# A South-East Doper Picnic! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568 "2004-05-17T11:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/1 "2004-05-17T11:13:17Z")
My sweet friend **Archergal** gave me this idea in a recent e-mail, and I must admit I find it very attractive! What do y’all think? Sometime late Summer, perhaps? We’ll make a weekend of it, with music, cameraderie and laughs! (It will also give me an excuse to accompany **Archergal** on her fiddle/dulcimer/autoharp with my guitar!) What say you, Teemsters? We’ll make a weekend of it. Bring the kiddos and let’s have some fun! I can find the land for our picnic. We’ll just need some tent-covers, food , ice and y’all! Q ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/2 "2004-05-17T12:44:33Z")
I’m down. I’m guessing you’re talking Atlanta metro? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/3 "2004-05-17T14:13:46Z")
I think it sounds great. Throw out some dates and I’ll work around them. Atlanta area sound good to everyone? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/4 "2004-05-17T16:24:56Z")
**rural** metro Atlanta, kids! 😉 If y’all wanna bring coolers with beer and stuff, it will need to be on private land _outside_ Atlanta. I have a couple of people who would be happy to have us, and they would need to be assured that we would leave their property as we found it, but I do not think that will be a problem. The only problem I see at the outset is the name _Straight Dope Picnic_. For some reason, the folks here in Paulding County consider Dope as… well… _Dope_! We might have to let the owners meet **Archergal** or the **GeoBills** , or any of the nice folks who got together for the last Dopefest! For that matter, _any_ of you sweet peoples who post here would convince them we’re only out to have a weekend of fun, games and music! So what do we name our little picnic? **DopeStock**? Just kiddin’! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/5 "2004-05-17T21:05:21Z")
Barring any scheduling conflicts (I know July 10 is out for us at the moment), we’re in. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/6 "2004-05-18T02:20:12Z")
I think I can make another drive out…SURE! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/7 "2004-05-18T02:55:53Z")
We’ll be out of town the last week in June/first part of July and July 17-25. (It’s our year to travel.) Other than that, we’re free! ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/8 "2004-05-18T12:50:59Z")
**Sauron** and I might be able to do it. It just depends on which weekend you guys pick and his visitation schedule with his kids. I’ll keep an eye out for any updates and see if we can make it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/9 "2004-05-22T04:10:14Z")
I have spoekn to one of the RN’s at the hospital I work at, and she’s tentatively agreed to let us use her lakeside property as a picnic site. One thing I need to know however, is how many of y’all are willing to tavel to Paulding County. It’s about an hour’s drive from downtown Atlanta. Please let me know. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/10 "2004-05-22T12:53:23Z")
Robert & I could do it. We just might get a few more folks to come if it were held a little more centrally though, I guess. Though I haven’t given muchthought yet to where a good location for a picnic would be. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/11 "2004-05-23T02:21:57Z")
Well, another alternative would be Lake Allatoona. I believe they have picnic sites where one could bring coolers. I do not know if it is considered a state park facility, so I don’t know how they feel about alcohol (i.e. beer) being consumed there. I do know there are cabins that can be rented there, if y’all wanna share the cost of one for a day/evening… If y’all want to have it closer to Atlanta, then I would have to step out of the picture as an organizer, because outside of my Paulding County acquaintances, I don’t know of anyone who owns land upon which we could have a picninc/“hootenanny”. Put your thinking caps on and let’s see what we can come up with. 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/12 "2004-05-23T19:03:11Z")
An hour north of Atlanta? Or south? And what is cameraderie, is it scary? Put me down for a maybe. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/13 "2004-05-23T21:38:07Z")
Depending on work scheduling and transporation, I am reasonably sure I can come. I hope so- I’ve had to cancel out of the last few and I desparately miss being around fellow Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/14 "2004-05-23T21:39:56Z")
Here’s a link to some Pauldinf County info…[http://roadsidegeorgia.com/county/paulding.html](http://roadsidegeorgia.com/county/paulding.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/15 "2004-05-23T21:56:48Z")
**Zette** , if I make it out there and you go too I know EXACTLY what I’m wearing!!! > **[A Bare Bear or Help me find my pants !!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=35052)** > > Ok, the only pair of jeans that ever fit me right are Levi’s 567. The big problem is they quit making them a couple years ago. I called Levi and they said the pants could be found at outlet malls. If anyone can find these pants at a mall near you,... I could bring a couple Dopers up from Florida. (It’s a small car) ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/16 "2004-05-24T04:27:30Z")
Pencil me and my brother in as a “maybe”. 08/12 - 08/22 are out, but another weekend (with ~2 weeks notice) would not be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/17 "2004-05-24T04:43:36Z")
