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MAIG comes to Byrd Park - Thursday, August 22nd
- Thread starter Repeater
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Didn't see the precise location mentioned in the OP
It is being held at Swan Lake in Byrd Park at 2:00 PM.
Recommend not eating a heavy lunch if you plan on being there - potential for stomach distress is great when listening to them.
Hope to have my schedule cleared and claim a spot under a shade tree - should be the best entertainment in Virginia this week.......fictional category.
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Edit: Ooops see the time is 2:00 PM, but there is conflicting information as to the location. First announcement said at the Carillon, then a later one said Swan Lake, now this one says Shield Lake. In as much as there is a picnic shelter at Shield Lake that seems more logical.
Suggest getting there early enough that these miscues do not cause the problems I think they are intended to create.
It is being held at Swan Lake in Byrd Park at 2:00 PM.
Recommend not eating a heavy lunch if you plan on being there - potential for stomach distress is great when listening to them.
Hope to have my schedule cleared and claim a spot under a shade tree - should be the best entertainment in Virginia this week.......fictional category.
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Edit: Ooops see the time is 2:00 PM, but there is conflicting information as to the location. First announcement said at the Carillon, then a later one said Swan Lake, now this one says Shield Lake. In as much as there is a picnic shelter at Shield Lake that seems more logical.
Suggest getting there early enough that these miscues do not cause the problems I think they are intended to create.
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Shield's Lake is here: https://foursquare.com/v/byrd-park--shields-lake/ It's on the other side of the road from swan Lake. Another map at https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&so...77.382975&sspn=0.021017,0.020728&ie=UTF8&z=16
Depending on where they will be setting up it may be a bit of a hike from street parking. IIRC there is a paved path from the street to the west end of the lake. If they pick some other part of the lake you will need to hike across trhe grass.
Sciatica be darned - I'll swallow pain pills and be there unless something serious gets in the way. Look for me sitting in the ATV (powerchair). I've got some GSL stickers.
stay safe.
Depending on where they will be setting up it may be a bit of a hike from street parking. IIRC there is a paved path from the street to the west end of the lake. If they pick some other part of the lake you will need to hike across trhe grass.
Sciatica be darned - I'll swallow pain pills and be there unless something serious gets in the way. Look for me sitting in the ATV (powerchair). I've got some GSL stickers.
stay safe.
Shields Lake Pavilion
Today (Aug. 22) at 2 p.m., the No More Names Bus Tour will make a stop in Richmond at Byrd Park (600 S. Boulevard, Shields Lake Pavilion).
http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinio...cle_b5889167-c842-5100-afaf-55f9fd7cfb1c.html
Today (Aug. 22) at 2 p.m., the No More Names Bus Tour will make a stop in Richmond at Byrd Park (600 S. Boulevard, Shields Lake Pavilion).
http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinio...cle_b5889167-c842-5100-afaf-55f9fd7cfb1c.html
thedevilrobyjohn
Regular Member
attendee
missed half a day at mcv yesterday, miss half a day tomm for baltimore but im gonna try to grab the family and show up....mean old guntoter with a stroller and kids not to mention two mothers....yep, it matters to me. id like to at least make an appearance and the girls will take however many minutes they can get near animals and a park.......
missed half a day at mcv yesterday, miss half a day tomm for baltimore but im gonna try to grab the family and show up....mean old guntoter with a stroller and kids not to mention two mothers....yep, it matters to me. id like to at least make an appearance and the girls will take however many minutes they can get near animals and a park.......
AtackDuck
Regular Member
It figures
it's 2:01 on Thursday and I just checked OCDO VA and saw the thread... Oh well, I'll clean the guns instead.
it's 2:01 on Thursday and I just checked OCDO VA and saw the thread... Oh well, I'll clean the guns instead.
Had a boring time listening to the monotonous drone from a dozen or so reps of MAIG. Channel 6 & 12 were there, did a few interviews and shot some new file footage and then just sort of hung out.
Five (5) RPD cars waited in an adjoining parking lot - presumably they were bored also.
Other than the gaggle of MAIG people and half a dozen VCDL observers, there was nobody there, nada, no group of interested Virginians - just a great big empty space, a void. Would seem that MAIG is not as interesting as watching the ducks and geese paddling about the lakes.
MAIG really needs to liven up their presentation - the stand up routine with bad copy isn't making it, not winning any converts. Think that speaks well for where Richmonders stand on the issues - they really just want Bloomie to stay in NYC and let Virginians run Virginia. We seem to be doing a decidedly better job then they are too.
Five (5) RPD cars waited in an adjoining parking lot - presumably they were bored also.
Other than the gaggle of MAIG people and half a dozen VCDL observers, there was nobody there, nada, no group of interested Virginians - just a great big empty space, a void. Would seem that MAIG is not as interesting as watching the ducks and geese paddling about the lakes.
MAIG really needs to liven up their presentation - the stand up routine with bad copy isn't making it, not winning any converts. Think that speaks well for where Richmonders stand on the issues - they really just want Bloomie to stay in NYC and let Virginians run Virginia. We seem to be doing a decidedly better job then they are too.
