# Calgary Mini Dope-fest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399 "2006-06-27T21:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/1 "2006-06-27T21:05:14Z")
Well, fellow Calgarians, we have a time and a place. **GingerOfTheNorth** is going to be in town the weekend of July 8 + 9, and the plan is to go to the Thai Chili Club on Saturday, July 8, 7:00 pm. I’ll be making a reservation for anyone who wants to come out and meet (or get re-acquainted with) the illustrious Ginger. You’ve got about a week to decide if you want to come out and have fun, or if you want to be a big poopie head and stay home. Your choice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/2 "2006-06-27T21:15:14Z")
Okay, so clearly this was posted right around the time I sent you that email. The one saying that the next weekend would be better if we could include a crazy redhead. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/3 "2006-06-27T21:42:13Z")
New plan - everything the same except the date - Saturday, July 15. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/4 "2006-06-28T03:38:20Z")
Grrrrrrrrrate! I’m totally there. Ummmm, Lemon Grass Prawns, ummmmm… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/5 "2006-06-28T14:11:32Z")
OH PLEASE, like I’m letting you leave after just some prawns. I’m in Canada to make you fat. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/6 "2006-06-28T16:19:59Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > OH PLEASE, like I’m letting you leave after just some prawns. I’m in Canada to make you fat. > > Heh. I have no problem with that, whatsoever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/7 "2006-06-29T02:59:20Z")
We have two more joining: Kwyjibo and his lovely wife, both of whom no longer post. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/8 "2006-06-29T04:09:04Z")
Sounds like fun. Count me in! [sub]I’ll even make sure I wear bells, just for you _featherlou_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/9 "2006-06-30T13:41:37Z")
Okay, sounds good. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/10 "2006-06-30T17:06:23Z")
Me too please 🙂 The downtown one right? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/11 "2006-06-30T20:01:53Z")
The one on 11th avenue SW (want to make sure my idea of downtown is the same as yours). I thought you not coming out for food was a little unusual, **Gut**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/12 "2006-06-30T21:32:38Z")
Yep, that’s the place. Not downtown core but not the location near me. I’ll see you guys there 🙂 and you’re right, I rarely miss an opportunity to eat 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/13 "2006-07-01T03:52:40Z")
Driftwood will probably be along too. Alice and Gut met him at Moxie’s at the teenie weenie (hee hee) Dopefest in 2001. JESUS IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME. Whoops, sorry for yelling there. I’m excited. Camping with Dopers in Glacier Park this weekend and then more Dopers in a couple of weeks. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/14 "2006-07-01T04:56:37Z")
I know what you mean, about being excited about meeting Dopers. I haven’t met any yet that I didn’t like. I guess there’s a reason that we all keep coming back to these ol’ boards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/15 "2006-07-08T22:21:32Z")
Glad to see it’s not cancelled. **Serious Lark** and I were planning on attending, and I had remembered the date as being today. I think we can make it next week. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again and meeting Ginger! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/16 "2006-07-08T22:45:35Z")
Hey, **trupa** , I was wondering about you and **Serious Lark**! Glad to have you on board. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/17 "2006-07-10T20:07:56Z")
So, with all of the people involved, do you think that maybe we should go somewhere a little less formal? Somewhere we can sit and hang out for hours, rather than Chili Club (which is a pretty upscale environment). Also, beef and beer. Or a damned good burger. I’m happy to get lunch there, but it’s really not a hang-out kinda place. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/18 "2006-07-11T21:31:52Z")
Not a bad idea, **Ginger**. For a hang-out kinda place with excellent burgers, I would recommend Tipperary’s Pub on 16th Avenue. We’re regulars there - it’s smokefree on one side, but you can go smoke on the other side if there are any smokers in the group. Pool tables, dart boards, big-screen tv’s, the usual (and scantily-clad waitresses, for those of us who care about that. 😃 ) What say you all? Should we go with majority rule? Who wants thai food, and who wants to go hang out for an evening? ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/19 "2006-07-11T21:58:58Z")
I go where the food is. I don’t care where 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399/20 "2006-07-11T22:04:42Z")
Shucks. What a weekend to be in Vancouver. Have a great time, all! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-mini-dope-fest/362399.md?page=2)