Official 3/9 Buffalo Meetup/Review Thread

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nevermind. did not work

[guwapo_rocker]

So, how were the wings? Are there any tolls between the Q/L bridge and Buffalo?

Did the hotel bar really close at midnight?

Are the Asian chicks still at the train station????

[Nickdfresh]

...Are there any tolls between the Q/L bridge and Buffalo?

Depends on which way to take, there is a dollar toll for going over the Grand Island bridge(s) on the 190...

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Does it seem cold in here to you?

What's there to do tonight, Anything?

[twonabomber]

i honestly did not notice much of a difference in the wings. i think i am going to get some shit for that. on the way back from Rama, Grimes and i met up with VH2001 and had wings at the Bar-Bill. i could tell a difference between those and what i can get here. the Pearl's pizza was good.

tolls, or trolls? it's $3.15 from the PA/NY line to the gate in Buffalo.

hotel bar was still jumping when we got back. before we left we asked the bartender about staying open, he said if there was a decent crowd they'd stay open later. i wonder if they hustled the guys out of the arena right after they got offstage and got them back to the hotel before the crowd did. we only went back to the Pearl because we had two paid-for tubes of beer waiting for us. it was cool of them to do that.

if the tlain is still rate, then the girls may still be there. i don't have time to get there and back before work. maybe i will check on my way up Friday.

[tommyv]

So many stories, so little time...

We returned home safely yesterday afternoon after a quick 2 hour drive. No issues whatsoever at the border.

While I had some advance notice, I came home to confirm that neither of my 2 machines would boot. This morning, I swapped out a hard drive in the laptop and swapped out the power supply in the desktop. I feel whole again....

What a great fucking 48 hours. From the time we rolled in on Thursday to the bittersweet good-byes at noon yesterday. Twonabomber and I held court at a table in the hotel bistro from 7:30 to 11:30. Shoes joined us until it was time for her train and Von joined us for a while leading up to check-out.

As Twona mentioned, we got off to an interesting start on Thursday night. I never denied I was a member of the crew, but never confirmed it either. I was sharing tales from the road, but it was as a fan. The fact that I was approximately 18 beer in by the time probably helped me pull it off. Please note: 18 American beer equates to approximately 12.3 Canadian beer. There was a brief moment of terror on Friday when he walked into the Hyatt lobby, saw me with the gang and came over to say hi and to have a good show. Thought I was busted.

Good time at the Pearl, although I was a little disappointed at the turnout. The DDLR gang was out in force, but it stopped there. The gang all stepped up to cover, but I will think twice about fronting cash in the future.

Returned home with 6 cases of Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi and 4 bags of Jalapeno Cheetos. You yanks certainly have better snack food than we do. Fair trade off on the beer thing, I suppose.

We stopped at the Record Theatre on the way home. I had not been there since the late 70s and I wanted to check it out. While still the same in square footage, it has definitely lost its lustre. Had a musty smell, as much used stuff as new and about 3 customers. Back in the day, a good record store was teeming with people and was alive. Do not want to sound like the old guy, but kids today do not know what they are missing.

Like Twoabomber, probably lots more thoughts will pop up and I will share as appropriate. Going to a VH show is about so much more than just the band - it is about the people, the atmosphere, the memories that we will always have. Thanks to those joined me in creating those memories.

Buffalo was alive with Van Halen on Friday - just like the old days.

Now that I have a working machine, I posted my photos. There may be some stinkers, I just posted the whole card without filtering. The ones of our merry troupe can be found on the last 2 pages.

http://s1153.photobucket.com/albums/p514/TommyV27/VH%2020120309%20Buffalo%20NY/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20

You will notice that Guwapo is not among us, maybe he will be able to make the Toronto show this weekend.

[twonabomber]

Twonabomber and I held court at a table in the hotel bistro from 7:30 to 11:30.

this is pretty much what we do in Sarnia, too. except in Sarnia we watch hotel staff reset the breaker every half-hour after two waffle makers and the coffee pot trip it.

[guwapo_rocker]

but I will think twice about fronting cash in the future.

I'll give you my 10 bucks on Saturday. I feel bad about that.

Haven't spoken to you know who in 4 days. Well I did say two words to her, "buy beer".

She said two words back. Don't think I'm getting beer.

[moose]

did you guys buy a guitar Saturday morning?

Nope the guitar wasn't there
But I found a Classic Van Halen poster from 1979
It is the promo poster for VH II, it is being framed
For my mancave
The day before he sold another poster from VH 1
:-(

The

[moose]

So, how were the wings? Are there any tolls between the Q/L bridge and Buffalo?

Did the hotel bar really close at midnight?

Are the Asian chicks still at the train station????

Nope they hooked up with my son
:-)

[guwapo_rocker]

Nope they hooked up with my son
:-)

Good man!!

[guwapo_rocker]

Did someone mug Von Halen and take his Camera?

[DavidLeeNatra]

Does it seem cold in here to you?

[moose]

Hope this works

I know I know a little far back
Still not bad!

[moose]

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