Guess who's coming to dinner?

[Oldfart]

Mrs Oldfart and I are coming visiting in August.

After a week's pilgrimage at the holy place, Oshkosh, we will drop in on a lady in Florida.

A prominent senior Pixie threatened me with knee-capping if we didn't pop in to the other end of the country, so we will be at Niagara on Saturday 12th August hoping to catch up with PF and whoever wants to come across for a coffee or a beer.

There have been attempts to get Pixies together in the past, notably the mid-Western get-together a few years ago. Instead, this will be a low-key getting together with people who I have known for the best part of five years .

I take the opportunity of my 5000th post to extend the invitation to those who wish to join us. Flights and hotel have been booked, so the ball's in your courts.

[jseal]

Oldfart,

Most excellent! I'm sure you'll have a grand time. Welcome! :)

[Lilith]

Who ever the bitch is in Florida, I am sooooooooooooo jealous :D

[sodaklostsoul]

Booger and I will bring PF's barrel for him. :D

[Lilith]

OMG...the visual. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease can I come be the one to push him over??? :D

[sodaklostsoul]

I'm sure Steph would share the privilege with you Lilith. :)

[Oldfart]

The chorus goes

"Roll out the barrel, let's have a barrel of fun"

[imaginewithme]

Oh wow, have a blast! How exciting to get to meet other pixies!!!

[osuche]

Oh, how I wish I still lived in Ohio!

OF, if you ever want to visit the West Coast it would be my honor to host.

[Steph]

Who needs a barrel?

Congrats on 5,000, OF!

[scotzoidman]

Somewhere between the Fla panhandle & Niagara, if you happen to find yourself switching planes near a certain city (you'll hear the music), give me a shout...I'm sure I can scare up some butterscotch schnappes just to ease the journey...

[Neige]

I am not sure where I'll be at that time, but if I am in Montreal, it would be quite close for me to go. Are you going to be on the American or the Canadian side of the Falls? I've only ever been on the Canadian side...

[Fangtasia]

Ya lucky bastard!! Wish i was going tooooo

[Lilith]

I wish you would stow away in their luggage :D

[Fangtasia]

Can we say MAJOR excess baggage LMAO

[Oldfart]

Alasse,

Just stay out of my boogie board bag.

Sprite, we'll be on the US side, but may hop over the border on Friday if it's do-able, just to get the stamp in the passport.

[Steph]

Are you going to be on the American or the Canadian side of the Falls?

Canuckian.

If you can get a bus to Union Station, we can set you up! Pixies Party in Niagara Falls (PPIN) with a quick cruise through Toronto.

[LixyChick]

Mr. Lixy and I are going to try to be there OF! It's very dependant on Mr. Lixy's health at the time. He's still recovering from his last hospital stay...but doing pretty well to date.

We've never been to Niagra falls. That won't be the highlight though. Meeting you and Mrs. OF and PF and everybody will be grade A fun!

It's about an 6-8 hour drive for us so we'll stay the weekend I suppose. Hope to see ya...and anyone else who attends!

[Oldfart]

We're hoping you can be there, both of you. I look at the calendar and it's so close it's scary.

Mrs Oldfart is getting into the spirit, wanting to meet the people I've spent so long on the 'puter with.

[Lilith]

I'm very excited too. Please give Mrs. Oldfart my love and tell her I am very anxious to see you guys again!

[imaginewithme]

I wannnnnnaaaaaa go see everyone tooooooooo at Niagra Falls!!!!!!!

What fun ya'll will have!

[sodaklostsoul]

Hey PixieSprite.....like Steph said, if you get to Toronto I can pick you up when Boog and I pick up Steph........only you might have to fight Solon for the other window seat!!!!! :rofl:

[Steph]

I did a quick search for hotel rooms yesterday. The second place I looked at offered a suite for eight adults for $235 American. I hadn't thought of something like that but it could perhaps work?

Besides the obvious attraction, there's casinos in the area & wine-tasting tours. If anyone is interested in the wine, lemme know & I'll do some research.

