# BamaDope Version 5.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379 "2005-04-14T23:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/1 "2005-04-14T23:25:05Z")
Well, it has been a year or so since the last one - which we did not manage to get to I might add. I think it is time for another. I am going to suggest here in Tuscaloosa, there are at least four Dopers here already so that ought to be a good start. Who is in and where are you coming from? Do we have suggestions for where you would like it to be held? ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/2 "2005-04-16T13:35:35Z")
Just bumping this a little ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/3 "2005-04-16T17:56:41Z")
Every time I say I’m going to one of these, something happens and I don’t get to go. Still, put me down as interested and maybe for once I won’t have to work! ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/4 "2005-04-16T20:35:04Z")
Will do. That makes the **nocturnes** and maybe you. Hopefully we will get to see you We are currently minus a computer. The CPU is fried, so we are only able to check stuff intermittently via the uni library. Will check the thread as we are able ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/5 "2005-04-16T20:54:43Z")
I am in Tuscaloosa and have no desire to meet anyone on the board. I like the contact to be devoid of knowledge of the person; bad breath, unpleasant personal habits, godliness, whatever. Good luck to you, but no interest from this T-town habitant. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/6 "2005-04-17T02:49:06Z")
I’m in, as long as it’s held before June (I’ll be out of the country for most of June). So yes, count me in. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/7 "2005-04-17T04:05:29Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti\_](#): > > I am in Tuscaloosa and have no desire to meet anyone on the board. I like the contact to be devoid of knowledge of the person; bad breath, unpleasant personal habits, godliness, whatever. \ Well, for just that one day you could like, borrow somebody’s toothbrush, take a shower and leave your bible back in the dorm… No interest in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach? ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/8 "2005-04-17T20:34:45Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > Well, for just that one day you could like, borrow somebody’s toothbrush, take a shower and leave your bible back in the dorm… > > No interest in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach? Nice idea, especially around this time of year. That might certainly be a go. Let’s see what sort of consensus we can get. Carpooling can be encouraged. And and **JCoM** , your response made me laugh. Heartily ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/9 "2005-04-17T20:35:58Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti\_](#): > > I am in Tuscaloosa and have no desire to meet anyone on the board. I like the contact to be devoid of knowledge of the person; bad breath, unpleasant personal habits, godliness, whatever. > Good luck to you, but no interest from this T-town habitant. Oh God no! What will I do if you don’t show up? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/10 "2005-04-17T22:55:43Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti\_](#): > > I am in Tuscaloosa and have no desire to meet anyone on the board. I like the contact to be devoid of knowledge of the person; bad breath, unpleasant personal habits, godliness, whatever. > Good luck to you, but no interest from this T-town habitant. Somehow, I think we’ll all recover, despite the lack of your clearly sterling presence. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/11 "2005-04-19T15:47:31Z")
So what do we all think of the idea of the coast? Those from up this way could car pool it I think. And where are the other Bama folk? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/12 "2005-04-19T16:25:22Z")
I’m here, but won’t be able to make it to a dopefest right now. (Having to get a new roof thanks to all the hail storms.) But I wish you happy happy times. And have you seen Gulf Shores recently? Not much left of the strip after the hurricane. I was down there in March and lots and lots of construction was going on. But rest assured, Hazel’s is still there even if the FloraBama isn’t. Most of the off-the-strip places are still there. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/13 "2005-04-19T19:19:04Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti\_](#): > > I am in Tuscaloosa and have no desire to meet anyone on the board. I like the contact to be devoid of knowledge of the person; bad breath, unpleasant personal habits, godliness, whatever. There have to be a hundred more tactful ways for you to have handled this. Chief among which being: not posting at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/14 "2005-04-19T20:01:43Z")
I might be able to make a BamaDope…for the first time in what, 4 years? I’ll keep an eye on this thread. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/15 "2005-04-20T17:20:34Z")
It would be nice to meet up with you, **Ogre**. You could tell me more about caving in Alabama. I could try to convince you that black water diving on not so bad. Even though it is. **Fiver** , yeah there were better ways that could have been handled, but none would have elicited so much amusement. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bamadope-version-5-2/299379/16 "2005-04-23T16:06:02Z")
I’m in Tuscaloosa and I’m between my baptism and my funeral, so anytime is pretty good for me.