(NCVC) Picnic BBQ ##Meet##

[Kioshi]

Our summer meet is on the way.

Pur Blu is the host of the meet. If you attended the last meet, we discussed the general area of the next one.

What: Picnic BBQ Meet by Nor Cal Vits/Vios Club!!!

Where: Del Valle Lake (Livermore)
7000 Del Valle Road
Livermore, CA 94550-9533

When: June 26th Sunday

Time: 11:30am

Why: After a hectic semster/quarter/first half of 2011, we thought we would relax altogether and just chat~

Attendees

1. Pur Blu (beer/sodas/water)
2. Kaotic Lazagna (Utensils, plates, napkins)
3. computerlove87
4. contraband321 (charcoal, ribs and hot dogs(buns, ketchup, mustard, etc...)
5. Rain (Asian snacks and marble soda as usual)
6. Kaotic's friend (driven Meet w/ Blue C-One Yaris)
7. GuySmiley (tentative)
8. ezhacker1 (?)
9. Ma71-51o (?)
10. Kioshi
11.
12.

In your posts, please post what you are able to bring!
I will update the first page promptly...on who is bringing what~

Lets do this!!

I forgot a few usernames, if anyone knows people in the bay area, please send a PM about this thread.

Thank you.

Contact information will be posted as soon as Pur Blu is okay with it~

[Kioshi]

*Reserved* for directions for people...

[Pur_Blu]

Looks good Assad ha ha im down to bring the liquids (beer/sodas/water)

[Rain]

Oh yay! I might be able to go. I can't believe it's been a year lol
I was expecting to see you guys at ToyotaFest :P
Definitely going in my Vios this time (I got rid of the Vitz and its driver haha)

[Pur_Blu]

Wow looks like we gunna have storytime (catch up) around the grill

[contraband831]

coolness, ill bring charcoal, ribs and hot dogs(buns, ketchup, mustard, etc...)

EDIT: is there bbq pits at the park? or do we need to bring are own?

[computerlove87]

Im in!!! But ill wait to see what were lacking before i decide wat to bring lol

[Pur_Blu]

yes there is pits there how ready to go they are might be the question...

[Rain]

I'm bringing Asian snacks and marble soda as usual ;)
Soju anyone? haha

and I'm for sure going so see you guys in a couple of weeks! YAY

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Waiting to see what else is needed.

[Pur_Blu]

Utensils, plates, napkins. . .

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Utensils, plates, napkins. . .

I shall bring those.

[Pur_Blu]

oh just to update the date is SUNDAY the 26th... i made the mistake and looked at the wrong date. Sunday not Saturday.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hahaha, I didn't notice that date. hahaha

[Rain]

It's on a Sunday? I have an event conflict :( I have to be in Richmond by 4. How far away is our meeting place from Richmond?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

It's on a Sunday? I have an event conflict :( I have to be in Richmond by 4. How far away is our meeting place from Richmond?

It's about an hour away.

[Kioshi]

Shit, what the hell am I suppose to bring now? All the good stuff is taken lol.

First page updated with actual meet date and confirmed/maybe attendees.

@ Rain, you can caravan back up with Lazandro ;)
And finally we get to see your Vios!

[Rain]

Ohh the pressure.. now, I don't wanna go lol

[GuySmily]

Been a while since I hung out with you guys. I might just have to come down. Probably take the MR2 instead of the Yaris though. Not sure what to bring, but I'll think of something. Some kind of dessert since I don't see any on the list.

Mark me down as tenative for now though.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Rusty! Haven't seen you in a while. Still got the same number?

[Kioshi]

Rusty. Last time I saw you was.....like 2 years ago at the parking garage in milpitas.? Hope you will make it ou to this. And if your other Mr-s friend can make it out too.

List updated with attendes.

One more week.

[Pur_Blu]

Some last min parts still needed to be bought and installed. Didn't have enough money for my big buy but that's the fun in it.

Little by little :biggrin:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Can't wait for this meet.

