# Alright, can't put it off any longer... Who's up for a Baltimore dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545 "2004-12-07T14:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/1 "2004-12-07T14:50:36Z")
I know we have quite a few Dopers in Baltimore City and surrounding areas. I’m thinking dinner and drinks in Ellicott City, but I’m willing to drive anywhere and entertain any suggestions. If there isn’t much response, we can open it up further to all Dopers in the D.C. Metro area. Who’s up for it? Adam ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/2 "2004-12-07T15:05:01Z")
[sub]I didn’t know you lived in Baltimore, did I?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/3 "2004-12-07T15:10:04Z")
Well, I don’t wear a sign on my back, or anything. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/4 "2004-12-07T15:15:42Z")
There’s already at least 2 planned between now and new years day. . . > **[MADs/DC-area Dopers! FAREWELL OPALCAT PARTY, New Year's Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289595)** > > To help celebrate (and mourn) OpalCat’s impending move to Atlanta in early January, we’d like everyone to join us for a Farewell Opal Party on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005 (New Year’s Day) at 4 pm, at the Broad Street Grill in Falls Church, VA (easily... [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5576889#post5576889](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5576889#post5576889) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/5 "2004-12-07T15:17:35Z")
Well, the first one is in VA, not Baltimore. . . ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/6 "2004-12-07T15:19:51Z")
**Agent Foxtrot** , there is a DopeFest upcoming in Dundalk this Saturday at the home of **WeirdDave** and **GingerOfTheNorth**. Details can be found here. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/7 "2004-12-07T15:21:19Z")
Damn! Beaten to the punch again! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/8 "2004-12-07T15:24:08Z")
I’d be up for something in Ellicott City sometime in January, on a weekend. I love the old downtown area, that would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/9 "2004-12-07T15:26:09Z")
For future reference, anytime you see “MADs” in the thread title w.r.t. a DopeFest, it refers to “Mid-Atlantic Dopers”. Or is it “Maryland Area Dopers”? …“Mutually Affectionate Dopers”? About a year and a half ago, we MADs used to meet almost every month for dinner & drinks. Unfortunately, people moved, real life started interfering, and the idea fell by the wayside. It’s too bad, I miss seeing people like **Asylum** , **panache** , and **TeleTronOne**. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/10 "2004-12-07T15:29:26Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > For future reference, anytime you see “MADs” in the thread title w.r.t. a DopeFest, it refers to “Mid-Atlantic Dopers”. > > Or is it “Maryland Area Dopers”? > > …“Mutually Affectionate Dopers”? > > About a year and a half ago, we MADs used to meet almost every month for dinner & drinks. Unfortunately, people moved, real life started interfering, and the idea fell by the wayside. It’s too bad, I miss seeing people like **Asylum** , **panache** , and **TeleTronOne**. I hear ya Mike. Unfortunately, as far as I know, **TeleTronOne** is on a permanent vacation from the boards and from Dopefests, **panache** also seems to be MIA (she went off to grad school or something), and I haven’t seen **Asylum** around here in ages. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/11 "2004-12-07T15:33:35Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > **Agent Foxtrot** , there is a DopeFest upcoming in Dundalk this Saturday at the home of **WeirdDave** and **GingerOfTheNorth**. Details can be found here. Thanks, **norinew**. I’ll be attending. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/12 "2004-12-07T16:11:35Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Thanks, **norinew**. I’ll be attending. 🙂 Cool deal! Always good to meet another fellow Doper! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/13 "2004-12-07T16:57:06Z")
On the other hand, there’s nothing wrong with planning more dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/14 "2004-12-07T20:44:32Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > On the other hand, there’s nothing wrong with planning more dopefests. Yeah! 'cept you haven’t shown your face at one in god-knows-how-long!! :dubious: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-cant-put-it-off-any-longer-whos-up-for-a-baltimore-dopefest/278545/15 "2004-12-07T21:01:25Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Yeah! 'cept you haven’t shown your face at one in god-knows-how-long!! :dubious: 😉 Yeah, I know. My schedule just hasn’t worked out, but I swear, I’m not abandoning you guys. I got my fingers crossed for next year to be better.