# NoVa Dopers: Let's have a beer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611 "2005-10-10T18:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/61 "2005-11-16T23:38:50Z")
It’s down on my busy social calendar. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/62 "2005-11-16T23:51:30Z")
Still planning on it. ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/63 "2005-11-18T21:16:43Z")
Sorry to be late checking in, but still planning to be there. Had to cover a vacation at work so reverted to nights for a while, and can’t really post from there. 7 PM at Jimmy’s tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/64 "2005-11-18T22:16:10Z")
It looks as though I’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/65 "2005-11-19T03:59:27Z")
Well, it looks like I’ve too much studying to do. I hope that **Kangaroo\_in\_Black** and I can meet you all some other time. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/66 "2005-11-19T04:35:24Z")
I’m glad that most folks can still make it! **BlueKangaroo** , I understand – but I have to give you a _little_ crap for studying on a Saturday night. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/67 "2005-11-19T05:03:21Z")
If I tell you it’s a combination of Biogeography, Evolutionary Mechanisms and Photography will your brain explode enough to forget how to give me crap? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/68 "2005-11-19T05:26:17Z")
I will be there. I am assuming that no one wants a ride there. Rides back are still available to Vienna Metro. (I don’t drink all that much, so don’t worry.) Tris ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/69 "2005-11-19T15:05:26Z")
> [@BlueKangaroo](#): > > If I tell you it’s a combination of Biogeography, Evolutionary Mechanisms and Photography… :dubious: You just made that up, didn’t you. Everybody knows Evolutionary Mechanisms grow in the spring. We’re smart, we is. You better do better than that to pull the smoke over our leg. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/70 "2005-11-19T18:29:19Z")
> [@BlueKangaroo](#): > > If I tell you it’s a combination of Biogeography, Evolutionary Mechanisms and Photography will your brain explode enough to forget how to give me crap? 😉 Nah, I’ll just have to switch to giving you crap for taking 3 subjects like that simultaneously. :eek: 😃 > [@Triskadecamus](#): > > I will be there. Excellent … I’ll be on the lookout for a dude who looks like a cross between Santa and a biker. 😉 > [@](#): > > I am assuming that no one wants a ride there. Rides back are still available to Vienna Metro. Not to speak for **mcott** , but I believe he has his arrival covered. I also believe he might appreciate that ride back to Vienna. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/71 "2005-11-20T04:57:35Z")
[Here](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0138.jpg)[we](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0139.jpg)[are](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0142.jpg)[drinking](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0143.jpg)[in](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0144.jpg)[Herndon.](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Drinking/PICT0145.jpg) Tris (and every word, a memory! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/72 "2005-11-20T05:12:55Z")
Is it just me or do I look surly in all of those pictures (Except the second-to-last one. There I just look funny.)? ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/73 "2005-11-20T12:42:40Z")
It was really unfortunate that the volume on the music drowned out the great conversation but it was nice to see old friends and meet new ones. Thanks for the pics, Tris! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/74 "2005-11-20T13:30:22Z")
That was fun. The bar was a cool neighbourhood kinda place. Interesting crowd. And the drinks were generously poured… Ow, my head! Nice to put faces to names. Well done **Mis** for suggesting it. 🙂 …and they said people who post to debate boards are social outcasts. Feh! (By the way, anybody else think they ate a napkin mistaking it for one of those bright green chips they served?) ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/75 "2005-11-20T15:14:19Z")
I just this moment realized I own someone a lot of money for the check. Very embarrasing. Who paid? Email me. Humilate me on the board. But tell me who, and I can paypal the money to you. Sheesh. The noise really got to me. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/76 "2005-11-20T17:37:29Z")
When **brownie55** didn’t show I figured he just changed his mind, but I was a little concerned about **mcott** ’s absence … I hope you’re ok, wherever you are! > [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Here we are drinking in Herndon. Thanks, **Tris**! I look sleepy in both of the photos I’m in. ☹ I must remember to open my eyes a little more for photos, even though I know I’m about to be blinded… 😉 Anyway, I assure you that I was _not_ sleepy – the company was way too good for that. > [@Anita Vacation](#): > > It was really unfortunate that the volume on the music drowned out the great conversation Yeah, I really thought we’d be “safe” so far away from the dancefloor, but we wouldn’t have been any better off where we started out. Now I know that we should either meet earlier, or meet somewhere else. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Nice to put faces to names. Agreed! > [@](#): > > Well done **Mis** for suggesting it. 🙂 Thanks. 🙂 And thanks to everyone who attended! ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/77 "2005-11-20T18:15:25Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > I just this moment realized I own someone a lot of money for the check. > > Very embarrasing. Who paid? Email me. Humilate me on the board. But tell me who, and I can paypal the money to you. > > Sheesh. > > The noise really got to me. > > Tris It was too loud to think! I threw in some extra but I wrote it off as a generous tip. My guess is that the bulk of your portion was picked up by UF and QS. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/78 "2005-11-20T22:20:06Z")
Thanks for bringing us together, **Misnomer**. Your first time meeting Dopers, you didn’t wait around, just went ahead and organized it yourself! I liked how you did that. ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/79 "2005-11-23T05:02:16Z")
Sorry, I didn’t make it, it looks and reads like it was a lot of fun. I was just too dead after two days of “museuming” and the prospect of two more to go. I must say though, that Washington is a great city, and I will be back (preferably during weekdays only, and in warmer weather). If anyone ever pops up to Ottawa, post a thread or email, and I’d be glad to show you around. MC ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-dopers-lets-have-a-beer/325611/80 "2005-11-23T05:33:13Z")
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