Saturday, May 17th

[Borg561]

Okay, you guys out there need to plan something for us to do on Saturday, or at least give me some ideas. I want to do a drive at some point, but don't know when is a good time or day or where. We could probably do the drive Sunday afternoon after the tour at Stranahan's. I just need to make sure I'm on the road headed home by 3-4pm at the latest. Just remembered there's a time zone change, and I'd like to be home by 2am at the latest so I can go to work Monday morning.

Also, remember that we want to do a small whiskey tasting at someone's place Saturday night. Depending on how many people want to do that, figure 1-2 hours. I'll bring some glasses with me so nobody needs to worry about having enough of those (got about a dozen or so small brandy snifters).

Someone said to start a new thread, so here she is. :)

Justin

[elchicano318ti]

Well most of us work saturdays so we can do something after 4 or 5. While we are whiskey tasting we can play some cards or something. I have a poker set with cards and chips if you want me to bring it let me know. There's also small euro meets every saturday we can go to that too. We are going tomrrow to see how it is. We could do a drive or something on sunday morning like 10 or something. So whos place are we meeting at?

[cali-ti]

boulder canyon or left hand ... or both (up one down the other)? could do the drive on saturday afternoon and then go to my house if that's what people want to do.

justin, do you have a place to stay yet?

[elchicano318ti]

Well i could try to get the day off since justin is coming a long ways. We could do a drive and some kind of bbq or we could take some food up there or something. So let me know whos getting saturday off so i could too.

[teetime4one]

i'm game for anything.
i'll have to work saturday tho...
but i could catch up with everyone later in the day.

[elchicano318ti]

Well in not 100% sure about getting saturday especially since we got alot of work. But we could do something later on and play some poker or Texas hold 'Em, I need to get some extra cash anyway so i wouldnt mind taking it from you guys:biggrin:

[cali-ti]

well, the only ones signed up for the stranahan's tour are justin, dave, sean, me and chris (who looks like he won't be able to make it). so ... if dave and sean are working saturday, i think it would make more sense to do the drive when you guys are available so ... sunday afternoon?

maybe do something in the denver area saturday after you guys are off work? i could bring pie.

[elchicano318ti]

oh yea i forgot to mention that clay said he would be able to make to this too. I don't why he didn't post but when i asked fime about tomorrows meet he said he didn't know but he said he would go to this.

[teetime4one]

i'll call him and see what he's up to

[Borg561]

boulder canyon or left hand ... or both (up one down the other)? could do the drive on saturday afternoon and then go to my house if that's what people want to do.

justin, do you have a place to stay yet?

It all sounds fun. Doesn't matter if we do a drive Saturday or Sunday, but just remember I need to be on the road hopefully no later than 4pm or so Sunday afternoon. And I'm definately game for some Texas Hold'em. Haven't played face-to-face with people for a while.

No place to stay yet, but I know you offered your spare room. If I can get out of work by 5pm I should be able to make it out there by midnight or so (time zone change included). That won't be too late will it? You can either shoot me a PM/e-mail or I will later. Need to go get some sleep now as I've been up for about 26 hours now (yesterday was my work both jobs day).

Justin

[cali-ti]

the room is available and you're welcome to it. as long as i know you're coming, whenever is fine :) i'll shoot you a PM with my address so you can get an idea where it is.

i remembered that we have a quarterly outage for work so i may need to vpn in and do some work saturday evening. i should have a much better idea as we get closer to the date.

[cali-ti]

the drive on 7 (st vrain) is very nice too. st vrain, left hand and boulder canyon all sort of parallel each other and are connected by 72 (peak to peak highway). the only part i haven't done is boulder canyon.

[Borg561]

So, poker, pie, and whiskey/scotch Saturday night? Sounds good. I'll still need to find something to do Saturday afternoon. Got a week to figure that out.

Probably best to do the drive Sunday, and after the Stranahans tour would work. Leaving Stranahans, out to Boulder, Boulder Canyon to 72 to St. Vrain to Eric's in Mead would be about three hours. Depending on how long the tour at Stranahan's takes, that would be about perfect timing then I could leave for home shortly afterwards.

Justin

[Borg561]

Dave mentioned that Clay was going to make this. Is that for Saturday, Sunday, or both? Going to e-mail Jake back sometime tonight or tomorrow morning with final headcount (I believe Chris said he won't be able to do the tour now). Also going to find out if they have anything for sale, in case anyone wants to buy a bottle afterwards. ;)

Washing the car this afternoon. Also need to sit down and figure out exactly which bottles I'm bringing. We will be having some Stranahan's. :)

Eric, do I need to find something to do Saturday afternoon or are you off work? And do we want to do the weekly Euro meet on Saturday night (how long does it normally last)? We need to keep 1 hour or so free to taste whiskey that night and leave time for people to get home. Also need to figure out where and when to meetup Sunday. I'll let you guys figure that out tomorrow night while I'm on the road.

Justin

[teetime4one]

i still need to install some parts on my car.
i can head to Mead right after work.
or?

