Getaway 2008

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 06:12 PM

I'll let you into the secret, but you must promise not to tell anybody.

Maine really is "The Way Life Should Be".

Problem is, if too many people get to hear about it they will all want to come and live here and then we'd get overcrowded. So, we just let on that living here is not easy and tell everyone about the downside. That way we can keep it a secret for just those we choose to invite!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 06:10 PM

I cant come in this summer to maine ???

sorry


but I am tryin to find flight s over to Getaway ??
Icelandair dont fly anymore to Baltimore ? strange , so I have to go to JFK or go through UK ?

brb

ATB Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 05:57 PM

I'll be there this year! Honest. I've got no special event in the way and, for on ce, I've got the money and time to go.

I'll be there!

Stephen Lee

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

The company is excellent Claire.

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ClaireBear
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 05:02 PM

Boy, Maine just sounds better and better! Jacqui, when you told me I had to come to Maine, I blithely assumed it was a good thing. Now perhaps I should inquire as to your true motivation (but I'll still come, if you still want me).

Cheers,
C

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:54 PM

And exactly WHY IN THE HELL do you lunatics live there?!

Be specific.

xo

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:39 PM

And the mosquitoes started biting - that was what drove me and one or two others indoors last year.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:35 PM

Summer fell on the day of the Lobster Boil last year - pure torture for most of us. Would you like me to schedule this year's and so determine the hottest day of the year? We have never been rained out and always sweated our way thru the bugs until the black flies start dive bombing.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:30 PM

Mick - it will come right after Mud Season finishes which, from the look of the weather right now, will probably be around August 31st, the day before Fall starts, so we could be out of luck for Summer this year.

As for next year? That's anyone's guess. Care to start a book on it?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:29 PM

MOst downeasters refer to the Scots as "Those spendthrifts!"

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:24 PM

As a Mainer, you would of course ;)

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:22 PM

Actually, I prefer "thrifty" to "tight" when describing a Scot.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 02:53 PM

Why thanks Kendall, there's nothing like an original quip at the expense of the Scots.

and

That's nothing like an original quip Cap'n.


Giok ¦¬]

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 02:50 PM

Giok, money is always "tight" for a Scot.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 02:14 PM

Great, I'm in. A summer getaway in Maine. What day is summer in Maine this year?

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 12:53 PM

I really want to go this year, but money is very tight now.

Giok

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 12:21 PM

Gawd - don't the Old Coot go off on one! Anyone would think that we were going on a wilderness journey although, for a Mainer, I suppose that's what it feels like, leaving Maine.

It would serve him right if you all turned up one weekend next summer and camped in the yard. We could have a right good time if you choose the warm weekend - Dani could borrow an L.L.Bean down jacket to keep her warm and I'll have crocheted a few extra afghans for her to snuggle under.

Feeding's no problem - we'll just put out the mosquito traps and you can decide if you want a wing or a leg.

Freda - does this mean you're thinking of coming over? That really would be the icing on the cake! If you get to the USA a trip to Maine before, or after the Getaway is mandatory - we'll kidnap you if there's no other way to get you here.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:37 AM

Last year, Jacqui and I came home via Annapolis on rt 301 up to the New Jersey turnpike.
If we go again this year, I'll take the same roads to get there.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:03 AM

There is a dead link on the FSGW site about the West River page
Here is a working one (I hope)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: artbrooks
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:54 AM

Freda, it will be held just outside Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the website is here.
.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:21 AM

Kendall and Jacqui have a large enough piece of property for all to camp on. There is a motor home in the driveway for an extra bath as well as a hannaford's with clean rest rooms within walking distance. The men can use the woods.
I suggest January 23rd and 24th. That should produce a real taste of Maine and the lobster will have hard shells.
What do you say, Jacqui?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:04 AM

OK, OK! Sorry I mentioned it.Leave it like it is, I'll manage that 1200 mile trip with my service connected back injury and arthritis. My angina is under control so I probably won't have a heart attack driving through some big city like, Odessa Delaware.

Seriously, Dani, the new venue is just great. Plenty of room and WARM enough for wimps who start to shiver when the temp. drops below 90.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:39 AM

Hump! Warm weather wimps!
Dani, you can sit close to me.

Barry

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Dani
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 06:38 AM

Enough of this Maine seagull-poop. The place is ^$&#ing freezing! IF it weren't for the warmth of our friends there, the place would have shattered off the coast to bob around in the Atlantic for a while before drifting South and melting!

The sainted FSGW has finally seen their way clear to creeping South again, so people can sing without the distraction of shivering and chattering teeth! Forget anything you heard about any 3-way at the old Ramblewood, except the number of people in mittens and scarves and blankets you hope sat VERY close to you on benches so you didn't freeze to death after dark. Or the number of people you were sure to wake up with your epithets when the shower water hit you and the piece of saran wrap they covered the stalls with blew up.

