just a thought anyone comming from out of town might want to watch the speed limit and expect lots of traffic i think the bristol race is that weekend atleast that is what they said at work today

Yup the Sharpie 500 is that weekend -8/26- so it will be busy busy with traffic. Good to know for the outsiders to plan for delays.

I got the days off for sure. I will be there and buddy with grand cherokee.

ItÆs good to see that so many of you are going to be able to make it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />



In light of the news of the Bristol Race, IÆm darn-glad that I only have to travel as far as Abingdon, before then turning west on Rt.58à in the opposite direction. --- Over the years, IÆve hit that traffic a few times before, and know firsthand what itÆs like to spend 4-hours to go less than half-of-a-mile. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

For anyone that has to go anywhere near Bristol itself, I would STRONGLY SUGGEST investigating an alternate routeà

Perhaps Doug can offer some possibilities.



And just in case anyone was wonderingà
My home computer is still out of commission, so I have absolutely no way to access any of the software that I typically like to play with. --- It looks like The 1st Annual ReCALLAbration Run might just have to do without any of my usual fancy-pants graphics.

IÆll see what I can do about cannibalizing the thread from our last Callalantee event to at least supply some directions, useful links, etc. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


Cheers!
Smiley

well i have to drive right past the race track on my way to work everyday so ill be using a lot of colorful words for that week until the 25th and the traffic starts about a week before the race

I might be in. I'll know closer to event.

same here. but i will try extra hard to make it even if it's only for saturday.

roger

Well hurry up already!!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


OT - Smiley, what happened to your computer?

Roy - I was about to do exactly that û buuuuuuuuuuuuuuutà



àyou ought to know better than to ask me a question that requires more than a yes-or-no answer! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />


Anyway - hereÆs the story:

Kathy and I returned home from work one evening to learn that our power had been out earlier that dayà but æNo big dealÆ, right? û After all, itÆs happened plenty of times before without causing any problems (Well, nothing more than adjusting a few clocks, anyhow). --- So, I didnÆt give it another thought - and it wasnÆt until about 8PM that I even discovered that my computer was off.

Still, æNo big dealÆ, because I have a battery back-up/surge protector with a USB interface that shuts everything down automatically if the charge drops within 10% of the batteryÆs full capacity (assuming that no one is there to do it manually) û so I figured that the power must have been off for more than about an hour or so, and the system had simply done itÆs jobà

That is, until I went to start it back up.


In a nutshellà While I appear to have all of my hard drive functions intact (it starts up and seems to read from the drive just fine) - IÆm getting absolutely no PS2 or USB input recognition; therefore, I have no mouse or keyboard capabilities, and hence canÆt get my monitor awaken out of sleep mode. --- ItÆs nothing but a blank screen on System de Smiley.

If IÆm lucky, all I need is a new mother board û but since the 64bit MBs have been out for quite a while now, finding a Socket-A board locally has proven to be rather more difficult that IÆd imagined. --- Apparently IÆm either going to have to order something from the current (rather limited) selection off of the æAntiquated ListÆ at Tiger Direct (et al), or upgrade to the more recent (and considerably more $pendy) 64bit architecture - meaning IÆll have to get a new mother board & processor.

And as always, money is pretty tight at Villa de Smiley û especially now with TWO Isuzus to feed and care for - so Option (socket-)A is looking a whole lot more likely. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />


* Hmmmmmmm...
I wonder if I could have written a post that included those Callalantee links in the same amount of time (???)
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />


<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sorry to say we can't make it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />I just found out we have a family reunion that weekend.
If it can be changed that'll be good.If not,then I'll be there when I can,I won't be there on saturday at all.
Turtle
Turtle Too
Roadrunner and Myself will be doing family stuff.

Sorry
to put this into the equation,I'll still set up camping etc.

bansil