[sdiy] 3080s

[elmacaco]

Yeah, that blue whale mock up was scary as a kid.

Last time I went there the dining hall was under it!
----- Original Message -----
From: <david at therogoffs.com>
To: "synthdiy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: RE: [sdiy] 3080s


>
> > yeah one of the sayings from high school was "hey let's get stoned and
go to
> > Apex"
> >
> > Really a cool place if you aren't actually looking for anything in
> > particular. You really have to go there with serendipity in mind. One
time
> > they had Pratt/Read single-bus 5-octave keyboards there, brand new.
Bought 2
> > I think. But Kevin's right, if you're in the back lot and a 5.5 quake
hits,
> > you might get flattened by an old jet engine or missle flight simulator.
If
> > you're inside the building they may never find your body.
>
> Sounds like a great place!  Where is it, exactly?  I used to live in The
Valley (now in O.C.), but never heard of it.
>
> I do know what people mean about quakes.  I lived about 5 miles from the
epicenter during the '94 Northridge quake.  A couple of days after the quake
I was in an Egghead Software on Ventura Blvd when a 5.0 aftershock hit.  I
thought I was going to be killed by falling boxes of Microsoft Windows!
Instead, Windows it's just slowly killing me a little bit, day-by-day...
>
> Also, for those who know New York City/Museum of Natural History, as a
kid, I was always scared that the 90-foot blue whale model would fall on me
when I was standing under it.
>
>  David