[Rain]

So excited! :)
Still gonna drive up on a Saturday, I might finally be able to see the bay area haha

[Kioshi]

I'll do various chips, salsa and stuff. Any preferences?

**Bump**

[Kioshi]

Bump.

[computerlove87]

I might be about 1:30 late, but i'm bringin a 5 litr rootbear keg from costco! its SOOOOOOOO good, i finished my first one in like 3-4 days by myself LOL

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I might be about 1:30 late, but i'm bringin a 5 litr rootbear keg from costco! its SOOOOOOOO good, i finished my first one in like 3-4 days by myself LOL

That's freakin awesome.

Oh, and can you please bring my old laptop? lol. Thanks.

[Kioshi]

Lets top this ~
Recent meet in Shizuoka.

http://mkimg.bmcdn.jp/minkara/photo/000/002/601/435/2601435/p7.jpg

[contraband831]

Ok people the ribs are marinating and the LB is clean, but I'm sure I'll kill a bunch of bugs on my way up :( See u all tomorrow!

[Rain]

Sooo... How do I find you guys? Just go to that address? Lol

[contraband831]

Haha I knw where we meeting? ......Pur blu, kioshi?

[Kioshi]

Oh boy...i know this meet location cant be any worse than last years bbq meet at a deserted location! Haha.

Rain - do you have Kaotics number or any of ours? I will call Pur Blu rright now.

Ric - im never punctual but ill find it. Give me a call tomorrow after 9am.

[contraband831]

Cool..I'll be there by noon..

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Dez said to meet at the In-N-Out in North Livermore.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

1881 North Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA is the address for the In-N-Out

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I just bought napkins, spoons, forks, knives, plates, and cups.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I'll be arriving there a little early.

[Pur_Blu]

Yes my bad, I didnt realize there was no meeting point. In and out is right off the 580 freeway. Ill be there around 11. 9257846002 if anyone needs to get ahold of me.

See u all tomorrow

[Kaotic Lazagna]

See ya, Dez.

[Kioshi]

Wish we could bring a table and play beer pong...:confused:

Thanks for posting the gathering spot Kaotic and communicating Dez.
And no one better buy In N Out while waiting either! Haha.

[Pur_Blu]

Early morning wash and clean...

What kinda beers and drinks should I bring?

[Rain]

Mmmmm InNOut, see you guys soon :)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Early morning wash and clean...

What kinda beers and drinks should I bring?

I washed my car yesterday because I didn't feel like getting up early today. lol



Buds, Coors? Taylor is bringing a keg of rootbeer, Rain is bringing marble soda, so perhaps bring water and/or Sprite (or the like?)?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Mmmmm InNOut, see you guys soon :)

hahaha

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Eating a chili cheese corn dog and drinking some coffee, then I'll shower and roll out (gotta make a couple stops on the way).

[Rain]

I'm still laughing from your responses, leave it to the guys to forget about the venue. At least it's not some unknown address. It took us an hour to find the venue last year lol

Don't be on flip time kaotic lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I despise flip time. lmao! I'm usually always on time, and end up waiting (story of my life). lmao!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I fb'ed you my cell just in case.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Fun meet guys. Thanks, Dez, for hosting. Thanks, Ric, for cooking. Thanks everyone for contributing to the pot luck. Too bad we didn't get a photoshoot in.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I got hungry, and am tired. I'll edit and post up the pics I took later. lol

[Pur_Blu]

I had a great time of course...

Thanks to everyone that came out, Del Valle was a nice spot once we got settled in. Im glad i don't work 2morrow cuz i am beat.

We will again do it big the next meet. Some great meet ideas were tossed around after a few beers. Assad we'll make it happen!!

TILL NEXT TIME

[Kioshi]

Thanks to Rain and her bf for coming from Long Beach
Btw, we have your yelp bottle opener.....you have to come get it at the next meet LOL.

Made it to work, this meeting is so boring....

