# Nashville Dopefest 18 Aug 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186 "2007-07-17T21:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/101 "2007-08-14T08:45:03Z")
The wee one will be less than 2 (he’s a good kid, though). ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/102 "2007-08-14T12:36:08Z")
I’ll talk to my fiance’. I want to be there, but don’t count me in quite yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/103 "2007-08-14T12:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] **lobstermobster** , even better known for Reese? 🆒 Count me in. I’ll be the old broad in the group. **Bosda** , be there or be sorely missed. I’ve just gotten attached to you, that’s all. Didn’t I fight with you over the sale of Japanese books? Nurse you through an illness? Mourn with you when your cat died? And worse? How are the reservations listed? **Mr. Dope? Mr. Straight Dope?** I’m serious. Just in case the place is crowded, we need to know what group to ask for. Who is in charge of making the reservations? Thanks to those of you who have gone to the trouble to get this together. **Cosmos** , we promise not to have any fun until you get there. [/QUOTE] Last Dopefest I went to, the reservations were under the name of Mr. Cecil Adams. That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/104 "2007-08-14T12:59:59Z")
I’ve been to many Dopefests, dating back at least to 2001, and the reservations are **always** made in the name of “Cecil Adams.” It’s a Doper tradition! It’s strange, the confluence of events in Nashville for me. After I made plans to come to this Dopefest, I somehow found myself with a foster cat that I’ll need to deliver to my friend in Franklin this weekend. And over the weekend I was on the phone with my friends in Austin, and they casually mentioned they’ll be in Nashville this weekend. So I’ll be seeing them as well. ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/105 "2007-08-14T13:59:19Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] I’ve been to many Dopefests, dating back at least to 2001, and the reservations are **always** made in the name of “Cecil Adams.” It’s a Doper tradition! [/QUOTE] I didn’t know that, so I made the reservation under “The Straight Dope.” I intend to call them tomorrow with the final numbers. At the time, I will see if the will let me change it to “Cecil Adams.” I will post by Friday with an update. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/106 "2007-08-15T02:38:15Z")
I’ll have to take a rain check on this one. When come back, bring pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/107 "2007-08-15T22:51:19Z")
It is actually not entirely impossible that I will be there. It is also not entirely impossible that I will be without a place to stay. Is it hard to get a room at the last minute in Nashville on a Saturday? I will be the guy who looks like Santa Claus doing his Jerry Garcia impression. Or, I might still be somewhere in the Great Smokies, lost and hungry. And fighting bears, and running from Rangers. Or vice versa. I might not smell all that great, either. ## Tris “During the last few years, a gradual decline in the numbers of Great Tits has become evident.” ~ David Gains ~ ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/108 "2007-08-15T23:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] **lobstermobster** , even better known for Reese? 🆒 Count me in. I’ll be the old broad in the group. **Bosda** , be there or be sorely missed. I’ve just gotten attached to you, that’s all. Didn’t I fight with you over the sale of Japanese books? Nurse you through an illness? Mourn with you when your cat died? And worse? How are the reservations listed? **Mr. Dope? Mr. Straight Dope?** I’m serious. Just in case the place is crowded, we need to know what group to ask for. Who is in charge of making the reservations? Thanks to those of you who have gone to the trouble to get this together. **Cosmos** , we promise not to have any fun until you get there. [/QUOTE] Hey don’t wait for me. I can catch up. 🙂 As I said, I get out at six and may have to spend a few minutes closing the place up. Then I’ll hustle directly to Blackstones. Yeee haahhh ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/109 "2007-08-16T09:38:53Z")
