Last C+J Meetup before the end of the world!

nhox42

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Saturday September 30, 2017 · 2:14 PM PDT

2017/09/30 · 14:14

No, wait, the end of the world was last month.

Hello all! It's time for the Pre-Holiday, post Price (and maybe a couple of others if we're lucky) C+J Meetup!

This one will be Saturday, November 4th in Kittery, ME in deference to our southern Kossack contingent. The location is one we have used before, The Farm Bar And Grille (http://www.farmbargrille.com/kittery/home). Good food, lots of room, parking on site and a very short walk to Beach Pea Baking (https://www.beachpeabaking.com/) where we have procured many sweets on past ventures.

Come along for good times, great conversation and a splash in the kiddie pool!

Please RSVP to nhox42 AT Gmail DOT com

Conspiratorially,

nhox42

Some photos from past meetups:

12510528_10156513817170389_576483353_o_%281%29.jpg — The festive crew

And of course, the food:

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nhox42

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Monday May 01, 2017 · 7:51 PM PDT

2017/05/01 · 19:51

A beautiful day! Our venue- Flatbread Pizza is on the right, lower level

What a great day! A great group of C+J’s devotees (and our esteemed leader who kicked his health challenges in the teeth to join us) gathered at Flatbread Pizza in Portland, Maine for our first meetup of 2017. An excellent time was had by all with sparkling conversation and excellent food to round out the day. Because of privacy concerns, we don’t list attendees but I’m sure you’ll recognize some if not all of the happy faces in the photos below! Special mention does go out to our attendee from Daily Kos- your hospitality and kindness is greatly appreciated! As I said in conversation with him- meetups like this (especially in these uncertain times) are crucial to maintaining the hope that better things are possible in the face of adversity. Thank you to all who attended and if you can get to the next event, please do!

On to the photos!

Still bigger than Trump’s Inauguration. (with credit to the author! You know who you are :)

Plotting the imminent socialist takeover of the universe (or pizza, whichever comes first)...

Our Esteemed Leader with the new troop of Billeh’s Marines :)

Our Esteemed Leader’s quilt- An astounding piece of work displayed lovingly!

Two gentlemen who have faced more than their share of challenges of late who continue to be an example for us all!

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42 votes Show Results

So, how awesome was this?

42 votes Vote Now!

So, how awesome was this?

Better than ice cream

1 vote

Better than ice cream with jimmies

0 votes

better than ice cream with jimmies and chocolate syrup

1 vote

better than ice cream with jimmies, chocolate syrup and whipped cream served to you by your scantily clad secret crush

6 votes

Better than melted ice cream being cried over by Paul LePage, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Ann Coulter stranded in the geographical center of the Gobi Desert?

34 votes

Spring 2017 C+J/Kossack Meetup!

nhox42

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Wednesday March 22, 2017 · 8:09 PM PDT

2017/03/22 · 20:09

April 17 update: we are up to 16 attendees so far! Send an RSVP to nhox42 {AT} yahoo {DOT} com if you can join us!

Hello all! The calendar says it's spring but 15 degrees out certainly doesn't feel like it. It's time again for the latest installment of the ongoing font of awesome that are the C+J/Kossack meetups! The date is Saturday April 22nd at noon at Flatbread Pizza in Portland, ME. Expect the usual scintillating conversation, peerless companions and excellent food! If we're lucky, we will be able to discuss the upcoming impeachment hearings...

We hope to see you there!

Google Maps link:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flatbread+Company/@43.657246,-70.249881,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8996c74ab0eefe4c!8m2!3d43.657246!4d-70.2498812?hl=en-US

Suggested parking is in the municipal garage next to the restaurant or on street on Thames Street 1 block from the restaurant.

Alternative transportation: Take the Amtrak Downeaster to the Portland station and we will find a way to get you to the gathering!

http://www.amtrakdowneaster.com/schedules

Please RSVP to nhox42 {AT} yahoo {DOT} com when you can!

nhox42

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Tuesday May 24, 2016 · 6:18 PM PDT

2016/05/24 · 18:18

Hello all you amazing C+J folk!

It's time for the next meetup!

