Last-minute trip by HinTN and he’s hoping to meet up with some folks. This is all I know:
South Bay, technically Pacific Coast highway just north of Half Moon Bay
This Tuesday, 17 October 2023.
Reservation at La Costanera. 5:30 PM
Anybody think they might be able to make it?
I have HinTN’s email and phone number for anyone who is interested.
Totally open thread.
WaterGirl
TOTALLY OPEN THREAD.
Yutsano
As much as I wish I could…a little too far south for a last minute trip.
But since the thread be open…
I have an interview with my dream job at the IRS on Thursday!!!
Gin & Tonic
@Yutsano: Jackbooted thug?
WaterGirl
@Yutsano: I was about to ask what your dream job is but I see Gin & Tonic got there first .:-)
HumboldtBlue
@Yutsano:
Fantastic!
Like the game between Oregon and Washington, what a great game.
wmd
I could possibly go for a ride up the coast on Tuesday. Wonder what the tide will be like that afternoon, there are some good tide pools nearby if it’s a low/negative tide period. Looks like high tide of 1.7m at 12:12, low tide of -0.1m at 7:10 PM… negative low tide so I if I go I’d shoot for 4:30 and poke around (should be about 0.3 m then).
WaterGirl
@wmd: If you want HinTN’s contact info, just send me an email message.
Lyrebird
@Yutsano:
Go Yutsano!!!
schrodingers_cat
@Yutsano: Wishing you luck. Paws crossed.
TheOtherHank
That’s just down the road from where I live, but I’m currently in Santa Barbara. I’ll see if I can get back north in time for the meetup.
Oh, and the food at La Costanera is really good. For those who imbibe, I wholeheartedly recommend their Pisco Sours
WaterGirl
@TheOtherHank: Oh, I hope you can make it back!
send me an email so I can share HinTN’s contact info?
eclare
@Yutsano:
Do you get issued an AK with this job?
Kidding. I work in tax. I met a guy on vacation who worked for the criminal division of the IRS. He interviewed Dean Martin!
Best of luck!
zhena gogolia
@Yutsano: Great! I assume this was the good news you teased us with the other day.
Sister Golden Bear
It’s not far over the hill from where I live, but it’s a little early for me, so I’ll need to see if 1) I can leave early, and 2) what traffic will be like. (With only two ways into Half Moon Bay, both narrow winding roads — one from SF and one from San Mateo — traffic can be quite congested at rush hour.)
Sister Golden Bear
@Yutsano: Good luck!
trollhattan
Will wave and note ironically being in South Bay this morning for a cross country meet.
Anybody who makes a meetup, have fun! I’ll be in a different valley.
TheOtherHank
@Sister Golden Bear:
I mean, you could come up from Santa Cruz…
But that might be a bit out of the way.
WaterGirl
@Sister Golden Bear: You deserve half a day off! :-)
HinTN
@Sister Golden Bear: I plan to leave Mountain View at 3:30 and 🤞 be in Half Moon Bay by 5. @TheOtherHank: I’m definitely having one of those Pisco Sours! Cannot over imbibulate because I’ve got to get back to Sunnyvale in reasonable shape. 🙄
HinTN
@Yutsano: Knock that interview out of the park!
Origuy
It’s a good hour+ at that time from San Jose. Not sure I can but I’ll try. It would be easier if it were on this side of the hills.
Andrya
I’m definitely interested. I have sent Watergirl an email.
Yutsano
Thanks folks! I’ve already had a chance to talk to the interviewer a bit so hopefully that will bode well for me. I appreciate all’y’all wishing me well! I just need to get my hairs did tomorrow for sure!
pacem appellant
@HinTN: Oy! You will be in my hometown!!! But I’m at the doctor’s that day for a surgery consultation. Have fun!
jmh
@HinTN: Half Moon Bay is a little far for a weekday. I live in the East Bay (Castro Valley). If you ever want to do a meetup a little closer (we could do Indian food in Fremont), let me know [email protected]
Mr. Bemused Senior
Hooray! Count me in.
NotMax
@Yutsano
Seized megayacht on board caretaker?
;)
Jackie
We saw this coming, but BOOOOO anyway ☹️
MisterForkbeard
Fuckers. The ONE sfbay meet up in forever and you schedule it on the only worn trip of the year. :)
Hope you all have a good time!
sab
Luddite here. I took a long long nap this afternoon and woke up this evening and my internet didn’t work.
Rebooted my system multiple times. Nada result.
Then poking around on my Nook I discovered that my wifi had been turned off. No idea how that happened but it had happened. Flicked the switch to turn wifi back on and everything works. How did it phuck up? I don’t know. This is why I am a luddite. An hour of my time booting and rebooting, then find a switch I would never have switched was switched to wifi off. Switched it back on, but what a colossal waste of time
ETA I do realize that you non-luddites beavering away on the internet are what makes it work.
NotMax
@sab
Gremlins. Definitely gremlins.
They get their jollies and move on.
;)
grumbles
Oh, hey, this time I saw the announcement before it happens.
I might be able to make it.