# Central PA Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935 "2004-04-02T18:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/421 "2004-06-15T21:09:26Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Hmm… next time I’m in the grocery store, I’ll pick up a few parve desserts for **DocCathode** and myself, and anybody else who wants some. If margarine is pareve, I’ll take care of dessert, no worries. I thought Doc was Orthodox - I have only ever seen Orthodox men wearing kipot. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/422 "2004-06-15T21:43:32Z")
How did I manage to turn this into “All About Cathode And Kashrut”? **Asterion** Milschig and fleischig are definitely Yiddish. Yiddish is indeed a mix of German vocaulary and syntax with Hebrew vocabulary and syntax. I’m not sure if the German used was high, middle, or low. Sephardic Jews produced a language of their own by mixing Hebrew and Spanish, Ladino. **Ginger** That depends on the margarine. Most isn’t. Either check the ingredients, or look at the kosher mark. Most margarine has either the letter d or the word dairy next to the mark. Nondairy margarine is tasteless and not a reasonable substitute for butter except in recipes. It also can’t be stored in the freezer (this causes the oil and solids to seperate). And it’s higher in transfats. I am not Orthodox. I tend more toward Conservative (this is the middle sect between strictly observant and traditional Orthodox, and liberal, ya don’t have to keep the traditions if ya don’t wanna Reform). **Zev Steinhardt** and **CmKeller** are Orthodox. You may notice that I post on Saturdays. And that I ate at Eulogy. If anybody really wants to discuss my personal beliefs and practices, we should stop hijacking the thread and use e-mail or wait until we can do it in person. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/423 "2004-06-15T23:20:41Z")
> [@dwalin](#): > > Hmmm. Well, since my brother is no longer taking me home (Still there, right?)… Well, we’re heading up the day before and staying the night in Hanover. I will ask **fizzy** how she feels about you staying with us, but I am reasonably confident that “ **punha** ’s younger brother” in the same room while she is in her night attire would probably not be the best idea for either of you;) The night following the fest (Saturday, in case that was unclear) is, shall we say, not an option and I think I can safely speak for **fizzy** there:D It does not look good for the away team, but do not give up hope yet:) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/424 "2004-06-15T23:25:13Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > How did I manage to turn this into “All About Cathode And Kashrut”? > > **Asterion** Milschig and fleischig are definitely Yiddish. Yiddish is indeed a mix of German vocaulary and syntax with Hebrew vocabulary and syntax. I’m not sure if the German used was high, middle, or low. Sephardic Jews produced a language of their own by mixing Hebrew and Spanish, Ladino. > > **Ginger** That depends on the margarine. Most isn’t. Either check the ingredients, or look at the kosher mark. Most margarine has either the letter d or the word dairy next to the mark. Nondairy margarine is tasteless and not a reasonable substitute for butter except in recipes. It also can’t be stored in the freezer (this causes the oil and solids to seperate). And it’s higher in transfats. > I am not Orthodox. I tend more toward Conservative (this is the middle sect between strictly observant and traditional Orthodox, and liberal, ya don’t have to keep the traditions if ya don’t wanna Reform). **Zev Steinhardt** and **CmKeller** are Orthodox. You may notice that I post on Saturdays. And that I ate at Eulogy. If anybody really wants to discuss my personal beliefs and practices, we should stop hijacking the thread and use e-mail or wait until we can do it in person. I have tried emailing you before, you ween. No response. Anyway, I have a good friend who is Orthodox, and patiently answers stupid questions I put to him (today: Hey, Seth, why don’t you have a Shabbos Goy?" - then I ran). I will make certain to make a pareve dessert. Have no fear! I have Google and know how to spell both Recipe and Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/425 "2004-06-16T01:20:29Z")
I could bring veggie burgers if anyone is interested. It probably isn’t worth asking, but I’ll ask anyway: are any of those various chilis vegetarian? _not holding out much hope_ Is someone bringing tomatoes and lettuce or should I grab some? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/426 "2004-06-16T08:05:33Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I have tried emailing you before, you ween. No response. :smack: I just forgot to respond. Now that I think about it, this seems to be an ongoing problem. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/427 "2004-06-16T12:41:51Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I could bring veggie burgers if anyone is interested. What you should bring is copious amounts of juggling apparatii so as to entertain the masses. That and it’s been a while since I did any passing. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/428 "2004-06-16T14:55:54Z")
> [@Frank #2](#): > > What you should bring is copious amounts of juggling apparatii so as to entertain the masses. That and it’s been a while since I did any passing. Ooh good idea. Crowd that large we’re sure to have some other jugglers. Do you have clubs? I only have three so unless I borrow some, I can’t pass unless you bring your own. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/429 "2004-06-16T18:27:58Z")
