# Capital Region, NY Dopers: Another try at a Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094 "2005-08-29T13:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/41 "2005-10-14T14:08:14Z")
Is everyone still in? I was avoiding making any commitments until I knew if I could be there and I’m still not entirely sure. It depends on what time my sister-in-law wants us over at her house tomorrow. So, there’s a 75% chance I’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/42 "2005-10-14T14:12:04Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Eh, your loss. Yes, it is. I was looking forward to this thing. I’d think that if anybody had license to be annoyed that I have to drive to Northville and back tomorrow, it’d be me. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/43 "2005-10-14T18:32:30Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Yes, it is. I was looking forward to this thing. > > I’d think that if anybody had license to be annoyed that I have to drive to Northville and back tomorrow, it’d be me. I’m sorry to be annoyed with you. Really, I am…but I was really looking forward to meeting you, and I only tried to schedule another Dopefest because \*\*you \*\* mentioned it over at the other place. I had pretty much given up. I am (slightly) peeved because if people can make special plans to drive 2+ hours to get here, why is it so hard for you to drive 20-30 minutes? But again, I apologize for being irritated. As it is, I’m thinking about cancelling it. I’d appreciate some input. A lot of people are coming, but the weather sucks and we can’t go apple-picking which was really our plan. Poor \*\*Eonwe \*\* has to drive two hours and we don’t have an alternate plan. Which is my fault, and I apologize, as I should have come up with something else to do. And I know he is not the only one who has to drive a distance. We can always try again in the spring…? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/44 "2005-10-14T20:37:17Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > As it is, I’m thinking about cancelling it. I’d appreciate some input. Are people emailing you privately about it? My commitment level is up to 90% if we’re doing it at Borders. They do have some yummy eats there. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/45 "2005-10-14T21:33:54Z")
I’m a little uninspired. I was all psyched for a nice autumn drive down and apple picking and such… as cool as it would be to meet you all, I’m feeling like 4 hours or so driving down in the rain to hang out at Borders is not in the cards for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/46 "2005-10-15T04:01:35Z")
As one of the traveling people, I’m still in if other people are going to be there. So I need to know by tomorrow morning if anyone else will be at Borders if I drive up there. And just because we’re meeting at Borders, we don’t need to stay there. I picked it more as an easy place to meet rather than a destination. I’m open to any suggestions about an interesting way to spend the day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/47 "2005-10-15T13:40:28Z")
Okay, I haven’t got word as to whether or not (or should it be weather or not in this case?) there’s still going to be a meeting. But I said I’d be there, so goldarnit I’ll be there. Because it’s a two hour drive each way (this is where I subtly make people feel guilty) I’m leaving now. If anyone else shows up at Borders, I’ll be the guy wearing a brown and black coat. If nobody else shows up, I’ll hang out in Albany all by myself today (sitting in the corner, eating worms). ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/48 "2005-10-17T15:21:35Z")
So did anybody show up, or am I not the only evil heartless bastard in this town? I’m sorry, **Anaamika** , but it’s not that it was too much trouble to drive for ten minutes, it’s that I absolutely had to be somewhere else. I’m also having a little trouble wrapping my mind around the idea that somebody could consider meeting me a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/49 "2005-10-17T16:21:07Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Okay, I haven’t got word as to whether or not (or should it be weather or not in this case?) there’s still going to be a meeting. But I said I’d be there, so goldarnit I’ll be there. Because it’s a two hour drive each way (this is where I subtly make people feel guilty) I’m leaving now. If anyone else shows up at Borders, I’ll be the guy wearing a brown and black coat. If nobody else shows up, I’ll hang out in Albany all by myself today (sitting in the corner, eating worms). Oh no. The last time I checked this thread, it was about 10 minutes before you posted this. Since there were no other replies, I gave up and went to Crossgates. How was the drive? Just the 25 minutes to Crossgates was miserable because of the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/50 "2005-10-17T17:36:37Z")
I posted at the last minute for me because it’s a two hour drive, each way, for me to go to Albany. Which I did because I said I’d be there. After waiting an hour and a half for anyone else to arrive, I left. I don’t plan on returning. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094/51 "2005-10-17T18:36:45Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I posted at the last minute for me because it’s a two hour drive, each way, for me to go to Albany. Which I did because I said I’d be there. After waiting an hour and a half for anyone else to arrive, I left. I don’t plan on returning. I’m sorry I missed you. I wish I had waited another 10 minutes before I checked the thread again. I’m a bit of a hermit, so I had gotten myself all ready to meet some new people, but I guess everyone else pooped out. Apparently we don’t have the best luck with the weather. Wasn’t there a blizzard the last time we all tried to get together? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-region-ny-dopers-another-try-at-a-dopefest/319094.md?page=2)