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Re: GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
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lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny
Date: 
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 01:00:57 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Erik Olson writes:
I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3
(Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.

Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:

First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*. So I'll check now:
who would likely make the trip over?  Not necessarily next time, just any • time.

1. By train, it  is 15 minutes from Penn Station (New York) if you catch the
half-hourly Kew Gardens LIRR, plus a 5 minute walk down 3 blocks of • picturesque
Building Ideas. Trains rule!

2. By subway it's about 30 minutes on the E-train from Manhattan and a 10 • minute
walk (or just take the bus.)

3. Finally by car (street parking available) it is about 2 hours from NJ. For
upstate NY, it's about 20 minutes from Whitestone.


The LIRR schedule is at http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/ttn/kewgarde.htm but • click
on "weekends, To Jamaica" because the default is weekdays. For example find • the
train that leaves "New York" at 1:05 and visits Kew Gardens at 1:21.

Second, my living room is 20x12, a little bigger than Chris' lego room. It's • got
Lego everywhere in one half with 2 tables for building. We could use the floor
in the other half. Six people would probably be comfortable, I think more • would
start to be crowded.

Don't forget to chime in with "Yuck! Go into the city???" or "Sounds doable!" • I
suspect there are some New Yorkers about, let me hear from you.

Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:

-Erik

Maybe my place (St. George, Staten Island - 5 minute bus ride or 10 minute
walk from the ferry) would be more centraly located: easy driving commute from
Long Island and Jersey and public transportation from the NYC.



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  GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
 
I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3 (Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep 30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October. Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day: (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)

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