Thanks Ric for the awesome bbq and Dez for collaborating this meet with everyone.
thanks to everyone who came to this 2nd bbq!

Next meet details will be posted soon...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Feelin the next big meet idea, as well as the "mini meet" during the week of July 4th. lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I got food, but I'm just staring at it as it gets cold. hahahaha. I'm so tired!


Love our hand communications, Dez. lololololol

[Pur_Blu]

Oh ya poor ric all alone. but hands is how we do things without walkies. Might be a good investment for us to get a set for a long cruz or if we are out of cell range.

So whenever we do that sac run we need to get the rollas, scions and other toyota crews interested. Of course more on that later, one meet at a time right lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Here are the pics I took (the ones usable at least)

lmao, why do I picture Hangover here
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Flip that meat!
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"Oh no he didn't just flip that meat!" lmao
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"That's right, I'm the best cook up in this biznitch!"
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There's a shadow behind Rain's car =P
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Tender meat
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"I will beat the marble soda this time!"
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Dez, wtf are you leaning on? :laugh:
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[Pur_Blu]

pics came out great laz... and to answer your question i have no idea i stood with a lean lol.
I only took a handful of pics so i'll just post them 2morrow its just more filler. I want an SLR

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Pics could have been better tho (some kinda look washed out to me). I should have slapped on my polarizer on the lens (too lazy to do anything then, lmao). I wish I got more pics of us and our cars tho. Oh well, next time, next time.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I could have captioned that same pic as "Lean back, lean back." lol

[computerlove87]

sorry I had to leave quickly guys. NExt time I'm gonna start tryin to get a rootbear keg a week in advance!!!

PS. that tree at the end has wood LOLOL

[Kiteless]

Looks like it was a small but good group. I will make sure to be at the next one. I had a schedule conflict this weekend or I would have gone to meed some board members. Just as well, want to get some stuff done to my Egg before I get to any meetups.

- Jason

[Rain]

I'll pick up my bottle opener next year... hopefully in Vegas lol

What happened to the marbles? Did Taylor beat them all haha I just got a message from KL that he didn't get one

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hahaha, I just forgot they were in the cooler. hahahha

[Kioshi]

Seriously.....how the hell is Dez leaning like that?? o_O

Awesome pics. Dez and I dont look too dark, actually are visible...surprisingly....

Taylor won over the marble soda..but the Dr. Pepper owned him... Damn it Taylor haha.

Good times this year as well

WAIT.....what hand signals? I didnt see any....almost followed Ric to the wrong freeway entrance >_>

[tomato]

Nice shots!!!!

So, what's the story with the tree? ;0)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Seriously.....how the hell is Dez leaning like that?? o_O

Awesome pics. Dez and I dont look too dark, actually are visible...surprisingly....

Taylor won over the marble soda..but the Dr. Pepper owned him... Damn it Taylor haha.

Good times this year as well

WAIT.....what hand signals? I didnt see any....almost followed Ric to the wrong freeway entrance >_>

hahaha, the Dr. Pepper bottle. hahahaha


Dez was hand signaling me to go right onto the Eastbound entrance, and I was hand signaling back that my GPS was telling me to go westbound. :laugh:

Nice shots!!!!

So, what's the story with the tree? ;0)

I really don't know. I just wanted to take a picture of it to see how it would look like. hehehe

[Kioshi]

hahaha, the Dr. Pepper bottle. hahahaha


Dez was hand signaling me to go right onto the Eastbound entrance, and I was hand signaling back that my GPS was telling me to go westbound. :laugh:


Totally missed it hah.

Reason #2 to own a Android phone :P

[Kaotic Lazagna]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just waiting for you and/or Taylor to show me a good one that works with AT&T.

[Kioshi]

I'm going to send all the links bundled in on PM or post sometime this week.

In the meantime, take a look at XDA site - http://www.xda-developers.com/
Check out the forums, read up on rooting various devices through sticky topics, etc.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Cool, thanks.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Feeling overwhelmed, I think I'm going to try to find a list of android phones offered by AT&T, then look on that forum to see which one would better suited for me.

