# Chicago Dopes Check-in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236 "2001-09-13T02:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![More\_Cowbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@More\_Cowbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/More_Cowbell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/21 "2001-09-15T04:15:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > Nope. You’re new. You are required to show up–didn’t you read your contract? You are required to show up if you are NEW?! Here I thought there was a minimum post requirement! Damn, I’ve got to read that contract again! **Mayor Quimby: Chi-doper and professional lurker** ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/22 "2001-09-15T04:32:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tiggeril \* > I’m kinda hinky about taking the Red Line that late **Tigg**. you know I will give you a lift! Just let me know when and where… ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/23 "2001-09-15T05:44:14Z")
Thank you, Mike. I’ll have no trouble getting to Nym’s, as long as she doesn’t mind my showing up 7-or-8ish. It’s getting home that’s the problem. We’ll talk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/24 "2001-09-17T15:21:24Z")
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/25 "2001-09-17T15:50:12Z")
Oh, I wish I could be there to meet the Dopers I’ve never met. **Nymysys** and **tiggeril** spring immediately to mind. ---
**Author:** ![VileOrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9e8a1a/32.png) [@VileOrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VileOrb)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/26 "2001-09-17T17:03:25Z")
I don’t see anything stopping me. Been thinking about the best place to do it. Look like we got too many to be comfortable at Nym’s place. Nym and I discussed Lou-Lou’s which would be fine. With dopers in various age ranges we gotta make sure it’s a place that won’t bar our younger members. (i.e. restaurant with liquor) The more I think about it the better Lou Lou’s sounds. Open late, friendly bartender, always loud even without dopers, pool table, indoor/outdoor seating, acceptable food, what else do we need besides each other? I vote for Lou Lou’s or any place that Nym thinks of because she’s so cool. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/27 "2001-09-17T17:35:10Z")
I don’t recall a contract! Oh, wait. Was it on that page I was supposed to read about “user agreements”? I kinda just scrolled through that one real fast and clicked on “yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, just let me in.” I think I might need an attorney. (Dropzone: Yep, Lapidary Journal. Also a coupla other mags, of both the paper and ether variety. Why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/28 "2001-09-17T17:58:27Z")
where’s Lou Lou’s ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/29 "2001-09-17T18:11:31Z")
[Here’s info on Lou Lou’s](http://www.metromix.com/top/1,1419,M-Metromix-Home-X!PlaceDetail-21738,00.html) So, Nym? Is it OK if I show up on your doorstep around 7ish? ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/30 "2001-09-18T22:01:22Z")
Yeah, I slept on it for a bit and Lou Lou is the best I can come up with. All of what Vile said holds, plus it’s close to my place for the after ChiDope Dope. Or whatever the ensuing party at my place is called. If we’re doing this on Saturday, which it seems we are, we don’t have to make it so late. Any time if good for me, gang. And tigg, you show up whenever you want, sweetie. I’ve got a short couch and a queen size air mattress. How many people can stay at my place depends on how comfortable y’all are with each other. I almost forgot, too. Gaudere said she might be up for a brunch. Anyone interested in that as well? ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/31 "2001-09-18T22:03:13Z")
Brunch on SUNDAY! Sunday, dammit. Man, I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/32 "2001-09-18T22:05:06Z")
And, for my third post in five minutes, I appreciate Uncle Beer changing the thread title, but is it necessary to refer to us as dopes? Big meanie. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/33 "2001-09-18T22:12:36Z")
Put me down for a maybe. (There’s a good chance I’ll be in Wisconsin taking out a pier this weekend. Bad news for me, good news for my Lab.) ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/34 "2001-09-18T22:15:26Z")
Nym, I’ll probably walk over to your house sometime early Saturday evening as well. I’m also going to drop by the M.C. Westermann exhibit after work on Friday if you want to come with me. Brunch on Sunday, woo! Hillary’s Urban Eatery or Feast in Wicker Park have great brunch, and I am curious to try this Kistch’n that Vile Orb is always waxing on about. ---
**Author:** ![VileOrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9e8a1a/32.png) [@VileOrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VileOrb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/35 "2001-09-18T22:57:27Z")
Brunch, definitely brunch. I love sunday brunch. And then Football. There must be football watching after brunch. Only sex or hospitalization will distract me from football this sunday. How many football fans are there in the group? Shall I host a football watching party for sunday afternoon? I don’t have cable, but I have a nice TV, and a big living room with an extra little fridge for keeping the cold beer conveniently at hand. Aren’t many of the games on Network TV? I know ESPN has some, but I don’t watch enough TV for Cable to be a good investment. We can go to a local sports bar if ya like that better. ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/36 "2001-09-19T01:29:23Z")
Okay. Roll call, gang. Day: Saturday, September 22 Time: 800-ish? Up for discussion still. Also possibility of starting at my place. Place: Lou Lou 2145 N. Damen Ave in the heart of beautiful Bucktown. People: DynoSaur magdalene MikeG Miss Creant Nen Nymysys quixotic78 tiggeril VileOrb Maybes: dropzone JoeyHemlock Random Have no clue where they stand: Mayor Quimby There have been rumours of mutterings from the Gaudere and Veebs camps, as well. Possibility of brunch on Sunday. Did I forget anything? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/37 "2001-09-19T01:39:45Z")
I’m a “maybe” ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/38 "2001-09-19T01:43:26Z")
And porc, of course, depending on family stuff. Bleah. I SAID I’m tired, right? ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/39 "2001-09-19T02:13:28Z")
Umm, sorry but I just realized I have my kids this weekend so I have to bow out…sorry bout that. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236/40 "2001-09-19T02:41:18Z")
I am there fer sure. Any chance to punch quix in real life (not to mention fondle certain females) is good for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopes-check-in/81236.md?page=3)