# Houston, Texas Dopers Recongregate! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487 "2000-03-23T04:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/101 "2000-04-22T23:49:00Z")
Sealemon, It’s worth it for a couple of hours of entertainment, if you liike shoot’em ups. Historically it is inaccurate, but it’s at least as credible as something like _Die Hard_ or _True Lies_. And endless stream of twists and what are supposed to be cliff-hangers that become predictable - you know _for sure_ who the last casualty is about ten minutes before he gets it. It will draw you in, though. As I say, worth it for the entertainment; not a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/102 "2000-04-23T22:04:00Z")
beatle - I sent you an email with my arrival time. I need to purchase the ticket by this evening, so if there’s a problem tell me. * * * I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money. (Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/103 "2000-04-23T23:00:00Z")
zyada - check your email. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/104 "2000-04-24T01:22:00Z")
TheNerd, my categorization was in reference to HouDope meetings, not the board. Sorry for the confusion. And now that you mention it, I think you did make the last one, but left before I arrived. Guess I flubbed it. Johnnyharvard, ::glancing both ways, whispering:: Work was slow. There’s a fund to fly in SwimmingRiddles? Hmmmmm. H\_thur, sorry to miss you. Hope you can make it to the next one. No, we haven’t started planning it yet. 😉 Ayesha, bring it on! Sealemon, this probably should be a separate thread, but what the hey. I saw _U-571_ over the weekend too. It was pretty good. Don’t know what beatle means by “historically inaccurate” unless he means the plot itself. It was predictable, but that’s not always a bad thing. It was gripping. A historical note: those boats are damn small. I toured the USS Batfish, a WWII submarine that is now a museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Sardines have more room. You do get the feel for it in the movie, especially in the crew room. Next. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/105 "2000-04-24T03:11:00Z")
Irishman, What I meant was that the story appears to be based on the May 9, 1941 (before we were in the war - officially) capture of U-110 by the HMS Bulldog, which did yield an Enigma machine. Realizing that news of a capture would alert the Germans that the Enigma was compromised, the 110 was allowed to sink before reaching port. There _was_ a U-571 that was sunk by an Australian aircraft much later in the war (January 1944). So it was Brits in a surface ship before the U.S. got into the war who captured a wounded U-boat and snagged an Enigma machine, not U.S. naval commandos operating from a faux U-boat. The U.S. did capture the U-505 a couple of days before D-Day; you can go see it at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. You’re right, this is a sidetrack; sort of like a nested thread. But a bit more interesting than just posting, “Bump.” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/106 "2000-04-25T04:30:00Z")
And now for the just “Bump.” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/107 "2000-04-25T23:58:00Z")
For this last stretch, the bumps’ll be frequent. Check in, anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/108 "2000-04-27T23:09:00Z")
Helping bump. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/109 "2000-04-28T00:37:00Z")
I’m sorry, I have to study for finals. I won’t be in towne. * * * [Cessandra](http://envy.nu/cessandra/profile/) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/110 "2000-04-28T12:37:00Z")
Another bump here. P.S. Keeping The Faith was a pretty funny movie. P.P.S. Dammit, Cess! I’m sorry to hear that. Good luck on your finals. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/111 "2000-04-29T16:47:13Z")
A weekend _bump_… ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/112 "2000-04-30T01:03:38Z")
Only one more week! I can hardly wait. (Oddly enough, I could never do the **bump** 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/113 "2000-05-01T04:00:10Z")
Another little bump. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/114 "2000-05-01T04:17:09Z")
I can’t wait to meet all of you next week! And, I even have a place to stay, nearby I think!!! And, I get to drive my new van, so no worries about breaking down on the roadside!! YIPPEEEE!! And, I get to meet Irishman, a true master at flirting, when he’s around, that is… 😉 (only kidding, dear) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/115 "2000-05-01T04:19:05Z")
::Ahem:: Look who’s the last poster in the Flirting II thread? Been that way for days. Hmmmmmm. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/116 "2000-05-01T17:29:13Z")
And another little _bump_ for all you weekday Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487/117 "2000-05-03T22:21:59Z")
The third page of MPSIMS? I don’t think so. A swift kick in the arse for this thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-dopers-recongregate/16487.md?page=5)