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Re: TCBOR Teslathon
> Barry Benson and Steve Roys sort of let the cat out of the bag by
> posting, but hey, good things can't be kept a secret forever.
Whoops. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
> Besides, smart money would say start up you own
> yearly bash! Steve Roys did!! He now holds the TCBOM teslathon at his
> home (payback is hell Steve). We need more Teslathons!!!
Reserve your spot NOW! A mere $50 handling fee will probably
guarantee you an invite to the second annual Tesla Coil Builders of
Maryland Teslathon/swimfest/cookout.
But seriously now...Richard is right. You don't have to rent a hall
and have it catered to have your own Teslathon and have some fun.
Our TCBOM Teslathon consisted of 7 people (the 4 TCBOM members and 3
ambassadors from the TCBOR group) mainly sitting around, eating dogs
and burgers, floating in the pool, and talking high voltage. We had
a few small Tesla coils running, had a show-and-tell time, and we
dinked around a little bit - nothing at all like Richard's spark and
physics phest, but it was fun because it brought like-minded people
together to exchange thoughts and ideas. Next year, we'll have even
more stuff to dink around with, and hopefully a small "for-sale"
section. But only time will tell how many people will be there.
> If you do decide to hold your own Teslathon, it will be great until the
> list hits 30 people in a few years! Then it is a tedious effort where
> you are running around in a daze trying to see to everyone's needs and
> preparing the next demo, directing traffic to the "head", fetching soda
> and ice, etc.. Now that a couple of other 'Thons are going, I love to
> attend them and suck up the other guy's soda, harrass the hell out of him
> and generally hang around with the intent purpose of doing absolutely
> nothing except going one on one with my fellow coilers. (something you
> can't do if you are in charge).
We're still in the "collecting members" stage, so if anyone in the
Maryland area is interested in joining our group, drop me some email.
I live in Carroll County about 30 min north of Baltimore.
Steve Roys.
Steven Roys (sroys-at-radiology.ab.umd.edu)