# A new BAD... introducing virtee! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702 "2001-06-13T18:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![virtee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dbc845/32.png) [@virtee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/61 "2001-06-15T23:49:32Z")
Thanks for setting up the impromptu BAD get together **Sue Duhnym** and **Rasa** …hope the rest of you Bay Area folks can make an appearance! ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/62 "2001-06-15T23:51:27Z")
Well as a non-native, non bay area doper (Atleast I am in California :)), welcome to the board virtee! As you can tell the board is a great place. With discussions that run up and down all sorts of topics. pat ---
**Author:** ![virtee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dbc845/32.png) [@virtee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/63 "2001-06-16T00:14:57Z")
Cheers, **pricciar**! Congrats on your appreciation thread! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/64 "2001-06-16T01:06:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > \*\* > Jack, can you take Caltrain or something? \*\* Hmm, well, I suppose I could walk to the BART station, take the BART across the bay, get off at Embarcadero, get on a Muni streetcar, ride it with all the other crazies to the CalTrain station, and then ride CalTrain for two hours. Or I could roll around in broken glass and then pour rubbing alcohol all over myself. - I’m just try to figure out which one I would enjoy more. Seriously, if it comes to that I can swing it. I’d just have to leave at around noon to get there on time. Anyway my email is out there so anybody wanna let me know what’s going down (or who’s going down 🆒 ) I’m up for it. Holy Double Entendres Batman!! I really don’t know where that came from. It’s very hot in my apartment. Maybe I got the Heat Fever or something. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/65 "2001-06-16T01:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > > \*\* > > Jack, can you take Caltrain or something? \*\* > > Hmm, well, I suppose I could walk to the BART station, take the BART across the bay, get off at Embarcadero, get on a Muni streetcar, ride it with all the other crazies to the CalTrain station, and then ride CalTrain for two hours. > > Or I could roll around in broken glass and then pour rubbing alcohol all over myself. - I’m just try to figure out which one I would enjoy more. > > Seriously, if it comes to that I can swing it. I’d just have to leave at around noon to get there on time. Anyway my email is out there so anybody wanna let me know what’s going down (or who’s going down 🆒 ) I’m up for it. > \*\* I hope you can find a ride down. But if public transportation is the route you take to get down here, I can drive you back up. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/66 "2001-06-16T01:32:50Z")
Yay, Pat with the alternative rock star hair made an appearance in my thread! 🙂 Jack, zyzzyva is coming down tomorrow too, most likely–maybe you guys can hook up and take Caltrain together or something? I’d offer to pick you both up, but um, you know… I’m walking to this thing, most likely! Drop zyzz a line or give him a call… we’d love to see you make it! ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/67 "2001-06-16T04:04:07Z")
Jack, I think you can take BART from Oakland to Fremont, the CALtrain from there, thereby skipping the city. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/68 "2001-06-16T04:12:28Z")
[http://www.bart.gov/stations/schedule.asp?origin=12ST&destination=FREMT&trip\_mode=undefined&time\_mode=departs&depart\_month=6&depart\_date=16&depart\_time=3%3A00+PM](http://www.bart.gov/stations/schedule.asp?origin=12ST&destination=FREMT&trip_mode=undefined&time_mode=departs&depart_month=6&depart_date=16&depart_time=3%3A00+PM) I used Oakland City Center as departure place, there are others though. [http://www.transitinfo.org/cgi-bin/sched?C=SC&R=180&D=SA&DR=SO](http://www.transitinfo.org/cgi-bin/sched?C=SC&R=180&D=SA&DR=SO) And that gets you from Fremont to SJ on the VTA. You don’t know jack, sucka! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/69 "2001-06-16T17:11:02Z")
First off, welcome **Virtee** and all that. I don’t normally do welcome threads, but it seemed kinda rude to just jump in about the dopefest (besides, i’ve met the guy already and you can add me to the list of those who can personally vouch that he’s cool). ANYhow, i’ll be taking Caltrain to the fest. I’ll prolly take the 5:00 train from SF and get there around 6:30. If anyone wants to join me, lemme know, or just show up on the train. I’ll almost certainly be riding in the bike car (northernmost). ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/70 "2001-06-16T17:16:25Z")
Hey, thanks for bumping this zyzz, I was just going to do the same! Just to reiterate, we’ll be meeting at 7 pm at the Bank of America on Lincoln Ave. in San Jose, for anyone else that’s out there that wants to join us! ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/71 "2001-06-16T18:11:08Z")
btw, can anyone give me directions from the caltrain station to the meeting place? it would be most useful. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/72 "2001-06-16T19:26:12Z")
Go directly out the front of the station, across Cahill, to the street across the parking lot (Montgomery). Go AWAY from the stadium (south). Montgomery will turn into Bird, keep going. You’ll pass over I-280 and about 0.8 miles after that… Turn right onto Willow. Go to the next traffic light and that’s Lincoln. You’ll see all the people to the left. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/73 "2001-06-16T20:42:05Z")
Hi-ho. I’m still on board with everything, but I won’t be leaving my house until after the US v Jamaica World Cup Qualifer is over. I sent out an email to everyone, so if you’re reading this thread and ignoring your email - stop being a twit!! 😉 I’ve sent out my cell phone number and I hope somebody else who is going will give me theirs, otherwise I’ll probably just spend several hours wandering around San Jose like an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/74 "2001-06-17T00:06:22Z")
Funny thing … just now I realized that **Sue** ’s directions involved taking 280, which I so infrequently use that I don’t know a quick way to get to it. So I had to go and do a MapQuest search of my own. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/75 "2001-06-17T00:39:26Z")
It’s quarter of 6, just got back from a birthday party–you’re probably not reading this, Jack, but I have your cell phone number and will make sure you get directions to where we are! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702/76 "2001-06-17T07:46:33Z")
What a fine host **virtee** is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-bad-introducing-virtee/68702.md?page=3)