# FloriDopers - Shall we give me a going away party? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081 "2004-02-19T22:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/101 "2004-03-29T05:17:21Z")
Bumping this to see who’s a definite on coming… ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/102 "2004-03-29T05:57:46Z")
Oooh! I’ll go I’ll go! We don’t have many Florida gatherings, and I’d like to be in on this one. BTW, **Bear\_Nenno** , I know you. Freshman English @ USF, Brecher’s class, 1997 / 1998. I don’t know if you’d remember me, though. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/103 "2004-03-29T06:13:29Z")
Definite maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/104 "2004-03-29T17:30:02Z")
**Bambi** , HA!!! The class of the Great Budha. Where all we needed was a cool dry place and everything we’d ever need to know we learned from Seinfeld. You’re a guy right? I think I caught your name in the “Who’s sex did you guess wrong thread” I’m almost positive I’d recognize you if I saw you. I don’t remember any names though. I do remember a couple people from that class pretty well though. I remember Mellissa (Alyssa?) Goodwin. I remember the other chick who was greek. I remember another blonde chick because I saw her outside of class a couple times. And I remember a guy, who knew exactly how many steps were in the stair case from the ground to the 2nd floor landing when Brecher asked on the first day. (Who the heck knows such a thing?? 🙂 ) This same guy did his web page entirely with Notepad (cause that’s what real programers do, or something). And this is the guy who dimed me out on the listserv cause I said something about Goodwin’s blue eyes, and they’re really BROWN. :eek: If that’s you, I definitely remember you. Ohhh… and I’m a definite!! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/105 "2004-03-29T17:41:16Z")
ahhhh… Mike Turk. Yeah, you _ **are** _ the dude I was talking about. Good to hear from you. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/106 "2004-03-29T19:10:54Z")
Definite! My first dopefest! ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/107 "2004-03-29T19:47:24Z")
…another definite maybe! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/108 "2004-03-29T19:53:51Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > ahhhh… Mike Turk. Yeah, you _ **are** _ the dude I was talking about. > Good to hear from you. That’d be me. BTW, I knew the number of steps cause I count things, and I’m less of an insufferable dork these days – left the computer science world and landed in accounting. Alyssa Goodwin, the Greek was Eleni Argyriadis, there was that girl named Maria, and the blonde whose house we all went to was Michelle, I think. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/109 "2004-03-29T19:59:48Z")
I’m an almost positive maybe! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/110 "2004-03-29T20:52:27Z")
Wow you have a really good memory!! I tend to not remember people well at all. Amazing I remembered that much about people from way back. Funny that I was just thinking about you a couple weeks ago when I was walking in the stair well. Why I remembered such a moot conversation is beyond me. But that one actually pops in my head a lot when I’m going up/down stairs. I never actually count the steps though. I just remind myself how some people are very detail oriented. I recognize the names after you mentioned them. How do you remember their names?? I only remembered yours because I searched for your posts and noticed you used to use your real name as your SDMB name. (Who would ever do that!? :rolleyes: How uncreative we are. At least you got something different now.) Anyway, I saw the name and it rang a bell. But I would never have just remembered it off the top of my head. Oh, remember A Midsummer Night’s Dream? That play rocked. > [@](#): > > … and the blonde whose house _ **we all** _ went to was Michelle, I think. HA! Yeah, I guess she was kinda _outgoing_… BTW, Anyone still needing a ride for this or something??? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/111 "2004-03-29T22:21:07Z")
I would love to go just to meet everyone, but 4 hour drive is too much for my p.o.s. truck. ☹ Have fun! :sniffle & a-snuffle: ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/112 "2004-03-29T22:27:10Z")
Hm. Might be able to swing the day off from work and attend. I’ll check the work schedule. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/113 "2004-03-30T03:27:41Z")
> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > Oooh! I’ll go I’ll go! We don’t have many Florida gatherings, and I’d like to be in on this one. > > BTW, **Bear\_Nenno** , I know you. Freshman English @ USF, Brecher’s class, 1997 / 1998. I don’t know if you’d remember me, though. Another Bay area Doper. Cool! And you’re both Bulls, too. Bonus! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/114 "2004-03-30T03:48:27Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > And you’re both Bulls, too. Bonus! I sure am! Seemingly forever! On a 7-year bachelor plan! When will it end! It’s a good school, which is a good thing – I apparently am never leaving it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/115 "2004-03-30T11:13:02Z")
Ah, the thread that won’t die!! My daughter is now a definite - she’s giving her 2 week notice at work this weekend, so she’ll be free that Friday. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/116 "2004-03-30T11:14:23Z")
Saturday. Saturday. SATURDAY. April 24 is a Saturday. I know it’s Saturday. I have no idea why I typed Friday. Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/117 "2004-03-30T17:09:33Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Saturday. > > Saturday. > > SATURDAY. April 24 is a Saturday. I know it’s Saturday. I have no idea why I typed Friday. > > Saturday. \ SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY! FLORIDOPE '04! See **FairyChatMom** jump the picnic table in a flowing skirt! See **Really Not All That Bright** get eaten by fire ants! See **BearNenno** turn out to be a dude… and then… _you’ll just have to BE there_! Adult admission just $3 (canadian). Kids and old people not allowed- without a bucket of fried chicken- for ME! After the DopeFest, stick around for a free concert by **Shibboleth** and the Old Power Generation! \ ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/118 "2004-03-30T17:24:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Ah, the thread that won’t die!! > > My daughter is now a definite - she’s giving her 2 week notice at work this weekend, so she’ll be free that Friday. I’ve heard of devotion to the DopeFest, but quitting so she’ll be free? That’s true-blue DopeFest obsession. 😉 BTW, **FCM** , even though this thread will apparently keep rearing up like a zombie, please do start a new one nearer to the 24th. I have a way of missing important details, so it’d be nice to have a new thread with place and time, as well as confirmation from Festers. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/119 "2004-03-30T23:18:49Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My daughter is now a definite… she’ll be free that Friday. [Mr. Burns]Excellent[/Mr. Burns] ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081/120 "2004-03-31T00:10:56Z")
**Bambi** , just for you, and because I was going to do it anyway, I’ll have a shiny new thread with details and directions in the OP. When I drove out there, I made note of mileage, so I can give specific information. Yay me! 😃 Oh, her quitting has nothing to do with devotion to the Dope - rather she’s got a lot of senior activities starting with Grad Night at Disney the night before the Fest. **Bear** , I certainly hope you’re not having impure thoughts about my baby… because she’d probably kick your butt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-shall-we-give-me-a-going-away-party/230081.md?page=7)