# ChiDope 2.00077k? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685 "2000-08-25T03:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/41 "2000-08-28T13:29:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Valerieblaise \* > **I’ll go ahead and volunteer to organize the thing, since I did the November and May ones - that is, if Dropzone doesn’t want to do it, since it’s his idea.** I’m management now, although I won’t be managing anybody for a week, yet. But the sign of a good manager is the ability to delegate responsibility to the person best suited, by virtue of skill level and the fact she volunteered, to handle it. **Val** , it’s all yours. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/42 "2000-08-28T14:15:37Z")
Valerie…want me to dig out all those hotels again? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/43 "2000-08-28T16:23:12Z")
Wow, I’m in! Valerieblaise even knows where my house is. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/44 "2000-08-28T21:18:00Z")
:: bump! :: ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/45 "2000-08-29T02:19:15Z")
Another bump. Have we decided on a weekend yet? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/46 "2000-08-29T03:28:10Z")
A tentative **yes** from me. That should get the Teeming Millions coming out of the woodwork. Ain’t no kinda party like a Mi-lo party, cuz a Mi-lo party don’t stop … ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/47 "2000-08-29T03:32:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChrisCTP \* > \*\*Another bump. Have we decided on a weekend yet? \*\* Looks like Oct 14. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/48 "2000-08-29T04:57:51Z")
October 14 _should_ be good for me. My sister’s birthday is the 15th, but I haven’t yet heard anything about her coming up for the weekend. Hey, **dropzone** , if you still anticipate needing to get out on the 7th, you could always organize a mini-dopefest for that day. Perhaps a pre-dopefest minifest? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/49 "2000-08-29T09:07:07Z")
I’m a maybe. I’m back in town on the weekend of the 9th/10th september for a wedding, so I won’t be able to afford another regular flight just a month later. I’ll try out last minute standby…on past experience, I’ll have about a 30% chance of it working out. That’ll free up a good amount of working capital for beer. And you’ll need it. Every penny. Well, cent. Oh, and if anyone happens to be getting drunk on the 7th/8th 10th/11th september anywhere interesting, count me in!!! ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/50 "2000-08-29T19:41:35Z")
I’m a tentative maybe. Now, if I manage to land a job between now and then, it’ll become a definite. ::grumbling that I gotta check MPSIMS:: Waste Flick Lives! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/51 "2000-08-29T22:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > The bars that Jeff42 has mentioned would most likely make it impossible for a group the size of the last few gatherings to hang out and be able to talk. How many people are we talking about? The places I mentioned aren’t big but they’re not tiny either. Both can hold 75 people comfortably. I will say they have a helluva lot more character than _anything_ you’ll find in the suburbs or near O’Hare (especially near O’Hare). Be that as it may give me some more defined specs for what is required and I can recommend several fun places. I just bought a place in Bucktown. That particular neighborhood is loaded with bars of many types as well. Now I have a reason to explore all of them again (as if I needed a reason in the first place…it’s part of the reason WHY I moved there). One last point…the bars I have mentioned so far are in areas loaded with bars. If we crowd out of one 10 more are within a few minutes walking distance. It’s always nice to have options… ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/52 "2000-08-29T23:11:59Z")
The last few gatherings have been twenty-odd people. The problem isn’t that the bars couldn’t hold us, it’s that on a Saturday night in the areas you’ve mentioned, most of the bars get really crowded. You know, with OTHER people. If a bar is loud and crowded, we’re not going to be able to all sit together and hear each other talk. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/53 "2000-08-30T01:45:11Z")
Particularly if I am flying in, I would appreciate the gathering being someplace that isn’t all that complicated to get to, and someplace where easy access to “the passing out spot” is afforded. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/54 "2000-08-30T02:26:42Z")
As another flying in person, I’d agree with Milo. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/55 "2000-08-30T03:46:08Z")
One question: **If** I decided to come to this shindig, which airport should I fly to? O’Hare? Midway? I’ve been checking on airline rates and they seem to be the same, regardless of which airport I come in to. I’m just looking for what would be the most convenient (i.e., closer) to where the party will be at. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/56 "2000-08-30T04:03:34Z")
:::takes _deep_ breath::: My name is Veb and I’m a DopeFest jinx, but YES! I’m up for it. (For the uninitiated, I’m the twit who managed to misplace the entire _ChiDope gathering_ the last time–in the same hotel! And at the mini local DopeFest, the evening was hijacked gawking at a 5’ inflatable pink penis that wandered into the bar, carried by nubile maidens in halter tops.) Fortunately, Chris lives near me now, and has promised to accompany me. Since she recognizes Dopers by sight, by gum and by golly THIS time I’d get to meet you folks! Veb ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/57 "2000-08-30T05:47:54Z")
Well, if **Veb** ’s coming, I’ll need a nametag that says “I’m not Veb (but I’m still a Doper)”. _flashes an evil grin in **rubes** ’ direction, if he’s reading this thread_ ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/58 "2000-08-30T06:18:14Z")
Shadowfox - O’Hare will most likely be the easiest for you. It looks like we’re going to have a fair-size chunk of out-of-towners, so I’ll start making calls about getting a group rate. It would be a huge help to me if everyone that is interested in coming would shoot me an email so that I can keep everyone informed as to what’s going on. Also, since there are two possible weekends, I guess let me know if either of them would NOT work for you. My email address is [VBlaseC@aol.com](mailto:VBlaseC@aol.com). ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/59 "2000-08-30T06:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Well, if **Veb** ’s coming, I’ll need a nametag that says “I’m not Veb (but I’m still a Doper)”. _flashes an evil grin in **rubes** ’ direction, if he’s reading this thread_ \*\* ::smacks Kat right upside the head with a Chicago River carp; the kind that looks like Hizzoner Mayor Daley (the dead one):: Sulking, Veb ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685/60 "2000-08-30T17:35:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Hey, **dropzone** , if you still anticipate needing to get out on the 7th, you could always organize a mini-dopefest for that day. Perhaps a pre-dopefest minifest? 😉 \*\* Okay, I’m trying not to have a panic attack over meeting strangers on two consecutive weekends (deep, cleansing breath, empty your mind, let the breath out slowly and completely, repeat) but that sounds nice. A mini-fest first so I don’t totally freak (cuz I know some of the people) when the big one happens. (And to think I was a salesman. I just switched on a different personality and I could deal with it. Present job has me stuck in a cubical by myself and my xenophobic personality has a free reign.) Everybody in agreement? The mini would be on the 7th, with the big one everybody is flying in for on the 14th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-2-00077k/30685.md?page=4)