[Rain]

Laz, if you get an Android phone that's not AT&T branded, you can get unlimited data for $15/$10 (if you're on a family plan)

How do I know? I've had one since January. I'm using a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro that I bought from Amazon. It's not the greatest since I'm stuck with 2.1 but it does everything I want (so far) and it's the smallest Android with a full qwerty keyboard. I'm not recommending it though lol

But yeah, don't get an AT&T branded one. Even if you get a T-mobile unlocked Android, it's still better. You might lose out on 3G speeds but Edge is pretty fast too since it's not as crowded as 3G. And yeah, my phone only runs on Edge speeds but no complaints here.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

No way I can afford an unlocked phone *sadbanana*

[Rain]

Yes, you can. If you think about it, getting a phone with AT&T AND paying for the data plan = getting an unlocked phone and paying minimal for data.

If you get a "smartphone" from AT&T, the minimum data plan is $15 for 200mb.
If you get a non-AT&T smartphone, AT&T does not force you to get the data plan and even if you do, you can use the "unlimited data for non-smartphones" as long as you do it over the phone/online, their current billing system has no way of knowing that you're using a smartphone if you don't purchase it from them (* unless you bought one that's on their list, for example: iPhone)

Or at least that's how I always try to rationalize it. I should be on a phone forum. LOL while you guys spend on your cars, I spend my $$ on new phones

[Kaotic Lazagna]

My bro can get us unlimited (I need to verify this) data and text for the same price we're paying now (only I have unlimited text).

[GuySmily]

Sorry I didn't make it. My sister's bday got moved from sat to sun. Next time though.

Laz, check out the variants of the htc evo. I think the base one is called the thunderbolt.

[Kiteless]

Sorry to butt in. The Evo and Thunderbolt are only similar in size/shape. They are very different internals. I had a Thunderbolt. Its nice hardware but if you are in a low coverage area for LTE you will get a max of about 6 hours of light use/standby. I also got sick and tired of Sense. It tends to BOOOOOOG DOOOOOOWN... This is especially annoying when you are trying to type out a message and the phone can't keep up. Eventually I got the extended battery and it lasts the whole day, barely. It is also a PHAT BRICK with the extended battery. I eventually got sick of it and sold it. Waiting for the Droid 3, even if it's not a 4G phone. Seems like the Droid Charge on Verizon is the best 4G phone out there right now. I am not a huge fan of Samsung in general, but the phone is getting very good reviews. Anyway just my opinion of course, hope it helps.

Car, Mobile Device, and Professional Computer Nerd...

- Jason

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I don't want a slow phone. My Samsung Eternity already takes already and its touchscreen sucks arse.

[Kioshi]

I have to interrupt on this one Kiteless, sorry haha.

Laz, if a phone's UI bogs down, just root it and flash a different UI rom.

HTC Sense does suck, but the new upcoming 3.0 Sense is smooth as hell.

I would stick with a 3G just because 4G is still new and they still need to get up a lot of towers and improve phones battery life using that.

And Rain DOES make a damn well point.
I would love to get the Panasonic or Sharp phone from Japan, but the unlocked phones are $699 and up :eek:
And the fact that Verizon does not use SIM cards except on Blackberrys a few Droid world phones....

HTC Evo 4g wasn't built with quality...had a few of my friends with one have several problems. Touch screen stopped working, the speaker went bad on one, phone's bottom light up touch buttons stopped working when wifi was on..
Somehow the HTC Incredible (same as Evo but smaller and no 4G) was built good (go figure, damn Chinese inconsistency). Sean and I have been rocking this since last year (AMOLED version), and man does it live up to its name.

Select a a couple phones from carrier, then go crazy on reviews about them. I spent about a month before i got the phone..although Sean might think i copied him :bellyroll:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I see only two from AT&T that's not too expensive. lol.

[Kiteless]

But but but .....

