EBTM05 live! ... and further thoughts about the meeting

Fons · Post by **Fons** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:31 am

I had a really great time here!
And many thanks to all the people who were organizing this wonderful meeting.

And also to Cake because I could stay in here flat during the meeting! Kiitos

soilian · Post by **soilian** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:42 pm

The curator of the Bank of Finland museum must be him.

Mr Euro · Post by **Mr Euro** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:32 pm

Hey,

Me and Craco here. Friday and especially saturday was really great! You can expect a report in the coming week. We are just passing by this internetpub in Estonia and had to say "Thank Avij and Finland!" Hopefully we all see you back next year.

Kouppohalli, Kisahalli, Apteeki , kalkkumasalaatti. So many new words :wink:
Some don`t dare to post here :lol:

Thanks again,

Craco & Mr Euro

soilian · Post by **soilian** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:44 pm

Mr Euro wrote:Kouppohalli, Kisahalli, Apteeki , kalkkumasalaatti. So many new words

I think it's kauppahalli, apteekki, kalkkunasalaatti you wanted to write...

Pretty well anyway. I know Finnish is a difficult language.

Drive safely back home, Craco & Mr Euro!

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:12 pm

If you took pictures (or video clips) from the meeting, please have a look at the instructions on how to get them published in the EBT gallery.

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:46 pm

Yes, thanks for everybody who have contributed to make EBTM05 such a great event
- Avij who had taken such efforts to make it a success even in details
- the fellow trackies who joined and who brought with them such great spirits. It was a great thing and I look forward to the next meeting.

Now I will spend my last 48 hours in exploring Helsinki myself and tomorrow I plan to go to Porvoo in order to see a bit more from Finland.

Thanks to everybody and best wishes to you all!

Asiamaniac

Viperazzi · Post by **Viperazzi** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:05 pm

Thank you all for a truly wonderful meeting. Have a safe journey back home, see you next year.

soilian · Post by **soilian** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:33 pm

Fons found a very nice triple! Congratulations!

Prynde · Post by **Prynde** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:42 pm

I want to thank you all who joined, i had really great time

it was very nice to meet you all and i hope we meet again perhaps next year

Fons · Post by **Fons** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:59 pm

soilian wrote:Fons found a very nice triple! Congratulations!

Yes, I'm very happy with that hit! I also got another hit (with k.j.k.)

And unfortunately 1 meeting hit which I think will be moderated pretty soon. (I found on of Elmo's notes)

giberski · Post by **giberski** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:32 pm

Hi everyone, here Giberski at Tiura's place.

Did you ever do something so great that it can make you cry of happiness later? Well it happened to me this weekend. I´ve been to this capital Helsinki where I talked with people for around three full days about notes. And the best thing is that no-one says ´oke, it´s enough now!´. No, everyone I met is as crazy about tracking notes as I am. Talking about the most stupid statisctics for hours, isn´t that wonderful. For me EBT felt like a kind of family. Without really knowing the persons behind the nickname, a short weekend can change into (what I already said to Bhoeyb) a very intens happening with a feeling of trust, equality and happiness. I´m curious if people feel the same way as I do. I did really enjoy every second of EBTM05.

This is ofcourse thanks to Mr Avij who did an amazing job. First of all getting so much people to Helsinki, then making a plan which is attractive enough for almost everyone in the group. A plan which is so wide-spread that it´s not getting boring. I mean a museum, boattrip, lying in the sun on an island, climbing a tower, enjoy a rollercoaster-ride and have a wonderful dinner on one day must be organised by a genious.

Avij, you made this weekend worth remembering for at least a year, and if the meeting next year would as great as this I would be very happy. You did a excellent job.

Thanks also for all the EBT-ers who showed up and enjoyed it as much as I did. You gave me a wonderful weekend.

A little emotional Giberski who misses the fun and joy of the last three days

Thank you.

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:53 pm

I have had a great time! I am very sad the meeting is over!

It was
nice to see more faces behind the nicknames, and meet them in real
(although I haven't spoken to everyone - there were too many people for
that!

)! I want to thank everybody who took the effort to come to
Helsinki, and my special thanks go to:

1. Avij and imleH - for having organised a splendid meeting!
2. Bhoeyb - for a very great dot hunting trip through germany, Denmark,
Sweden and Finland.
3. Airis, Osku^ and Mako for allowing me to sleep at their homes.

And my apologies go to Osku^, bhoeyb and Mako for the miscommuni-
cation on Sunday.

I am on the way home now. I am at Arlanda, and have to board my plane!
Greetings from Arlanda!

Elmo

redrabbit · Post by **redrabbit** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:01 pm

avij wrote:If you took pictures (or video clips) from the meeting, please have a look at the instructions on how to get them published in the EBT gallery.

Some very nice pictures

Shame I wasn't there, looked like big fun.

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:58 pm

Yes Fons, my congratulations for your great hit with a triple! That a trip to Finland will bring about quite somethins simply lies in the air.

For me also came the unexpected. Today I made a trip to the little town of Porvoo and besides strolling through the old part of town and the cathedral, I certainly did some die-hard-tracking.

So great was my frustration when later on I had to find that there do not seem to be any actice users in this town, with the last one having registered in 2002.!

The greater my surprise when I have hit Trico right now with a note I got in Porvoo.

soilian · Post by **soilian** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:01 pm

Asiamaniac wrote:The greater my surprise when I have hit Trico right now with a note I got in Porvoo.

Congratulations for your nice hit!