I do have 2 sets of clubs, but they’re mis-matched. One set roughly looks like [this](http://www.jugglingstore.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=205) and [this](http://www.jugglingstore.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=271) would be the other set. I’ll throw those in the car along with my set of 9 balls, devil sticks, lacrosse balls (fun on concrete), and my acrylic ball (for that Michael Mochen hand manipulation thing). Fun fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/430 "2004-06-16T20:20:40Z")
Ack! American style clubs! I learned on some Jugglebug Americans… now that I use European style I find that Americans are like juggling watermelons on sticks! It would be really hard to pass with those. I just sold my Airflights this spring–those are the same general shape as mine so passing with them should be possible. I have an acrylic ball for contact juggling, too, but I use a hollow soft plastic stage ball for practicing because I’m not good at it yet and that acrylic ball is _hard_ and _heavy_ and I could see it breaking everything in the room… heh. I don’t even carry it in my juggling bag. I’ll bring my diabolo… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/431 "2004-06-16T20:28:00Z")
Is anyone else going to want veggie burgers? Depending on how motivated I get, I may make cole slaw, too… I may or may not be bringing Dominic, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/432 "2004-06-16T20:43:09Z")
Opal, I will be bringing egg salad, tuna salad and cold-cut mini-sandwiches, so you can eat the egg salad ones, right? I will be bringing some beverages too. I also am going to bring a couple of chairs and my picnic blanket so we can sit out in the sun/on the grass. Are we having music? Is someone bringing a CD player? I will bring CDs. I encourage others to bring CDs too. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/433 "2004-06-16T20:56:10Z")
Ooh, chairs, good idea, **nyctea**! I can bring two, of the low-to-the-ground beach chair variety. I’ve got a cheap boombox – can’t brag about the sound quality, but I can bring it if no one has anything better. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/434 "2004-06-16T21:00:44Z")
**danceswithcats** - I sent you email but haven’t heard back from you. I need to discuss something with you urgently. Can you email me? (opalcat @ [fathom.org](http://fathom.org)) **nyctea** - mmmm! I love egg salad 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/435 "2004-06-16T21:01:16Z")
The FairyChats will not be in attendance. It’s just too long a drive for an afternoon shindig, and other commitments preclude staying over in a hotel. That’s the curse of living in the boonies, but we’ve decided that our driving limit is 2 hours, unless it’s a family obligation. DC/Baltimore/Northern VA gatherings will be doable, but most anything beyond is more than we want to take on. This was a difficult decision, because there were so many of you who I wanted to see again or meet. But the two-hour rule rules. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/436 "2004-06-16T21:08:31Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Are we having music? Is someone bringing a CD player? I will bring CDs. I encourage others to bring CDs too. Well, I’m still planning on bringing my guitar, but I can also bring along my weak-but-workable CD player/boombox, since we do have electrical access, and my piddling CD collection. (On preview, I don’t know how my box might compare to **twickster** ’s, but maybe we can both bring and then just use whichever’s better?) And I’ve got one little folding chair I’ll bring. And I plan on baking my contribution tonight. They’ll be chocolate-butterscotch chip cookies, made with Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips and Nestle’s Butterscotch Morsels. I’m excited. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/437 "2004-06-16T21:20:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ooh, chairs, good idea, **nyctea**! I can bring two, of the low-to-the-ground beach chair variety. > > I’ve got a cheap boombox – can’t brag about the sound quality, but I can bring it if no one has anything better. I’ve got one, too. Robin ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/438 "2004-06-17T00:39:19Z")
This will probably get me laughed at as much as **Robyn** did for that whole ball/mouse thing, but y’all already laugh at me anyway, so I figure this can’t hurt too much. Watermelons are busily being sold here in The South, but I don’t know for sure that they are yet being sold in the wilds of the DC or Gettysburg areas. Someone appease me? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/439 "2004-06-17T00:52:07Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > This will probably get me laughed at as much as **Robyn** did for that whole ball/mouse thing, but y’all already laugh at me anyway, so I figure this can’t hurt too much. > > Watermelons are busily being sold here in The South, but I don’t know for sure that they are yet being sold in the wilds of the DC or Gettysburg areas. Someone appease me? It’s not that dumb a question, as questions go. It’s not like you’re asking what the meaning of “is” is. Yes, watermelons are currently being sold in Pennsylvania. Robin ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/440 "2004-06-17T01:09:47Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > It’s not that dumb a question, as questions go. It’s not like you’re asking what the meaning of “is” is. What is the definition of “is”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=23)