# Dammit, I keep missing Houdopes, so I am calling for one this time **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832 "2004-03-01T02:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/61 "2004-04-24T07:27:45Z")
Folks, I am still in Kalifornia “working for the man” so somebody please spill something on Ringo for me. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/62 "2004-04-24T08:19:33Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > Folks, > I am still in Kalifornia “working for the man” so somebody please spill something on Ringo for me. > > Unclviny Darn, I don’t think I have a lasso that big. (I’ll work on your request…) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/63 "2004-04-24T15:01:55Z")
Heh. Kinda looks like our southeast Texas sky might heed that call. Did I say the deck? Oh well, see y’all tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/64 "2004-04-24T20:47:18Z")
It’s ok **Ringo** , the sun is now brightly shining! See you in a few hours! (Wonder if **Java** was able to get **Bryan** out early? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/65 "2004-04-24T21:36:58Z")
Last time. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/66 "2004-04-25T16:21:36Z")
Well, we had it. We were few but we were great! I enjoyed meeting new friends and putting faces with names and watching the magic show. I’m an amateur magician (very amateur) and a very nice gentlemen was making the rounds doing closeup sleight of hand. And he was **GOOD!** We even had a genuine small world, Twilight Zone experience. One of the others (name withheld to protect the innocent, or possibly guilty 😃 ) went to the same school I did and graduated about five years later. After a few more “Hey, do you remember…” episodes, he got this quizzical look on his face and said, “You know, I think we ran into each other back then. You used to date my sister.” Turned out he was the younger brother of the first girl I ever kissed. I swear I heard strange, repetitive music and the voice of Rod Serling in there somewhere. I’m definitely looking forward to the next one!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/67 "2004-04-25T17:17:27Z")
Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/68 "2004-04-26T15:26:49Z")
Sorry I couldn’t make it—my dad’s 80th birthday celebration ran over. Did **Road Rash** even make it? He called it, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832/69 "2004-04-27T04:05:56Z")
I missed it again!! I did say in an early thread that this weekend (and others) would be out. Ringo’s (probably much needed) sabbatical was still infinite at the time, and Ringo’ e-mail was blocked. Thus, I took a mini-sabbatical. If I had been paying attention, I would have suggested next week. I was in San Antonio this weekend. Last Friday I went on a date with an college girl I knew 22 years ago. On Saturday, 17 of us skaters skated from bar-to-bar (Iron Armidillo, The Cove, Alibi’s, Blue Star…not in that order) and saw Fiesta (SA’s mardi gras), San Pedro springs park (the springs were gushing!), the Alamodome (totally awesome to skate around, never seen cars in the parking lot. We were quite a novelty, as skating is rare there. The previous weekend I went to Scarborough Faire with a group of gamers, Including this board’s own Mamapotomis. I skated from Ft. Worth to Dallas in March with a gang of Dallas drinking buddies. In May, there is the Art Car parade, river rafting trip, sailing with my cousin in Austin. To the doper who e-mailed me the link to this thread; I know your e-mail, but not your handle; thank you. Any doper is encouraged to e-mail me with beer drinking updates. Im glad to see you posting again Ringo. Kyle (RoadRash) p.s. I am open next weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-keep-missing-houdopes-so-i-am-calling-for-one-this-time/231832.md?page=3)