# Houdope time again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679 "2003-07-07T01:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/61 "2003-08-02T18:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blackeyes \* > \*\*I see your bump, and I’ll raise you one more. \*\* Hey Justin, would you like a ride? E-mail me at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/62 "2003-08-02T20:00:26Z")
So, who’s attending? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/63 "2003-08-02T20:36:51Z")
I’ll br there. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/64 "2003-08-02T22:34:57Z")
OK, it looks like we have four or five who’ve checked in recently, as well as several who popped in before this thread took about a week long nap. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/65 "2003-08-03T02:21:39Z")
Harvest time. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/66 "2003-08-03T12:10:51Z")
So, one more time. Today. 2:00 Joe’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/67 "2003-08-03T17:19:40Z")
The really for real last time. ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/68 "2003-08-03T17:21:34Z")
I’ll be there as well. Is there going to be a name for out table? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/69 "2003-08-03T17:27:38Z")
I’lll tell them Adams, and I’ve got a little sign that says “SDMB.” ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/70 "2003-08-03T18:47:21Z")
Well, seein as I got up at 1:10 today (I _swear_ I woke up at 8:40 and just was just resting my eyes…), that’s probably too late for a ride for me (an hour away from most places in Houston). Thanks for the offer, Mazur, maybe I’ll take you up on it next time. Have fun. Ringo, all the sado-masochism mixup jokes right at ya. ---
**Author:** ![thatDDperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thatDDperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatDDperson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/71 "2003-08-04T04:41:03Z")
Missed it again. We’ve been without AC and hanging out in the Wellesley Suites all weekend. Couple of window units later, and i’m home, plotting the purchase of a few more. I refuse to put good money into central air for a house that hasn’t been through probate yet because the lawyer is an idiot. I could live at the Wellesley Suites. The dataport isn’t quite as fast as cable modem, but it’s something. Wanna try again when it isn’t 73million degrees in the shade? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/72 "2003-08-04T04:50:12Z")
Oh, I’m sure we’ll do it again, soon, Dee Dee. It _was_ fun, but I don’t think we’ll do Joe’s deck during the summer again. When we left it was 106°. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/73 "2003-08-04T05:02:44Z")
Yeah, Houston’s a little too far away from me. I’m going to be moving to San Antonio on August 15th (college weeeeeee!) so maybe things’ll be a bit more flexible for me then. ---
**Author:** ![thatDDperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thatDDperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatDDperson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/74 "2003-08-04T06:30:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Oh, I’m sure we’ll do it again, soon, Dee Dee. > > It _was_ fun, but I don’t think we’ll do Joe’s deck during the summer again. When we left it was 106°. \*\* I was wonderin’ when y’all had taken leave of your senses… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/75 "2003-08-04T15:58:19Z")
Sorry I missed y’all. I got in my car to go to it and…dead battery. I had left my interior light on. Damn! ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/76 "2003-08-04T17:11:20Z")
Yeah, I missed it too. In-laws and such got in my way. How was the turnout? Will we try again in a few months? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679/77 "2003-08-10T04:28:20Z")
Small turnout - five of us (after I got there late). I had a similar problem to **Blackeyes** : I didn’t even _know_ about the thing until 2 pm on Sunday. Still made it shortly after 3, and that was from Clear Lake. Just as a followup to the conversation. I don’t know if this is worth its own thread, so I’ll post here. We were comparing the size of Europe to, say, Texas, so I pulled out my World Atlas and looked up some figures. Texas = 268,601 sq mi. I totaled various countries of Europe. One reasonable comparison: France, Switzerland, and Austria = 259,528 sq mi. Spain and Portugal = 230,401 sq mi Germany and Poland = 258,550 sq mi In other words, many of the countries are about the size of our states. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houdope-time-again/186679.md?page=3)