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It has come to my attention that there are large numbers of jatraqueros and jatraqueras living within a comparatively small (by Canadian standards) radius of me. Some have expressed interest in gathering.
A few considerations are: 1) the school year affects some people (not me), what with free time allotments, funds for travel, and of course moving at the end of the academic year. 2) the work week affects some people (me), for whom fun is pretty much confined to weekends. 3) not everyone can travel on a whim, even with the relatively short distances we're talking about here.
Given these things I suggest we convene on a major urban centre. That is to say, Toronto. Everyone ought to be able to get there pretty easily, since it's a major transport hub for planes, trains, and buses.
So. When? Some weekend, obviously, but precisely which weekend should probably be decided by the school people, who I guess are getting dangerously close to finals and whatnot.
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6th of May! That makes it pretty easy. I keep forgetting that Waterloo's terms end earlier than everyone else's because of co-op. From the second week of April onward, my weekends are free and I can make one of them a three-day weekend if people want to commence with the festivities on a Friday. Let's see what everyone else says.
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Toronto! I can get to Toronto! We've been thinking of taking Thomas to the science museum up there.
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I'm not in Canada, but can I come anyway? I could swing Toronto, although I've never done the crossing country border thing by myself. It basically depends on the weekend, but I would like to come.
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Of course! The gathering isn't exclusively FOR Canadians, it's just happening in Canada. If Telp doesn't see this thread I'll email him or something.
Tick, do you mean the Ontario Science Centre, or the Royal Ontario Museum? Because the latter has dinosaurs! Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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You should take him to both, provided the construction at the ROM allows for the viewing of dinosaur bones.
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He didn't seem too interested in the dinos at the Buffalo Science Museum, but the exhibit of art made up of gears/pulleys/found objects fascinated him. He's more of a train kid than a dinosaur kid. So far, anyway. Posts: 5422 | Registered: Dec 2001
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What kind of little kid doesn't love dinosaurs? (I am betraying my secret dinosaur love here.) Though I confess that planes and trains are mighty cool too.
Anyway, it'd be cool to met you and your family if you can make it. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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I'm thinking of going to Burlington this Friday for an Ikea trip. One of my friends lives very close to that Ikea. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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I need to go to an Ikea at some point to decorate our fabulous new pad, and Toronto is only 5 or 6 hours from here. I won't have enough money for a big shopping trip for a while yet, though. When's you thinkin?
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I don't think the latter is completely closed, isn't their a new exhibit with fossils showing the connection between dinos and birds? Something along those lines.
I'm interested, Toronto being so close and all. I don't really know what my schedule is going to be like (some things are still up in the air), but I do know that March is right out.
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March is right out for me, too. I only have one unbooked weekend this month and I'm saving it for the purchasing of important household items.
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I am sure given time I will like Dinosaurs a litte better. I do have a stuffed dino I like but I am not even 2 yet! Besides power tools are much more fun.
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Twink, I live in Burlington! Not near the Ikea, though I know how to get there. Three most frequently asked questions in a Burlington gas station: where's the highway, where's the booze, and where's the Ikea.
I am definitely on board for a Hatrack CanaCon. Not this month, but there's a large number of April/May days I'd be free. Preferably May, since I have an exam mid-April.
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My Ikea trip is the day after tomorrow, but I'm sure I could be persuaded to return there later. I'm sure we can come up with neater things to do, though. Like, seeing the dinosaurs at the ROM. *cough cough*
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It's okay. When I was living in Toronto last summer I went to see them twice in the space of a few days. I don't desperately need to go again. But I'm like a little kid when it comes to dinosaurs. And airplanes. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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I'd want to go to the Science Centre more. It's interactive and such. Can you imagine a bunch of Jatraqueros on the Earthquake Bridge? Or trying out the talking typewriter? Besides, I haven't been to the Science Centre since I was about 11, and I need to go again.
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I don't remember the last time I was at the Science Centre. We could go there with Ticklet, maybe. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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From what I remember of the science centre in Toronto it's actually pretty good. Much better than the one in Ottawa, which seems to go by the theme of "Science? We don't need Science!"
It does have trains though.
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Well, this earthquake bridge thing you mention does sound awfully appealing, but I have a wedding to go to in April...
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The last time I went to the science centre my friends and I all dressed up like the stereotypes of our professions. The computer scientist and I were demonstrating the concept of relative motion to children by walking up the down escalator when the security guards tossed us out for setting a bad example.
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If by "disguise" you mean "not a lab coat and goggles", then yes. It fun while it lasted though, everyone just seemed to assume we worked there Posts: 3243 | Registered: Apr 2002
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I would probably be able to come if it was on a public transit line...(as the OSC is) and I would probably bring along a friend, if that's okay.
Depends on the day, though. If we do April 1st-April 2nd, I won't be able to come. (Robot competition at the Hershey Cantre, Mississauga. If anyone wants to drop in and see that, they're more than welcome)
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I can't do April 2nd. My university friends are convening for a massive party to celebrate a bunch of things (most notably two birthdays).
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We were actually in Burlington a few weeks ago for an Ikea trip.
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I'm sure we can come up with neater things to do, though. Like, seeing the dinosaurs at the ROM. *cough cough*
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