# Atlanta Dopers: Listen up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582 "2001-01-24T18:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/1 "2001-01-24T18:03:14Z")
My next regularly-scheduled tour of the Fox Theatre is this Saturday, January 27th, at 10 a.m. The cost is a meager $5. Street parking can usually be found, and they don’t check the meters on Saturdays. It’s about 90 minutes. Probably the most entertaining and informative 90 minutes you will ever invest. **spoke-** , **mouthbreather** , **Mullinator** , **TubaDiva** , Professor and Mary Ann, I expect you all to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/2 "2001-01-24T21:46:16Z")
bump. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/3 "2001-01-25T12:42:49Z")
Ba-dump. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/4 "2001-01-25T14:26:02Z")
Saturday’s at 10 AM are unfortunately reserved for Mully time. Also, I will be in another state. That could make the commute somewhat difficult. As a bonus, you now have a non-self induced reply. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/5 "2001-01-26T17:15:03Z")
Thanks for responding at least, **Mullinator**. This is my last bump, I promise. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/6 "2001-01-26T18:02:24Z")
This is the first I’ve seen of this. Being downtown at 10 am on a weekend, sheesh…I dont even get to work that early. However, I’ll talk it over with the lady. We might make it. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/7 "2001-01-26T18:07:31Z")
In all humility, **mouthbreather** , you’ll be glad you did. This is one of the things I do extremely well. Ask David Deriso for a testimonial. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/8 "2001-01-26T18:07:39Z")
What’s the cutoff time for tickets, **Five**? If my 11 yr old is feeling well enough tomorrow (sinus infection), I’d like to take him through the tour. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/9 "2001-01-26T18:12:53Z")
**xenophon41** : > [@](#): > > What’s the cutoff time for tickets, **Five**? If my 11 yr old is feeling well enough tomorrow (sinus infection), I’d like to take him through the tour. I usually show my tourists in through the door to the Grand Staircase pretty soon after ten, usually not later than 10:05 (really, the optimal time to arrive is about ten to ten). Hope to see you and the young 'un. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/10 "2001-01-28T18:42:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > **Being downtown at 10 am on a weekend, sheesh…I dont even get to work that early.** Oh, the Irony. How the cruel mistress Fate mocks me. How Santa Claus throws lawn darts at me. Well, maybe scratch that last part. Due to database follies, I wound up working from 8.30am until 5 on saturday. Please make it known when your next tour is. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/11 "2001-01-29T13:31:05Z")
As it happened, **mouthbreather** , you didn’t miss anything: as so often happens, the Fox management canceled the tours for that day because the children’s show “Bear in the Big Blue House” was starting at 10:30. So I didn’t get to do the tour even for those people who showed up. I’ll let you know (I’ll let you ALL know) about the next one. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/12 "2001-01-29T19:30:44Z")
Hi Five! (Heh heh.) (Sorry about that. Yet another reason to change your user name). Not that I’m complaining mind you since we went over and had a great day at Fernbank when we found out the tour was cancelled, but does the Fox ever give more than a few hours notice when they cancel? We’d still like to do the tour, but I’d rather not find out when we get there whether it’s going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-listen-up/51582/13 "2001-01-29T20:19:56Z")
**xenophon41** , I’m sorry you went to the trouble when the tour was cancelled. Historically I’ve had little to no notice when a tour was to be cancelled; communication between the Atlanta Preservation Center and the Fox management is poor, to say the least. However, on Saturday after the tour was cancelled I got something I’ve never had before, which is a synopsis of the Fox’s schedule for the next several months, with the times as well as the dates of upcoming events, so I should have better information in the future. I’ll start a new thread in the last week before my next tour. Look for it!