Goodbye Sunnyvale, Now the Reno expedition!

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Would you like a ghostly visit by Ghosthunter?
Yes! and yeeee! but keep that ecktoo plasm to yourself! 20%  20%  [ 4 ]
Yes! and yeeee! but keep that ecktoo plasm to yourself! 20%  20%  [ 4 ]
No! I am scared of ghosts! 10%  10%  [ 2 ]
No! I am scared of ghosts! 10%  10%  [ 2 ]
I don't know! and "get out of this darn town-ghostie" 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I don't know! and "get out of this darn town-ghostie" 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I don't care! "I am haunting enough and scary as well! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I don't care! "I am haunting enough and scary as well! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Better watch out! better hold tight Ghosthunter in town..fright 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Better watch out! better hold tight Ghosthunter in town..fright 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
A big foot she/he is more welcome! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
A big foot she/he is more welcome! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Aaack! there are penguins in my mind and computer! 15%  15%  [ 3 ]
Aaack! there are penguins in my mind and computer! 15%  15%  [ 3 ]
Fascinating Captain! Is that a ghost in the fridge! 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Fascinating Captain! Is that a ghost in the fridge! 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 20

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29 Jun 2005, 5:40 pm

1)...The Question?

Regarding.....!
those who might be interested in having me
drop by and say "BoooO!", Please PM me!
and make some kind of informative gesture
in my update forum posts, Thanks!.......
Hmmmmm?

2)...Statements by Ghosthunter!

Phase I wrote:
This part of the trip was to go to Sunnyvale
and at night leave food for Scaredy-Cat.
This is the non-people cat that my grandmother
has! I arrived on Friday 6/24, and leave by
6/30.

I found this part of the trip mostly a planning
and setting up part.

a)...swapped my 10gig hard drive and
512mb ram to my better case'd Wallstreet
PBG3 unit for travel and relocation purposes.

b)...Re-arranged my comics, and added a
few pieces.

c)...Separated in a brown box all 2000-2005
paperwork from collectibles.

d)...Resusitated(revived) my spare PBG3 for
the CDRW external Scsi burner for future use!

e)...Did my "Phew! :x " laundry!

f)...Completed the "Starship WrongPlanet
Wet'o'dream planet segament!" and I say
thanks to the players and I hope the internet
viewing audiences enjoyed it and by the way
if you see penguins in the Zoo, "run for you
life"-chuckle(attempting a joke :wink: )!

G)...Re-accessed my perspective of what
Quizno's taught me and what not to do in
the future in my post-autism awareness
status!

F)...Say thanks folks at Wrongplanet. You are
great guys and gals, and when I find wifi options
I will ask who may want to be visited(Rattle!
Rattle! goes the ghostly chain upon you door!)
and might like a friendly "BooO!" from
"Your friendly ghost-Ghosthunter!" :wink: :P :D

Eeeeek! you might say! it's a ghost(hunter) 8O 8O
as the town runs in fright! :roll: :D :?


Phase II wrote:
Time in Reno to arrange visits by my Ghhhossstttly!
presence! I hope I get some specifics on where
to HHHHHAUUUUNTTTTT YOU! :wink:



Until Friday, provided I find a wifi-outlet!
BooooO!

From,
Ghosthunter

3)...The Question Repeated!

Regarding.....!
those who might be interested in having me
drop by and say "BoooO!", Please PM me!
and make some kind of informative gesture
in my update forum posts, Thanks!.......
Hmmmmm?


Sincerely,
Ghosthunter
and "A....Traveling I will go! A travelling I will
go, hi-ho and a boooO! you know a travelling
I will go!"



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29 Jun 2005, 9:16 pm

Hi everyone who may be viewing. I am at
Starbucks on Santa Clara Ave(elcamino by
another name) and San Pedro.

I am catching the Greyhound at 10pm so I
found this Starbucks. They are showing
"Psycho" ©60' in a free viewing on the street
in the San Pedro alleyway like street.

If it starts at 8pm I'll checkit out until 9:30pm!
Otherwise stay put until the bus leaves!

