# Edmonton Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067 "2010-09-26T03:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/1 "2010-09-26T03:28:25Z")
I’m new to the city and don’t know anybody. Anyone want to get together for coffee? I don’t know the city well but I’m good with the LRT. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/2 "2010-09-26T03:54:58Z")
Can’t help ya, sorry. If you want to swing down a couple of hours south, however…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/3 "2010-09-26T05:11:23Z")
Oh sure, then I can get lost in two cities! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/4 "2010-09-26T14:57:37Z")
Far as I can tell, there’s only one of us in Edmonton on a regular basis, and I haven’t noticed a post from him or her in a long time. I’ll send you a PM or something when I get there in a week - depends on my rehearsal schedule. I’m also hoping the time gods will allow me to get down to Calgary at some point; I need to do some schmooze, visit some family and if I’m lucky, maybe go for a pint or three with some of the Calgary dopers. Cat Whisperer and I can go “Pbthbthbth” at each other face to face for a change. 😃 You’re welcome to come along if it works with your schedule, **FloatyGimpy**! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/5 "2010-09-26T18:21:43Z")
“Pbthbthbth” We’ll have to encourage the Lethbridge contingent come up for that, too. 🙂 AlbertaDopefest! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/6 "2010-09-26T18:52:50Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Pbthbthbth” > > We’ll have to encourage the Lethbridge contingent come up for that, too. 🙂 AlbertaDopefest! You know, the privilege of watching you and **Le Ministre** going “Pbthbthbth” at each other in person might be worth the trip. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/7 "2010-09-26T21:03:34Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Far as I can tell, there’s only one of us in Edmonton on a regular basis, and I haven’t noticed a post from him or her in a long time. > > I’ll send you a PM or something when I get there in a week - depends on my rehearsal schedule. > > I’m also hoping the time gods will allow me to get down to Calgary at some point; I need to do some schmooze, visit some family and if I’m lucky, maybe go for a pint or three with some of the Calgary dopers. Cat Whisperer and I can go “Pbthbthbth” at each other face to face for a change. 😃 You’re welcome to come along if it works with your schedule, **FloatyGimpy**! If I’m able to, I think I’ll take you up on that! > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Pbthbthbth” > > We’ll have to encourage the Lethbridge contingent come up for that, too. 🙂 AlbertaDopefest! If I’m able to, I’d attend. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/8 "2010-09-26T23:11:37Z")
Past Edmonton threads reveal lots of possible residents: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428984](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428984) > **[Are there ever any Edmonton Dopefests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166752)** > > I ran a search for “edmonton” and never found any mention of one. Are there even enough dopers in the central Alberta area to have a reasonably sized get-together? I’ve read accounts and seen pics of some dopefests before, and they look like fun. > **[Edmonton Posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28680)** > > Are there any other Edmonton posters out there? > **[Tell me about Edmonton](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416194)** > > There is a slight–at this point very slight–possibility that I could move to Edmonton in the next year or so. I don’t know a damn thing about Edmonton, other than it’s way west and way north of where I am now (Connecticut) and it’s where Gretzky... ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/9 "2010-09-27T00:42:51Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Past Edmonton threads reveal lots of possible residents: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428984](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428984) > [Are there ever any Edmonton Dopefests? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166752) > [Edmonton Posters? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28680) > [Tell me about Edmonton - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416194) Thank you so much. \*Makes **needscoffee** nanaimo bars. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/10 "2010-10-01T00:18:38Z")
I’m here - hoping we can go for coffee or something. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/11 "2010-10-01T01:12:20Z")
I’m in Calgary myself but the POF contingent that goes to meets is pretty friendly. I know many of them through my bf who lives up there (POF is not just for getting dates :p). Every Wednesday is pub night at the Ship and Anchor iirc. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/12 "2010-10-01T03:18:19Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I’m here - hoping we can go for coffee or something. PM sent! ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/13 "2010-10-01T22:29:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > “Pbthbthbth” > > > > We’ll have to encourage the Lethbridge contingent come up for that, too. 🙂 AlbertaDopefest! > > You know, the privilege of watching you and **Le Ministre** going “Pbthbthbth” at each other in person might be worth the trip. 🙂 And maybe he can do it at high-C. Istr the \*\*Ministre \*\*sings opera… Any chance of you swinging down to cowtown, **Ministre**? \*\*Spoons \*\*& **Cat Whisperer** , it’s been a while. Hope y’all are well. My regards to the **dread pirate Jimbo** … ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/14 "2010-10-01T23:09:04Z")
We’re actually going to Edmonton on Friday, October 15 for a Sheena Easton concert - anybody interested in trying to get together then? ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/15 "2010-10-03T06:11:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We’re actually going to Edmonton on Friday, October 15 for a Sheena Easton concert - anybody interested in trying to get together then? Holy crap! She’s still around?? SHe was one of the first 10 cassettes I bought for my brand new Walkman when I was 14. Off to look at her wikipedia page… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/16 "2010-10-03T14:39:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We’re actually going to Edmonton on Friday, October 15 for a Sheena Easton concert - anybody interested in trying to get together then? Absolutely! The one catch - I will not know my schedule for Oct. 15th until 5PM Oct. 14th. Still, there’s got to be a way to get together… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/17 "2010-10-03T15:57:40Z")
**Le Ministre** , how long will you be in Alberta? I’m thinking that, regardless of city, there must be a way to pull a Dopefest together somehow. (Although Edmonton would be a little difficult for me, owing to distance.) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/18 "2010-10-03T16:03:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > We’re actually going to Edmonton on Friday, October 15 for a Sheena Easton concert - anybody interested in trying to get together then? > > Absolutely! > > The one catch - I will not know my schedule for Oct. 15th until 5PM Oct. 14th. Still, there’s got to be a way to get together… Count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/19 "2010-10-03T17:29:58Z")
Okay, I looked at our concert tickets and talked to my husband (the aforementioned **Dread Pirate Jimbo** , who is doing fine), and we decided that a Saturday lunch date would work really well for us - how does that work for all y’all? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067/20 "2010-10-03T17:59:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Okay, I looked at our concert tickets and talked to my husband (the aforementioned **Dread Pirate Jimbo** , who is doing fine), and we decided that a Saturday lunch date would work really well for us - how does that work for all y’all? Done. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmonton-dopers/555067.md?page=2)