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SuperClydesdale
06-24-2005, 05:11 PM
Details here: http://www.fandango.com/MoviePage.aspx?date=&mid=86547
Who's up for sneaking in several bottles of red?
Mark
Tetreves
06-24-2005, 07:06 PM
Hey, why don't you come over to my place and we'll watch it on MY big screen? No entry fee, and no smuggling required :D
SuperClydesdale
06-24-2005, 07:38 PM
Hey, why don't you come over to my place and we'll watch it on MY big screen? No entry fee, and no smuggling required :D
Ed
That's a much better idea. How about ALL the pivotal -mountain and time trial- stages?
I'll bring over a big rack o' spare ribs.
Mark
Tetreves
06-24-2005, 07:44 PM
I like that idea. But with my schedule I may not be here for all of them.
We'll see how it goes when it comes closer to the time :banana:
Tetreves
06-24-2005, 07:44 PM
Here's the schedule:
Tour de FranceJuly 2-24
Pre-race 8:30-9am ET
Live 9-11:30am ET
Re-air 12-2pm ET
Re-air 2:30-4:30pm ET
Re-air 5-7pm ET
Pre-Race Show
8-8:30pm ET
Primetime Coverage
8:30-11pm ET
9-11:30pm PT
12-2:30am ET
On OLN again.
Sounds like a great idea! Either place would be fun. I'll be out of town on vacation for the first two weeks of the tour but if any gathering happens after the 16th, I'm game. I'll volunteer some food as well. Just smoked a brisket yesterday for the first time. 11 hours on the smoker and it turned out d@mn fine. It was consumed last night with a nice Zinfandel. It'd make a nice complement to Marks ribs. :)
SuperClydesdale
06-27-2005, 09:55 AM
I like that idea. But with my schedule I may not be here for all of them.
We'll see how it goes when it comes closer to the time :banana:
Ed
Whatever fits your schedule is coolio.
Mark
noise_is_life
06-27-2005, 10:01 AM
I'd be in for some of that if I can jam it into my schedule. I will just have to make sure not to watch the live coverage for that day. :)
KleinCrazy
06-27-2005, 10:21 AM
I can provide the adult beverages along with some marinated grilled potatoes and portobello mushrooms, along with alot of other good side fare.
I won't have any Homebrew to Provide, But I should be able to make a run to Blue Max or over to Hudson and pick up a good supply of Summer beers.
Tetreves
06-27-2005, 07:21 PM
Stage 14, July 16, my place.
Any time after 6:30 PM.
If Mark and Troy are bringing meat, and James is bringing some beer, then all we need is....
...MORE BEER! :banana:
Email or PM me for Addy/Directions.
DMonkey
06-27-2005, 07:35 PM
Ed,
Sounds fun..
Just wanted to let you know - I might be make this.. I'll bring some wine/beer..
More than likely will hook up with Mark or Pat on getting over there.
noise_is_life
06-27-2005, 07:38 PM
I just remembered I'm bachin' it that weekend, so I'm definitely in.
Tetreves
06-27-2005, 10:50 PM
Sweet! It'll be much fun. :banana:
Tetreves
06-27-2005, 11:14 PM
Wait...that's on a Saturday. Who wants to watch it live vs. repeats?
It looks like it starts at 7:30 AM, with repeats at 1:30, 4:00, and 7:00. I'm not sure that's accurate, though, as no one seems to be posting their TV listings that far in advance :eyeroll:
I mean, c'mon! I'm trying to plan my life out around watching TV! :laugh:
Shoot! I won't be bringing meat. . .
I'm not available 'til after the 16th. Kerry and I will be getting back from the west coast at about 11pm that night. :cryin:
grizzly adam
06-29-2005, 06:19 AM
I mean, c'mon! I'm trying to plan my life out around watching TV! :laugh:
What's wrong with that?
I'll see if I can make it.
sugarspice
06-29-2005, 10:53 AM
Sounds like fun - I might be able to make this too.
Jen
Stage 14, July 16, my place.
Any time after 6:30 PM.
If Mark and Troy are bringing meat, and James is bringing some beer, then all we need is....
...MORE BEER! :banana:
Email or PM me for Addy/Directions.
Tetreves
06-29-2005, 01:08 PM
Sounds like fun - I might be able to make this too.
Jen
Sweet! It'll be great to finally meet you Jennifer. :D
Tetreves
06-29-2005, 02:25 PM
It sounds like we'l be doing the 7:00 PM showing. It's got the most votes so far. Plus, this frees up the daytime for riding! (If'n it ain't bloody rainin'!) :mad:
Tetreves
06-29-2005, 02:25 PM
Too bad OLN isn't broadcasting the tour in High Def. That'd be SWEET!
