A little far off...BUT ! YORK, PA. 2010 !!!

[marie]

I don't know about you two Star and Fred. ;) It usually takes us ladies longer to get ready to go somewhere. Add to that I had to drive 40 miles to get here from my hotel. And I still beat you here!!!! How much primping do you guys do? ;)
Hmmm maybe the last one here buys drinks for tonight game. ;)

[figbo]

Originally Posted by mcl

I don't know about you two Star and Fred. ;) It usually takes us ladies longer to get ready to go somewhere. Add to that I had to drive 40 miles to get here from my hotel. And I still beat you here!!!! How much primping do you guys do? ;)
Hmmm maybe the last one here buys drinks for tonight game. ;)

Stan is an old dog,give him a break,or is it a brake?

[tudorman8276]

...with Fred (Latrodectus), Mike B and his mom, Marie (mcl), met with Blaine Mattison who had a table set-up, met with "theken" who also had a table set-up.

...we just ate a great supper together.

...and, I think we are all headed BACK to the show for a "presentation/lecture" from one of our own-Dell Deaton!

...more later!

Stan.

[figbo]

Originally Posted by tudorman8276

...with Fred (Latrodectus), Mike B and his mom, Marie (mcl), met with Blaine Mattison who had a table set-up, met with "theken" who also had a table set-up.

...we just ate a great supper together.

...and, I think we are all headed BACK to the show for a "presentation/lecture" from one of our own-Dell Deaton!

...more later!

Stan.

Pics,Stan,please!
I wanna see Marie's face lit up after a glass of wine!!

[ducatidoc]

Originally Posted by figbo

Pics,Stan,please!
I wanna see Marie's face lit up after a glass of wine!!

+1, with or without the wine, I'm not picky.

[tudorman8276]

...JUST returned from meeting and listening to Mr. Dell Deaton about the Bond series of watches and respective display that Dell had set-up at the NATIONAL Watch and Clock Museum.

...I introduced myself to Dell, as we had never met previously, and only communicated thru TRF.

...it just so happens that Dell purchased a 7206 from me for his personal Explorer that was also on exhibit with the original "Flemming Explorer". Dell actually met with the Flemming family and brought the watch and other material to the US just LAST month. The watches/exhibit will be on tour for somewhere in the neighborhood of a year.

...as it turned out, Dell and his gracious wife gave myself, Fred (Latrodectus), and Mike B a personal tour thru the exhibit with many of the stories/history associated with the various watches in the exhibit!

...unfortunately, NO PIC's allowed in that particular exhibit...

...on Friday, we hope to return to the museum and view the remaining watches and clocks that we did not have time to see.

...MORE to follow!

Stan/Fred/Mike B

[nauticajoe]

Is everyone enjoying the convention thus far? Must be having a blast! Depending on how my day goes at work, I may take a 1/2 day & make the trek up. Hope to see you guys soon. I've got Mark T's cel. So, I'll call him to confirm.

[train-time]

On my way up to the Convention Center NOW!!

[marie]

Originally Posted by train-time

On my way up to the Convention Center NOW!!

We will all be at The Left Bank Restaurant in York in just a few minutes.

[train-time]

Originally Posted by mcl

We will all be at The Left Bank Restaurant in York in just a few minutes.

Thanks for the invite Marie. Can't make the dinner. I drove up in the morning at the last minute and spent a few hours at the show, but had to head back to the DC area for the evening. Hope you guys have a great time!!

[Mike B]

Good day everyone!
We all had a GREAT time at the dinner this evening ! Meeting everyone was quite a pleasure. I haven't laughed this hard in such a long time, it's like we were all family. I had such a GREAT time everyone kept talking until the wee hours into the night hahaha.
The food was great, and a BIG thank you to Dan (unclesally) for setting this up !!

Right now we're all back at the hotel at 12:30AM (Fred is sitting next to me as I type this lol), and have been spending all night talking watches, jobs, vacation spots, and just everything in general. I can't say again what a great time we've all had this week. It's just simply amazing. I now can't wait for the next GTG lol :) :)

Tomorrow AM we have one "last breakfast" before everyone heads their separate ways.
For those of you that I will not see tomorrow, have a safe travels back home, and talk to everyone soon!!

Mike

[Dan Pierce]

Having met most in the group already I'm sure it's been a blast.
Can't wait to see some pics.
dP

[onkyo]

Hope everyone had a great time ..... sorry I couldn't make it but work has been extremely busy for me recently.

Look forward to the next one.

Lets see some pics!!

[theloxmyth]

Originally Posted by onkyo

Hope everyone had a great time ..... sorry I couldn't make it but work has been extremely busy for me recently.

Look forward to the next one.

Lets see some pics!!

Excuses, excuses!

May as well keep these in this tread.

On the way to...


Great gas mileage...


Arrived alive...




The owner was taking pics with HIS family, so I got one with him, too!


Got there early and went into "relax" mode...

...but doc sent Dan over to interrupt me.

Sorry I'm not better at red-eye fixing...

Marie...


David...


Dan...


