Chennai Team-BHP Meets

mpksuhas · 13th January 2015, 09:38

Guys.. Is the meet still on ? Is so can you please let know the location... I will be in Chennai during republic day weekend. Was hoping to join you guys if time permits.
Thanks.

hserus · 13th January 2015, 11:35

As far as I am concerned - yeah I'm on. Muttukadu. Morning of Jan 17.

1. Meet just before Uthandi checkpost at 7:30 AM

2. Drive over and grab breakfast at Kumbakonam Filter Coffee / Dosa Hut in Muttukadu https://www.facebook.com/pages/DOSA-HUT/202783029845433 .. I don't expect more than Rs.150 a head for coffee + dosa / idli type stuff. Please do bring family over if you can.

3. Eat, relax, meet and greet etc till say 8:45

3. Reach Muttukadu boat house by 9 AM which is the official opening time. Hire boats and play around in general.

4. Lunch - where?

5. Return to Chennai by say 2 PM or so.

Route on google maps - http://goo.gl/tbhg3M

People -

hserus
hyper-VTEC
Prowler
[anybody else? please reply and add your name]

phamilyman · 13th January 2015, 12:27

Hey Suresh,

Thanks for keeping the thread alive! I'm out - wont be able to join a drive this weekend!

Quote:

Originally Posted by hserus

http://www.tripadvisor.in/Restaurant...amil_Nadu.html (excellent mediterranean style)

Nicely plated but I neither liked the taste nor the quantities. You get much better ambiance in just a little more price in the starred hotels any day. To each their own here!

saadat1992 · 13th January 2015, 13:03

Add me in tentative list! Its been a long Time since I attended a meet, my last being in Feb 2013 :P
Jan 17th seems fine, I might or might not join. Depends on the plans made day before.

mpksuhas · 13th January 2015, 15:08

My bad. I thought the drive was on 25th Jan.

pisthpeeps · 13th January 2015, 15:17

I am tentatively in for 17th Jan.

hserus · 13th January 2015, 15:37

Muttukadu 17 jan - uthandi toll plaza @ 7.30 AM

confirmed -

hserus
hyper-VTEC
Prowler

tentative -
saadat1992
pisthpeeps

h14 · 13th January 2015, 17:01

Please keep me in tentative list. I'll try to join for breakfast as need to be back home by 10am due to prior commitments.

Muttukadu 17 jan - uthandi toll plaza @ 7.30 AM

confirmed -

hserus
hyper-VTEC
Prowler

tentative -
saadat1992
pisthpeeps
h14

Ddrive · 13th January 2015, 21:56

I wont be able to join the meet this time too.
Im off on a 4 day drive... highways, hills and jungles again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

I will be in Chennai during republic day weekend.

Hello mpksuhas.. would be great to have you around in one of our meets.
Try to give me a ping if you are doing any local drives in Chennai. Im at home on 26th.

hserus · 13th January 2015, 22:36

If the tentative folks outnumber the ones that can make it, and it being a long weekend so people may go out of town, shall we postpone it to the week after?

h14 · 13th January 2015, 23:12

The counts might remain similar for next week too is my wild guess.

Maybe can wait till Friday noon and take a final call?

Thad E Ginathom · 13th January 2015, 23:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by hserus

Meet just before Uthandi checkpost at 7:30 AM ... 3. Eat, relax, meet and greet etc till say 8:45 ... Reach Muttukadu boat house by 9 AM

Ye gods, you people get up early. It's my usual excuse, I'm afraid: I'll be fast asleep!

Enjoy.

hserus · 14th January 2015, 08:39

Even the timing is a matter of discussion. We can always meet up at 10 and do lunch at that dosa place, boat around for a couple of hours and return to Chennai in the evening

Will that be sufficient time to wake up?

Prowler · 14th January 2015, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by h14

Please keep me in tentative list. I'll try to join for breakfast as need to be back home by 10am due to prior commitments.

Muttukadu 17 jan - uthandi toll plaza @ 7.30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Ye gods, you people get up early. It's my usual excuse, I'm afraid: I'll be fast asleep!

Thad Sir - How about joining us at 8.30 am at Uthandi Checkpost and for a South Indian Breakfast at 9 ?
This way h14 can return to city by 10. I may have to skip the lunch session too as I need to receive a client by 1.
Will this be Okay with Suresh Jee ?

Thad E Ginathom · 14th January 2015, 14:24

Don't change for me ...as I realise that I couldn't make it that day anyway.

Grandson's birthday, family lunch. Definitely not allowed to miss that by oversleeping!

Another time: a lunch meet on ECR or OMR would be great, and I'll show up for the first time in years. Last time was a beach-side meet nearby Bella Cia, Thiruvanmiyur. Some years ago now!