Seriously though I am sick of Sense. As much as I wanted a "Super Phone" with a big screen, the T-Bolt was not too bad size wise and I was able to tolerate the slowness of Sense. I was holding out for Cyanogen MOD but because it was an LTE phone the roms that had some out don't have the right software for LTE to work, so it was kind of a hack and I didn't want to loose LTE. After I added the extended battery the bulkiness of the phone combined with all its other shortcoming really ate away at me. After a while it was like nails on a chalkboard, sloooooly moving doen the board, Skreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek every time I used it.

I had a Droid Pro at work laying around. It technically belongs to work, so I am just borrowing it. What ever I manage the phones here, among other things. So I moved it on my personal Verizon account and even though it has a small screen that is only 480x320 (original iPhone Res) 3.1" screen. Even my original Droid was 845x480. But even then, the physical keyboard is great, its running Gingerbread from Motorola, and its really fast. Really only major complaint I have about it is that it is a little unstable and reboots on me at least every other day for no apparent reason.

I don't think the Droid Charge is gonna be a slow phone. But I can understand if you don't like Samsung because your previous phone was one, and is super slow. I have my own reasons for disliking Samsung that has nothing to do with phones.

Aaaanyway geeking out on phones here...

- Jason
"Proud to be a nerd."



I have to interrupt on this one Kiteless, sorry haha.

Laz, if a phone's UI bogs down, just root it and flash a different UI rom.

HTC Sense does suck, but the new upcoming 3.0 Sense is smooth as hell.

I would stick with a 3G just because 4G is still new and they still need to get up a lot of towers and improve phones battery life using that.

And Rain DOES make a damn well point.
I would love to get the Panasonic or Sharp phone from Japan, but the unlocked phones are $699 and up :eek:
And the fact that Verizon does not use SIM cards except on Blackberrys a few Droid world phones....

HTC Evo 4g wasn't built with quality...had a few of my friends with one have several problems. Touch screen stopped working, the speaker went bad on one, phone's bottom light up touch buttons stopped working when wifi was on..
Somehow the HTC Incredible (same as Evo but smaller and no 4G) was built good (go figure, damn Chinese inconsistency). Sean and I have been rocking this since last year (AMOLED version), and man does it live up to its name.

Select a a couple phones from carrier, then go crazy on reviews about them. I spent about a month before i got the phone..although Sean might think i copied him :bellyroll:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

It sucks because the only two that I can get for AT&T are the HTC Inpsire 4G and the Samsung Captivate. I guess there's some Motorola's, but I heard they're harder to hack/root (what ever it's called :laugh:)

[Kioshi]

@ kiteless - I did not know that Cyanogen roms weren't capable of 4G connections yet.
Another reason why i say stick with 3g for the time being.
My coworkers thunderbolt weather app started freezing....i just laughed at him and left.
Droid Pro or anything with a smaller screen I would love.

@ Kaotic - I would personally see how both the phones you told me feel in the palm of your hands.
In my opinion, cant go wrong with either or. Both have a good amount of developers making new roms for it.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

@ kiteless - I did not know that Cyanogen roms weren't capable of 4G connections yet.
Another reason why i say stick with 3g for the time being.
My coworkers thunderbolt weather app started freezing....i just laughed at him and left.
Droid Pro or anything with a smaller screen I would love.

@ Kaotic - I would personally see how both the phones you told me feel in the palm of your hands.
In my opinion, cant go wrong with either or. Both have a good amount of developers making new roms for it.

Cool, I will check it out when I'm in Union City. Freakin ghetto people of Vallejo activating the passcodes on the phones at AT&T. hahahaha

[Pur_Blu]

your mom has a smart phone!! lol

anyways i had a great time i would like to see more new faces which is why i plan so far out birthdays and other conflicts i understand. i intercepted a text from Assad and thanks.

PM or text me on the mini meet details... im in!!
PM or text shifter kart plans
PM or text plans on the next meet... im in!! Sac cruz

Vegas 2012 IM SO IN