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View Poll Results: Would you and Where would you like for a gathering of DF members? | |
Orlando, Florida (plenty for kids and adults to do)
|    | 5 | 14.71% | |
Las Vegas, Nevada (not much for kids though)
|    | 12 | 35.29% | |
New York (maybe Niagara Falls)
|    | 6 | 17.65% | |
Chicago
|    | 7 | 20.59% | |
Other (please specify with a good explanation of things to do)
|    | 3 | 8.82% | |
Not interested at all
|    | 2 | 5.88% | |
Interested, but have other input (please specify)
| | 2 | 5.88% |
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10-21-2006, 07:05 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,734
| | | How about The Keys??? Cyborg have you ever been there?
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
10-21-2006, 07:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,872
| | | One of my favorite places to go... |
10-21-2006, 07:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lower Templestowe, Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 3,155
| | | Have the get-together at my place... You can all sleep in tents in the backyard!! |
10-21-2006, 07:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
| | | How bout that cruise I wanted many moons ago? And we won't have to worry about not having backup supplies. Sandi, if you pump breaks, I'll let you borrow mine every hour.
One thing I was looking at for a location was a possible meeting room and trying to get companies to come out and talk to us. Maybe even get some of the new pump companies to come out and speak. I'd love to see an Omnipod in person. Then maybe I could get Lifescan to come and give something out for free once in their life, lol.
So the search continues.
How bout a DF Cruise? No sponsors or speeches, but something simple like a 4 day cruise where we just all chat and have fun amongst ourselves.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone.
Last edited by Dewey : 10-22-2006 at 11:28 AM.
Reason: condensed
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10-22-2006, 08:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,872
| | | I've always wanted to go on a cruise ship, but with all the illnesses on these ships I've been apprehensive to go... |
10-22-2006, 08:54 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,734
| | | No thanks, I'll pass on the cruise!! I would hate for one of us to fall over and all we could do is wave goodbye.
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
10-22-2006, 08:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
| | | Cam,that's only happened like two or three times that someone has gone missing on a cruise and fallen over. THat's alot safer than flying right now and needing to make emergency landings and be 12 hours late someone cause some ******* yelled bomb on the plane.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
10-22-2006, 09:00 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,872
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg  Cam,that's only happened like two or three times that someone has gone missing on a cruise and fallen over. THat's alot safer than flying right now and needing to make emergency landings and be 12 hours late someone cause some ******* yelled bomb on the plane. | Fallen over? Probably more like jumped over or thrown over... |
10-22-2006, 09:04 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyborg Fallen over? Probably more like jumped over or thrown over... | I know for a fact was one case was a person highly intoxicated. They didn't confirm any suicide or any reason for one, so they assumed the person was so intoxicated they fell over the ship.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
10-22-2006, 09:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 8,563
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Originally Posted by 2high Have the get-together at my place... You can all sleep in tents in the backyard!! | As long as a kangaroo doesn't try to put you in it's pouch, you'll be ok. 
__________________  ~Cin~ Mom always says I'm special. Hmmm........wonder what she means by that?? LOL.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched,they must be felt with the heart.
~Helen Keller~
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10-22-2006, 09:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
| | | Sorry 2high, but if anyone uses they "money" excuse they definitely better not be going to a gathering down there (if they live int he US) or else they have some darn good questions to answer. Not to mention they could fly Dewey and Carwy for free to wherever it is, lol.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
10-22-2006, 10:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 5,042
| | | We should see how many people would actually even go to a gathering first before picking places and dates. Once we have that establish then we all can agree on a location, time of year and for how long. If we are going to plan something we should go all the way to make this a big event.
I would be interested in going, but for example lets say you choose some time in the winter then I would not be able to go, even though I am seriously interested in going there is no way I can get away then. So I think it is important that we find how many people are serious about going and then as group we can focus on the rest and make this a team effort. I think we will have a bigger turn out this way.
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Administrator of Diabetesforums.com "Weeding my way through Diabetes, and taking all of you along for the ride." - archimeech |
10-22-2006, 10:50 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,734
| | | Jedi I guess it's time for poll #4. LMAO
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
10-22-2006, 10:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,213
| | | In the previous attempts to organize a get together, I will give my same response:
1. I'm in!
2. I will start researching bail bondsmen in the proposed destinations (I have a feeling we will need them!)
3. My location preferences in order: Dew's house, Cin's house, Tony's house, Vegas
4. I am sure we can get some reps from companies to come out and speak
5. We need prizes for various things: Farthest distance traveled, Lowest BS while on the trip, highest BS after a buffet (assuming Vegas), Best airport security checkin story, Person with most backup supplies, Person with least backup supplies, etc.
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My wife keeps telling me I never listen to her.... or something like that! |
10-22-2006, 10:54 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
| | | Tony, I thought that too, but the problem is you'll get great interest for the event but might not get an interest for location. I believe the interest is there on this forum. It's just getting it together that seems to fall through and finding a location where the greatest turnout would be.
I'm one that is willing to fly most places. However, I don't think someone like Funnygrl woudl want to fly to Vegas or Florida, however, if it were in NY, she'd be 100% about going. So that's where the problem is with getting interest first.
Also Tony, if you want, you can close all of these threads and start it out how you think it should start. I just remeber from my car forum that there was huge interest for a Rally, but once it was about choosing locations over 75% dropped out due to traveling that far. So then the idea of numerous mini-Rallies came about but didn't succeed very well since the main support group did the Ohio location, so the NY, Florida, and California one never went through.
I'm just really into getting this to happen and will put all my effort into it to make sure something happens.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
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