# Boston Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838 "2010-11-08T00:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/101 "2011-01-08T15:05:19Z")
Unless the snow gets bad, the missus and I will be there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/102 "2011-01-08T18:57:39Z")
I don’t know if I’m going to stay until 10, but I’ll be there at 5. Looking forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/103 "2011-01-08T20:15:11Z")
No prob tdn! I dodn’t expect anyone to stay that long! ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/104 "2011-01-08T22:01:48Z")
Sadly, looks like I’m going to miss it. Thought I could pull off a dramatic late entrance, but do to bad planning, it doesn’t look like that would be before 9 or 9:30. Have fun, everyone. I’ll be there next time. – Looks like I rented this giant, coat-blowing fan for nothing. Ah, well. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/105 "2011-01-09T03:50:53Z")
THANK YOU to the Boston Dopers who made it tonight! HAVE to do it again soon! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/106 "2011-01-09T07:44:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > THANK YOU to the Boston Dopers who made it tonight! HAVE to do it again soon! Some of us would like an update!! My mom’s birthday party was postponed, but I have strep throat, so I still couldn’t make it. Hope you all had fun. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/107 "2011-01-09T14:08:21Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Some of us would like an update!! > > My mom’s birthday party was postponed, but I have strep throat, so I still couldn’t make it. Hope you all had fun. Oh, sorry about your strep! You were missed. I arrived more or less on time. **etv78** was sitting by himself at a table for 8. I had a great time getting to know him. Great guy with a great laugh. After a loooong time we figured that no one else was showing up, so we decided to just order dinner. Just as we were about to, the **Cal** family showed up. **PepperMill** regaled us with some hilarious cat stories. We were all just about done eating when **Tripolar** showed up. He was sitting far enough away from me that I didn’t really get a chance to talk to him. At the last hour, **ElvisL1ves** and Mrs. Elvis showed up. Once again, I didn’t get much of a chance to talk to them either. Great stories about cats, school, travel, and weird birthdays. Who knew that one could look out of a giant elephant’s butt in Atlantic City? It was a great time! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/108 "2011-01-09T17:45:22Z")
The snow definitely held attendance down a bit. Good to be able to match some faces and names, and talk about topics not in the SDMB forums. Thanks, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/109 "2011-01-09T20:29:58Z")
Cal was impressed I knew the date Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. He and MillCat were continually bummed by how young I am. Just atge my leftovers for lupper. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/110 "2011-01-10T13:48:05Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The snow definitely held attendance down a bit. Well, we had 8 seats and we filled 8 seats. Attendence was 100% full, just a little staggered in arrival times. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/111 "2011-01-10T17:46:28Z")
Best line of the night: > [@Cal Meacham](#): > > She was totally naked from head to toe. So we never tried to declaw a cat again. Very happy to meet everyone who was there! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838/112 "2011-01-11T21:55:13Z")
I hope to make it to the next one. I can’t say I’m sorry I wasn’t there because I was skiing in Vail at the time, which was awesome, and I honestly would pick the skiing over the Dopefest–sorry guys. However, I did regret that there was a conflict as I had really wanted to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopefest/559838.md?page=5)