# Boston Dopers....No griping, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403 "2003-06-21T12:18:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/1 "2003-06-21T12:18:37Z")
This is extremely short notice, for which I apologize on behalf of the “organizers”, but please hold the griping. There is a Boston mini-dopefest **tonight**. (I’ve been trying, on and off, for two days to do a search to see if anyone has already posted a notice, but the search engine keeps hanging.) **Where and when:** [The Boston Billiard Club](http://www.bostonbilliardclub.com/boston.htm), just outside Kenmore Square, starting about 7 pm, Saturday, June 21st. Pool playing skill is welcome, but not necessary. You _do_, I just discovered, need to be 21 years of age, or older. Once again, I apologize for the lack of notice, but I realized that some of the people from the last Dopefest hadn’t signed up for the mailing list for future 'fests. And, I can’t email you, because I can’t look you up. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/2 "2003-06-21T13:06:56Z")
No griping here, count me in. I’ll bring my cue. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/3 "2003-06-21T13:25:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*No griping here, count me in. I’ll bring my cue. \*\* Cool! You’re one of the people I had in mind when I posted this. And, now there’ll be ONE person I stand some chance of recognizing. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/4 "2003-06-21T13:41:59Z")
Well, I for one am griping… But not cause I didn’t know, just cause I can’t go. Next time though. Hope you guys have a great time. Gee, Dave, it’s about time you posted this…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/5 "2003-06-21T15:10:40Z")
Who else is coming, is there anyone I’ll have a chance of recognizing? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/6 "2003-06-21T16:05:44Z")
Can’t make it tonight, but have a great time! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/7 "2003-06-22T14:08:41Z")
Yeah, **we** should have posted this a long time ago. (But, it wasn’t _my_ job. I guess the problem was, it wasn’t _anyone’s_ job.) Anyone interested in future Dopefests in Boston should go[here](http://groups.yahoo.com/), and search for the group bostondopers, and sign up. That way, you’ll be on the mailing list. We had a good time, but it would be great if more people could come to future get togethers. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/8 "2003-06-22T14:57:13Z")
…gripe gripe gripe…couldn’t have made it anyway…gripe gripe grumble grumble… ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/9 "2003-06-22T16:34:15Z")
Hey, I’m passing the buck on this one onto you babe…you came up with the date, the location, and the time…face it, it was your dopefest 🙂 Besides, these days I log on the SDMB even less than I log onto yahoo…seriously, don’t make me accountable for anything , it’ll never get done! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/10 "2003-06-22T21:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*Hey, I’m passing the buck on this one onto you babe…you came up with the date, the location, and the time…face it, it was your dopefest 🙂 \*\* Lessee… **betenoir** suggested the June date (I’d suggested October, I believe, not knowing how often they were supposed to occur), **Tanookie** suggested 7 pm. (I’d thrown out 8 pm, as the initial time), and I suggested Jillian’s, but we ended up at Boston Billiards. So, what part of this was my idea? Okay, the pool-playing was my idea. But, _who_ is the group administrator, on Yahoo? Oh! That would be _you!_ 😃 **Laughing Lagomorph** , sign up. I _have_ to meet the guy with that screen name. **Achernar** , I’m putting your name in here so that your next vanity search will pick it up. I hope I spelled it right. Sorry you missed this one. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/11 "2003-06-23T00:48:40Z")
BTW, I’m not griping because of the short notice, I’m griping because I wouldn’t have been able to come, period. I will sign up, though. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-dopers-no-griping-please/183403/12 "2003-06-23T01:49:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*BTW, I’m not griping because of the short notice, I’m griping because I wouldn’t have been able to come, period. I will sign up, though. \*\* Yup. That was clear. I just took the opportunity to nudge you a bit. 🙂