BJ has kindly offered her most excellent cottage by the lake in Norway, ME again. Located about an hour northwest of Portland, it is a beautiful drive and an amazing spot to have a gathering of the most beautiful, intelligent, witty and personable people you will ever meet!

Date is June 25th;

Hours are from noon to 6pm;

Bring a snack or comestible to share with the group;

Woozles are welcome but Hobbes, Penn and the fosters prefer to be the only kitties;

Bring your bathing suit if you have a strong tolerance for cold;

Please RSVP to let us know how many awesome folk to expect! (nhox42 AT yahoo DOT com)

Here are some photos from the site and from past meetups!

2013-07-06_13.10.24.jpg — The house in the woods!

2013-07-06_16.08.45.jpg — Woozles at play!

2013-07-06_17.29.24.jpg — Woozles at rest!

2013-01-14_20.59.51.jpg — Senseii wants you to come! How can you refuse that face?!

nhox42

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Sunday January 10, 2016 · 3:42 PM PST

2016/01/10 · 15:42

Hello everyone! It was another great C+J/Kossack Meetup yesterday! The weather let up momentarily to allow us all to get there, thankfully. Those of us traveling from northern points were greeted with occasional whiteouts on the way down. A festive group was in attendance with Bill in Portland Maine, Common Sense Mainer, Vacationland, mayim, BJedward, AnneElizabeth, Nautical Knots, Radical Simplicity, Ed Tracey and nhox42. Conversations were up to our usual standards ranging from local to national politics, rock and roll, cats, farm life and many other topics. One of my favorite things about these gatherings is the expert commentary. All of our attendees are experts in their particular fields; listening to well informed inside opinions on current events is an extremely rewarding and interesting facet of these get togethers.

AnneElizabeth, BJEdward, mayim and Ed Tracey

AnneElizabeth and Common Sense Mainer and his utterly amazing quilt!

Practicing for his upcoming Phantom Of The Opera audition :)

Then there was the food- we hit a home run with this venue: www.farmbargrille.com/…

Two words come to mind- flavorful and overwhelming! Here’s the food porn:

12545949_10156513819105389_2115950053_o_(1).jpg — Chili and Broccoli Cheddar soup

12511413_10156513817850389_1242478007_o_(1).jpg — Roasted Half Chicken with Roasted Veg and Mashed Potatoes

12544254_10156513817960389_1426183385_o_(1).jpg — Mondo Burger and copious fries

12510126_10156513818150389_1195928593_o_(1).jpg — Grilled Burrito and manyfries :)

12499111_10156513818885389_1846226512_o_(1).jpg — Fish (!) and Chips. Check the fork for scale.

939182_10156513818245389_479188964_o_(1).jpg — BBQ Pulled Pork!

12544796_10156513818465389_341530272_o_(1).jpg — Chicken and Biscuits and Gravy and Mashed and Mac n’Cheese...

12510528_10156513817170389_576483353_o_(1).jpg — And the happy crew!

We hope to see you at the next one!

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20 votes Show Results

How long did it take for your food coma to wear off?

20 votes Vote Now!

How long did it take for your food coma to wear off?

2 hours

1 vote

4 hours

2 votes

12 hours

2 votes

I'm still there. <snore>

3 votes

Dammit Jim, I'm a Doctor not a Gastroenterologist!

12 votes

Cheers and Jeers/ NE Kossacks Midwinter Meetup!

nhox42

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Tuesday December 08, 2015 · 6:37 PM PST

2015/12/08 · 18:37

Our Fearless Leader and his Courageous Companion!

Hello all! It is long past time for the next iteration of the famous C+J/NE Kossack Meetup. I blame that pesky Real Life thing (boo, hiss!). We are planning the next version to be in early January (specifically Saturday the 9th). Start time is at noon and we went for a more central location this time. The venue is The Farm Bar And Grille in Kittery, Maine (www.farmbargrille.com/...). We are hoping to see more of our Massachusetts friends (and further!) this time around! These meetups are always a good time, fun and informative and a great way to beat the winter blahs (and the fundamentalist blahs). Here are some action photos from meetups past:

Scene of the crime! — One of our past locations for shenanigans!

