Count Down to Wreckmania!

[The Chairman]

I am bringing a PC with USB, s-video in and out, CaTV in and out, CD burner and DVD player. Pentium III 800mHz with 1 Gig memory and 38 Gig HD. I will install a modem prior to leaving (I might even test it :tease: ) so we will at least have 56K connects (how depressing to even think about). Will probably leave the 21" monitor and bring a 17" or so.

LET ME KNOW, if there is any software package you desire... the OS is XP pro, and I have Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Office XP and Snood installed (Snood is essential for any long downloads). The various interfaces mentioned earlier are through an All-in-Wonder card. I have not played enough with the various video capture/graphics programs to advise KCScubaBunny what to learn... I use MGI's Photosuite and it works for me. Clue me to what you want! I am a Network consultant... a marriage counselor for computers! I make them talk again!!! :tease: You can bring your dive computer interfaces if you want to download on site and see how you dove.

 

[Dee]

Hey Pete....You gonna have room for Mikey amongst all that computer gear???

 

[KC_Scubabunny]

Wow Pete, it will be just like home sans cable modem!

I am not sure what video editing and capture tools are available but I know that XP is suppose to come with one so maybe I will start with that. My laptop has XP pro.

Heather

 

[Natasha]

Ah! Now that I have your attention ...
That is the dinner for Saturday night.

I'm working on the last of the details for the food.

Here we go.
Arrive Friday
Meals on your own
Friday night snack during the class by our own Wreckmania Chef features food from Canada . AKA June

Saturday lunch will be served at 12:00 noon
Menu
Hamburgers Hot dogs Cheese burgers
various chips

Staurday night 6:00 PM
Theme " Sauces from America"
Clothes: Casual
This will be our Bar B Que sauce taste tester night.
I have a prize for the winner.. so we will have a secret taste tasting so you won't know who brought what. If you want to enter the contest please post here.
These delicious sauces will be on chicken breasts and legs.
We will also have various Salads, Baked beans, fruits, and desserts.

Sunday
Lunch served at 12:00 noon
Hamburgers, Chesseburgers and Hot dogs. Chips too!

Sunday night dinner 6:00PM

Theme "Caribbean Night" Dress in your 'best' Caribbean garb
Grilled pork night .. pork chops and apple sauce
Jerk Chicken strips, salads, fruits and cookies
A prize for the costume winner (we will vote)

Monday lunch 12:00 noon

Same as above

Monday night (Our last night)

Seafood and fish Extravaganza!
Theme in honor of our Texas divers..
Cowboys and Indians
Wear your best cowboy get up ..or Southwestern Native American clothes... or Red White and Blue
This night will feature shirmp (from the gulf) Orange roughy, and Salmon. You will have your choice of which you prefer.
Various sides and desserts of course.
Another prize for the best dressed.

** Chef reserves the right to vary food according to what she finds available once in Florida.

:sunny:

 

[sunshinefishy]

I will bring the Kodak install CD, camera, and docking station so that we can transfer top-side photos instantaneously.

I am using XP Pro also. Do you have MS Photo Editor installed as part of Office Pro? That would be helpful to resize and crop photos. If you have Adobe Photoshop, that will work too but I'm not as familiar with that program but I can usually wing it.

Natasha - everything sounds scrumptious! And I have a sauce to enter!

 

[The Chairman]

What program are you familiar with (not in a Biblical sort of way)??? I probably have it and can load it.

 

[DivingGal]

Originally posted by Natasha
....
Arrive Friday
Meals on your own
Friday night snack during the class by our own Wreckmania Chef features food from Canada . AKA June

...

You see I was sort of going to surprise you all.... but with "Mom" saying Friday's meal is on your own, well I have a confession.

I'm not sure how much of a meal you're going to want.... you see Mom I totally ignored you (what kid doesn't?) and the snack idea sort of got out of hand. Honest Mom it's not my fault!

The snack is going to be the following: salmon pate, fiddlehead dip, cheese ball, and carrot spread (and crackers). I just couldn't help myself!

Then I just couldn't resist the idea of the maple ribs as I cooked up a batch the other weekend, and hmm-hmm-good. So I've got a small batch frozen in the marinade in the freezer and they'll be coming down with me - I figure I can con Pete & Mike into cooking the ribs (but don't tell them yet hehehe). That along with a pasta salad that could feed an army. If anyone wants to make it a pot-luck it could be an interesting meal.

 

[Walter]

Thanks to June, Herman, Susan & Lydia, Scott, Mike, Sandy, Charlie & Pam and Jeff for responding with e-mails answering the questions posed.

I do need to hear from the rest of you. If I don't hear from you I will assume You are diving air (not nitrox), you want to use an AL 80, you are NOT diving both trips each day, you have a reel and you're happy to take either the morning or afternoon trip as space permits.

Susan, I also enjoyed talking with you.

 

[Natasha]

Walter you just described what I hope to be doing. If possible I will want the afternoons, AL80's and air for now, unless I can get this Nitrox done before the trip. I'll send out a personal email to the rest of the group so they can respond back to you on all of this.
You still have not heard from Scott, Dave, Bob, or Steve, Herman, Jeff, Pete, or Mike on this, correct?

June:
You're a sweeetie. All that food sounds too good!
I'm going out today to buy more prizes. And the T shirts come back tomorrow! It's getting so close!
I'll explain a bit more about the " Survivor" type game soon.
Does anyone like the theme nights?

 

[DivingGal]

It is only 25 days before Wreckmania?