# It's time for ChiDope planning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092 "2002-12-27T03:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/141 "2003-01-10T23:17:47Z")
So, looks like the Weird One and I shall be in attendance. It remains to be seen if we will fly or drive in the Carpool of Doom with Hama. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/142 "2003-01-10T23:30:04Z")
**GINGY**! I’ve met **Dave**. Now I KNOW I’ll have to be there. **TruePisces** , you and **Verrain** need bed-space? If you need it, the invite’s open to you all too. Hey, **Tibs** , can I get in on the boob appreciating, too? ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/143 "2003-01-10T23:36:19Z")
Um, can I throw myself out there for a room-sharing? I’m a lovely person, really, minimally smelly and I have a spiffy new haircut that takes no time to fix. Ahem. This is to say, I’m pretty sure I’ll be there. $175 roundtrip, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/144 "2003-01-10T23:42:20Z")
Sure, **bs** (I couldn’t resist…;)). I’ve known it to sometime be 10-12 to a room. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/145 "2003-01-10T23:57:08Z")
**Superdude** , I’ll check with him and see what he says. At the moment, it’s all incredibly up in the air, because we aren’t sure what finances are like. I’ll let you know soon. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/146 "2003-01-11T02:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > Wanna go to the Field Museum? They have DINOSAURS there! Woot! > > No coelacanths, though, I think. No coelacanths? Why bother, then? Either weekend would be nifty for me. Also, if someone is planning a trip to Wrigley, that’s one ballpark I’d love to see. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/147 "2003-01-11T03:05:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billdo \* > Either weekend would be nifty for me. Also, if someone is planning a trip to Wrigley, that’s one ballpark I’d love to see. The cool thing about Wrigley is that you can get a decent look at the park without even going in. Hop on the L, take the red line north, get off at the Addison stop. Look west. Presto, a view from the L platform right inside the ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/148 "2003-01-11T03:08:14Z")
Hey, **Ferret Herder** , since the Cards are in town that weekend, that may be the ONLY way to see it, too ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/149 "2003-01-11T03:14:13Z")
That’s what I was thinking! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/150 "2003-01-11T04:08:13Z")
I’ll probably go, if the rest of the Columbus Crew\* goes and I have some place to pass out. Quix \*[sub]Columbus Crew meaning the Dopers who live in Columbus, not the soccer team. Soccer’s boring.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/151 "2003-01-11T12:47:23Z")
I will need a hotel room, to as i am going to fly into Chicago. The new date is fine with me, fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/152 "2003-01-11T19:24:57Z")
Okay then, I’ll need space in a room. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/153 "2003-01-11T19:29:10Z")
**Daowajan** , I’ll sacrifice a bed in mine so you can have it, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/154 "2003-01-11T19:32:44Z")
Crap. Now I don’t think can’t go. That _is_ my finals week. As in, I have finals the 9th and finals the 12th. Meh. It’s not as though anyone wanted to see me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/155 "2003-01-11T21:39:48Z")
Meh! I wanted to see you. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/156 "2003-01-14T22:11:43Z")
So, is the 9th-12th pretty firm? I’m looking at plane tix and they’re pretty cheap right now, but I don’t want to buy them for the wrong date. ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/157 "2003-01-14T22:26:38Z")
Yeah, throw me in with Demo. I’d like to buy the tickets but I want to be sure of the date, first. Let us Western-types know! ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/158 "2003-01-14T22:35:40Z")
Not to mention us Eastern types. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/159 "2003-01-15T13:49:46Z")
The 9th to 12th works for me and it is a quiet weekend at the hotel, so rooms are not a problem. So here’s at least one more vote for the 9 - 12 weekend. Any other thoughts? I want to be pretty sure on dates before I block rooms. Input, people - input. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092/160 "2003-01-15T14:02:32Z")
I think I’m in. (As long as the rest of the Columbus people are still in.) As far as I can tell, the weekend of May 9-12 doesn’t collide with my finals. I’m interested in cheap hotel rooms, as last year’s deal was GREAT! (Thanks again, Jane! - And hell yes, I’ll buy you a drink. :)) FWIW, **Eonwe** , I stayed in one of the hotels **Jane D’oh!** is talking about last year, and the train rides and whatnot weren’t bad at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-chidope-planning/145092.md?page=9)