**Trisk** , it shouldn’t be a problem getting a motel room. The big tourist draw events are over with for the year. And I doubt you’ll be the only one a bit “fragrant.” The temps are supposed to be 100F+ this weekend and with the kind of humidity we have here, all it takes is a short walk from the door to the car to have you covered with sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/110 "2007-08-16T11:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] **Trisk** , it shouldn’t be a problem getting a motel room. The big tourist draw events are over with for the year. And I doubt you’ll be the only one a bit “fragrant.” The temps are supposed to be 100F+ this weekend and with the kind of humidity we have here, all it takes is a short walk from the door to the car to have you covered with sweat. [/QUOTE] To second this – my husband may be coming straight from drill, which would have him in uniform. A uniform that he had spent all day sweating in. You probably won’t be the only stinky one there, I will just sit upwind from you. ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/111 "2007-08-16T14:27:47Z")
[QUOTE=rainwalker78] Okay, Nashville Dopefest is this Saturday. Currently, we are scheduled for Blackstone at 6pm. If anyone wants to make a change of plans, now would be the time to do so. For attendees, this is what I have: Coming: Rainwalker78:2 Zeldar: 2 Missred: 1 Brynda: 2 Litoris: 2 Fiver: 1 Cubmisstress: 1 Tuckerfan: 3 + 1 child (high chair, booster seat?) Cosmosdan: 1 (Might be a few minutes late) Total: 15 adults, 1 child Seem like they are coming but have not come out and said so: Bosda StG Please let me know ASAP if you are coming, so I can get a good count to the restaurant. If you know any dopers that live in Nashville that may have missed this thread, shoot them a message. Litoris, my memory from the last time I was there (2004) is that parking is not too much of a hassle. I could be wrong or misremembering tho’. [/QUOTE] Adding to the this list, I have: StG: 1 JohnT: 1 drewbert: 1 Bosda: 1 Zoe: 1 Tris:1 Litoris: + 2 (change from 2 to 4) Total of 24. How many of those are high chairs or booster seats? I am assuming the \<2yo w/tucker is the only one. Correct me if I am wrong. Did I miss anyone? Can someone volunteer to be another point of contact for the restaurant? To get there a little early with me, or instead of me if something comes up in my life? If there is a possibility you are going to be more than 15 minutes late, PM me for my cell phone number, so you can call me that day if you need to. Let me know if any changes need to be made as soon as possible. I am going to a meeting. As soon as I get out, I am going to try to call Blackstone. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/112 "2007-08-16T16:28:54Z")
Better move my count back to one: my wife may or may not come, but it’s looking like NO enough that I should correct the count. ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/113 "2007-08-16T16:33:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Better move my count back to one: my wife may or may not come, but it’s looking like NO enough that I should correct the count. [/QUOTE] Nah, it is less stressful for us to give up some seats than it is to try to get more. I would rather keep the count inflated by a few. I put us down for 26. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/114 "2007-08-16T23:44:50Z")
I don’t need a booster seat. huh? what? Oh, nevermind. Tris ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/115 "2007-08-17T03:56:25Z")
Unfortunately, work is going to intrude this Saturday and I won’t be able to make it. I don’t think Max is going to either. Sorry folks, but have fun! ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/116 "2007-08-17T19:16:19Z")
All right everyone, tomorrow is the day. We currently have a count of 24. I put us down at Blackstone for 26. The reservation is at 6:00pm. Try to be a few minutes early (I know that is not possible for some. The reservation was originally under “The Straight Dope.” I asked them to add “Cecil Adams.” You should be able to ask for either. Blackstone Brewery 1918 West End Ave Nashville, TN 37203 Phone: (615) 327-9969 Think this is everything. See you tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/117 "2007-08-18T01:14:26Z")
I had minor surgery today. I had liposuction last year, and today I had a revision surgery in my abdominal area. I’m just telling y’all this because I’ll be a little lumpy and swollen tomorrow, and will be wearing a compression garment that will make my belly area look a little peculiar. I don’t want to seem vain, but I didn’t want y’all to think I always look like this either. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/118 "2007-08-18T20:15:38Z")
Well, Obviously, I am no going to make it. Car trouble on the way. I will miss you guys. Tris ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/119 "2007-08-19T03:15:51Z")
Hey, everyone! That was a great evening. Sorry I didn’t get to chat with everybody there, and that I had to suddenly run off. Looked at my watch and noticed I had only a few minutes left to go catch the last bus home. Let’s do this again 🙂 And many thanks to **rainwalker78** for keeping this all organized! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186/120 "2007-08-19T03:50:10Z")
Ditto on the thanks to Rainwalker78. It was fun to meet (or see again) y’all. We should do this again soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-18-aug-2007/412186.md?page=7)