I will arrive in Reno by 6am. It will be the
red-eye bus. Why the red-eye bus?
Because it takes 8 hours and no traffic.
I once, only once caught a day time bus
and it took forrrreeeeevvvveeeerrrr!

The commute traffic in Sacramento is
rediculous! Then you have to deal with
the ickyness of Oakland. If you ever
saw Oakland from Bart(community
train that covers a large area) you would
understand.

The building are dingy, and to make matters
worse is when you go to downtown Oakland
you can cut the negativity with a proverberally
spoken butter knife.

I enjoy passing through San Francisco since
it has a beautiful view from a bus looking out
afar and long distance. It is living there that
I didn't like. Oh! Well! so much for postcard
images! :? :?

The Greyhound station in Sacramento is in
a scarry neighborhood! I has many lurking
corners called streets and the people who
hang around them make you want to stay
at the dingy and very unpleasant bus depot.

If you smoke you have to go into the far back
and feel like one of Larsens "Far Side-dinasours"
that were facing extinction in one of his humor
quips on their extinction and why.

Reno isn't bad! It has "DJ and Alex's" comics.
They are on 5th street. You go down 5th street
on my left and pass the Sand Casino. Afterwards
continue down and within a few blocks of 30's
style house you may see in old black-&-white
movie they are located. Their is a unpainted
picket fence and a almost paintless house
with a porch of days gone by. The house
is 2 stories and has alot of nooks and crannies
that a english muffin could be proud of.

Other wise their is a rumoured(unverified)
24 Starbucks miles down Virgina passed a few
freeways in the large shopping space that also
houses Border's, the only on in miles.

Otherwise, these are my main memories of
the place recently.

Sincerely,
Ghosthunter



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29 Jun 2005, 9:51 pm

/me waves.

Not sure how to answer this post, but I did PM you. Hopefully the Greyhound isn't too crowded and you can have two seats to yourself :)



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29 Jun 2005, 10:14 pm

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/me waves.

Not sure how to answer this post, but I did PM
you. Hopefully the Greyhound isn't too crowded
and you can have two seats to yourself


Thanks for being brave to post to this ghostly
fellow, I guess I am not scarry enough???? :wink:

Pyraxis, San Jose sucks, and this Starbucks sucks!
I came in expecting coffee, a chocolate chip
cookie(they had none-I settled for a lemon cake
slice, Sigh! Oh! well! :roll: ) and my usural
Venti-sized refillable icewater. I am here for
1.5 hours and have to use the restroom.

Hmmmmmm? Oooh! Sorry Sir, we don't have
a restroom! exclaims the barrista! Hmmmmm?
Try the 50's diner or Togo's on San Pedro were
they will eventually be showing a public(outdoor)
viewing of the original "Psycho". HMmmmPh!
Hufff! Grr! :evil: I think to myself. In going to
Togo's on San Pedro I use their restroom and
find out they have Wifi! Cool! but... I have already
made my coffee, lemon cake(Ngggg! it's tolerable,
but no chocalate chip cookie), and Venti-water.

Hmmmmmmm?

I don't go to Berkley for this reason. They have
2 Starbucks and you have to use the Movie
Theatre restroom, and the public library restroom,
or McDonalds(Yeeeccccch!) restroom. HmmmmmPhh!
F#$%$##$# am I going to buy coffee here in the
first place-Hmmmmmmph!

In San Francisco, there are 2 near Kearn and
Montgomery that have no outlets and restrooms.
f#$#$#%$#%$^%^%^& and that is why I don't
even patronize them!

There are only a few Starbucks I will avoid, and this
San Jose one is on my s**t list!

GRrrrrrrr!4378748356938498353443232"#$#%@#$

Otherwise it is so far a relaxing trip! And thankyou
for PM'ing me! I hope you keep me some company
since I am still stranded here for 1.45 hours and
will not BEG $$#%^$^$^ FOR a #%$#$%#^
restroom!

