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 Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 10:19 AM
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yup!
and I just booked my hotel for the second week of the break too... 
phew... I was cutting it a bit short! 
Tim, thanks for the advice, I really need THAT kind of advice...   |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 10:55 AM
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With power of the Hand of Rozel and Chaos Cup behind me.....may the Desert Kings destroy all imposters for the Gumpta Cup. Or maybe I'll show up with the Dessert Kings--super flings  |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 11:37 AM
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From your PM, you made a great choice - Innsbruck is a spectacular place! Not terribly far from the beaches and the lie about pools there are truly easy on the eyes, esp. this time of year... Mz. Norse will be among the fellow beautiful ones there.... (now watch this be the year that every Canadian retiree shows up at Innsbruck and make the place look like a rejuvenation spa special or something!  |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 11:56 AM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: OK, Norse, thanks for the confirm (I think I made a note somewhere but was holding it just in case...)
From FLA Mall:
get on 417 Toll Road going east, travel past the airport and continue to Colonial Road exit, get off and head west to Sci Fi City - 6600 block of Colonial Road (might be best to ask at the hotel to see if there's not a quicker back road...)
See you on Friday!
Jim
There is a fairly direct route, avoiding most tolls and the traffic shouldn't be bad on the weekend (on weekdays, fuggidaboudit - it'll take you an hour to drive 8 miles )
1) Take Sandlake Road east from the Florida Mall. It crosses Orange Ave and becomes McCoy Rd (just keep going)
2) You will come to an on-ramp for 528 (The Beeline) eastbound. Take it and you will shortly encounter a 75 cent toll plaza - stay to the right.
3) Follow the signs to SR 436 (Semoran Blvd) north. (It's the same exit as the airport, but you veer to the left instead of the right, after you exit to the right. Just follow the signs, it's easy.  )
4) Stay on 436 North for a long time.... (okay, only about 6-7 miles - weekdays it seems 10 times as long)
(LANDMARK: You will pass under the 408 / East-West Expressway after about 5 miles - keep going. )
5) You will come to SR 50 / Colonial Blvd in another mile or so.
6) Turn Right (east) and the Home Depot shopping center with SciFi City is about a 1/4 mile ahead on the right!
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Slightly more complicated, but avoiding the toll altogether, replace #2 and #3 above with:
2) Continue on McCoy Rd until it ends at Tradeport Dr. (only another mile or two)
2 1/3) Turn left on Tradeport, stay in the right lane. After about a 1/4 mile, turn right onto Frontage Rd.
2 2/3) Frontage Rd - follow this until you reach 436/Semoran. (It curves around a bit for a mile or so, but you will get a scenic view of the toll plaza you're avoiding somewhere in the middle )
3) Turn left on 436/Semoran and continue with #4 above.
Hope this helps! No need for payment  Just bring something from Mrs. Fields Cookies or Auntie Annes Pretzels... |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 12:06 PM
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Oops - forgot to mention - on Friday, to get to the host hotel / Devaneys Pub, DO NOT take Semoran to 50! Yikes! Traffic will be at it's worst!
Instead, follow #1 and #2 in the first set of instructions above, then stay on the Beeline. You'll come to 417 toll road.
3) Take 417 north (going thru one .50 toll), until you come to 408/East-West Expressway
4) Take the 408 East, (another .50 toll) and you'll come to the Alafaya Blvd. exit.
(side note - Take the 408 West from here and you'll come to 436/Semoran Blvd - pick up from LANDMARK in instructions above to get to the venue)
5) Take a left on Alafaya (north) and you'll come to SR 50 after a mile or so.
6) Host hotel is left on 50. Devaneys Pub is just across 50 on the right (in the shopping plaza.)
This is so cool I drive this route every day back from work |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 12:45 PM
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 04:59 PM
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But for those of you who are going to make it - has anyone tried the Streetbowl varient?
I'm working on a street, complete with some buildings. (Actually, think it'll be a bit modular - so it can be a Street Intersection Bowl - with 4 teams!)
Anyone inerested in trying it out this weekend?
I'll post some pics when I get it further along...
EDIT: Woot! The reason I can work on this is I FINISHED PAINTING MY TEAM! Almost a whole week early! |
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Posted: Mar 07, 2005 - 10:47 PM
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| I'm bummed that my wife is going to have better weather here in Oregon than I'll be experiencing there in Florida. |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2005 - 08:52 AM
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redjack wrote: But for those of you who are going to make it - has anyone tried the Streetbowl varient?
Uhnn... Troy, you just failed your first BB pub quiz... (too funny really! I chuckled almost aloud...)
Norse and Louis (et al) were the authors of the Streetbowl version and will happily kick your butt all evening as they teach you the game... please bring your pitch - I would love to see it and I'm sure they would as well - being the proud parents they are and all....
See you guys in a few days!
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Posted: Mar 08, 2005 - 08:53 AM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: redjack wrote: But for those of you who are going to make it - has anyone tried the Streetbowl varient?
Uhnn... Troy, you just failed your first BB pub quiz... (too funny really! I chuckled almost aloud...)
Norse and Louis (et al) were the authors of the Streetbowl version and will happily kick your butt all evening as they teach you the game... please bring your pitch - I would love to see it and I'm sure they would as well - being the proud parents they are and all....
See you guys in a few days!
OMM
 thing is, while I accept at least partial responsibility for SB, you all ought to know I finished last at my own inaugural tournament last year..
man, I suck at SB.. just like Jervis with BB... |
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snotsngrots wrote: I'm bummed that my wife is going to have better weather here in Oregon than I'll be experiencing there in Florida.
Don't bet your last dollar Snots - it may be windy and cloudy for part of the time but the sun doesn't hide for long stretches here... which the State of Florida PR dept. loves to tell us all the )(*&(*&^) time! |
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