# Any Hoosier Dopers Wanna Get Together? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959 "2005-06-05T02:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/41 "2005-08-09T17:41:03Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > There’s a GREAT Chinese buffet in Clearwater, just a mile or two west of Castleton. It’s the Forbidden City Buffet, and it’s HUGE! They have a guy on the hibachi grill all day, so you can get freshly grilled chicken, pork and beef, IIRC. I haven’t been there in a while, and I don’t remember how much it is. > > Supposedly, the 8 Chinese Buffet in Castleton is really good, but I’ve never been there. There’s also a Golden Corrall (or Hog Trough, as my in-laws call it) east and south of Castleton, but easily accessible from the interstate. Forbidden City _is_ good, but they’ve gotten more expensive. They’re better for lunch, of course, but it’s still not great. I’ve eaten at the 8 China Buffet and it was pretty good. They’ve got a grill also & do some of the “mongolian bbq” stuff. Golden Corral is good, but noisy. It would be hard to talk, & they don’t like people “hanging around” there. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/42 "2005-08-09T18:27:24Z")
Well, then maybe we should plan for the 8 Chinese Buffett. As of right now, my attendance list consists of: **Me JimSox5 IndyEllen Meaty Beaty Stinkum** Some folks have dropped by the thread and not come back. Maybe I’ll send 'em an email this afternoon/tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/43 "2005-08-09T18:31:18Z")
So, where are you guys meeting? All of these places are only 10-15 min. from where I live. Depending on what time you do it, I might be able to come. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/44 "2005-08-09T18:41:49Z")
We hadn’t really discussed a time. I was thinking around 1:00 or 2:00. That way, if anyone’s driving a great distance (yeah, right!), they’d have time to get into town. It’s still lunch time, but not peak lunch time, so the restaurant shouldn’t be super-busy. Just my $0.02. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/45 "2005-08-09T21:18:41Z")
2:00 would work best for me. Just my $0.02. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/46 "2005-08-09T21:59:59Z")
2:02 give or take 2 minutes, that’s my $0.02. 😃 Castleton is about 65 miles for me. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/47 "2005-08-10T03:40:24Z")
That all works great for me. Just send me the directions in my e-mail (which I believe you have now, **Avarie** ) and I’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/48 "2005-08-10T04:12:04Z")
You can pencil in **Mrs. Nott** and me. I haven’t heard of 8 Chinese Buffet, but we know our way around Indy and points north. I can bring pix of our new dog, Layla, a Lhasa. I can wrap a fedora in foil as a recognition device, if necessary. At the first Dopefest I attended (at that chicken wing place,) some of us had some difficulty figuring out which group of happy people were the Dopers. My Straight Dope t-shirt helped. There was a group of arena football fans up front who were alarmed when somebody asked if they were the Dopefest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/49 "2005-08-10T11:13:41Z")
Sadly, we won’t be running any FireBird fans this year. ☹ I liked going to those. And yeah, I suppose we’ll need some way of identifying ourselves. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/50 "2005-08-10T13:11:50Z")
I’m sure the fedora would be FAB-a-lus! I would volunteer to wear something wild and crazy, but I don’t have anything like that anymore. How 'bout balloons? They’re cheap and easy to find at a dollar store or something. I’m sure I’ll be there early, so look for me with some balloons. Orange, maybe? OK - it sounds to me like we’ve decided on Chinese at 2:00 (or 2:02, or 2:12. Whenever you can make it!) The 8 Chinese Buffet is at 5393 E. 82nd Street. It’s the first strip mall east of Allisonville Road. Their phone number is 578-7888. For the directionally impaired, [here’s a map](http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?name=8+China+Buffet&ed=q0JpA.p_0To3z2yCgYZ527N1NH76DIIhDfZKYXQ6EN6SAyulYn32PHb63vQyM6jj3dDE0SmdvSiZc6K2UxajHBdztskLfLg3tw--&csz=Indianapolis+IN+46250&desc=%28317%29+578-7888&mag=2&ds=n&state=IN&uzip=&country=us&BFKey=&cat=&resize=l&trf=0). I’ll send JimSox the easiest directions I can figure out. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/51 "2005-08-10T16:31:18Z")
I ought to be able to figure that out. _crosses fingers_ Surely I can’t get myself that turned around with it being so close to 465. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/52 "2005-08-11T17:00:45Z")
Well, I just got an email from **todd33rpm**. He and **bodypoet** have both been very busy at work and have let their subscriptions lapse. They’ll try to make it on Sunday, but we shouldn’t count on them. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/53 "2005-08-14T16:22:30Z")
Just a bump and a reminder! Today at 2:00, 8 China Buffet in Castleton. I’ll be bringing a slightly-nibbled pie, too. (See [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329983) for explanation.) ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/54 "2005-08-14T23:32:20Z")
So, now I’m back from this whole ordeal, and I have to say, while slightly disappointed at turnout (only myself, **Avarie** , and **IndyEllen** ) it was a thoroughly enjoyable day. The food was very good, saying this as somebody who isn’t a huge fan of Chinese. (Obviously I will eat it and all, though). Now, the post-fest awards. Longest Drive to be at Fest - **JimSox5** Youngest Present Doper - **JimSox5** Hottest/Sexiest Doper (Male) - **JimSox5** Blue-est Car - **JimSox5** Most Likely to Attend an All-Male School - **JimSox5** Most Likely to Look at Pie Really, Really Hard and Really, Really Want Some, but Stomach Kept Saying “Enough!” - **JimSox5** Most Likely to Walk into the Wrong Restaurant before Finding Fest - **JimSox5** Most Likely to Post a Longer than Necessary, if Necessary at all, really, List of Awards that Said Poster Thought Up on His/Her Way Home for No Reason Whatsoever - **Ava**. . .err, sorry, misprint, **JimSox5** ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/55 "2005-08-15T00:08:09Z")
I must second **JimSox5** and say it was a _lovely_ time. Y’all who didn’t make it missed out, that’s just all there is. 😉 Do I win the award for the best dead car story? Hope to meet the others of you at some point in the future. And I _do_ wish I’d had room for pie. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/56 "2005-08-15T00:27:30Z")
Yes, you do win with the best dead car story, but not for strangest. **Avarie** takes that one, I’m afraid. Now we just need the last part of our trio to come in and say it was an amazing time, and all will be complete. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/57 "2005-08-15T00:57:33Z")
About 10 minutes before I was ready to leave the house that I had a family emergency that took several hours to straighten out. Sorry I missed it. and I wanted some of that pie ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/58 "2005-08-15T02:13:28Z")
Sorry **Long Time First Time** and I couldn’t be there – had the **Dopefest** been yesterday, we could have made it. I look forward to a future opportunity to meet **Movie Game** regular **Indyellen** , DoperBall player-referee **JimSox5** , animal lover **Avarie537** , and other Hoosier **Dopers**! ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/59 "2005-08-15T06:37:17Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Sorry **Long Time First Time** and I couldn’t be there – had the **Dopefest** been yesterday, we could have made it. I look forward to a future opportunity to meet **Movie Game** regular **Indyellen** , DoperBall player-referee **JimSox5** , animal lover **Avarie537** , and other Hoosier **Dopers**! Player? Referee? I’m a damn DoperBall _legend_, a god walking amongst mortals. Don’t forget that again. 😉 [sub]Ego? What about it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hoosier-dopers-wanna-get-together/306959/60 "2005-08-16T02:07:10Z")
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