[thesk8nmidget]

whatcha installing sean?

[elchicano318ti]

He needs his front sway bar to be installed. Well i will have my parts by then i guess i can wait and install them at erics place. I need to paint the mirrors anyway. So i need to know are we meeting at erics place on saturday? Should i bring my poker set? If we do i can bring some wings from pizza hut the boneless ones.

[thesk8nmidget]

no no sean is giving me his sway bars :) DUHH!

[kaydenver]

I'm work on Sat too! :mad:

5am to 2-3 pm?

I'll let you guys know:redface:

[elchicano318ti]

clay but we are going to meet up in the afternoon like around 5pm at erics. So i think you can make it. Ey i saw you today at colfaz at a shop.

[kaydenver]

clay but we are going to meet up in the afternoon like around 5pm at erics. So i think you can make it. Ey i saw you today at colfaz at a shop.

Ok I'll make it but I'm not stay late because I have to work on Sun 5am!!!

It's my friend's & his family shop! I help him sometime when he get busy.
Also working on my car too.

[elchicano318ti]

okay yea im going too, yea i might not stay late either. So are we meeting up saturday at erics? Sean and clay you guys wana drive up together?

Clay you should have let me know i live close to it like 5-10 mins away. Well yea i was gonna stop by and say whats up but i was in a hurry.

[teetime4one]

we should drive up together.
where should we meet at?

[elchicano318ti]

Well what time is good for you guys, i wanna say 5.

[teetime4one]

5 works for me.
i can stay for about 2 hours....then i have to get home.

[elchicano318ti]

yea i'll leave probably about the same time as you sean. Then clay has to leave early too. So i guess we are meeting up where? In the alley? or somewhere in I25?

[kaydenver]

In the alley easy for me
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[elchicano318ti]

ok then i guess it's in the alley. I'll paint my mirrors and see if i have time to install today or i'll wait till tomorrow.

[teetime4one]

the alley it is.
5pm
see you guys there. :)

[cali-ti]

if i have to work, it would be saturday at like 5pm. i'm still waiting to hear from my co-workers, i'll ping them again.

what do you need to install sean?

[teetime4one]

front sway bar.
should i buy extra parts?
i remember you said something about bushings...but, i can't remember.
i'm headed to BMW at 3pm to meet up with Cory.
we are installing a new window regulator in Cindy Lou's 330

[cali-ti]

ok, i obviously missed a bunch of posts, lol

looks like i should be work free, w00t!

[cali-ti]

i would check on endlinks and you might need some bolts since we used the big ones on the rear bar. i would suggest hardened ones (the ones on the back were 8.8) if you get them at a hardware store or wherever. you could even (gasp) get metric ones ;)

[teetime4one]

lol
i'll pick up all of the necessary shwag in a few hours.
right on

[elchicano318ti]

Well finally i got done painting the kitchen and cabinets, as well as grouting the bathroom tile floor, painting the bathroom, installing a new vanity and mirror. It took all day but i got it done. My mom has recently decided that she doesn't like the way our house looks so she changing everything .

Okay i got my parts in today. Didn't have time to paint the mirrors so i'll just take the paint with me and some clear coat, see if i can get it done at erics. Well see you guys tomorrow.

[teetime4one]

so, our meet was a good time.
justin's car turned out to be very nice indeed. the shop that repaired it did a great job.

there were some parts replaced...my plastics under the windshield wipers.
some upgraded...Dave's Depo headlights and clear corners.
and one fixed window regulator...hope it lasts this time Justin.

but, i don't think any pictures were taken. lol
good times MHTi crew...
right on

[elchicano318ti]

yea no pics were taken we basically forgot to do so. But we'll take some today when we go up to left hand canyon.

[cali-ti]

tour and drive were awesome, will post pics up later (justin will likey have some from the distillery as well - he also got a free bottle of whiskey after we helped out with the bottling and packing they were doing today).

[Borg561]

I definately had a great time. Wish I could have stayed longer, but there's always next time, and there will be a next time. Thanks for fixing the regulator Sean. Didn't realize how much I missed having a working window until the drive out there and I couldn't go to a drive-up ATM or through a drive-through.

It was nice meeting Dave and Clay (and Terry) as well. Definately some nice cars out there. Shoulda asked what kind of salary the job offer from the liquor vendor at Daveco would have been. Only took a handful of pictures Sunday after Stranahans, and they were as were were headed out to Boulder. Uploading pics to my computer now. Will take a little bit of time to crop and resize, but they will be up before I head to work this morning.

Justin

[teetime4one]

it was good meeting you too.
and thanks again for the taste testing...it was good stuff!

[elchicano318ti]

yea it was great meeting you justin. Thanks for the whiskey, little bit stronger than what i usually like but still it was cool. Ey Justin are your smoked corners from DDM?

[Borg561]

Ey Justin are your smoked corners from DDM?

They sure are. Think they were only $25 or so plus shipping.

Justin

[elchicano318ti]

yea i might order them but im still thinking if its worth it.