[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-18 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
It shouldn't be "part of the experience". It's poor planning and poor management of the consignment area on the part of the organizers. This same thing happened at VCF "West" last year and it was a catastrophe. There was a line snaking down the hallway at least a fifty people deep and they were

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
> On 04/17/2023 9:40 PM GMT Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > 3am? If that was happening around here then the shotgun would get > involved. Must be mating season. The next-to-last time I was in Canada, they let me sleep in all the way to 5am. Also note that they were *right* outside the

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:17 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Glad the photos help. I hope the average general public wasn't too > disappointed or discouraged by the crowd on Saturday - but I tried to think > of the positive side, of there still being interest in vinta

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Most of these photos were from the 9032 room, not the ballroom's exhibits, but I will share my photos asap too as will others. B On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 3:18 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Glad the photos help. I hope the average general public wasn't too > disappointed or discouraged by the

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
Glad the photos help. I hope the average general public wasn't too disappointed or discouraged by the crowd on Saturday - but I tried to think of the positive side, of there still being interest in vintage computing at all.A "web cam" preview of the consignment might have helped that line - so

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
W2HX, Im hosted by WordPress - and I've noticed this about their sites, the hyperlinks are sometimes "not selectable" (this includes links in images too). I sometimes I have to "wiggle the page" (scroll up or down a bit) first. I'm not sure if it a little easter egg they do to penalize Windows

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread W2HX via cctalk
: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: W2HX Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos Thanks for taking the time to document the show. I went to the link provided and only PART 1 and PART 6 link to other pages. Are parts 2-5 just not written yet? Or a bug in the html? 73 Eugene

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Steve, Those "kind of geese-bird" geese are indeed geese, known (appropriately enough) as Canadian Honkers. I usually have a gaggle or at least a pair hanging around the pond on my farm as they migrate through. It's not at all surprising that you could hear them 5 stories up. You could probably

[cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos

2023-04-17 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Thanks for taking the time to document the show. I went to the link provided and only PART 1 and PART 6 link to other pages. Are parts 2-5 just not written yet? Or a bug in the html? 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos -Original Message---