You guys may be able to see the Leo metero rain in early morning of Nov.
17th (Sunday). I heard that it is the last well known Leo metero rain
because the route will be diverted by the gravity of Jupiter. Hope you
have a happy party.

shengchao

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Lord Isildur wrote:

>
> just a reminder for anyone planning on coming, it's this saturday!
>
> happy hacking,
> isildur
>
> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Lord Isildur wrote:
> >
> >
> > OK, the fourth annual VAX party has been decided. it's on the 16th of
> > november! please rsvp! all are welcome but my house is not extremely large
> > and i want to know how much food and drink to acquire!
> >
> > Time: Sat, 16th November, around 20:00. Total vax-geeking earlier, say 17:00.
> > Place: Isildurean Domain, in Pittsburgh, PA. See directions below.
> > RSVP: to mrfusion (at) vaxpower (dot) org
> >
> > happy hacking,
> > isildur
> >
> > ---
> >
> > directions to Isildurean Domain:
> >
> >
> > from oakland:
> >
> > find your way to s. craig street. On forbes coming from pitt, this means
> > making a left after the carnegie museum onto s craig street. From CMU, this
> > means making a right at the same intersection, by the uni-mart.
> >
> > >From 5th ave, coming from pitt's direction, make a left onto s craig
> > right after you see the SEI. from sq hill direction, make the right
> > when you see SEI across the intersection.
> >
> > follow craig street until it intersects with bigelow boulevard.
> > go forward approx 250 yards, in right lane. make the right onto
> > bloomfield bridge. make a left onto liberty avenue and travel approx .5
> > miles until you see 37th street on your right. it will be directly after
> > a very cool looking duquesne light substation. follow 37th street for approx.
> > 200 yards. you will cross several side streets and then cross penn avenue.
> > immediately after penn avenue, approx. 65 feet from it, is a small street
> > called peoria way. make a right onto it.
> > This dead ends on 38th street. my house is the one that will be directly
> > to your right on this corner, #270. find a place to park, usually there
> > is space further up onm 38th street towards penn avenue. technically there's
> > no parking on peoria way but you can usually get away with parking on the
> > _other_ side of it. my side is a fire lane.  I'd try to park on 38th street
> > first though.
> >
> >
> > from north:
> >
> > if coming down Rt 28, take the 40th street bridge exit and follow the 40th
> > street bridge til the light on butler street. make a right onto butler
> > street and then drive 2 blocks and make a left onto 38th street. My
> > house is approximately 500 feet ahead on the right.
> >
> > if coming down 279,  exit at the east street exit and bear to the left.
> > Make a left at the light with East Ohio street, and stay in the right
> > lane. Make a right at 16th street/chestnut street, and cross the river.
> > Make a left onto liberty avenue and follow liberty up to 37th street,
> > where you make a left. Follow 37th street for approx.
> > 200 yards. you will cross several side streets and then cross penn avenue.
> > immediately after penn avenue, approx. 65 feet from it, is a small street
> > called peoria way. make a right onto it.
> > This dead ends on 38th street. my house is the one that will be directly
> > to your right on this corner, #270. find a place to park, usually there
> > is space further up onm 38th street towards penn avenue. technically there's
> > no parking on peoria way but you can usually get away with parking on the
> > _other_ side of it. my side is a fire lane.  I'd try to park on 38th street
> > first though.
> > (yes liberty is usually faster than taking rt 28 outbound!!)
> >
> >
> > from east:
> >
> > from very far east: take the penna turnpike (rt 76) westward toward
> > Pittsburgh. Take the 376w/pittsburgh exit (exit 11 (no segv pun intended), i
> > think), and then follow 376W in toward the city.
> > from far east:
> > taking 376 west, exit at the squirrel hill exit, and make a right onto
> > beechwood blvd.this is directly after the big sharp turn in the exit
> > ramp and is an equally sharp turn (effectively a u-turn) from the exit
> > to beechwood. travel approx. .35 miles along beechwood and make a right at
> > the light by the cogos and the brewsters ice cream place. Cross the bridge
> > and bear left through the park. Stay in the right lane and at the light
> > with blvd of the allies, cross b.o.a and go straight until you meet a
> > stop sign approx 150 yards ahead. Make a left here, again heading through
> > the park. Go straight at the next stop sign, and then make a left onto
> > darlington rd. From there, travel approx. 120 yards and make a left onto the
> > golf course road. Travel approx. 250 yards til you intersect with tech street,
> > and turn right into CMU. Travel approx. 100 yards until the stop sign and
