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Get On The Bus! SF Tiki Crawl 2003 Tiki Bus
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02/22/2003
Ladies And Gentlemen: *Do you want to Crawl in style? Comfort? Then I present for your consideration: Check it out: Now...I hear you say: "Surely all of this luxury an comfort must come at a terrible price!" Not so, my friends! If you act now, here's the deal: If we get 45 people on board, then it's just $20 per person! For four hours! Imagine: you'd spend almost that much on a bunch of crowded cabs! That's less than the price of two Hurricanes at the Tonga Room! And the party never stops. If we get only 35 people, just $25. And only five bucks per person with a full bus for each additional hour. I've got it reserved now: It can pick all of us up at the Foggy Grotto (my place). Or we can save some of the time and have it pick us up after Trad'r Sam's. We can sort out the details later. But I have to guage interest. So far, I know of about 15 people interested. C'mon, this will be cool. And it can drop people off all over, including the east bay. (not "the deep east bay" as the limo guy called it- i.e. Pleasanton, Walnut Creek) Please post to THIS thread IMMEDIATELY with the total number of people in your party interested. Sorry if you've posted before-please do it again. We have to get moving on this. Thanks everyone- it's gonna be hella good. Get on the bus! -martin |
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Jungle Trader
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02/22/2003
Martin, count me and the Mrs. in on this. Let me know when you need green frog skins (cash) Vic |
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PolynesianPop
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02/22/2003
Martin, PolynesianPop Let us know what we need to do to get the cash to you - Paypal or otherwise. Sounds like it will be a blast!!! |
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hula hula
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02/23/2003
sweet, cant wait |
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SugarCaddyDaddy
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02/23/2003
Poly-Hula-Daddy are in! |
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tikivixen
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02/23/2003
Martin, please count me IN!! I'm thrilled. I am far, far too much of a lightweight to ever drink 'n drive...whew. Thank you!!! Lisa |
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cynfulcynner
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02/24/2003
No driving -- yaaaaaay! Sign me up! |
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thejab
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02/24/2003
Martin- Count me plus two is three. Whoopee! Dean |
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mig
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02/24/2003
Sounds good!!! I think Miss Frenchy and I are in. And I can easily rustle up a number of others. |
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martiki
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02/24/2003
All right, people! Let's keep those names a-comin'. I'll post soon about PayPal info. They will stock the bus with non-alcoholic stuff so we keep up with the water intake, and I'm thinking we can set up some premixes (juices and syrups in one bottle; rums in the other) just to make life easier on our on-board bartender. Drink suggestions, anyone? Plus, I think we'll have to make the bus stop at Post and Taylor so we can all grab a picture with Tiki Bob himself. That ought to snarl up traffic pretty good. heh. So c'mon...where are the rest of my local peepz? Represent! -martin |
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02/24/2003
Martin, thanks again for looking into this. Sounds like you've added something to the crawl that will be an event unto itself. Naomi and I will reverse our earlier call and join up if we may. It was schedules not $$ that made it tough before, but we'll figure that out! BTW, I'll post elsewhere with more info, but my impending work trip got rescheduled, so we're on for the Sat afternoon stop in Belmont for those interested! -Randy |
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Traderpup
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02/24/2003
She doesn't know it yet, but count me and Floratina in! :tiki: |
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kingslod
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02/24/2003
Hey, Thanks for taking care of the bus! I will have at least 6 people in my party, and possibly 8 or 9! I will know the exact number soon. Thanks again, David |
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tikivixen
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02/24/2003
Whoopsie. Posted to the wrong thread by accident...here's that message again: Aloha Martin! bump that count a little higher, just talked to mrsmiley and he says count him in too! He's not sure about Enid yet, but will let you know! see y'all soon--can't wait! Lisa p.s. any more of you SoCal folks planning on a visit? C'mon, join in!!! |
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02/24/2003
Okay, you got me! I'll be there with my finest bus attire (not to be confused with my equally as popular finest bus tires). I won't speak for Johnnie Velour, but I'm pretty sure he'll be joining in, too. Thanks, Martiki. -Weird Uncle Tiki |
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martiki
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02/25/2003
Woooohooooo...that's 31 by my count so far. Folks, you'd better act fast: this bus is filling up fast. -martin |
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floratina
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02/25/2003
What should we drink? Mai Tais!! |