Hmmmm?
Ghosthunter

P.S...At least I know that Togo's on San Pedro
will allow me to Wifi! Cool :D :wink:



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29 Jun 2005, 10:25 pm

It must suck to be an employee at that Starbucks though!

Ghosthunter wrote:
Thanks for being brave to post to this ghostly
fellow, I guess I am not scarry enough????


Or else I just have a weird definition of fear.

I could oblige you by running away screaming from all that ectoplasm, would that spice up your evening a little? :lol: Of course, it would probably scare the Starbucks workers more. Maybe that's what happened to their cookies, they all got covered in ectoplasm and had to be fed to the cats instead...



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29 Jun 2005, 10:44 pm

pyraxis wrote:
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It must suck to be an employee at that Starbucks
though!

Ghosthunter wrote:
Thanks for being brave to post to this ghostly
fellow, I guess I am not scarry enough????

Or else I just have a weird definition of fear.

I could oblige you by running away screaming from
all that ectoplasm, would that spice up your evening
a little? Of course, it would probably scare the Starbucks
workers more. Maybe that's what happened to their
cookies, they all got covered in ectoplasm and had to be
fed to the cats instead...



Here kitty-kitty Spluph1! and the barfing of ectoplasm
cat is spewing it on customers in disgust of "HOW DARE
YOU FEED ME THIS!" .

Hi! kitty, you need a restroom! there is the public
facility kitty box where people......(unmentionable)!

But seriously, hows it going in (insert state, were Fort ?)
is? Right now it is getting dark and who knows the
movie maybe starting soon!



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29 Jun 2005, 10:58 pm

Ghosthunter wrote:
Hi everyone who may be viewing. I am at
Starbucks on Santa Clara Ave(elcamino by
another name) and San Pedro.

I am catching the Greyhound at 10pm so I
found this Starbucks. They are showing
"Psycho" ©60' in a free viewing on the street
in the San Pedro alleyway like street.

If it starts at 8pm I'll checkit out until 9:30pm!
Otherwise stay put until the bus leaves!

I will arrive in Reno by 6am. It will be the
red-eye bus. Why the red-eye bus?
Because it takes 8 hours and no traffic.
I once, only once caught a day time bus
and it took forrrreeeeevvvveeeerrrr!

The commute traffic in Sacramento is
rediculous! Then you have to deal with
the ickyness of Oakland. If you ever
saw Oakland from Bart(community
train that covers a large area) you would
understand.

The building are dingy, and to make matters
worse is when you go to downtown Oakland
you can cut the negativity with a proverberally
spoken butter knife.

I enjoy passing through San Francisco since
it has a beautiful view from a bus looking out
afar and long distance. It is living there that
I didn't like. Oh! Well! so much for postcard
images! :? :?

The Greyhound station in Sacramento is in
a scarry neighborhood! I has many lurking
corners called streets and the people who
hang around them make you want to stay
at the dingy and very unpleasant bus depot.

If you smoke you have to go into the far back
and feel like one of Larsens "Far Side-dinasours"
that were facing extinction in one of his humor
quips on their extinction and why.
Quote:

Funny that you say that, because I took a Greyhound out of the 6th St. Station in San Francisco back in '85, and it after leaving Oakland it only took two hours to get to Sacramento, and then another 2 hours to get to Reno. Yeah, I noticed that the Sacramento Bus station is in Kinda nasty neighborhood.Luckily you could still smoke on Greyhound back then though.

Ghosthunter wrote:
Reno isn't bad! It has "DJ and Alex's" comics.
They are on 5th street. You go down 5th street
on my left and pass the Sand Casino. Afterwards
continue down and within a few blocks of 30's
style house you may see in old black-&-white
movie they are located. Their is a unpainted
picket fence and a almost paintless house
with a porch of days gone by. The house
is 2 stories and has alot of nooks and crannies
that a english muffin could be proud of.

Other wise their is a rumoured(unverified)
24 Starbucks miles down Virgina passed a few
freeways in the large shopping space that also
houses Border's, the only on in miles.

Otherwise, these are my main memories of
the place recently.