Fred...


Linda, Mike, Fred and Nikon...


Sorry, Jimmy (top of head), Stan, Blaine...


Mm, tasty...


Homeward bound...


It was a great time with a great bunch of friends!

Thanks, yunz guys, n'at : )



Fred has good pics coming!

[unclesallie]

Hey Craig! Well, the NAWCC National Convention is over, and I for one had a wonderful time. I got together with a whole group of wonderful people and we partied at Texas Roadhouse and then at a wonderful restaurant at the Left Bank. I know Fred, Stan, Mike, and Linda had a great time over at the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Pa., but I will let them tell more about their adventures when they get home and online. I cannot tell you what a fine, high energy time this was for all of us. We talked watches, and more importantly, about life, the universed and everything.
I only had my iPhone, so here's some primitive pics.

Best,
Dan

(much better ones to come tomorrow from Fred)

These first pics are all from Blaine Mattison's wonderful collection at the NAWCC....what a great guy!

[theloxmyth]

Originally Posted by unclesallie

I only had my iPhone, so here's some primitive pics.
(much better ones to come tomorrow from Fred)

Crayon on paper would look better!

Starbucks Cafe Verona is the one I was 'tinkin of.

We want pics! We want pics!

[unclesallie]

ok..next set..........our dinner party at the Left Bank Restaurant in York...where Marie picked out some great red wine, and a few of us drank some great German wine(Gewurtztraminer), whilst others just DRANK!

In these pics you will see Mike B, Fred, Marie, Stan, David, Dan, Blaine, a new friend, Jimmy, Linda, and LAST but NOT LEAST, Craig the Locksmith himself! A table of 10 friends, pefecto.......

[unclesallie]

and Finally(for me), the Show...which was expensive as hell to get into! $60.00 per year membership PLUS, $70.00 admittance fee for the Show, and if you want to go early, there's even more money to be paid...but the show was huge, security good, dealers pretty friendly, lots of 'dealer talk'..and since I know some, including our good friend Blaine Mattison(pictured here with some of his great watches)(who also gave me a 1/2 long instruction session on vintage rolexes and dials, as well as practical tips on what to buy at what price point) it was fun. One dealer friend of mine wore his original Milgauss one day, and a gold Daytona the next....total value of the two watches? About $200,000.00......... why can't they be MINE?

Anyway, here's the pics:

[unclesallie]

Ok Craig. You satisified crazy boy?
(cause that's all the pics i've got, there ain't no more)....but Fred will have lots of high quality pics, late tonight or sometime tomorrow...stay tuned!!

[marie]

Great pictures guys! I just got back from the watch and clock museum. It was amazing to see all the old time pieces. I fly out in the morning and will try to get my pictures up tomorrow night. I had an amazing time. So much laughter with a great group of people!

[datejust1]

Great PIcs! I can see u had a great time! ;)

[theloxmyth]

Originally Posted by unclesallie

Ok Craig. You satisified crazy boy?
(cause that's all the pics i've got, there ain't no more)....but Fred will have lots of high quality pics, late tonight or sometime tomorrow...stay tuned!!

[ducatidoc]

I just hope the server doesn't crash under the weight of Fred's bandwidth requirements.

[djhiram]

Looks like an amazing time thanks for sharing the pics

[Mike B]

Originally Posted by ducatidoc

I just hope the server doesn't crash under the weight of Fred's bandwidth requirements.

Ya, Fred took well over 300 pictures of the event (well, of the 4 days we were there ).

We got back to CT around 6:30PM or so (we left at 11:30 or so, and ended up getting stuck in New York traffic merging onto I-95 for about 2 hours. It was the WORST road congestion I have EVER been in, EVER !!! I couldn't WAIT to get out of that city (no offence to any NY'ers but I could NEVER drive a car in that city everyday). The traffic back-up's getting on, off and past the GW bridge was simply unbearable !
I'll be getting my pictures up at some point tomorrow, as for right now I'm hitting the bed, cause I'm beat :)

[unclesallie]

Mike:
I can relate. I've been going to and from NYC for the last month or so on business, at least 7 trips, and I now always take the train....I realize that may not have been an option for you, but the traffic build ups around Manhattan have become truly ugly over the last year or so. SO, get some sleep. We all enjoyed seeing you and Linda, and you've earned a good night's rest. Talk at ya later!
Best,
Dan

[Dan Pierce]

Thanks for sharing, looks like a blast.
dP

[ducatidoc]

Nobody put up the group wrist shot yet. I think Fred probably got a better pic of this when he checks in. Some scrawny old curmudgen brought a rectangular watch to a Rolex-fest.

[Mike B]

Well, no pictures yet (just got up, and have to go into work in a half hour lol). BUT, I do have one, and Stan and Fred will appreciate this :

[marie]

Originally Posted by Mike B

Well, no pictures yet (just got up, and have to go into work in a half hour lol). BUT, I do have one, and Stan and Fred will appreciate this :

That's what SHE said!

I am reading this on the plane before take off. I laughed out loud when I read that!!! Miss everyone already!