[ale] Proposed ALE/Chugalug Outing..

Charles Shapiro hooterpincher at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 08:37:17 EST 2009


Hey! This sounds like a great idear.  Jim Kinney and I keep tryin' to start
a Tradition of ALE spring barbecues//parties//outings.  This might be a
little far afield for some, but we could carpool.. too bad we can't take the
train!

-- CHS
( Would rather bike to most places)



On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:

>
> There has been a lot of discussion recently about Monorails, trains,
> MagLev and more over on the ALE.org list. Chugalug tends towards
> BioDiesel/Diesel cars as an off-topic theme.
>
> My crazy idea is, perhaps we mix it all up, and mix up Chugalug and ALE
> with a spring (when it is a little warmer) trip to the Tennessee Valley
> Railroad Museum. Taking a ride is completely optional,
>
> We could discuss trains, diesel.. heck, might even segway into a
> discussion or presentation about Linux. Or at least, networking,
> using train cars as an analogy for packet switching, data payloads..
>
> It's just an idea, no agenda other than my brain percolating ideas
> as the coffee pot perks... The cars/engines and shops (where they restore
> things) are fairly interesting and provide topical discussion triggers.
> We could even setup a data projector (I have a good one)
> and have a real meeting in one of the cars.
>
>
>
>
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