+FunLovingGeocacher Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hello every one, I'm a British Geocacher who is coming to the states for a few weeks in April/May I've going to be in Florida to visit some friends there, then travelling on my own via Seattle and New York. Rather than hanging out on my own I thought it would be good one evening to put on a local geocaching get together event, so anyone local cachers can come along, share a beer or two and some geochat? TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. I'm also in town to find the Project APE cache and the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit, as well as doing some touristy stuff in your fine city. I'm from the West Midlands of England, not far from the birth place of both Ozzy Osbourne and William Shakespeare. So how about it? Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Welcome! Let us know when you decide which days you will be here! Quote Link to comment
+Harriet the Spy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 While you are in Seattle you should really go to Headquarters. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...81-782a6e14c00b They are super nice! I am not sure about the ape cache at that time of year. Others will know if you need to rent snow shoes from REI then. The tunnel is closed now indefinitely and somebody here can recommend the best route. Quote Link to comment
+jcar Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Welcome! Let us know when you decide which days you will be here! And what part of Seattle you are staying in. Check out the pinned thread at the top of Northwest section titled 'Coming to the NW for a visit?'. Also check out Northwest Classics bookmark list for some more cache suggestions. Depending on the area you are staying we can suggest more local to that location. Quote Link to comment
+Douglas_Clan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hello every one, I'm a British Geocacher who is coming to the states for a few weeks in April/May I've going to be in Florida to visit some friends there, then travelling on my own via Seattle and New York. Rather than hanging out on my own I thought it would be good one evening to put on a local geocaching get together event, so anyone local cachers can come along, share a beer or two and some geochat? TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. I'm also in town to find the Project APE cache and the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit, as well as doing some touristy stuff in your fine city. I'm from the West Midlands of England, not far from the birth place of both Ozzy Osbourne and William Shakespeare. So how about it? First things first. Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool, or Chelsea? Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Hey, we love to host get-togethers with visiting cachers! Here's one we did last June at Red Hook Brewery for some cachers from Australia and California. Tell us what days you're here, when you might be free, and where you're staying, and we'll help set something up! Edited February 8, 2009 by hydnsek Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. Hey! I know one that would love an adventure: TB. Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. Hey! I know one that would love an adventure: TB. Somehow, I don't think that will fit in a suitcase! Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. Hey! I know one that would love an adventure: TB. You put that thing in a MICRO !?! Man, that has to be the biggest micro around. Jim Quote Link to comment
+FunLovingGeocacher Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm staying in Downtown Seattle, a few blocks west of the tip of lake Union. I will be sure to pop in to HQ to get "debriefed" In answer to Douglas_Clan: Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool, or Chelsea? No where near! I can see the West Bromwich Albion ground from my office window. Re: evil 14lb bug, er... I think the plane would be lopsided if I put that in my luggage! The Red Hook Brewery is half an hour drive (18.7 miles) - had a look at the website - real ales! I'm impressed. I have an American cell phone sim which I'll activate nearer the time. I arrive in Florida on 20th April then fly into Seattle midday Tuesday April 28th, and head off again to New York on Friday May 1st, afternoon. So Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - Count me in! Quote Link to comment
+klossner Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 You'll be in Seattle at the right time to collect this cache icon: . Keep an eye on this thread. Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 ... fly into Seattle midday Tuesday April 28th, and head off again to New York on Friday May 1st, afternoon. So Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - Count me in! Alrighty, I sniff another Red Hook Brewery gathering in the wind...or maybe that's just hops... Quick poll from the locals who might attend - which evening most appeals to you: Tue, Apr 28 Wed, Apr 29 Thur, Apr 30 Let me know, and I'll set up an event. Quote Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 ... fly into Seattle midday Tuesday April 28th, and head off again to New York on Friday May 1st, afternoon. So Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - Count me in! Alrighty, I sniff another Red Hook Brewery gathering in the wind...or maybe that's just hops... Quick poll from the locals who might attend - which evening most appeals to you: Tue, Apr 28 Wed, Apr 29 Thur, Apr 30 Let me know, and I'll set up an event. Thursday is out for me, but Tuesday and Wednesday are fine. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 ... fly into Seattle midday Tuesday April 28th, and head off again to New York on Friday May 1st, afternoon. So Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - Count me in! Alrighty, I sniff another Red Hook Brewery gathering in the wind...or maybe that's just hops... Quick poll from the locals who might attend - which evening most appeals to you: Tue, Apr 28 Wed, Apr 29 Thur, Apr 30 Let me know, and I'll set up an event. Thursday is out for me, but Tuesday and Wednesday are fine. Same here. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. Hey! I know one that would love an adventure: TB. You put that thing in a MICRO !?! Man, that has to be the biggest micro around. Jim It is now! It just took a little push and shove to get it in... Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. Hey! I know one that would love an adventure: TB. Somehow, I don't think that will fit in a suitcase! Sure it will. That's how I got it back from Canada - I put in my suitcase. Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 ... fly into Seattle midday Tuesday April 28th, and head off again to New York on Friday May 1st, afternoon. So Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - Count me in! Alrighty, I sniff another Red Hook Brewery gathering in the wind...or maybe that's just hops... Quick poll from the locals who might attend - which evening most appeals to you: Tue, Apr 28 Wed, Apr 29 Thur, Apr 30 Let me know, and I'll set up an event. Any of them can work - probably Wed is the best for me. Quote Link to comment
+FunLovingGeocacher Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks like Tuesday or Wednesday is the favourite so far. I've got the maze on my hit list too - just wait for the cache page to appear. Not long now... Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) OK....event listing published: Fun-Loving Geocachers Wednesday, April 29 @ 6:30 pm at Red Hook Brewery - looking forward to it! Edited February 10, 2009 by hydnsek Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 OK....event listing published: Fun-Loving Geocachers Wednesday, April 29 @ 6:30 pm at Red Hook Brewery - looking forward to it! We now have a reservation for 25 under my name (Abby Wolfe); that's their reservation max. Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) OK....event listing published: Fun-Loving Geocachers Wednesday, April 29 @ 6:30 pm at Red Hook Brewery - looking forward to it! We now have a reservation for 25 under my name (Abby Wolfe); that's their reservation max. Would love to go, but too far to drive on a school night. Edited February 12, 2009 by Shop99er Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I'm from the West Midlands of England, not far from the birth place of both Ozzy Osbourne and William Shakespeare.Will an interpreter be needed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qrUEG29Tuc Quote Link to comment
+FunLovingGeocacher Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 Ozzy is a brummie - I'm from the black country - practically different states!. Similar but distinct. Please check out Black Country Alphabet song - it's very funny! I'll have a week in florida before I meet you guys to acclimatise to America english! Quote Link to comment
+klossner Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I'll have a week in florida before I meet you guys to acclimatise to America english!Florida will teach you American Southern. That won't help at all when you come to the Pacific Northwest. Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I'll have a week in florida before I meet you guys to acclimatise to America english!Florida will teach you American Southern. That won't help at all when you come to the Pacific Northwest. Doesn't everyone from New York and New Jersey retire in Florida? He's going to hear everything but PNW English, because we tend to stay here! Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I'll have a week in florida before I meet you guys to acclimatise to America english!Florida will teach you American Southern. That won't help at all when you come to the Pacific Northwest. Doesn't everyone from New York and New Jersey retire in Florida? He's going to hear everything but PNW English, because we tend to stay here! Dang, you beat me to it! As a native Southerner, I can affirm that Florida is NOT the true South; it is a retirement home for Yankees. Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Ozzy is a brummie - I'm from the black country - practically different states!. Similar but distinct. OK, I had to look up brummie. Interesting, according to Wikipedia, a brummie won the Album of the Year Grammy last week. They also said Black Country dialect is quite different. I also found Brummie and Black Country Slang words and phrases to be very funny(I guess it is really brummie slang). Speaking of rock stars, we have "Cherry Garcia" "Arse Cream". Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Ozzy is a brummie - I'm from the black country - practically different states!. Similar but distinct. OK, I had to look up brummie. Interesting, according to Wikipedia, a brummie won the Album of the Year Grammy last week. They also said Black Country dialect is quite different. I also found Brummie and Black Country Slang words and phrases to be very funny(I guess it is really brummie slang). Speaking of rock stars, we have "Cherry Garcia" "Arse Cream". Arse Cream: Sorry, I couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Arse Cream:pic Sorry, I couldn't resist! My doc prescribes Desitin for other things besides diaper rash. Which reminds me of a joke:Patient: I have a Strawberry stuck up my bum. Doctor: I have some cream for that. Sorry for the diverted thread. I have always been interested in English dialects ever since I worked in London fixing computers. The PBS series "The Story of English" is my all time favorite series. Quote Link to comment