Repeater
Regular Member
Is 'Bored' a dangerous thing?
Glad you went; however, given the news of late, I'm not sure it's safe to be 'bored' ...
Glad you went; however, given the news of late, I'm not sure it's safe to be 'bored' ...
They came, they mispronounced the names of dead people and the names of the cities where they got dead, and a Sandy Hook parent spit out bullet points but seemed not to have any real notion about how background checks work or why universal background checks would not have prevented almost every sudden mass murder in the 20th and 21st centuries. I turely feel sad for him both because of his loss and because he seems to be manipulated and does not even know it.
There were roughly 10 youth/young adult interns who are probably making less than minimum wage, but get to travel a lot and hold up small signs; five or six religious leaders of the variety that wear full collars (as opposed to Roman collars) and who were not obvious Baptists; and maybe three "real" folks - one of whom came with his own sign reading "An eye for an eye does not make it right" or something like that. I ought to feel ashamed of myself for what I did when he first got there - but I don't.
Pictures have been forwarded to Phil Van Cleve. As they are copyrighted I will wait a while before deciding to post links to them or not. (Also, they are not that dramatic.)
I'm trying to learn how to chop a 156.6 megabyte MP3 file into segments less than 25 megabytes each so I can send them to PVC.
Check channel 12 and channel 6 news some time between 5 PM (OMG, it's already after 5) and 6 tonight. Somebody let me know if you saw/heard me or grapeshot so I can go looking for the on-line file.
Check the Richmond Times-Dispatch tomorrow to see if I get quoted.
stay safe.
There were roughly 10 youth/young adult interns who are probably making less than minimum wage, but get to travel a lot and hold up small signs; five or six religious leaders of the variety that wear full collars (as opposed to Roman collars) and who were not obvious Baptists; and maybe three "real" folks - one of whom came with his own sign reading "An eye for an eye does not make it right" or something like that. I ought to feel ashamed of myself for what I did when he first got there - but I don't.
Pictures have been forwarded to Phil Van Cleve. As they are copyrighted I will wait a while before deciding to post links to them or not. (Also, they are not that dramatic.)
I'm trying to learn how to chop a 156.6 megabyte MP3 file into segments less than 25 megabytes each so I can send them to PVC.
Check channel 12 and channel 6 news some time between 5 PM (OMG, it's already after 5) and 6 tonight. Somebody let me know if you saw/heard me or grapeshot so I can go looking for the on-line file.
Check the Richmond Times-Dispatch tomorrow to see if I get quoted.
stay safe.
thedevilrobyjohn
Regular Member
hot and boring
it was hot and boring, no one there, it was literally dead. the gold fish in the pond were more entertaining. I also felt bad for the newtown father, he spoke to me and was a nice guy. didnt stick around long as my plan was really just an appearance and a day in the park.
it was hot and boring, no one there, it was literally dead. the gold fish in the pond were more entertaining. I also felt bad for the newtown father, he spoke to me and was a nice guy. didnt stick around long as my plan was really just an appearance and a day in the park.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/23232731/father-of-newtown-shooting-victim-speaks-in-richmond
Almost an absolutely accurate quote - I'm impressed it came out as good as it did.
stay safe.
Almost an absolutely accurate quote - I'm impressed it came out as good as it did.
stay safe.
thedevilrobyjohn
Regular Member
fox news
saw you on fox 35 news last night. funny because I didnt even see them there, saw 12 and 6. I think youll not be getting your Christmas card from Bloomberg this year.
saw you on fox 35 news last night. funny because I didnt even see them there, saw 12 and 6. I think youll not be getting your Christmas card from Bloomberg this year.
The Wolfhound
Regular Member
Fox 35 uses news provided by NBC12 for them. They have their own anchors but reporting is the 12 crew.
riverrat10k
Regular Member
Drudge Report has a link to the Times Dispatch story.
Now that will really break my heart
Was just imagining Bloomie as Scrouge in the Christmas Story - what a beautiful performance that would be :lol:
Wolf_shadow
Activist Member
Scrouge reformed in the end. Bloomie would scare the ghosts.Now that will really break my heart
Was just imagining Bloomie as Scrouge in the Christmas Story - what a beautiful performance that would be :lol:
I really wish he would try to send me one. I've taken some of the MAIG mailing stuff down to the local Postal Inspector and filled out the forms to have the organization notified that I do not desire to receive sexually explicit material of a puriuent nature. The penalty for the first offense after being placed on notice is a $10K fine; second and sunsequent offenses are $25K to 250K fines and increasing lengths of prison sentences. (The law does not say what sexually explicit material of a purient nature is - it is up to the individual to admit what gets their boat floating. Bloomberg/MAIG and Val-Pak envelopes do it for me.
)stay safe.
zoom6zoom
Regular Member
Every time I see Bloomie I think, "what a d*ck", so I guess it fits.
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