KleinCrazy
06-29-2005, 02:35 PM
Too bad OLN isn't broadcasting the tour in High Def. That'd be SWEET!
Ed are you sure?
Since the team and OLN are both owned my Discovery I am guessing we might get a little HiDef Broadcasts on DiscoveryHD...
ok I just checked... looks like they are going to have a bunch of background stuff on lance but no tour coverage... oh well
SuperClydesdale
06-29-2005, 02:38 PM
Holy Moly
I think I'll have to make 2 racks of ribs (minimum), especially since Troy is cheesing out on this ;o)
Mark
Tetreves
06-29-2005, 03:27 PM
Ed are you sure?
Since the team and OLN are both owned my Discovery I am guessing we might get a little HiDef Broadcasts on DiscoveryHD...
ok I just checked... looks like they are going to have a bunch of background stuff on lance but no tour coverage... oh well
Seriously. You'd think they would have HD coverage on Discovery, but NooOOOooo. Stuck with SD on OLN. What the crap?
Seriously. You'd think they would have HD coverage on Discovery, but NooOOOooo. Stuck with SD on OLN. What the crap?
Doesn't OLN just pick up the official Tour feed like every other network in the world? It's not like each network gets their own helicopter and motorcycles - they all get the same feed and then just announce to it. Now if the feed is in HD and they are down converting it :mad: .
Otherwise I guess they could shoot Bobke in HD and upconvert everthing else, but would it really look any better?
grizzly adam
06-30-2005, 06:54 AM
If I can make it, I'll bring some grilling food to help fill Troy's void. :laugh:
Holy Moly
I think I'll have to make 2 racks of ribs (minimum), especially since Troy is cheesing out on this ;o)
Mark
If I can make it, I'll bring some grilling food to help fill Troy's void. :laugh:
Thanks Mark and Grizz. Knew I could count on you guys to pick up my slack.
Dang, this does sound like a good time. Wish our plane was getting in sooner!
Tetreves
06-30-2005, 10:36 AM
Thanks Mark and Grizz. Knew I could count on you guys to pick up my slack.
Dang, this does sound like a good time. Wish our plane was getting in sooner!
Maybe if you get out and push. :eyeroll:
Tetreves
06-30-2005, 10:39 AM
Doesn't OLN just pick up the official Tour feed like every other network in the world? It's not like each network gets their own helicopter and motorcycles - they all get the same feed and then just announce to it. Now if the feed is in HD and they are down converting it :mad: .
Otherwise I guess they could shoot Bobke in HD and upconvert everthing else, but would it really look any better?
That's probably pretty accurate. But if you upconvert from SD to HD, often they'll chop the image to get the aspect ratio. So in that case, it's worse than it could be in SD, but it wouldn't have to be by much. Meanwhile, you're only looking at an announcer in HD, and the rest of the race in SD, so gives a rip? I want the WHOLE thing in HD.
I want the WHOLE thing in HD.
Go tell the French!!!
soupboy
06-30-2005, 12:17 PM
watching Chasing Lance on DisHD as well as OLN/FIT in SD.
The HD appears to be a true 16:9 vs a chopped 4:3.
I'd be happy to host some kids to watch the race in HD - grilled meats and all.
Tetreves
06-30-2005, 01:02 PM
watching Chasing Lance on DisHD as well as OLN/FIT in SD.
The HD appears to be a true 16:9 vs a chopped 4:3.
I'd be happy to host some kids to watch the race in HD - grilled meats and all.
Discovery's really good about their HD. It's pretty decent. You can take one of the other stages if'n you want.
homebrewbiker
06-30-2005, 01:02 PM
I can bring some homebrew, probably standard Bavarian Hefe-Weizen.
:banana:
KleinCrazy
06-30-2005, 01:20 PM
I can bring some homebrew, probably standard Bavarian Hefe-Weizen.
:banana:
Wou the man Will....
I would bring my Cherry-Wies but it won't be ready yet...
Should be interesting as calculated Alcohol content unless I artificially stop it will be up in the 7-8 range due to all the Cherry Sugers in the wort...
yummy....
berrywise
06-30-2005, 01:49 PM
Ed,
Do you have a 30 person theater in your house? How many people ya got coming over now? :crazy:
Tetreves
06-30-2005, 02:36 PM
Ed,
Do you have a 30 person theater in your house? How many people ya got coming over now? :crazy:
Ummm....no.
I have a nice home theatre. Only seats about 5-8 on couches. We can pull chairs in no problem. There's enough room.
Plus a second living room upstairs with another couch and a bunch more chairs.