Red Velvet Cake is in fact irresistible...

Because sometimes I think these diaries are an excuse for food porn :)

And one from our most recent Portland, ME meetup.

So to sum up:

January 9th, noon

The Farm Bar And Grille,

57 State Street, Kittery ME

www.farmbargrille.com/…

RSVP to:

nhox42 AT gmail.com

Thanks for looking and join us! You won’t regret it :)

nhox42 for New England Kossacks

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Sunday September 07, 2014 · 7:34 AM PDT

2014/09/07 · 07:34

What a great meetup! The weather gods smiled upon us (or more accurately didn't dump upon us) and it was a wonderful day! Follow me below the orange cloud:

nhox42 for New England Kossacks

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Friday August 08, 2014 · 7:40 AM PDT

2014/08/08 · 07:40

It's the Eve Of Meetup!!
Hello all,
Here is the eve of meetup update:
1. Bring rain gear just in case (fingers crossed otherwise :);
2. Bring folding chairs (we are 30+ at this point and will need the extra butt holders :);
3. If you have one you can bring, a folding table would be awesome! We will have a metric crapton of food and will need places to put it (before it all goes IN MY FACE :);
4. BYOB keeping in mind civility and all that (Tequila is RIGHT OUT :);
Again, contact me at the address listed below for last minute questions.
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
nhox42

It's Update Time! We are at the one week mark so here goes: Hello all!
We are at the one week countdown! After a great conference call today, I can offer the following tidbits of knowledge for the September 6th meet up:
We are going to have A LOT to talk about (not that we ever lack for it) but MA has their gubernatorial primaries very soon after the 6th; ME has a two and a half way race for governor and there is always the volcano in Iceland…
To reiterate: brillig and co will have sausage and peppers as a main dish, so side dishes and desserts are very welcome! In addition, please feel welcome to bring any items that you need for dietary concerns.
There is on-street parking to suffice for all attendees. It can be supplemented by surrounding side street parking.
We are shooting for a 1pm start time. The thought here was that it’s not ridiculously early for folks traveling and it gives us time to get home before full dark if you would like;
Remember that if you are thinking of bringing a woozle buddy, contact us so we can be prepared;
We are going to have a great time, as we always do at these meet ups! :)
If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask in a reply to nhox42 -at- gmail -dot- com. Looking forward to seeing all of you,
nhox42

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Saturday October 26, 2013 · 3:21 PM PDT

2013/10/26 · 15:21

Good lord. That was one epic food coma :)

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Tuesday September 17, 2013 · 7:46 AM PDT

2013/09/17 · 07:46

Hello all!

10/12/13 Meetup Update:
Current attendees and possibles are: rebereads, Portia Elm (a potential mileage winner!), bjedward, nailbender, BillinPortlandMaine, Common Sense Mainer, mdevine, theMarti, patmoshimer, commonmass, Actbriniel, LoreleiHI, mayim, nhox42.
(10/12 adds: CR Padula, bluesheep)
(10/22/13 adds and possibles: 4freedom)
Remember to RSVP so I can get you on the list!

It's that time again! The air is crisp, the tourists are gone (mostly) and it's a perfect time to get together and see old (in dog years) snark filled friends again. The next C+J Kossack meetup is upon us! It will be at the same location as last time: Silly's on Washington Avenue in Portland, ME at 10:30 AM on Saturday, October 26th. Here's the website:

http://www.sillys.com/

And more importantly, here's the Shake menu:

http://www.sillys.com/...

Please RSVP to nhox42 |at| yahoo |dot| com so I can keep Silly's in the loop about attendance :)

Looking forward to seeing all of you!

nhox42
Clint Gordon
Wreck List toons: Jantuk, Jantik, Jantok, Jantak

ps- Senseii Getting his stretchies in:

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4/20 NE Kossack Meetup Success!

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Saturday April 20, 2013 · 3:28 PM PDT

2013/04/20 · 15:28

Woohoo! What a great time! We ended up with about 22 of us and Silly's did a masterful job of feeding and herding a wild group of cats :)
Attendees were: Lets just say that there was a pile of us and leave it at that...
With no further delay, the photos:

JBL55, Debbie in ME and Santiaga in the foreground and the rest of the usual suspects...

