Three forum members and spouses caught up for coffee today, Gary and Kerry, John and Irona (JKH) and Dave (Smokeydk). Has there been a larger gathering before?
-- Edited by Gary and Kerry on Monday 7th of September 2009 05:46:38 PM
Jonathan said
06:43 PM Sep 7, 2009
.. I hear that if it exceeds (6) .. you can declare it a public holiday !
Basil Faulty said
07:13 PM Sep 7, 2009
I'd be concerned that if more than 6 ever gathered at the one place at the one time that ASIO agents would have to infiltrate to put a stop to the threat posed to National Security....
Jonathan said
07:58 PM Sep 7, 2009
.. that'd make it a duck-shoot Bas .. !
Smokeydk said
08:34 PM Sep 7, 2009
Thanks Gary for the invite.....yes it was great meeting fellow GN's.I hope We meet more soon
Dave
PS....thank Kerry for the muffin.....Yummmmmmm
jandas fun said
09:22 PM Sep 7, 2009
Yep. great to meet other grey nomads.same interests and dreams and stories of where we have been or would like to go. would happen more often if there was someway that we could keep tabs of where we all are at any given time. perhaps a seperate section on this site?
Johnw
suenami said
09:41 PM Sep 7, 2009
Not a bad idea Johnw.
Jonathan said
09:42 PM Sep 7, 2009
Hi there John ..
I've often thought of that too ..One possible consideration that might help .. would be that whenever someone makes an entry here, that they simply put a brief "location" at the end in brackets .. like I'll do here when I sign off this entry .. Its just a small 'habit' that could be adopted .. and doesn't need to be on every entry you make .. maybe just the first one if you do multi entries in each topic .. Most other concepts that come to mind just seem to be less than practical .. what do you think ?
Jon
(Kellyville NSW)
jandas fun said
10:01 PM Sep 7, 2009
Hi Jon
think its the best idea we have until something else is suggested.
have often wondered if other grey nomads are anywhere in the area and wanted a coffee and a chat.
Johnw
(North Richmond NSW)
Ma said
10:31 PM Sep 7, 2009
We think it's a great idea as well
Ma and Guru
(Ulladulla = South Coast NSW)
Jonathan said
10:37 PM Sep 7, 2009
Thanks folks .. and I've just used my 'signature' facility to simplify it all .. if on the road, then it'll be a manual labour of love .. heh
Jon
drongo & wendy said
07:40 AM Sep 8, 2009
I feel ripped off 181/2 thousand clicks and not one member, but i did speak on the the phone to John of John & Irona Gawd looks like I better sweet talk the misses into another goround Wendy darling ummmmmmm
Ma said
03:44 PM Sep 8, 2009
The only GN we have ever come across.........and that was before we signed up on here........was Dave and Dusty on the GOR last February and at the time we were wondering whether Dusty was human or canine...........now we know.........Dusty....man's best friend.
We fly the colours........a whole bunch of that silver gift wrap stuff that you can buy at the $2 shop. It's been on "Fred" for about 3 months now even through the car wash a few times and still as good as new.
Never seen any one else flying the colours or in fact haven't seen any GN Stickers either.
We are spreading the word to any who will listen. Hope all you GN's are doing the same.
Ma
Cruising Granny said
06:31 PM Sep 8, 2009
I'm flying the Silver flag on Rosy and the sticker as well.
I have met a few nomads, the most recent was Jimbo.
I'm looking forward to meeting more nomads as time goes by. (good name for a song)
See ya all out there sometime, somewhere in the great outdoors. (good name for a TV show)
Cheers Chris
Bridgee said
01:25 PM Sep 9, 2009
We have just returnd from a trip all aound Australia (brilliant)! and everywhere we stopped we asked if they were a member of the grey nomads all gave a 'no' response - we met 100's of people and yet out of all those 100's we met ONE grey nomad! we too display our nomad sticker on the car and the van. Always reading where people meet other nomads on this site but we must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, maybe next trip we'll meet more?
Oops, forgot to put where I am writing from, excellent idea, might be a way of seeing more nomads.
Bridgetown WA
-- Edited by Bridgee on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 01:28:42 PM
Gary and Kerry said
01:43 PM Sep 9, 2009
Bridgee wrote:
We have just returnd from a trip all aound Australia (brilliant)! and everywhere we stopped we asked if they were a member of the grey nomads all gave a 'no' response - we met 100's of people and yet out of all those 100's we met ONE grey nomad! we too display our nomad sticker on the car and the van. Always reading where people meet other nomads on this site but we must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, maybe next trip we'll meet more?
Oops, forgot to put where I am writing from, excellent idea, might be a way of seeing more nomads.
Bridgetown WA
-- Edited by Bridgee on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 01:28:42 PM
We found the same thing during our 6 month trip. The only GN's we met were those that was pre arranged.
Gary and Kerry, John and Irona (JKH) and Dave (Smokeydk).
Has there been a larger gathering before?
-- Edited by Gary and Kerry on Monday 7th of September 2009 05:46:38 PM
.. I hear that if it exceeds (6) .. you can declare it a public holiday !
I'd be concerned that if more than 6 ever gathered at the one place at the one time that ASIO agents would have to infiltrate to put a stop to the threat posed to National Security....
I've often thought of that too ..One possible consideration that might help .. would be that whenever someone makes an entry here, that they simply put a brief "location" at the end in brackets .. like I'll do here when I sign off this entry ..
Its just a small 'habit' that could be adopted .. and doesn't need to be on every entry you make .. maybe just the first one if you do multi entries in each topic ..
Most other concepts that come to mind just seem to be less than practical ..
what do you think ?
Jon
(Kellyville NSW)
Ma and Guru
(Ulladulla = South Coast NSW)
Jon
Gawd looks like I better sweet talk the misses into another goround
Wendy darling ummmmmmm
We fly the colours........a whole bunch of that silver gift wrap stuff that you can buy at the $2 shop. It's been on "Fred" for about 3 months now even through the car wash a few times and still as good as new.
Never seen any one else flying the colours or in fact haven't seen any GN Stickers either.
We are spreading the word to any who will listen. Hope all you GN's are doing the same.
Ma
Oops, forgot to put where I am writing from, excellent idea, might be a way of seeing more nomads.
Bridgetown WA
-- Edited by Bridgee on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 01:28:42 PM
We found the same thing during our 6 month trip. The only GN's we met were those that was pre arranged.
Also sang the praise of this forum.