# Birthday Dope Thingie? Early/mid February **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458 "2003-01-09T05:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/41 "2003-01-13T20:39:18Z")
I’m planning on being in Baltimore that weekend, so maybe **Boyfriend** and I can make it down there, too. ( **FairyChatMom** , maybe we can carpool? :D) And my birthday is March 4th. I will be 29. \ It can be a mega-birthday fest! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/42 "2003-01-13T21:15:30Z")
Ok so is the Rainforest Cafe in Tyson’s acceptable to everyone? On Saturday the 15th? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/43 "2003-01-13T21:17:35Z")
**Opal** - Sat the 15th sounds good to me - I’ll clear it thru the spousal unit. **Skerri** - I’ll let you know about carpooling. Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/44 "2003-01-13T21:24:04Z")
Saturday 15 February is good for me! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/45 "2003-01-13T21:25:50Z")
I can do that. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/46 "2003-01-13T21:35:07Z")
Ok so … times? 4ish? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/47 "2003-01-13T21:49:49Z")
4-ish sounds good to me - that allows for a decent amount of time to socialize, and still getting home before too very late. I’m not much of a night person, so it works great for me. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/48 "2003-01-13T21:52:27Z")
At this point it sounds good to me. Unless **Verrain** is planning something else he hasn’t told me about, we’ll be free and happy to come down. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/49 "2003-01-14T01:10:38Z")
My birthday is coming up on the 25th of February, as well. I’ll see if Lady Chance is amenable. I’d like to see you all again. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/50 "2003-01-15T01:32:38Z")
I feel like I killed this thing. That makes me sad. But it makes me happy to say that the three of us are in. Barring disaster or blizzard we’ll be there. Did I mention the Rainforest Cafe has a squished penny machine? See? We **can** be lured off the mountain from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/51 "2003-01-15T03:37:18Z")
4:00 on the 15th of February, at the Rainforest Cafe in Tyson’s. Sounds like a plan! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/52 "2003-01-15T11:48:49Z")
Dang, I haven’t met most of the prospective attendees - shall we wear red carnations so we know who we are?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/53 "2003-01-15T12:02:47Z")
Sadly, **Bluesman** has just started shifts, so he will be on mids that day and unable to attend, but I should make it, possibly with a couple of **Blueskids** in tow. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/54 "2003-01-15T12:50:54Z")
Ok can we list who is coming? **Probably:** ultrafilter GingerOfTheNorth Weirddave Neidhart MsRobyn **Maybe:** Superdude TruePisces RTFirefly FairyChatMom Edward The Head Lucretia Skerri Jonathan Chance I will call them today and see if they take reservations for large parties. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/55 "2003-01-15T12:58:46Z")
I think you can safely move me and my spousal unit to the **Probably** category, barring an intervening catastrophe. I haven’t brought it up to him yet, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be amenable. And if not, I’ll just find me another date! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/56 "2003-01-15T14:09:22Z")
Yeah, we’ll almost certainly be there. If you’re making reservations make sure to mention a high chair for Baby Kate. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/57 "2003-01-15T14:14:57Z")
**Probably:** ultrafilter GingerOfTheNorth and child Weirddave Neidhart MsRobyn and Aaron Jonathan Chance, wife, and baby FairyChatMom and spousal unit \*\*Maybe: \*\* Superdude TruePisces RTFirefly Edward The Head Lucretia Skerri ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/58 "2003-01-15T14:27:12Z")
Cool beans - I’ll get to meet the lovely and charming **Jonathan Chance** at last! Oh, and you other guys, too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/59 "2003-01-15T14:28:35Z")
And don’t think I’m not looking forward to it, **FCM**. I’ll clean out the investment account. How far do you think we’ll get? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458/60 "2003-01-15T14:44:55Z")
well, gee, lemme think about it - Tahiti?? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-dope-thingie-early-mid-february/147458.md?page=4)