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1. The Big Feast begins Kensuke, Henner, Steve and others. |
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2. Kensuke and Soichiro No, I cannot describe this expression... |
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3. Felix Our favorite online calibration guru alone in a corner (so that he not be disturbed, presumably)... |
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4. Lined up The people who keep this thing running. |
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5. The gathering "A little gossip, a little chat, a little idle talk of this and that..." |
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6. Ed, Kensuke and the snacks They all were there. |
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7. Jimmy's little brother Jimmy, I hope you like it :-) |
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8. Opening the champagne Ed wrestles open the first bottle of champagne. |
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9. Pop! There goes the cork. |
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10. Carter and the champagne This was the umpteenth bottle of it. |
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11. Kensuke and Mark If you feel like describing their expressions, you are more than welcome to send me an email. I figure I have to know my limits :-) |
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12. Jimmy And John and Ed and Jimmy's little brother and Craig. Poor Jimmy was caught off guard and was temporarily blinded by the flash - the picture was worth it, though... :-) |
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13. Good pals The little brother and our own miracle maker... |
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14. Matthias Our wonderful Run3 coordinator, surrounded by a crowd of fans. |
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15. Chit-chat Mark, David, Mike and Dave. |
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16. Donna She seems to have the time of her life :-) |
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17. The Big Bosses Three of the big bosses, Sam, Bill and Sal joined us at this party in the counting house. |
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18. The Stare I love this picture :-) One of its virtues is that it lends itself to several possible captions or interpretations. Some say they were watching a UFO, others are convinced they were amazed by a record 40kHz rate, and some people are convinced they were contemplating a bottle of champagne on the shelf, and whether they should open it... Please stir your imagination and send me your alternative caption/interpretation and I will put them here for the amusement of others. |
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19. The Russian gang There was still a lot of food left. |
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20. The Stare stared at On Arthur's suggestion, Martin temporarily replaced the boring shift info with this wonderful photo, much to the amusement of many a PHENIXian. |
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21. Martin and Sotiria Aaww, maaaaaaan, this is so idyllic... (And no, Sotiria, you don't look fat.) |