# CLEVELAND dopefest-three mods(count 'em) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022 "2005-07-25T07:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/1 "2005-07-25T07:32:11Z")
Well, two active ones( **tonmdebb and samclem** ) and one former(**Chronos)**. What more could you want? The date is Saturday, August 13th. It’s open for location, although we have an idea. If enough people can’t make the 13th, and Friday the 12th would work better, we might do that. But Sat 8/13 is our first choice. Where else can you meet three brilliant moderators? At the same dopefest, in a little burg like Cleveland? And we’re cheap bastards. We are on a budget. We’re probably gonna meet in a local dive bar, eat cheap, not have to listen to some loud rock band, and have great conversation. Cleveland dopers did this last Fall. This will be the Second Annual Cleveburg dopefest. I’m working on getting **UncleBeer** (another former Moderator) to show up. Has there ever been a dopefest where the mods outnumbered the TM’s? Sign up now. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/2 "2005-07-25T08:56:36Z")
I’ll be visiting Ohio during that weekend, but I will be in Cincinnati and without a car. If someone is willing to drive me (maybe I can convince one of my friends) then I will attend! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/3 "2005-07-25T13:41:32Z")
I’m in! Keep in mind, I’ve got a four-year-old and a baby that’s less than a year old at home… so some jiggering might be in order. I might be there stag. Might bring the Grizz-Cub with me. Heck, I might bring the entire Grizz-clan. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/4 "2005-07-25T13:56:58Z")
Damn! I have to miss the Chi-Dopefest for some silly graduation party on the 6th, then the very Friday (the 19th) following this is when I’ll be in Cleveland dropping the bus kid at school. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/5 "2005-07-25T17:26:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m working on getting **UncleBeer** (another former Moderator) to show up. Huh, I never knew Unc Beer was from the vicinity, too. And anyone planning on coming, feedback on location (even just in general terms) would be good. Are you all on the West Side, East Side, or far enough away that it wouldn’t matter? And for that matter, we’re still open for suggestions on specific venues. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/6 "2005-07-25T18:57:39Z")
East-Sider here. As I recall, the Eco-Fest is being held on 13August in Voinovich Park. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/7 "2005-07-25T22:02:05Z")
I’m in Youngstown, so I can be a maybe. I will have already driven to Cleveland once that week for a meeting on Wednesday, so it’s very much a maybe. Of course, if any other Youngstown area dopers want to go, carpooling would make me more likely to make the trip… ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/8 "2005-07-25T22:26:46Z")
3? Wow. I never knew Cleveland has so many people with so much time on their hands. NurseCarmen now runs away like Napoleon Dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/9 "2005-07-26T00:15:42Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > 3? Wow. I never knew Cleveland has so many people with so much time on their hands. When you ain’t got the money honey, you got the time. This will be an evening get-together. Say, starting anywhere after 6 and running until they throw us out…pizza parlour, local tavern, anywhere that doesn’t have LOUD music. The one last Fall was superb, and a good time was had by all. It was pretty laid back. I would be willing to bet we set a SD record for average age of participants…it was “mature.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/10 "2005-07-27T00:06:52Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I’m in Youngstown, so I can be a maybe. I will have already driven to Cleveland once that week for a meeting on Wednesday, so it’s very much a maybe. > > Of course, if any other Youngstown area dopers want to go, carpooling would make me more likely to make the trip… You’re 45-60 minutes away. This dodge won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/11 "2005-07-27T12:30:49Z")
I’m in, I missed the last one due to some poop hitting the fan, I can’t miss another one or I’d be shunned. West-sider, 1 week away from moving to Lakewood. I like the 12th myself but the 13th would work too. How about [Buca di Beppo’s ?](http://www.bucadibeppo.com/loc_details.asp?ID=3502) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/12 "2005-07-27T23:26:27Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You’re 45-60 minutes away. This dodge won’t work. Yeah, yeah, I know. The big question will be the weather - I already don’t see as well as I should at night, and if it’s raining, I see VERY poorly. But all things being equal, right now I’ll remain a maybe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/13 "2005-07-28T00:29:29Z")
Bleh. I’m about five hours south of Cleveland, so no go. But have fun. Fuckers. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/14 "2005-07-28T06:45:29Z")
So? I’m in Montana, and that’s not stopping me. Well, that and I’ll be in state anyway for a cousin’s wedding. But heck, some cousin or another gets married every year. That’s nothing special. A Dopefest, though, that’s worth travelling for. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/15 "2005-07-28T09:09:13Z")
Ahhh, I know. I couldn’t get the time off of work anyway. Sounds like a ball, though. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/16 "2005-07-28T13:12:46Z")
So where are we meeting? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/17 "2005-07-28T14:30:58Z")
I’m from the Toledo area, Let’s split the distance and all meet at Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island). We can take the Miller Ferry from Marblehead and eat some Frosty’s pizza, drink some Heinemann wine and stand inside the world’s largest Geode. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/18 "2005-07-29T02:57:51Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Yeah, yeah, I know. > > The big question will be the weather - I already don’t see as well as I should at night, and if it’s raining, I see VERY poorly. > > But all things being equal, right now I’ll remain a maybe. 🙂 OK. Let’s see you get out of this. I’ll personally come get you. I can’t get you before 6:00, as I get off at 5:00. And I’ll take you home. As to where we’ll meet, hope we come to a consensus by this Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/19 "2005-07-29T05:54:46Z")
[Dave and Buster’s?](http://www.daveandbusters.com/locations/locations.asp?f=1&locationSelect=0031#map) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022/20 "2005-07-29T22:35:52Z")
The location will be up by tomorrow night. [First annual Cleveland Dopefest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278504&page=1&pp=50&highlight=cleveland+dopefest) is a link to the dopefest last October. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-dopefest-three-mods-count-em/314022.md?page=2)