> > turn right onto margaret-morrison street. At the light with Forbes Avenue,
> > turn left onto Forbes.
> > Follow forbes until craig street, where you will see the Carnegie across
> > and to your left, and a uni-mart on your right.  mae a right onto s craig st.
> > Follow craig street until it intersects with bigelow boulevard.
> > go forward approx 250 yards, in right lane. make the right onto
> > bloomfield bridge. make a left onto liberty avenue and travel approx .5
> > miles until you see 37th street on your right. it will be directly after
> > a very cool looking duquesne light substation. follow 37th street for approx.
> > 200 yards. you will cross several side streets and then cross penn avenue.
> > immediately after penn avenue, approx. 65 feet from it, is a small street
> > called peoria way. make a right onto it.
> > This dead ends on 38th street. my house is the one that will be directly
> > to your right on this corner, #270. find a place to park, usually there
> > is space further up onm 38th street towards penn avenue. technically there's
> > no parking on peoria way but you can usually get away with parking on the
> > _other_ side of it. my side is a fire lane.  I'd try to park on 38th street
> > first though.
> >
> > >From near east:
> > from highland park:
> > follow negley avenue southward until penn avenue. make a right onto penn
> > ave. Follow it til 37th street, make a right onto 37th. immediately after,
> > turn right onto the side-street peoria way. This dead-ends on 38th street
> > and isildurean domain, #270, is on your right as you stand at that
> > corner. Or, you could go over the hill past the zoo down to Butler st,
> > and take butler all the way in, make a left onto 38th street, and up a
> > block and a half to #270.
> >
> > from east liberty:
> > follow 5th avenue until it intersects with penn ave/Rt 8,
> > and then turn left from 5th onto penn, heading towards downtown. Follow
> > penn til 37th street, and make a right onto 37th.
> > approx. 65 feet from the corner, is a small street called peoria way.
> > make a right onto it.
> > This dead ends on 38th street. my house is the one that will be directly
> > to your right on this corner, #270. find a place to park, usually there
> > is space further up onm 38th street towards penn avenue. technically there's
> > no parking on peoria way but you can usually get away with parking on the
> > _other_ side of it. my side is a fire lane.  I'd try to park on 38th street
> > first though.
> > (yes liberty is usually faster than taking rt 28 outbound!!)
> >
> >
> > >From south:
> > if crossing on 279, take the liberty avenue exit (right downtown) after the
> > bridge. follow liberty avenue all the way to 37th street (approx. 3 miles)
> > follow the directions from 279N after this point.
> > If crossing from the liberty tunnels, follow second avenue inbound to the
> > downtown area and make a right when it dead-ends at the red light under
> > the blvd of the allies ramp. im not sure of the name of this street.
> > follow it through two lights, and then at the stop sign, which should be
> > 7th avenue, make a left. Mellon Bank center should be on your left, and
> > USX tower should be ahead of you. Turn right onto grant street, and follow
> > grant until it merges into Liberty Ave. Follow the directions from liberty
> > avenue given in other sections.
> >
> > from west: if you're coming from the far west, you're probably coming into
> > the area on 76, the turnpike. It passes by pittsburgh about 30 miles out, so
> > either way you get off of it, you have to take some other roads.
> > Your options are to take the earliest pgh exit, which goes to rt 60,
> > occasionally labelled as going to the airport, and pass the airport by
> > and then get on 279 heading north, then follow the directions above from
> > south on 279. Or, you could stay on and get off at the cranberry/rt 79
> > exit. Then you'd come down on 79 south to 279 south. At the east ohio
> > street exit, get off of 279 south and stay in the left lane. Then, make
> > the left onto east ohio street and get into the _right_ lane. At the next
> > big intersection, youll come to 16th street, also called chestnut street
> > there. Make a right onto it. Youll cross the alleghenny river on the 16th
> > st bridge, and come to a light on penn ave. go straight, the next light
> > is liberty ave. make a left onto liberty and follow the above directions
> > in 'from the south' along liberty. Finally, you could stay on 76 until
> > the 376 exit, which would be way out of your way, and take the 'from the
> > east' directions. When i travel west, i usually go the cranberry route.
> >
> > >From the moon:
> > land rocket at intersection of penn ave and 38th street, being careful not
> > to burn my house down with rocket exhaust in the process. walk down
> > 38th street to #270.
> >
> > >From china: buy a bigger shovel.
> >
>