Sincerely,
Ghosthunter


Be careful with expecting Wifi access at Starbucks, particularly in smaller cities as you travel. Not all of them have it. I know for a fact that as of the time that I left Maine last year, NONE of the Starbucks above Boston had it. Also the two local Starbucks here in Columbia, SC have it either. That being said, it's not uncommon for coffeehouses to of FREE wifi access here. Best of luck in your travels.



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29 Jun 2005, 11:07 pm

Fogman,

No Wifi Starbucks wrote:
Be careful with expecting Wifi access at Starbucks,
particularly in smaller cities as you travel. Not all of
them have it. I know for a fact that as of the time
that I left Maine last year, NONE of the Starbucks
above Boston had it. Also the two local Starbucks
here in Columbia, SC have it either. That being said,
it's not uncommon for coffeehouses to of FREE wifi
access here. Best of luck in your travels.


Ghosthunter

P.S...So you live in S.C "Columbia"...Hmmmmm?
Fascinating? Ghosthunters mind ponders!! !! !! !! !



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29 Jun 2005, 11:14 pm

They are now at the scene in "psycho" were
the lady takes flight with the money and
it is a really SMALL screen. Oh! well, what
do you expect for free.

I personally liked the film. Does anyone else
viewiing this thread like "Psycho" ©60'
the film. If not! What Black&White movie
is your particular favorite?

Ghosthunter



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29 Jun 2005, 11:24 pm

Hey GhostHunter!!

I hate having to use public toilets too. It's a hassle to find one that is at least safe or clean, and used for it's said purpose!!

For the first time in my life I wish I lived in America. I would love to meet you in person.

All the best on the bus trip. I hope they have a movie for you!
Try libaries for internet too, but you may have to be memebr and book :evil:

I am watching you :wink:


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30 Jun 2005, 9:36 am

Ghosthunter, Thanks for updating us. I wish you luck.



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Hey GhostHunter!!

I hate having to use public toilets too. It's a
hassle to find one that is at least safe or clean,
and used for it's said purpose!!

For the first time in my life I wish I lived in America.
I would love to meet you in person.

All the best on the bus trip. I hope they have a
movie for you! Try libaries for internet too, but
you may have to be memebr and book

I am watching you


And thankyou Elfman for posting as well!
If you look below your feet ectoplasm is oozing
towards your shoes! Look out!

I just arrived and do another update forum
on horid bus trip! How are you doing?
What's up with you lately?

If I were in Australia I would definely
want to meet you! But since we are
oceans apart! [/quote]

Ghosthunter to Elfman wrote:
Belch! as Ectoplasm spews you instead :wink:
(this is a joke, I am not good at telling
a joke!)


Sincererly,
Ghosthunter



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Ghosthunter, Thanks for updating us. I wish you luck.


And thankyou for posting here as well! I will be
doing a arriving at Reno forum soon! It was a horid
bus trip!

Sincerely,
Ghosthunter



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Ghosthunter wrote:
P.S...So you live in S.C "Columbia"...Hmmmmm?
Fascinating? Ghosthunters mind ponders!! !! !! !! !


Words of warning about SC,
First off, this is the middle of the bible belt, and a VERY Conservative place. Secondly, this town is also where the Articles of Confederation were Enacted (The whole thing that started the Civil war). I'm still having a hard time with it after moving back to the south from Maine. I've Lived in the south for about ten years alltogeather, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, and it was nowhere near as strange as this. It may be a nice place to visit, but.....not such a great place to live.



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30 Jun 2005, 10:45 am

Will they burn me on a steak and let
me eat roasted marshmallow! Uuuum!
yummy and that freshly toasted(Ooops!)
toasting(I toast slowly :wink: ) feeling!

:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:



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Will they burn me on a steak and let
me eat roasted marshmallow! Uuuum!
yummy and that freshly toasted(Ooops!)
toasting(I toast slowly ) feeling!


no, but if they happen to find out that or suspect that you are homosexual, they will hurt you badly at the worst.

It can be a dangerous place.


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