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02/25/2003
Okay, you got me! I'll be there with my finest bus tires (not to be confused with my equally as popular finest bus attire). I won't speak for Weird Uncle Tiki, but I'm pretty sure he'll be joining in, too. Thanks, Martiki. -Johnnie Velour |
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Tiki-bot
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02/25/2003
If we can get back to the East Bay (El Cerrito) at the end of the night, we're in (Gretchen & I). Would it pick us up, too, or do we need to get to The Foggy Grotto or Trad'r Sam's? |
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martiki
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02/25/2003
Afraid you'll have to get out to our neck of the woodson your own. Just take BART downtown and grab the 38 Geary Bus on Market st. More to follow.... |
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isaca
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02/25/2003
OK I'm slow, when is this happening? is it full? |
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martiki
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02/26/2003
It's not full yet, it's March 8th, and all the rest of the information is contained in that big banner at the top of the page. So come on up to SF for the weekend. -martin Out of towners without accomodations: Try the Cow Hollow Inn on Lombard. I've heard it's good and reasonably priced. |
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02/26/2003
I think we'll definitely have to be drinking on the bus, 'cuz once we get to the bars we'll have a tough time ordering a drink when 30-40 of us belly-up to the bar at the same time! :) --Slod |
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martiki
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02/27/2003
I went to check out this big fucker today at the limo place and:
So the good news is we won't be flying out of control down the hills like Michael Douglas in The Streets Of San Francisco. More to come tomorrow, -keep posting! You KNOW you want to be on the bus. |
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TikiMel
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02/27/2003
ooooh... me plus one! Two !! |
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Jungle Trader
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02/27/2003
Some of you will no doubt be staying at the Cow Hollow Inn as well. It will be fun trying to pick fellow Tiki nuts out of the crowd before we meet, especially if you're wearing one of those colorful hibiscus flower coconut lei palm tree cycad 50's woody beach shirts. We should have a contest for the best shirt and........dress? Do women still wear dresses? I think I need to get out more often. [ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-02-26 22:55 ] |
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02/28/2003
Aloha! Hey, how does the bar thing work? My friend was telling me that what she has done before on things like this: one or two people buy the 'goods' and divide the expense by how many people are going. So everyone chips in a certain amount, and we have a balanced bar-not 35 bottles of grenadine and 1 bottle of Red Rum. What do you think? Now if we had 35 bottles of Red Rum and 1 bottle of grenadine, that might not be a bad thing...... :drink: |
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TikiMama
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02/28/2003
Can I still get on? I have three people in my party, me, Craig and a friend Blair. I really have to be more on top of TC. You guys talk way too much, I do occasionally have to work, you know. |
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martiki
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03/01/2003
!!!!The Bus is almost full!!!! This is your cruise director Julie McCoy here: Thanks everyone for the big response. This bad boy is going to climb the hills in style. Here's the list so far: Martin (martiki6) That's 41 by my count- only four spots left. Now- here's the thing: I'm going to private message everyone on the above list with my email address for PayPal. I want to make sure everyone who expressed interest early gets a chance to pay first. (let me know right away if it doesn't work- I haven't used it before to accept money). Remember to give me the following information in the notes field on the PayPal window:
Those of you with more than one person in your party will have to pay in advance for everyone you are bringing. I really, really, really want to pay for everything in advance so I don't have to fuss with it on that night. I know that means a big outlay for some of you, like Slod, but you know your friends/co-workers/mistresses best and can collect for them yourselves. Or give them my email address and tell them to reference who they are with in in the PayPal field. Since the turn out is looking good, I can keep it at $20 per person. Unless you make prior arrangements with me and/or can't use PayPal, any remaining seats will be sold on the night of the crawl on a first come, first serve basis for $25 at Trad'r Sam's. On Sunday night the 2nd, I will post the email for everyone to see and open the reservations to the public. So those of you who have signed up need to pay straight away to insure your seat. Once someone pays, they've got a seat. If Osama pays me $20, he's going on the bus. So hurry up and pay before Osama. We can discuss drink/decor/in-flight entertainment ideas soon. Thanks again everyone! -martin [ Edited by: martiki6 on 2003-03-03 11:34 ] |
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martiki
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03/01/2003
Oh- and of course I will hold a seat open for Hanford. I guess I can bump Osama for Hanford. Are you coming, big man? -martin |
