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Castle Visit - 10.15.2009, 09:59 PM

Just wanted to let everyone know that my visiting brother (from Maine) and I visited Castle Creations in Kansas today. I got to meet Patrick and many of his staff, and they were all extraordinarily nice. Patrick himself took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to provide us with a guided tour of his facility where we got to see the parts, assembly (those expensive machines are impressive to watch in action), testing, etc. Really cool stuff! I wanted very badly to covertly fill my pockets with a bunch of goodies but the presence of the armed and large guards convinced me otherwise (just kidding); besides that's no way to repay a gracious host.

Despite my brother's lack of understanding the "geek speak", he too thought everything was quite impressive.

Thanks again to Patrick and staff for allowing us to visit!
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10.15.2009, 10:08 PM

i hope you kept up with tradition and took pizza!
   
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10.15.2009, 10:23 PM

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i hope you kept up with tradition and took pizza!
Unfortunately no. By the time we got there, it was around 1:30, and it never crossed my mind anyway. Even without a pizza bribe, they were still very nice. Imagine how nice they would have been with pizza!
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10.15.2009, 10:09 PM

Cool! Wish I was close enough to check em out. I took a tour of a Phase linear (audio components) factory back when I was in school. Pretty cool to see how they put all the high tech stuff together.
   
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10.15.2009, 10:27 PM

did you at least sneek a look behind a door that said "top secret" and take pictures for us
   
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10.15.2009, 10:28 PM

When do you start?


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10.15.2009, 10:33 PM

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did you at least sneek a look behind a door that said "top secret" and take pictures for us
No camera. They destroyed it at the door.

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When do you start?
Start what?
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10.15.2009, 10:41 PM

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When do you start?
We have to convince Brian to move out of beautiful Des Moines, and to beautiful Olathe Kansas...


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10.15.2009, 10:58 PM

Patrick - Sorry to nag - but did the drag brake make it - We're dying over here....

PS I love the MM link update - V Cool way to support Vista/Windows7 64bit
   
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Patrick - Sorry to nag - but did the drag brake make it - We're dying over here....

PS I love the MM link update - V Cool way to support Vista/Windows7 64bit
Sorry bud, the drag brake mod didn't make this release, but will be in the next release.


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Is there something I missed on this? I still can't do my MM with Vista 64. Through the chip or usb port...
   
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Is there something I missed on this? I still can't do my MM with Vista 64. Through the chip or usb port...
I think you will need to update to latest version with a Windows XP machine first.
   
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10.15.2009, 11:42 PM

So did you find those exciting new stuff like the 1717 motor, MMP, Hydra-ICE? or they just put those into drawers when heard you're coming?


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10.16.2009, 10:33 AM

Happy for you Brian, I'm sure that made your week being in your element like that.


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10.16.2009, 10:40 AM

Awesome! I bet it was exciting! I'm very jealous!
   
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