# DC Doper Halloween Party!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286 "2000-10-17T17:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/1 "2000-10-17T17:51:18Z")
**When:** Saturday, October 28, 4pm - ??? **Where:** at the residence of RTFirefly and Mrs. Firefly, in beautiful Chesapeake Beach, MD _Where the hell is that??_ It’s on the **western** shore of the Chesapeake Bay, about 30 min. south of Annapolis via MD 2, about 35 minutes from the Wilson Bridge via Beltway - MD 4 - MD 260, and about 40 minutes from downtown DC via Pennsylvania Ave (or Suitland Pkwy) - MD 4 - MD 260. I’ll email detailed directions to those who are coming. If you’re driving and your email addy isn’t in your profile, email me. _A Halloween party? Does this mean I have to show up in costume??_ Costumes are good; I’m all for them. But _I_ don’t plan to wear one, so _you_ don’t have to if you don’t want to. There’ll be beer, soft drinks, burgers (including veggie burgers) and other munchies; music on the stereo (including RT’s extensive Wierd Al collection), and fun for all or your money back. So, who’s coming? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/2 "2000-10-17T18:23:10Z")
Best I can do right now is a ‘maybe’, RT. I pick up the keys to my new apartment the 26th. This means my weekend will be filled with packing, multiple trips from Burtonsville to Columbia, and waiting for various pieces of furniture to be delivered. Yippee. So lemme see what I have to do, and I’ll get back to ya. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/3 "2000-10-17T18:26:04Z")
Sorry, RT . . . I have a tournament at UMCP that dat. Lasting most of the day. But I’ll be with you in spirit. JOOC, how far are you from UMCP? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/4 "2000-10-17T18:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > JOOC, how far are you from UMCP? Pun - however long it takes from College Park to Beltway exit 11 (PA Ave/MD 4) plus 25 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/5 "2000-10-17T20:29:06Z")
RT, I am game but I will have to ask DC first. 🙂 Sounds like a fun time since you are so great. And best of all we will finally meet the elusive Mrs. RTF whom I am sure will be as great as you. 🙂 HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/6 "2000-10-17T20:52:50Z")
I’ll check with Peta T. and let you know. Sounds like fun, though, and you owe me a chance to win my dignity back at cribbage! I think there should definitely be costumes, though. Peta T. and I will come as each other. It will be uncanny! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/7 "2000-10-17T22:25:44Z")
Much as I would love to attend, sort of, we’re having our 9tth annual Hallowe’en party that night. There are people we only see AT IT. So…maybe next time. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/8 "2000-10-18T01:29:25Z")
Phil - you and Leigh-Anne as each other boggles the mind. But yes, I owe you a rematch on cribbage. And bring your telescope - it’s a new moon, so barring overcast, it ought to be good stargazing out here! Sqrl - hope you and Mark can make it! And the ‘elusive Mrs. RTF’ really _is_ my ‘better’ half! Hamadryad - hope to meet you one of these days - I’m sure it won’t be too long 'til the next get-together! Falcon - let me know! And maybe I can help out on Sunday, once I’ve recovered. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/9 "2000-10-18T02:10:49Z")
So, is this only for DC dopers? Or may dopers from Baltimore come too? Or are we not invited 'cuz the 'Skins beat the Ravens? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/10 "2000-10-18T10:20:46Z")
Y’all are invited, Dave. But since the Redskins beat the Ravens, calling it a ‘DC Doper’ party is part of the bragging rights, I figure! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/11 "2000-10-18T10:38:44Z")
Boy, I really, _really_ wish you had posted this about two days earlier, RT. We _just_ made plans for that night, and can’t cancel. Damn, this is the like the fourth area get-together in a row I’ve had to miss. **kicks the carpet. pouts.** \*\*\* But I really hope you guys have fun! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/12 "2000-10-18T12:50:53Z")
Sorry, Lucretia - I would have loved to seen you and Bluesman. Hopefully it won’t be _too_ long 'til the next one of these! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/13 "2000-10-18T15:40:37Z")
I’m a maybe. Do I have to come in costume? Can I be Satan? Y’know, with the long hair, and the lovely Doper who’s mad about him? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/14 "2000-10-18T16:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Hopefully it won’t be _too_ long 'til the next one of these! \*\* It would seem to this small brain that the next halloween party will be some time before next halloween . . . ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/15 "2000-10-18T16:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > Do I have to come in costume? Can I be Satan? Y’know, with the long hair, and the lovely Doper who’s mad about him? 🙂 Well, you’ve got long hair, and there’s a lovely Doper who seems to be mad about you. 'Course, she doesn’t look much like Drainy, but what the hey, give it a try. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/16 "2000-10-18T16:44:00Z")
Yo, **phil** and **RTF** , you two play cribbage? Well, I’ll throw this at Mrs. O and see if we can’t get some fourhand going. Will check back with the answer soon as I can. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/17 "2000-10-18T16:54:26Z")
I love Cribbage! Do you play with an exact peg out? I taught Mark to play that way recently. Perhaps we can get a good 4 hand or a few sets of three together. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/18 "2000-10-18T17:48:16Z")
That leaves me out; GF & I have a dinner date with the realtor. Y’all would be welcome to come to our new condo once all the boxes are out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/19 "2000-10-18T18:02:35Z")
The lovely Mrs. Firefly also plays cribbage. Bring your boards, everyone! 🙂 Sqrl - by ‘exact peg out’, I’m assuming you mean that, say, if you need 6 points to peg out, but your hand is worth 7 points, you don’t score any points for that hand? I’ve never played that way, but it’s worth a try. 🙂 Jeff, sorry you can’t make it - we’ll just have to have another get-together soon for all the folks who won’t be there this time. And now you’ve got Wierd Al’s “Gonna buy me a condo” going through my head again. 😃 Olentzero, I’m hoping you and the missus can make it! You’re my favorite Commie bastard on the boards, and I was disappointed when you weren’t able to make the last local Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286/20 "2000-10-19T00:12:20Z")
Thank you for the invitation. I, however, will be in Louisiana that day. One of these days I’ll show up for a DC area gathering, promise. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-doper-halloween-party/37286.md?page=2)