Met another member today

[xsubsailor]

I had the pleasure of meeting corerftech this morning and must say, he seems to be a super nice guy. I wish we had more time to chat but we both had places to be.

[ReeferMac]

I've enjoyed getting together with TGO'ers every time I've had the opportunity.

I've often thought, more so lately.... that we should have (verrrry loosely organized) TGO get togethers once or twice a year or something?

In my past life I was a founding member of a big Saltwater reef aquarium club, and we'd have get togethers at each others homes every other month (because you can't haul a 210 gal reef tank to O'Charleys parkinglot). As is the way with strangers over the internet, it fell out of fashion (for good reason, someone got robbed - they stole corals out of the guys tank when family was at work/school).

When I was a member at ORSA, one could reserve the clubhouse for free for gatherings and invite non-club members (a temporary gate-code was generated). Maybe someone rent/reserve a pavillion at a local town/state park (that allows permit holders to carry)? Admission = chip in a couple bucks and someone buys the hotdogs and charcoal? Bring a dish-to-pass/bag 'o chips, drinks are on you? Maybe you meet 2-4 people you 'know' online and invite them to your home next weekend if so inclined. Between things these days and us all being gun owners I strongly discourage inviting total strangers into your home.

It would be a great way to network like-minded folks, and put a face to the name you've been bantering with online for the past #-years!  And then maybe more than 4-5 of you will know thats really not me in the avatar, lol!

 

- K

Edited October 4, 2020 by ReeferMac
typo!