motel or the back of my car or a rowboat with a tarp or... I dunno—I'll think of something.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 09:59 AM

Does anyone still sing at these gatherings?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Micca
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 10:22 AM

Charlie, there are many of us regulars (said with some pride) that come to the Getaway and DO NOTHING ELSE!!!! (Thinks, after 8 years maybe I should join?)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 10:30 AM

Hell yes, we sing!

It's really about all that happens. OK, MAYBE there's a little chit-chat here and there to catch up with flesh-and-blood friends, but I can assure you that, gossip and innuendo to the contrary, there's more singing packed into that weekend than..... well, the sheer power of it all in one place MUST do something weird to the time-space continuum. Especially 2am Saturday when the shanties take over, or Sunday morning when it's Bloody-Lamb time.

(Or has it changed much since I've been there? Are we only going for the sex-drugs-doowop now?)

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Midchuck
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 11:25 AM

(Or has it changed much since I've been there? Are we only going for the sex-drugs-doowop now?)

I have yet to attend, but I strongly suspect that most of the drugs are in peoples' little pill carriers with the days of the week on the little compartments so you don't forget, and are legally prescribed. And they include Viagra or competitive products, to make whatever sex happens possible.

Doo-wop, yes. Many of us were in high school in that genre's peak years.

But I might be wrong. I was once, some years ago.

Peter

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 11:27 AM

Sex !!!!!
Nobody told me that happened.
Who's leading the workshop?

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 01:19 PM

Prolly someone with a good memory. The bunch tends to be aging.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Fortunato
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 01:48 PM

Peter,
As to illicit activities, while there may have been instances of sexual congress at the Getaway, my opinion is that the favorite activities are (in the order of occurance) dispensing expert opinion, making or talking about music, and eating. Rest comes when there is no alternative and sex doesn't get beyond the distant memory stage.

If you make it this year, save a little time to pick a tune with Susette and me
Chance

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 01:52 PM

Song suggestions for said workshop?

♫Blue Pill, you saw me not standing alone.♪

♪Blue Pill, people who need blue pill♫

G


I'll get me coat.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:00 PM

" SEX " ??   where ? hehe

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:15 PM

Let's take a plane to viagra, this time we'll visit the falls ♫♫

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:19 PM

You kept me up
All night long
Too bad it was only
For the songs!
But still I forgive you
'Cuz its been so long
Since somebody special
Kept me up all night long.



;>)


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 06:01 PM

I knew the Ancient Mariners would chime in at some point. I make a little suggestion, with no guile, and nary a nasty thought (hehehe).... and right away the anvil chorus piles on. Gentlemeeeeeeen, you cut me to the quick.

Genie, listen not to these lame louts spouting such drivel from their aged, and threadbare, jibs. I am merely making the offer with the purest of motives. Bill was lamenting at the task of trying to match folks just so, and I thought I would asssist by setting this up, simply to help out an old friend. Of course, if it gets chilly, I do give off a fair amount of heat......

I'll get me aul cap and wellies,

Mick