# New England Dopers ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211 "2004-03-30T00:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/21 "2004-04-07T20:44:57Z")
Count me in for now, but as in past dopefests, don’t commit me to anything definite. My schedule changes at a moment’s whim, and these days, my life is pretty hectic between working 2 jobs, trying to get to the gym 3 days a week, and spending about 40 hours a week at MGH getting bloodwork and tests done. Oh yeah. Pammi’s a busy girl these days! I’ll do everything I can to be there though. And WaterJ2, if you an get to East Boston (on the blue line), I can chauffeur assuming I can make it… ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/22 "2004-04-07T21:45:57Z")
If it helps anyone - there is a commuter rail station in Haverhill… We could pick people up there if needed… I’ve asked Parallax to provide more information since he’s taken the train in and out of there and I have not. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Parallax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/23 "2004-04-07T21:52:52Z")
The Haverhill station is on the Haverhill/Reading Line from North Station. It is the last stop on the Haverhill branch - what a shock! 🙂 Here is a link: [http://www.mbta.com/traveling\_t/schedules\_commuter\_station.asp?stat=Haverhill](http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_commuter_station.asp?stat=Haverhill) This is only about 5 minutes from our house so picking people up would be easy. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/24 "2004-04-07T22:27:36Z")
Whoops … I’m out. May 22nd is the day past my daughter’s birthday and I’m surprising her with a trip to NYC and Broadway that day. I hope she doesn’t read this … ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/25 "2004-04-19T19:26:10Z")
Ok - as the date grows nearer I’d like to start planning in earnest… So May 22 - no one show up before 11… Email me for directions (email is in my profile) and please put something in the subject that makes me think Fest-a-que and not Spam! Who’s coming? What do you want to bring? Anyone need to be picked up at the train station? This weekend was so beautiful! And we got our nice new grill to cook on! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/26 "2004-04-19T20:17:10Z")
> [@tanookie](#): > > … please put something in the subject that makes me think Fest-a-que and not Spam! Darn, does that mean no grilled Spam will be served? P.S. Am I the only one whose brain keeps reading “fest-AH-kay” instead of “FEST-ah-kyoo”? P.P.S. **Salem** - Let me know if you might be interested in sharing a ride. I’ve got the car seat in the rear, but there’s an opening in the front passenger seat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/27 "2004-05-10T23:53:52Z")
Ok less than two weeks left - anyone else coming? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/28 "2004-05-11T11:09:53Z")
I look to be quite free that day! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/29 "2004-05-11T14:42:29Z")
Cool 🙂 Look forward to seeing you! Email me for directions… ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/30 "2004-05-14T04:51:13Z")
It took a little rearranging of my schedule, but I managed to get the day off. I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/31 "2004-05-14T14:57:36Z")
From another thread about what makes a good dopefest: > [@Ringo](#): > > Your 'fest organizing thread has to have an unambiguous title clearly indicating that it’s about a Dopefest and what city it will be in. Maybe you should create a new thread for this that says “New England Dopefest in Haverhill, May 22nd!!!” ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/32 "2004-05-14T15:10:22Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > From another thread about what makes a good dopefest: > Maybe you should create a new thread for this that says “New England Dopefest in Haverhill, May 22nd!!!” That thread crashed and burned ☹ > **[The Official Fest-A-Que at Tanookie's House Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254468)** > > In this thread we decided that May 22 would be a lovely day for a pot luck fest-a-que at my house. So now it is time to get the guest list and the menu sorted out… The venue is my back yard. I have a spanking new grill for the festivities 🙂 So... ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/33 "2004-05-14T16:23:35Z")
I work till 3pm in RI on Saturdays… getting to Haverhill would take me an hour plus from Providence I believe, but I’m gonna keep my eye on this thread. Would be good to get out and meet some other New England Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/34 "2004-05-14T21:23:55Z")
**Lilly** , thanks for the offer, but it looks like I’ll be bringing the kidlets with me so it’s probably best I be under my own power instead of under the influence. 😃 I never even saw that other thread **tanookie**! Glasses? Me? Naaaah, don’t need them… So anytime after 11 is ok? Can you email me with directions? I can get to 495N easily. I will bring things. Let me know if there’s anything specific you need, otherwise I’ll probably do a potato salad and a dessert. Does anyone like chocolate??? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/35 "2004-05-15T00:45:13Z")
Chocolate is always welcome 🙂 Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/36 "2004-05-15T01:37:12Z")
Maybe some day I’ll over come my shyness and meet some dopers. But to be frank, the thought of meeting a bunch of people all at once terrifies me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/37 "2004-05-15T01:54:18Z")
We’re not that scary - honest 🙂 Feel free to change your mind and come visit. This is a really informal get together … and I don’t bite although my son might but he only has two teeth 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/38 "2004-05-15T02:20:40Z")
We’ll have to check. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/39 "2004-05-15T02:27:53Z")
**elfkin** , please do consider it! I’d love to meet someone else from NH! [hijack] What the heck is your sig, **Cal**? I admit, out of curiosity I copied it over to Word and managed to get 2/3 through a decent direct-substitution translation before it went off target. Please explain! [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211/40 "2004-05-15T04:19:35Z")
> [@](#): > > What the heck is your sig, Cal? I admit, out of curiosity I copied it over to Word and managed to get 2/3 through a decent direct-substitution translation before it went off target. Please explain! That’s the second request for clarification. I was gonna just change it, but I’ll start a thread explaining it before I do. Too late to, tonight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopers/237211.md?page=3)