+Kiersolvd Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Arse Cream:pic Sorry, I couldn't resist! My doc prescribes Desitin for other things besides diaper rash. Which reminds me of a joke:Patient: I have a Strawberry stuck up my bum. Doctor: I have some cream for that. Devenshire? Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Arse Cream:pic Sorry, I couldn't resist! My doc prescribes Desitin for other things besides diaper rash. Which reminds me of a joke:Patient: I have a Strawberry stuck up my bum. Doctor: I have some cream for that. I don't even want to know, I don't even want to know! Quote Link to comment
+FunLovingGeocacher Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Did you hear about the one guy who went to the doctor with a lettuce leaf stuck up his arse? Is it serious doctor he? asks I'm afraid it's just the tip of the iceburg Sorry for straying off topic! Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 This is going to be a fun event! Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 This is going to be a fun event! ...or a pain in the arse. hey, someone had to say it. Quote Link to comment
+AGST Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hello every one, I'm a British Geocacher who is coming to the states for a few weeks in April/May I've going to be in Florida to visit some friends there, then travelling on my own via Seattle and New York. Rather than hanging out on my own I thought it would be good one evening to put on a local geocaching get together event, so anyone local cachers can come along, share a beer or two and some geochat? TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. I'm also in town to find the Project APE cache and the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit, as well as doing some touristy stuff in your fine city. I'm from the West Midlands of England, not far from the birth place of both Ozzy Osbourne and William Shakespeare. So how about it? Hey man Just seen the post, I'm an expat Brit living in Everett and working at the UW in Seattle. I will definitely make this shindig. You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks. Lookin forward to it. Bill Listening to Iron Maiden on Planet Rock...... UK internet classic rock radio. Quote Link to comment
+AGST Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hello every one, I'm a British Geocacher who is coming to the states for a few weeks in April/May I've going to be in Florida to visit some friends there, then travelling on my own via Seattle and New York. Rather than hanging out on my own I thought it would be good one evening to put on a local geocaching get together event, so anyone local cachers can come along, share a beer or two and some geochat? TB's and coins can be dropped off for the international travel, via my suitcase. I'm also in town to find the Project APE cache and the GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit, as well as doing some touristy stuff in your fine city. I'm from the West Midlands of England, not far from the birth place of both Ozzy Osbourne and William Shakespeare. So how about it? Hey man Just seen the post, I'm an expat Brit living in Everett and working at the UW in Seattle. I will definitely make this shindig. You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks. Lookin forward to it. Bill Listening to Iron Maiden on Planet Rock...... UK internet classic rock radio. Quote Link to comment
MarcusArelius Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks. Ha! After teasing a friend about the "brilliant" phrase "and Bob is your uncle" he replied "Hey it's our language and we'll do whatever we want with it" Quote Link to comment
+Prying Pandora Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Ha! After teasing a friend about the "brilliant" phrase "and Bob is your uncle" he replied "Hey it's our language and we'll do whatever we want with it" Coincidentally, Half-Canadian did a series about "and Bob's your uncle" explaining where that phrase came from. Quote Link to comment
+W7WT Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks. Ha! After teasing a friend about the "brilliant" phrase "and Bob is your uncle" he replied "Hey it's our language and we'll do whatever we want with it" Hey Marcus, when I go back to Southern Illinois especially Clay County, they do sound different. I still use a lot of the phases from when I was a kid back there. Took me a long time to quit saying Sant Louis. Dick Quote Link to comment
John E Cache Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks.My first day at work in London 30+ years ago I was jet lagged and needed coffee. The person in front of me in the company cafeteria line ordered a "Scots Egg" and "White Coffee". My fuzzy jet lagged brain went into gridlock. "Maybe she said scotch" , "No, it definitely was Scots". I know black/white, yin-yang and black coffee what is white coffee? When the light went on I thought it was the coolest thing. Of course white coffee is with milk. It made perfect symmetrical sense. The yin and the yang of coffee. I still have no clue what that brown ball is that she got with the coffee. Quote Link to comment
+Allanon Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You know you will need someone to act as an interpreter. Even after exposure to Ozzie on TV there will still be some communication difficulties. I'm originally from the south coast (near Worthing) so I can speak proper English. I go into a Starbucks and ask for a tall white chocolate mocha and the Barista always tries to charge me for two drinks.My first day at work in London 30+ years ago I was jet lagged and needed coffee. The person in front of me in the company cafeteria line ordered a "Scots Egg" and "White Coffee". My fuzzy jet lagged brain went into gridlock. "Maybe she said scotch" , "No, it definitely was Scots". I know black/white, yin-yang and black coffee what is white coffee? When the light went on I thought it was the coolest thing. Of course white coffee is with milk. It made perfect symmetrical sense. The yin and the yang of coffee. I still have no clue what that brown ball is that she got with the coffee. Google is your friend...A Scotch Egg Quote Link to comment
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