# Back on Track: NYC Mega-Dopefest -- January 5, 2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057 "2001-09-21T18:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/141 "2001-10-26T19:33:22Z")
Excuse me, Purcette, but I meant suggestions for _Brooklyn._ Yes, I know there’s no “r” in there, but there should be dagnabit! 'Cause you’re my cute little pocketbook, is what you are. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/142 "2001-10-26T19:50:35Z")
\ Ummm… I kinda forgot about the Brooklyn part ☹ Maybe some kind of compromise can be reached if people want to do both? (or maybe I should just shaddup and make peace offerings to the Brooklyn deity…) And you know I love it when you add the “r.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/143 "2001-10-26T20:04:56Z")
Ahem. If some persons had come to Ruby Foo’s, then some persons would have been present at the vote for the proposed activity, in other words, a Broadway show. It’s eerie, really, how things come up in patterns in one’s life. Just the other day, I wrote a pit post about the importance of voting. Of course, I also wrote a pit post about tantric sex with a chicken, so I hope _that_ doesn’t come up again. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/144 "2001-10-26T20:44:40Z")
[sub]And thank you, Delphica, for adding the context (vote + origins) that I somehow failed to include over 3 whole posts…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/145 "2001-10-26T21:21:09Z")
Count me in, and add one to the men-in-kilts tally. I can’t wait to meet everybody IRL. But…um… **We’re talking about NYC in January here.** If I’m gonna leave me knickers at home, I hope we’re looking at non-drafty places to hang out. [sub]As it were.[/sub] ---
**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:** [October 26, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/146 "2001-10-26T21:38:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > **Geobabe,** don’t tempt me about wearing a kilt, I’ll do it! I swear I would! Uh, yeah. Oh no, **UncleBill** , don’t wear your kilt! I wouldn’t like that at all. Really. Hey, if I’m going to be wearing my Official Dopefest Miniskirt[sup]tm[/sup] in NYC in January, some o’ you menfolks can by God wear kilts! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/147 "2001-10-26T22:33:03Z")
So far, the highlight of my life was going on a date with a man wearing a kilt (and I wasn’t even expecting it!) so here’s another plea for as many men as possible to kilt themselves. Or whatever the verb is for kilt wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/148 "2001-10-26T22:47:43Z")
I’m going to pop up on Saturday and leave Sunday (after Hama and I go to the GAP Mecca), so I think I’d be out for a Broadway show. However, I’m ready to do anything you guys plan for Saturday afternoon. If possible, I’d like to stop by Ground Zero for a little while. I can do that by myself if no one else is interested, though. Also, since I don’t have to worry about driving, I’m with Alphagene on getting smashed beyong belief. Although I have nightmares about the bus ride home last year (all that damn rocking! Ah!), I wanna get trashed and end up smooching with someone as adorable as SuaSponte. 🙂 Oh yeah, can we make sure they don’t card underage drinkers, too? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/149 "2001-10-27T00:55:20Z")
Well, if you all go around taking votes behind my back. . . I \*knew[/] nobody would come to Brooklyn. And I would’ve come to Ruby Foos, but I neither Pain nor Heartache would come with me and after the last Thursday dinner it became obvious that I need a chaperone or two. As for Ground Zero, if I think by January I could face it without crying like a jackass, then I’m in. I haven’t had an unexpected attack of the weepies in about two weeks and I like it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/150 "2001-10-27T00:57:16Z")
I meant to do that. Preview damnit, preview! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/151 "2001-10-27T01:19:04Z")
**Ike** and the MTA are in cahoots to foil any and all plans to go to Brooklyn! Ok, so **Ike** was just the messenger about the renovations at the Transit Museum, but whatever. Since the first choice (Transit Museum) didn’t work out, I think we’re just asking if people would like the show idea. It would be a Saturday afternoon matinee. If everyone hates it, we can always think of Option #3. Sadly, the group discount doesn’t seem to be as big as I thought it was. I checked around a little today, and the prices still seem very high to me, especially since I think a great many of us (not naming any names here) are planning to drop quite a pretty penny on alcohol later that same evening. However, I might have a connection at Schubert via a coworker, so I will have more info to report on prices on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/152 "2001-10-27T21:30:12Z")
Popping in here from the high seas (or at least a marina off the high seas). If we’re voting for Brooklyn things here, I’d put in a vote for the Brooklyn Museum. It’s a treasure that most out-of-towners miss. See you all soon. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/153 "2001-11-05T12:41:26Z")
Just to remind people of this dope-tabulous upcoming event. (Like y’all could forget anyway). It’s still early and the brain doesn’t want to work, so I’ll let you guys talk details until my mind decides to start working again. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/154 "2001-11-05T12:54:00Z")
I didn’t want to start a whole thread about this, but since I’m going to this dopefest if I get a job, I hope y’all will send some good vibes my way - I have a second interview with a company today. WoooooHooooo! It’s working with a language (Pro\*C) that I have a lot of good experience in, and not many people use anymore. So if I get this, I’ll be heading for NY in January! And I might even drag my sweetie into it as well. Hope to see y’all there! ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/155 "2001-11-05T13:09:01Z")
: **TP** crosses her fingers, toes, eyes and anything else that might bring good luck to **Zyada** : Good job in what you know would be awesome. Getting to go to the NYC DopeFest would just be an added bonus! 😃 \ Where is the job located at? (If you’ve mentioned it before, I’m sorry if I missed it) \ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/156 "2001-11-05T13:16:12Z")
Well, I live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, just a little to the west of being halfway between the two. The job will be in N. Dallas(Galleria area). On the bad side, it will be a horrible, wretched awful commute that New Yorkers would laugh at, but this Ft. Worth girl has never had more than a 30 minute commute before. On the good side, there are Dopers who work in the same area, so I should be able to get with friends for lunch or supper during the week. Thanks for the good wishes! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/157 "2001-11-05T13:34:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > **Well, I live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, just a little to the west of being halfway between the two. The job will be in N. Dallas(Galleria area). On the bad side, it will be a horrible, wretched awful commute that New Yorkers would laugh at** We openly laugh at it! 🙂 I remember a day they were talking about a jam on the LBJ as I drove thru the exits mentioned- yeah, maybe I was doing 30…the guy next to me must’ve wondered why the nut next to him was laughing. ---
**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/158 "2001-11-09T17:36:04Z")
add 2 more to the list of those will be there, myself and **skittles**. last time i was in Dallas it took me 2 hours to get from downtown to the airport due to… ya ready? 5 f’ing raindrops ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/159 "2001-11-15T23:25:04Z")
Giving this a bump, because I’m kinda sorta interested. I’m looking for super-cheap airfare [sub]actually, I’m looking for super-cheap everything, but I digress[/sub]. Don’t add me to any lists yet, though. I’ll let you know. If you don’t mind my presence, that is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/160 "2001-11-15T23:34:01Z")
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