Yup, any weekend with two weeks notice works for me too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/18 "2004-05-24T23:34:17Z")
It will be great to see you again, **torie** , but you’ll need to wear a headscarf to match your t-shirt, so that I will know it’s really _you_, okay? 😃 As an update, I am working on getting closer to metro-Atlanta. Allatoona being one option and Lake Lanier being another. It would help a lot if I could get an idea of the _logistics_ of this next little get-together. For instance, do y’all wanna bring kids? If so, we will need to have it where the little ones will not be bored. Do y’all wanna bring coolers so that we can have beers, etc.? How about entertainment? I understand Michael Jackson’s realy cheap right now… (Sorry! :rolleyes: ) How _far_ do y’all wanna travel? For me, as long as it is within the Southeast, I’m fine, but it might not be fine for everyone. I used “Southeast” in the title of the thread because I know we have some folks in the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama, etc. who may or may not be able to make it depending on distance. Optimal location would be someone’s land that’s not to hard to get to or out of and who wouldn’t mind us being there as long as we cleaned up afterward, and that is what I am working toward, but, as I said, I can’t guarantee such a place so we may have to pay a small fee if we have it at a park. Also, what if some of us need to spend the night? Y’all prepared to do that if I can find a decent deal? We might could picnic during the day, then retire to the motel at night. Or we could just do a day-time type of thing and let everyone who attends worrry about their own accomodations. It might be best to set date first, and we’ve discussed “late August”. I’m gonna say the 28th. Anyone want to vote for another one? After we get a date settled we’ll go for location and then we’ll try to “lock in” the attendees, if that’s okay with everyone. Let’s talk. We have a little time to prepare and this could be really nice, but it may take the efforts of more than just a couple of us to make it a success. Q ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/19 "2004-05-25T02:01:01Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > It would help a lot if I could get an idea of the _logistics_ of this next little get-together. For instance, do y’all wanna bring kids? If so, we will need to have it where the little ones will not be bored. I don’t have any young’uns, that I know of. > [@](#): > > Do y’all wanna bring coolers so that we can have beers, etc.? How about entertainment? I understand Michael Jackson’s realy cheap right now… (Sorry! :rolleyes: ) Give me enough beer and watching the grass grow is enough entertainment. > [@](#): > > How _far_ do y’all wanna travel? For me, as long as it is within the Southeast, I’m fine, but it might not be fine for everyone. I used “Southeast” in the title of the thread because I know we have some folks in the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama, etc. who may or may not be able to make it depending on distance. I’m cool with anything under 3 hours. > [@](#): > > Optimal location would be someone’s land that’s not to hard to get to or out of and who wouldn’t mind us being there as long as we cleaned up afterward, and that is what I am working toward, but, as I said, I can’t guarantee such a place so we may have to pay a small fee if we have it at a park. I’m easy here. Whatever is easy enough for everybody else. > [@](#): > > Also, what if some of us need to spend the night? Y’all prepared to do that if I can find a decent deal? We might could picnic during the day, then retire to the motel at night. Or we could just do a day-time type of thing and let everyone who attends worrry about their own accomodations. Again, I’m easy. Easy like Sunday morning. > [@](#): > > It might be best to set date first, and we’ve discussed “late August”. I’m gonna say the 28th. Anyone want to vote for another one? After we get a date settled we’ll go for location and then we’ll try to “lock in” the attendees, if that’s okay with everyone. . Holy timing, Quas, that’s my birthday! > [@](#): > > Let’s talk. We have a little time to prepare and this could be really nice, but it may take the efforts of more than just a couple of us to make it a success. > Q Lemme know what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568/20 "2004-05-25T04:19:16Z")
Paying a small fee is not a problem and the 28th sounds good. 🙂 Let me know what I can do. **Bruce\_Daddy** , send me an email. Maybe we can see about riding into Atlanta together. We live so close and that drive all by yourself gets lonely. ☹ **Quasi** , I have to buy more headscarfs then. 😃 Let me know what I can maybe do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-south-east-doper-picnic/245568.md?page=2)