# How Cool Is That? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 1999, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917 "1999-10-14T05:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/21 "1999-10-15T05:37:00Z")
Maybe all the Ohioans should get together…and move somewhere warmer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/22 "1999-10-15T05:49:00Z")
People travel for RenFaire, StarTrek conventions, D&D conventions, _name-it_ conventions… How likely is the concept of a Straight Dope Con? (Presumeably, Chicago would be the place for it…) Worth some thought? * * * “ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**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:** [October 15, 1999, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/23 "1999-10-15T05:51:00Z")
orangecakes, I’m moving _East_, not _North_ (brrr!! :)). You can have my house out here, though. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/24 "1999-10-15T05:58:00Z")
SDMB Convention? My vote would be for Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/25 "1999-10-15T05:59:00Z")
Hey ChrisCTP - _I’d_ go to a Straight Dope con!! (This of course is coming from the person who’s flying to Arizona in 3 months to meet a friend I met online…) Aside from that…I _know_ we have a lot of posters here in DC! I’d love to meet y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/26 "1999-10-14T18:12:00Z")
I’d go if I could… ChrisCTP: OK, I’M DYING OVAH HERE!! WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/27 "1999-10-14T18:16:00Z")
Any New Yorkers, besides Ike and Manhattan and I? ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/28 "1999-10-14T18:21:00Z")
Gee, Satan, for being the King of the Underworld, you sure are insecure! We only said nice things about you, by the way. I vote for the convention to be in Vegas. I shudder to think of the wild escapades this group would have… Chris - let’s get together again soon! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/29 "1999-10-14T19:11:00Z")
A Vegas SD Con? I can just see an army of TMs, drunk and tearin’ it up in Vegas. “Fighting ignorance on the way to the Poker table…” * * * “ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/30 "1999-10-14T19:17:00Z")
If there’s anyplace where ignorance runs rampant,it’s Vegas…I believe we are much needed there, if only to tell people that splitting tens is generally a stupid idea. And it would be more than worth it for the food, lol! ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/31 "1999-10-14T20:40:00Z")
Coldfire: > [@](#): > > Amsterdam calling here… I’m sure that’ll be a LONELY cup of coffee !! Me and the Husband were planning on visiting Amsterdam in the Spring, we’d be glad to have a cuppa joe with ya. Especially if you can bring some Stroopwafels, I am eating one as we speak, and my suppy is running dangerously low… Why don’t we pull together a SDMB-European Chapter convention? Is Heidelberg, Germany okay with everybody? I would be honored to serve as hostess. * * * “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/32 "1999-10-14T21:12:00Z")
I know there are several of the Teeming Millions here in the Seattle area. I don’t think I could support a trip to Chicago but I could sure join in a local get-together. Anyone interested? p.s. If Office Girl arrives safely we could get all the dirt on her Greyhound trip! * * * “The inability of science to grasp Quality, as an object of enquiry, makes it impossible for science to provide a scale of values.” Robert Pirsig ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/33 "1999-10-14T21:17:00Z")
Brian…Is Heather planning to make the trip down at any time? We’d be honored to have dinner somewhere with you. We might even get the Fretful Porpentine to dare the dangers of I-40 and come in from UNC-CH, if we’re lucky. Any other Tarheel (or transplant) Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/34 "1999-10-14T22:40:00Z")
We’ve got a half dozen here in Houston that I know about: Cessandra, Sealemon, TheNerd, Misanthrope, CoolDude and myself. Sealemon mentions above the possibility that Ayesha & The Lion are here as well - that would be eight. Any more? Check in, Houston. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/35 "1999-10-14T22:49:00Z")
how many in dallas? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/36 "1999-10-14T22:54:00Z")
Coldfire; I usually make it to Amsterdam once a year. I stay at the Winston. I’d be happy to meet you for coffee. And bring your girlfriend—I’ll see what I can do about her self-reliance issues 😉 * * * “I think it would be a great idea” Mohandas Ghandi’s answer when asked what he thought of Western civilization ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/37 "1999-10-14T23:26:00Z")
I’m one of the other Boulder posters. I’m curious, Athena, as to why you downplay your current location. When talking to people outside the area I have no problem saying that I’m in Boulder, but I’d not want any locals to think that I’m a “Boulderite”. I thought Southern California was weird until I came here! * * * * * * Some people know a lot more when you tell them something than when you ask them something. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/38 "1999-10-14T23:27:00Z")
Tatertot, Sie sind Willkommen fuer eine Tasse Kaffee bei mir. Mit Stroopwafels natuehrlich ! Errrrmmm… I just invited Tatertot over for coffee and stroopwafels at my place. FYI. (Sorry about the lack of umlauts) Lucky, the Winston ? Don’t know that hotel. Ah well, it’s a small town anyway, just let me know. Not sure about my g/f though… * * * Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/39 "1999-10-14T23:32:00Z")
OK, I’ll up the ante. How’s about all the Dopers from **Texas** get together sometime at, say…San Antonio for ritas and fajitas? Beatle, I’m so sorry I forgot about you being a Houstonian. Just another brain fart on my part. (Hmmm…I got a kinda rhymin’ groove goin’ on in this post). * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917/40 "1999-10-14T23:39:00Z")
Manhattan, I know Funnefarmer and I are both from Upstate NY- we live about 45 minutes apart…any other NYers or Upstate NYers? * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. [http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-that/10917.md?page=3)