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03/01/2003
martin--add Mrs. Smiley too---bruce |
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martiki
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03/02/2003
Bruce- I don't have an email/TC account for Enid, so if you can just pay for her on PayPal as well that would be super Kosher. -martin |
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03/02/2003
Martin- |
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kingslod
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03/03/2003
Bad news for me, but good news for someone who wants to get on the bus. My party has been drastically reduced due to lack of babysitters in San Francisco! So, it's probably just me plus 3. Or, in casual speak: 4. I'll get on the PayPal today. I promise. Thanks again, Slod |
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03/03/2003
Bad news for me, but good news for someone who wants to get on the bus. My party has been drastically reduced due to lack of babysitters in San Francisco! So, it's probably just me plus 3. Or, in casual speak: 4. I'll get on the PayPal today. I promise. Thanks again, Slod (David) |
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martiki
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03/03/2003
Thanks for the update Sloddo. Everyone- The bus is filling fast. Those of you to whom I sent Private Messages to need to post your $20 to PayPal ASAP. I'll be posting the PayPal email address for everyone tonight. At this point, there are more people interested than we have space for. So from here on out, PayPal is the only way to secure your seat on the bus. We have 29 people paid in full so far. They are:
(When possible, names have been removed to protect the innocent.) C'mon and get on the bus! Thanks everyone! Plus: we also need some suggestions for the name of our bus. I can't just call it the bus all night. Give me ideas, you creative bastards! -martin [ Edited by: martiki6 on 2003-03-03 15:51 ] [ Edited by: martiki6 on 2003-03-03 16:05 ] |
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03/03/2003
I just put up $40 for me and the (future) missus. I hope there's still room! I don't usually check TC over the weekend. BTW, forgot to say in the PP note that we need to get back to El Cerrito at the end of the night, or at least close to there. Rich Tiki-bot [ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2003-03-03 14:40 ] |
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TikiMel
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03/03/2003
Martin - I didn't get a pm with the paypal info. can you just email me so I can save my seats??? thanks! |
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tikivixen
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03/03/2003
Aloha Martin--I just did my 20$ via Paypal, and thanks very, very much!! See ya Friday... Lisa |
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martiki
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03/03/2003
Sorry about that: Check your email and thanks.... |
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martiki
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03/03/2003
Check it out! We're up to 29 paid! (See previous post) Better get that cash in quick. Even though I took the names off the post, please be sure to still include them in the PayPal screen. (Kingslod, email me with the rest of your party) More soon! -martin [ Edited by: martiki6 on 2003-03-03 16:06 ] |
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03/04/2003
"Plus: we also need some suggestions for the name of our bus. I can't just call it the bus all night. Give me ideas, you creative bastards! " Disorient Express midnite |
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TikiMama
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03/04/2003
I suppose "Tikibus" is too boringly generic? Otherwise, we could name it after someone--Vic or Don, etc. Then again, maybe "DUI" (Dewey) is a more appropriate name, since that is really its function. Ok, I did a Google search for "tiki bus" (no, I'm not very original, what's your point exactly?) and I found this site! Apparently, there is also a (now retired) tiki bus that goes to Burning Man. |
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Humuhumu
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03/04/2003
Martiki - I've just sent you an email -- if a spot opens up, I'd love to be on the bus! |
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03/04/2003
Hey Tiki Mama and Midnite, I love those name suggestions. For some reason, I am favoring SS Minnow. I can see Martin addressing the lot of us when it is time to go to the next stop: "Tiki Central, the Minnow is boarding!" |
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martiki
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03/04/2003
Ok, we're up to 34 paid. That's most of the people that reserved in the beginning. I still haven't heard from : cynfulcynner Hurry up, peeps! So now I'm posting my PayPal email account to any TC members who want to get on the bus: martincate@mindspring.com (OK, so it wasn't really a secret email address) Remember to include your tikicentral name, your full real name, and where you are going at the end of the night. ("You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.") See everyone soon- -martin |
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TikiMama
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03/04/2003
I like the SS Minnow, too. It has a sense of wacky doom that I think is apropos for the event (considering how I felt after last year (not to mention how Hanford must have felt in the morning)). The big question is, who knows how to make a bamboo radio? o(..)o [ Edited by: TikiMama on 2003-03-04 09:49 ] |
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03/04/2003
Hey Tiki Mama, |