Dani (not having seen the new place, but looking forward to a bunk without needing 4 down comforters)

Check your messages, Skarpi.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: freda underhill
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 03:49 AM

okay, I've got the dates - October 3-6, where is it held and is there a website?

freda

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 03:39 AM

Kendall , so what dates ?? I like that Idea the location is great
for me and many other people , now how in earth did you not find this
out before !!!!!

OH KENDALL YOU ARE BIG TROUBLE NOW MAN


So make it happen , will you please !!!!!!

Find the best time , the location and I´ll be there next year
you have one year to find out hehehehe


All the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 01:26 AM

kat, are you telling me that "firm" and "three-ways" wouldn't have applied to past Getaways? Another bubble burst! (sob)

(And what's the black leather about then?)

G

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 07:09 PM

I think they still honor American Driver's Licenses, but shots, yeah. They got wolverines, porkypines, bobcats, and dead-eye seagulls. (Never mind gettin' toilet papuh...).



A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 06:31 PM

Whats this I hear that the Getaway is movin' to Maine??? I think it's a great idea... We could have it at Kendall's house... I'm sure jacqui wouln't mind cooking fir a hundred people for three days...

Yeah, I'm kinda excited... Nevr been to Maine... Will I need shots??? Passport???

B;~)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 05:13 PM

Goes well with the black leather Kat. Hope you can make it this year!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 04:52 PM

Genie's talking about firm and three-ways gives Getaway a whole new context!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: SussexCarole
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 04:49 PM

We're saving our pennies and hope to be there.
Carole & Andrew

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Marion
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 04:49 PM

I really hope to make it this year. I've requested to take those dates as my vacation, and could probably trade them away if I don't get the vacation time.

I'd probably take the train down, unless I find somebody who wants to car pool down from Ontario.

Marion

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 04:13 PM

The big Getaway question is sartorial....Can Kendall top last year's black leather ensemble?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 02:12 PM

Hmmph. See what happens when you try to bring a little class into a place like this?

Dan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Genie
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 02:04 PM

Good to have the dates firm. (Firm is good)
Means I can go ahead and try to convert my FFMs to an actual ticket. Hope it's not too late.

For once, I reserved the right weekend in my calendar!   (And I don't expect family obligations to be an obstacle this year either.)

Next on the list: Which airport is the best to fly into?    And how about "out of," in case I decide to do a 3-way (PDX -> Baltimore/DC area -> Raleigh, NC ->PDX) instead of a simple round trip. Enny suggestions?

Genie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 12:40 PM

Naw, Micca's is gotten chronic...


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 12:08 PM

Depends on the time of day, doesn't it Micca?

jacqui.c - running for cover...........

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Micca
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 11:46 AM

Dont worry Dan, I knew what you meant,( Sir Joseph Porter KCB and well known Knocker Polisher) and I will include you as "I've got a little list...." (and I do NOT mean a nautical slant!!!)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 11:39 AM

A Getaway in every place, on every weekend! It's a world movement!

And I'm so glad Susan, at least, knows her HMS Pinafore.

Dan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Midchuck
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 10:59 AM

I don't know why we can't have the Getaway in Maine so everyone could go.

Because you can't get to Maine from anywhere except Boston, and who wants to go to Boston?

Peter (Nuck, Nyuck).

PS - Eastern upstate New York, like the Adirondacks, might be a good compromise. Like Old Songs but without having to pay for the "name" musicians that a lot of us spend very little time listening to anyway.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 10:20 AM

(yes, Kendall...and I hope YOU know I was seeking to add to the humor....but still, pick a warm month)

artbrooks...HOT salsa tends to be an exercise to prove you can do it; like grilled Habeneros, or Thai fish sauce. I love good salsa, but I like to still be able to experience flavor. Color me wimpy

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:58 AM

Sinsull, don't you Dance?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:43 AM

Salsa????? Oh NO!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: artbrooks
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:40 AM

We will be coming from New Mexico - driving - and bringing salsa. Anybody up for HOT or do all you East Coast wimps top out at medium? Should we bring chili chocolates and/or jalapeño brittle?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 07:54 AM

Bill, I'm sure you relize that I was being excessivly geocentric.I was hoping to stir up some humor.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 03:29 AM

that might be a good idea Dani .
where do I fly from Iceland ? JFK and to Raleigh from there or....
sorry just asking , dont know around there I am afraid :>)

ATB Skarpi .

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 11:28 PM

You, too, Claire! I'm glad you had a good time, but I always feel like a bad hostess when a mudcatter comes through town and we don't get to catch up. Maybe next time? But for sure at Getaway...

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:46 PM

I haven't forgotten, Skarpi!

See if you can fly into Raleigh, and we'll practice on the way!

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ranger1
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:35 PM

Mmmm...I'm gonna have to finagle, because the first two days of the Getaway covers my last two days of work at the park which wouldn't be a big deal except that I'm the only person working on Fridays and Saturdays! I think Andy will have to cope...