[sodaklostsoul]

I always wanted to go wine tasting, but I don't drink anymore.

But a little casino trip would be fun. :D

[Steph]

It's not Vegas like Boog & I talked about . . . :D

I don't gamble, I just wanted to go to the desert to find peyote. I digress!

[sodaklostsoul]

I only play the slots.......cha ching!!!! And I don't spend much, I just like watching people and seeing pretty colored lights......no I have'nt been smoking wacky weed. :D

Hmmm, we could find you a desert nomad to lead you to peyote. LOL

[Oldfart]

A quick question for you Canadians, that is, you people from Canadia.

Cross border traffic between the US and Canada is just a show of ID for citizens of the two countries, but do we have to jump through the hoops to get a visa for Canada?

Departure and arrival taxes were also mentioned.

We've had it suggested that the Canadian side of the Falls is more scenic, and if it makes for a nicer venue, are there any solid reasons why not?

[Steph]

I hadn't thought about international visitors, OF. My bad.

I've just jumped on here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/visit.html

Americans can cross without a passport but if there's a criminal record involved, you'd be better off with one. A driver's licence suffices for the next 18 months or so, I believe.

[scotzoidman]

It occurs to me, just throwing in my :2cents: , considering Oz & Canada's mutual status as former British Empire subjects might be enough to grease the skids of the customs procedures? Just a thought, seems that at some time in the not-to-distant past that crossing the borders may have fairly easy, could that still be?

[Oldfart]

Mrs OF's checking through the red-tape factories.

We can but hope.

[lizzardbits]

*sigh* I wish that i could go...I even checked out cost of travel/flights....But I am meeting up with a very special Pixie of my own, over yonder and 'cross the pond.

Mayhem again will let me have puter access while I am over at his place, so I'll be checking often on how great your travels were, Mr. and Mrs. OldFart! :D:D:D Safe journies!

[LixyChick]

Mr. Lixy would probably not want to share a room with anyone. Not because he's anti-social...just that he needs "personal time in the library" more often than most peeps would. I know you'll all understand.

Still have this trip in our sites if all stays as it is now.

[Oldfart]

I was hoping to take over a coffee shop or patisserie for the day.

The Popular Front for the Continued Liberation of Pixies (PFCLP) may be the appropriate instrument for this.

[LixyChick]

OK...I'll be the dummy who asks...

OF? What's a patisserie?














*frantically checking my Webster's Collegiate"

[Winston77]

patisserie




pa·tis·se·rie [ pə tíssəree ] (plural pa·tis·se·ries)


noun

Definition:

1. bake shop: a bakery that specializes in pastries and cakes


2. cakes: sweet pastries or cakes collectively


[Late 16th century. < French pâtisserie, modern form of Old French pastiserie < pasticier "make pastry" < late Latin pasta (see paste1)]

[PantyFanatic]

Ya don't say. :rolleyes:
LMAO


.....The Popular Front for the Continued Liberation of Pixies (PFCLP) may be the appropriate instrument for this.
My question, (knowing the sly mind of the author :cool: ) there’s more to that than I’m catching. I didn’t know Pixies needed liberation. :spin:


lol

[scotzoidman]

Maybe he meant libation?

[Oldfart]

The focus word was "Continued".

With the world trying to to turn us into bland conformists, Pixies is our insturment

of survival as offbeat individuals.

But libation works for me.

[PantyFanatic]

Here! Here! :wine:

:nana: :nana:

[dicksbro]

Mrs. DB and myself are trying to work things out now for a quick trip east. We've never seen Niagara Falls and we'd love to meet several Pixies. :)

I was ready to go start the car, but she said I was a wee bit early. :(

[sodaklostsoul]

Very cool DB!!! Booger and I waved as we went by your exit off of I-80 yesterday.

[Oldfart]

It looks like it's going to be a Canadian side meeting.

Plans still under formation.

[LixyChick]

The db's are coming....the db's are coming!

That would be so cool db! I'm keeping my hopes up that we'll be able to make it!