# HouDope brief **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 1999, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419 "1999-12-23T22:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419/1 "1999-12-23T22:15:00Z")
Picked up **Strainger** at the airport this morning and grabbed an early lunch during his layover. Y’all will enjoy his company in Atlanta next week. This will be the fourth time I’ve posted a reporting of a meeting of Dopers, so yet another look at the conversations of people meeting for the first time. What’d we get on about (didn’t take notes this time)? Rocky Horror Doctor Jackson Atlanta Ayesha The LION Sealemon88 Cessandra Byzantine The various entrances to the airport tour USS Forrestal Tonkin Gulf fire,Strainger’s dad and GregAtlanta Careers in cyclic industries Airplanes are neat machines Crawdaddies Konrad BigRoryG Homer poster age groups Phaedrus Omniscient Majormd gasdr Drain Bead zoning enright Tessa Padeye ARGH! I forgot the last Phoenix Doper’s name Satan manhattan Well, Strainger, that’s all that I can remember right now. I trust you made your flight. Gee, a HouDope meeting that I left sober. ---
**Author:** ![The\_LION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_LION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_LION)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419/2 "1999-12-24T00:47:00Z")
Beatle my good man you seem to be sliping there a little bit. Glad that you and Strainger had a good time. I wish that Ayesha and I had been able to make it, but I had to work last night and would not been fit company this afternoon. OK what did you say about us? Next Time! Peace t lion * * * * * * " I Wonder What Happens When I push THIS Button? " * * * ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419/3 "1999-12-24T05:02:00Z")
Yeah, no notes, no booze - I guess I am slipping. Now TL, you know the rules. We can’t actually _tell_ you what we said about you (you fared well). And remember Houston, we’ve got Nemo coming in January (if you see this, Nemo, it wouldn’t hurt to post you’re dates in Houston again). And Strainger, come back again and we’ll try and get more of the local crew out. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419/4 "1999-12-24T16:45:00Z")
Okay, I arrive on the January 13th and depart on the January 31st. I receive information about meeting sometime in mid February. Not that I’m suggesting anything. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-brief/12419/5 "2000-01-03T01:07:00Z")
I just got back from Atlanta last night. Thanks to beatle, what would’ve been a long, boring 3 hour layover at IAH turned out to be an enjoyable lunch at an excellent Cajun restaurant nearby. I greatly appreciated your conversation and hospitality, beatle! I’ll let you and the other Houston Dopers know if I make any trips to the area in the future.