Simple and Common Sense Mainer

Eddie in ME and the Infamous Santiaga :)

Debbie in ME, surprise guest Diane Russell (welcome!), Eddie in ME and the Infamous (and apparently stern) Santiaga :)

One thing about Silly's is it's wonderful and eclectic decor...

Thus proving the existence and awesomeness of Bacon Shakes :)

Also, Silly's has an amazing collection of S+P shakers. I mean where else are you going to get salt out of a big red.... I'll just stop there.

nhox42 in mid-chew:)

A cheerful Ed Tracey as usual-

Our fearless leader!

Our fearless leader channeling the holiday!

Happy crowd:)

Jane In ME, DtheO, Santiaga, Eddie in ME and Debbie in ME

Jane In ME, DtheO, Diane Russell, Eddie in ME and Debbie in ME

Bluesheep and an apparently perturbed commonmass

The most awesome sink fixture I've seen in years!

Scene of the crime!

More pictures can be found at the Flickr page for today

Topics ranged all over the place from the latest drivel coming out of the mouth of that guy in Blaine House (and a spotting of his birthplace!), little electric motors and other places you can find them, opposition research, current bills before the Legislature, closure in Boston, a future bill to be introduced in the next session commemorating April 20th as Willie Nelson Day :) and that's just the conversations I could hear...

Thanks all for making this a great success and can't wait to see everyone in July at Mayims!

Please fill in any details (sorry I missed them in advance) I missed in the comments!

4/20 Portland, ME Kossack meetup! (4/20 Update Woooot!!)

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Wednesday April 10, 2013 · 4:40 AM PDT

2013/04/10 · 04:40

&&&&&
4/20 Update- Here is the link to the Flickr group for today to upload and view photos!
&&&&&

4/18 update!
April Get Together Attendees and possibles: leolabeth in newcastle, Mdevine, JBL55 + Jim, tallmom, parsonbeach, Ed Tracey, simple, debbie in me, Jane in ME, CSM/BiPM, commonmass, Vacationland, The Marti, cr padula, patty kahn, DtheO, DowneastDem, mayim, nhox42
Possibles:
AnotherMassachusettsLiberal, loreleiHI, Nautical Knots and Linda

The weather is looking wonderful for Saturday! Can't wait to see everyone! Please review my notes on parking to avoid frustration :) I would suggest Googling Silly's and checking out the street layout.

4/12 update! Looks like we could be at the 10-15ish count for attendees! I'm excited! Checked in with Silly's this week and if the weather is right, we could be out on the back porch :) Looking forward to seeing you all!

Hello all!
Apologies for the late notice but this came together on the spur of the moment:
For all those that are in shouting distance of Portland, ME (or anyone who wants to come :) we are having a Kossack Meetup in Portland on Saturday April 20th at 1130 (ish) AM, at a wonderful and eclectic restaurant named Silly's. Come join us and celebrate the beauty that is spring in Maine! (or mud season. Spring really doesn't get here for another month :)
Please let me know if you want to attend at nhox42 at yahoo dot com!
One cautionary note- parking for Silly's is on street. There might be a short walk between your car and the restaurant.

PS- I'm just going to leave this here: Silly's Shake Menu

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Which shake shakes your shaker?

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Which shake shakes your shaker?

Morgana-limeade, chocolate and strawberry

1 vote

Bananarama-cinnamon and banana

1 vote

The Bees Knees – honey, graham crackers & cinnamon

2 votes

What’s Shakin’ Bacon – peanut butter, milkshake with bacon on top

1 vote

The Tim Curry-peanut butter, masaman curry and toasted coconut

2 votes

Twist & Stout – Guinness Stout with creamy vanilla ice cream

2 votes

Cocoa mint-hot chocolate and mint

1 vote

BlueBerry Cobbler-blueberry, krispies and cinnamon

2 votes

The Elvis Shake – peanut butter & banana

0 votes

Montezuma’s Revenge-chocolate, cayenne and cinnamon

5 votes

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