The Chit Chat and 'Let's Meet' Thread - Meeting Other Elsmar Cove Participants

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Graeme

Is it Spring yet?

I'm not a road warrior :horse: like some, so I lack essential equipment such as mobile computing power.

So, as I am going to be in beautiful downtown Milwaukee (Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning and without a car) I will be offline and out of touch with respect to the Cove. But if I happen to run into anyone ...

See y'all next week (except for jstain who will be at the same place as me). (Does that really count as "running in to" another Cover?)
 
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Wes Bucey

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Bring a coat!

It's going to be chilly to a guy from Georgia. High temp will only be in low to middle 50's, overnight lows in the middle 30's (maybe even some frost.)
Going to drop in on ASQ while you're there?

Make sure you see the museum on the lakefront that looks like an ultra-modern sailing ship. Almost as cool as the opera house in the harbor in Australia.
For a hoot - be sure to find and drink in the Safehouse http://www.safe-house.com/

-Wes
Graeme said:
I'm not a road warrior :horse: like some, so I lack essential equipment such as mobile computing power.

So, as I am going to be in beautiful downtown Milwaukee (Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning and without a car) I will be offline and out of touch with respect to the Cove. But if I happen to run into anyone ...

See y'all next week (except for jstain who will be at the same place as me). (Does that really count as "running in to" another Cover?)
 

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Hershal

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Wes,

I really enjoyed meeting and talking with you this evening. I learned quite a bit.

Graeme,

I'm sorry I missed you........I expect to be in Atlanta in the next couple of months........

Hershal
 

Wes Bucey

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Hershal said:
Wes,

I really enjoyed meeting and talking with you this evening. I learned quite a bit.

Graeme,

I'm sorry I missed you........I expect to be in Atlanta in the next couple of months........

Hershal
Of course, what Hershal fails to mention is that Chicago made him feel just like he was home - a giant traffic jam on the freeway next to his hotel! Oh yes, I was caught in that traffic jam - it took 25 minutes to go the last mile to his exit.

When I got there, though, the conversation was nonstop (well - bathroom breaks) for 4-1/2 hours.
 
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Graeme

OK, I'm slow ... work overload!

Wes Bucey said:
It's going to be chilly to a guy from Georgia. High temp will only be in low to middle 50's, overnight lows in the middle 30's (maybe even some frost.)
Going to drop in on ASQ while you're there?

Make sure you see the museum on the lakefront that looks like an ultra-modern sailing ship. Almost as cool as the opera house in the harbor in Australia.
For a hoot - be sure to find and drink in the Safehouse http://www.safe-house.com/

-Wes
Wes,

Sorry, the office has been overloading me since I got back. Actually, it is refreshing for me to go to Milwauke (in spring/summer/autumn) in order to get back down to comfortable temperatures. Yes, I've been in Georgia for 5 years and South Carolina for 20+ years before that -- but I was born in England and grew up there and in Canada, Colorado and Alaska. Add in working in a calibration lab for over 20 years ... in my body's opinion anything over 25 C and 50% humidity is unfit for human habitation. Mr. Carrier's invention of air conditioning is a wonderful thing.

The purpose of the trip was to spend two days at the ASQ offices, working on Certified Calibration Technician exam questions.

Thanks for the picture, and particularly its caption. I've seen that building every time I have been there, from the window of the airport shuttle, and I had yet to find out what it was!

I've heard of the safe-house but have not had a chance to go yet ... is it within walking distance of ASQ?

(BTW, Chicago traffic is not worse than Atlanta traffic, there's just more of it.)

Graeme
 

Wes Bucey

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Graeme said:
Wes,

Sorry, the office has been overloading me since I got back. Actually, it is refreshing for me to go to Milwauke (in spring/summer/autumn) in order to get back down to comfortable temperatures. Yes, I've been in Georgia for 5 years and South Carolina for 20+ years before that -- but I was born in England and grew up there and in Canada, Colorado and Alaska. Add in working in a calibration lab for over 20 years ... in my body's opinion anything over 25 C and 50% humidity is unfit for human habitation. Mr. Carrier's invention of air conditioning is a wonderful thing.

The purpose of the trip was to spend two days at the ASQ offices, working on Certified Calibration Technician exam questions.

Thanks for the picture, and particularly its caption. I've seen that building every time I have been there, from the window of the airport shuttle, and I had yet to find out what it was!

I've heard of the safe-house but have not had a chance to go yet ... is it within walking distance of ASQ?

(BTW, Chicago traffic is not worse than Atlanta traffic, there's just more of it.)

Graeme
I have to dig out a map myself to check proximity of Safehouse to ASQ. Why not try Mapquest in the meantime? Plot the two addresses, ASQ and Safehouse.

Even I haven't been inside the art museum, yet. It is on my schedule for this summer (only a 90 minute drive, including finding parking, from home.)
 

Wes Bucey

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Wes Bucey said:
I have to dig out a map myself to check proximity of Safehouse to ASQ. Why not try Mapquest in the meantime? Plot the two addresses, ASQ and Safehouse.

Even I haven't been inside the art museum, yet. It is on my schedule for this summer (only a 90 minute drive, including finding parking, from home.)
Safehouse is just east of the river and one block north of ASQ. Plankinton runs north and south on west side of river, ASQ is
American Society for Quality
600 North Plankinton Avenue
Front street is short street on east side of river and runs north and south in 700 block.
Safe House is (http://www.safe-house.com) My pledge to get in:
To the best of my cunning capabilities, I will tell no one that the stately office of International Exports, Ltd. (est. 1868) at 779 North Front Street, is in fact a craftily contrived "front" for the Safe House.

THEN. . .(from ASQ)
On Plankinton Ave, head north two blocks to Wells St. Turn right on Wells and continue over the bridge one block to Water Street. Parking lots in the area are shown at Parkmilwaukee.com. You're on your own from here.

Psst! If you've been followed, . . . SHAKE YOUR TAIL! and stealthily slip into the distinguished office of International Exports Ltd. through the red door beneath the gas lights. (use full screen view to get clear GIF of map)
 

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