# I got fired... ROADTRIP!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236 "2001-07-04T19:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/21 "2001-07-05T17:04:51Z")
New? Maybe. Improved? Not likely. It’s hard to accomplish improvement when there’s very little room for it to begin with. So it’d be Monday evening. Not sure what time, because I don’t know what time’s good for you and monster. So I guess you two should decide. monster: Riiiiiight… :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/22 "2001-07-05T17:46:18Z")
If you make it all the way down to San Diego, let me know, I’ll be there all next week. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/23 "2001-07-05T17:59:29Z")
I need to confirm with my sitter, but Monday should be fine. I can be there any time after 5:30. Cool? Cool!! Oh, and you are correct. JD’s is right in front of KMart on Arapahoe Road. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/24 "2001-07-05T18:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\*LindyHopper, Montana is boring. And long. And empty. And 90% of the reason that I said “more southwest than northwest”. \*\* But…but… Western Montana is really pretty! Really! It’s just that…you have to travel…all day…to get there. And that’s just from the North Dakota border. So I understand. I don’t like it, but I understand. 😃 Eastern Montana is indeed long, boring, and empty. But then again, the same could be said for the eastern half of a lot of western states: Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming (actually, almost all of Wyoming is pretty ugly), etc., etc. So anyway, have fun on your road trip! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/25 "2001-07-05T19:21:08Z")
I disagree. I live in Colorado. Therefore, it cannot be boring. 😃 Who wants to start a mini-dopefest thread for Monday? ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/26 "2001-07-05T21:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \* > \*\*I disagree. > > I live in Colorado. > > Therefore, it cannot be boring. 😃 > > \*\* Oh, come on. Grand Junction? Ick! 😉 (You don’t live there, do you?) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/27 "2001-07-05T22:03:46Z")
Be my guest, Cynical. The last dopefest thread _I_ started got a few posts, sank like a STONE, and the dopefest never happened. I’m bad at these things I guess. (FTR, I _loved_ Colorado. It’s higher than Utah on my “Favorite States” list.) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/28 "2001-07-05T22:10:54Z")
If’n you guys don’t meet up waaaaay down south Denver, I might be persuaded to go to a Colorado dopefest. That is, if I can convince Mr. Athena that you’re not going to a) kill me or b) hit on me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/29 "2001-07-05T22:17:05Z")
Mr. Cynical will most likely hit on you. 😉 We won’t kill you though, promise! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/30 "2001-07-05T22:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > **I’m thinking of Arizona.** If you get down to Phoenix, let me know and we’ll get a Dopefest going. Although, at this time of year, I’d be more inclined to visit Flagstaff, the Mogollon Rim, and/or the White Mountains where it’s not so hot. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/31 "2001-07-06T19:24:03Z")
Okie dokie, I’ve got a sitter lined up for Monday evening. I’ll be at the Bait Shop around 5:30. You guys e-mail me if anything changes, ok?? I’m so excited!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/32 "2001-07-06T20:11:54Z")
monster, my grandmother’s going to die. Soon. However, if she isn’t dead by Sunday, I’ll still be out there. If she dies before then, I’m putting it off a week and will be out there next Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/33 "2001-07-07T14:35:36Z")
Any changes? Any word? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236/34 "2001-07-07T14:57:45Z")
Well, she didn’t die yet. But I still won’t be out there until Tuesday, MrC. And you’re busy that day, aren’t you? ☹ (BTW, monster, I won’t be out there until Tuesday. Conflicts with my brother’s work schedule and stuff.) I’m on ICQ, and no one on my buddy list is on yet. And I’m on IRC by myself. (Unless you count “E\_GBoy”, who isn’t talking.) Take the hint, MrC. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-fired-roadtrip/71236.md?page=1)