July 12th Event, help us break the record!

dwessell · 07-06-2008, 05:17 PM

Our previous record for most users online was 681 on July 12th, 2007 at 9:51pm Eastern (GMT -4). This year we're going to try and break that, but we need your help!

We'll starting at 9:00 pm, and continue through until 10:00 pm, but we ask that everyone be on at 9:50 to set the record again!

July giveaways will be announced, as well as some additional razors given away in a raffle.

I'm especially proud to announce that Lynn will be doing the first SRP webcast as well. So we've got a lot going on that night. I'll be posting more details in this thread, so please keep an eye on it. Feel free to place a link in your signature to this post, so we can make sure and get the word out!

The webcast will start at 9:00, and will be viewable at (http://www.straightrazorplace.com/in...pageid=webcast).

As soon as the webcast is over we'll open up a thread for the raffle. Your post number will be your raffle number. Then we'll draw and announce the winners at 10:00.

We're now staring to get some idea of what will be given away.. A razor like SOTD:Sunday May 4,2008 - Saturday May 10,2008 but with black scales.

Hawkeye-6/8s clauss razor
Gssixgun-11/16 framback reynolds razor
Mr Wizzard2004-Boker razor
Jimbo-Narutaki- Hone
Tony Miller-Artisan or Paddle Strop

And more coming, plus all of the July giveaways will be announced.. This one will be worth coming for!

(We sent out an email to all members about this, because we didn't want anyone to miss anything. We're not about to start spamming anyone on a regular basis).

freebird · 07-06-2008, 06:57 PM

Will place the link in my signature. Sounds like it's going to be some evening!
Tony

coully · 07-06-2008, 11:24 PM

great, i cant wait...be great to see. is that 9pm our time here in the carolinas? i only ask cos I can never remember, PST/EST/GMT and the such like...hope you dont mind me askin.

regards,simon

Basher052 · 07-07-2008, 03:21 AM

What time will it be GMT? That might clear up some confusion.

And as im writing this, i have that sinking suspicion that it might be posted in your link......

Presently42 · 07-07-2008, 04:49 AM

Perhaps the UTC would be most approprtiate. That way, our smarter friends who do not observe summer time won't be confused. After all, one is ALWAYS a set time ahead of or behind UTC, whereas GMT is moveable.

By the bye, I'll be there!

barneycg · 07-07-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Presently42

Perhaps the UTC would be most approprtiate. That way, our smarter friends who do not observe summer time won't be confused. After all, one is ALWAYS a set time ahead of or behind UTC, whereas GMT is moveable.

By the bye, I'll be there!

Sorry but GMT doesn't move ... never does - UTC is in an evolution of the GMT "standard" neither of which changes. In summer time I go from being in a GMT timezone to a GMT+1 timezone.

Barney

Ockham · 07-07-2008, 09:20 AM

That will make 3:51 am here... Sorry but I think I'll be sleeping. Wish you all the best to set a new record!

P.S.
GMT: it will be 1:51 am if I am not mistaken (2:51 BST)

sorry Presently, but I don't think GMT is moveable; during summer England enters the BST - for British summer time to distinguish the summer time from the GMT. GMT is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London. It is also now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when considered as a time zone (although - strictly speaking - UTC is an atomic time scale which only approximates GMT in the old sense.

dwessell · 07-07-2008, 12:42 PM

How in the world did this turn into a time zone discussion?

I've updated the first post with information on some of the stuff being given away..

ragnost · 07-07-2008, 01:32 PM

[quote=dwessell;233544]How in the world did this turn into a time zone discussion?

Simple put old boy the Gentlemen over this side of the pond (where indecently time zones were invented

) were trying to figure out what blessed time it would be over here for this little shindig of ours, but if you started it at about 16.00 or 17.00 on the 12^th it would only be about 21.00 to 22.00 over here you would stand a lot better chance of getting more from Europe (it would also give us a chance of winning some of the goodies

)

barneycg · 07-07-2008, 02:06 PM

[quote=ragnost;233557]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwessell

(it would also give us a chance of winning some of the goodies

)

That my dear sir is the crux of the matter !

marosell · 07-07-2008, 03:20 PM

If July 12th is my birthdate, do I automatically win something?

Also, where exactly on the website will all the real-time action be going on, the chatroom?

Basher052 · 07-07-2008, 03:33 PM

Forgive me for being a simple country boy from Texas and all

, but where exactly do we need to be at that time, and where will the web cast by lynn be broadcast?

dwessell · 07-07-2008, 04:47 PM

Keep an eye on this thread, I'll be updating the top post with details as we get them.

For now, just be on the site somewhere, and then I'll post a link shortly to the space where the webcast will take place..

dw

Presently42 · 07-07-2008, 05:51 PM

Quite right, quite right!

I seem to have muddled BST with GMT.

I do hate being a fool. On a hill. Sees the sun going down; and the eyes in his head see the world spinning round.

By the way, the prizes look very nice indeed! I'll try to make it at what ever time. And hopefully I won't say some thing incorrect again. I loathe being incorrect.

coully · 07-08-2008, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwessell

How in the world did this turn into a time zone discussion?

I've updated the first post with information on some of the stuff being given away..

dave I never said I was intelligent...just asking because when you get pm'd it is a different time, i believe it used to be GMT, am I correct in saying that?
Anyways sorry for the added confusion...simon

Basher052 · 07-08-2008, 02:31 AM

Umm...what he said X 2. I didnt mean to take it that way either

Quote:

Originally Posted by coully

dave I never said I was intelligent...just asking because when you get pm'd it is a different time, i believe it used to be GMT, am I correct in saying that?
Anyways sorry for the added confusion...simon

Nicolas · 07-08-2008, 12:27 PM

[quote=ragnost;233557]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwessell

How in the world did this turn into a time zone discussion?

Simple put old boy the Gentlemen over this side of the pond (where indecently time zones were invented

) were trying to figure out what blessed time it would be over here for this little shindig of ours, but if you started it at about 16.00 or 17.00 on the 12^th it would only be about 21.00 to 22.00 over here you would stand a lot better chance of getting more from Europe (it would also give us a chance of winning some of the goodies

)

Of course, if you want the goodies stay in the US then this hour is an excellent choice.

Not many from europe online at that time of the night!

dwessell · 07-08-2008, 12:37 PM

Sorry

Didn't mean to insult anyone..

Simon, it'll start at 9pm, your time.. Hell, mabye you should just come up my way, and you and Doc and I can do it from a local bar?

Quote:

Originally Posted by coully

dave I never said I was intelligent...just asking because when you get pm'd it is a different time, i believe it used to be GMT, am I correct in saying that?
Anyways sorry for the added confusion...simon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basher052

Umm...what he said X 2. I didnt mean to take it that way either

Silver · 07-08-2008, 09:47 PM

I was going to post a list of dates and times here, but decided it was too huge a task and you can easily find out what time to show up -

http://www.timeticker.com

Time Zone Converter

Firefox users can download the add-on Fox Clocks and display EST as well as their own timezone.

Hope that helps a little. And it will be 2:00am for the UK if people can work from there.