The upstairs TV is 32" 16:9. Downstairs is a 61" plasma. (Used to be an 84" 4:3 projection, but who can pass up a 61" plasma?) :eyeroll:
New furniture is in the plans for the theater, once we repaint. It's really designed for a small number of people to watch a movie (and it's really good), but it's easy to cram a medium number of people in. We've had some decent sized parties before.
It'd be easy to put 10-ish people in each room (so 20 total).
The list of actual confirmed RSVP's is something like this:
Mark
James
Pat
Dirk
Will
Ty
So we still have lots of room.
DMonkey
06-30-2005, 02:58 PM
Yeah, I made the list... Yeah!:banana:
Should be a good time, maybe we can get a decent ride in before hand (though off-road, this is the MORC board after all)..
Maybe's:
Craig?
I just remembered my wife is doing the lifetime fitness triathalon that day so I might get shot down on the home front. I need to start working on this one.....
grizzly adam
07-01-2005, 06:14 AM
I have to pull out now too! I forgot my parents were coming into town that night.
Oh yeah - don't forget it's the night before the Leb TT...so be sure to eat LOTS of food and beverage as to help your lap times! :crazy2:
I can't make it. :cryin: I already have plans to get in touch with my inner geek and kick some imaginary bad guys in the head. :D
Tetreves
07-01-2005, 12:15 PM
I can't make it. :cryin: I already have plans to get in touch with my inner geek and kick some imaginary bad guys in the head. :D
Huh?!
What?
I think you're just jealous, 'cuz we have ribs.:p
Or disgusted.
Tetreves
07-11-2005, 10:32 AM
Bump...This saturday! (I'm just trying not to forget)
Tetreves
07-11-2005, 10:36 AM
I'm thinking we should ride Theo before hand (short ride from my house to Theo).
Who's up for it? Maybe 3 PM at my place? Ride to Theo, do a couple laps, ride back in time for the Tour.
KleinCrazy
07-11-2005, 10:54 AM
Damn,
Now there are two things going on Saturday that interest me.
There is going to be a big riding and cookout down at memorial on Saturday also....
Grrr...
manual63
07-11-2005, 10:56 AM
Damn,
Now there are two things going on Saturday that interest me.
There is going to be a big riding and cookout down at memorial on Saturday also....
Grrr...
And the Greenman downhill....:)
Tetreves
07-11-2005, 11:05 AM
Damn,
Now there are two things going on Saturday that interest me.
There is going to be a big riding and cookout down at memorial on Saturday also....
Grrr...
What? Competition? Oh, they're dead...:eyeroll:
Besides, I thought you were bringing beer?
tkb608
07-11-2005, 12:44 PM
At the risk of going off topic, back to the original topic. My wife and I went to this showing last year and it was a blast. We have already bought our tickets for this year. It is a little pricey, but for a good cause. There was one big advantage to seeing it at the theatre over seeing it on TV. NO COMMERCIALS. And during the commercial time you got live footage with no commentary.
Sounds like you all have a fun time planned out, but for anyone thinking about going to the movies to see it, I found it to be a lot of fun.
Enjoy
Tetreves
07-13-2005, 12:06 PM
Sorry, I havn't been clear enough:
3 PM ride to Theo, meet at my place.
Otherwise, show up after 6 PM for the Tour (which starts at 7). :banana:
DMonkey
07-13-2005, 12:24 PM
Ed,
Thanks for the update/invite..
A few of us are riding up at Milaca on Sat. Morning, with it being so dry lately Bog Monster has to be open.
Looking forward to the Sat. evening festivities..
DMonkey
07-13-2005, 12:27 PM
Isn't there also some deal down there on the 30th?
I was planning on going to that (the Memorial on the 30th) - but now 2 different friends from out of town and going to be in TC that day, so hang'n with them.. :cryin:
Damn,
Now there are two things going on Saturday that interest me.
There is going to be a big riding and cookout down at memorial on Saturday also....
Grrr...
noise_is_life
07-16-2005, 10:07 AM
watching Chasing Lance on DisHD as well as OLN/FIT in SD.
The HD appears to be a true 16:9 vs a chopped 4:3.
I'd be happy to host some kids to watch the race in HD - grilled meats and all.
So are you hosting the party tomorrow night then, it's supposed to be even bigger than today's stage.
noise_is_life
07-17-2005, 07:41 PM
Thanks for hosting the TdF party Ed, it was fun.
...and nice electronic bits!!!
Tetreves
07-17-2005, 07:43 PM
Glad everyone seemed to enjoy it. I certainly did. If I make it to any get-together in a reasonably short amount of time (like this week), I'll bring some beer!
Did anyone ever find Dirk? I wonder if maybe he fell in a well and couldn't get out.
noise_is_life
07-17-2005, 07:45 PM
Never heard from Dirk, I suppose I should check into that.
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