Here's the big confession. I'll probably have my status stripped and my account closed

--- but, these days, I'm somewhat going off driving. I just about never go for a drive just for the sake of the drive.

Having said that, I have agreed to meet some other friends in Mahabs on Feb 1st, and Muthukuddu is certainly not too far. Although my idea of boating is a gentle potter in a rowing boat: none of that noisy power stuff!

Well, actually, my real idea of boating is to be off the coast, under sail, in a yacht of about 40-foot length, but that is something I have not done for many years now.

13th January 2015, 09:38	#4801
mpksuhas Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: KA03/KL11 Posts: 4,149 Thanked: 8,408 Times View My Garage	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 Guys.. Is the meet still on ? Is so can you please let know the location... I will be in Chennai during republic day weekend. Was hoping to join you guys if time permits. Thanks.
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13th January 2015, 11:35	#4802
hserus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai Posts: 5,076 Thanked: 9,332 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 As far as I am concerned - yeah I'm on. Muttukadu. Morning of Jan 17. 1. Meet just before Uthandi checkpost at 7:30 AM 2. Drive over and grab breakfast at Kumbakonam Filter Coffee / Dosa Hut in Muttukadu https://www.facebook.com/pages/DOSA-HUT/202783029845433 .. I don't expect more than Rs.150 a head for coffee + dosa / idli type stuff. Please do bring family over if you can. 3. Eat, relax, meet and greet etc till say 8:45 3. Reach Muttukadu boat house by 9 AM which is the official opening time. Hire boats and play around in general. 4. Lunch - where? 5. Return to Chennai by say 2 PM or so. Route on google maps - http://goo.gl/tbhg3M People - hserus hyper-VTEC Prowler [anybody else? please reply and add your name] Last edited by hserus : 13th January 2015 at 11:39.
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13th January 2015, 13:03	#4804
saadat1992 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 618 Thanked: 387 Times View My Garage	Add me in tentative list! Its been a long Time since I attended a meet, my last being in Feb 2013 :P Jan 17th seems fine, I might or might not join. Depends on the plans made day before.
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13th January 2015, 15:08	#4805
mpksuhas Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: KA03/KL11 Posts: 4,149 Thanked: 8,408 Times View My Garage	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 My bad. I thought the drive was on 25th Jan.
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13th January 2015, 15:17	#4806
pisthpeeps BHPian Join Date: May 2013 Location: Chennai Posts: 107 Thanked: 59 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 I am tentatively in for 17th Jan.
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13th January 2015, 15:37	#4807
hserus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai Posts: 5,076 Thanked: 9,332 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 Muttukadu 17 jan - uthandi toll plaza @ 7.30 AM confirmed - hserus hyper-VTEC Prowler tentative - saadat1992 pisthpeeps
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13th January 2015, 17:01	#4808
h14 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 916 Thanked: 2,240 Times View My Garage	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 Please keep me in tentative list. I'll try to join for breakfast as need to be back home by 10am due to prior commitments. Muttukadu 17 jan - uthandi toll plaza @ 7.30 AM confirmed - hserus hyper-VTEC Prowler tentative - saadat1992 pisthpeeps h14
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13th January 2015, 22:36	#4810
hserus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai Posts: 5,076 Thanked: 9,332 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 If the tentative folks outnumber the ones that can make it, and it being a long weekend so people may go out of town, shall we postpone it to the week after?
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13th January 2015, 23:12	#4811
h14 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 916 Thanked: 2,240 Times View My Garage	The counts might remain similar for next week too is my wild guess. Maybe can wait till Friday noon and take a final call?
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14th January 2015, 08:39	#4813
hserus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chennai Posts: 5,076 Thanked: 9,332 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 Even the timing is a matter of discussion. We can always meet up at 10 and do lunch at that dosa place, boat around for a couple of hours and return to Chennai in the evening Will that be sufficient time to wake up?
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14th January 2015, 14:24	#4815
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,457 Thanked: 30,098 Times	re: Chennai Team-BHP Meets: 2017 Don't change for me ...as I realise that I couldn't make it that day anyway. Grandson's birthday, family lunch. Definitely not allowed to miss that by oversleeping! Another time: a lunch meet on ECR or OMR would be great, and I'll show up for the first time in years. Last time was a beach-side meet nearby Bella Cia, Thiruvanmiyur. Some years ago now! Here's the big confession. I'll probably have my status stripped and my account closed --- but, these days, I'm somewhat going off driving. I just about never go for a drive just for the sake of the drive. Having said that, I have agreed to meet some other friends in Mahabs on Feb 1st, and Muthukuddu is certainly not too far. Although my idea of boating is a gentle potter in a rowing boat: none of that noisy power stuff! Well, actually, my real idea of boating is to be off the coast, under sail, in a yacht of about 40-foot length, but that is something I have not done for many years now.
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