# NY Dopers: Let's get together **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273 "2001-09-13T05:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/41 "2001-09-15T05:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vix \* > \*\*According to today’s NY Times, Sunday’s weather should be beautiful: “After a chilly start, plentiful sunshine will raise temperatures to near 70 by afternoon as high pressure crests over the Northeast.” > > If it is still rainy, though, I’m sure we can find a place. > > Here are the tentative and definite attendees so far:\*\* JerseyDiamond & I will both be there. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/42 "2001-09-15T14:41:57Z")
Sorry. Wasn’t thinking. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/43 "2001-09-15T16:06:10Z")
I’ll be hosting a gathering myself tomorrow, so once again I must decline. Someday, I will meet you all in RL. I look forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/44 "2001-09-15T16:40:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Sorry. Wasn’t thinking. \*\* It’s ok. I’m feeling a little jumpy these days, even though I’ve been indulging in gallows humor, too. Sorry I was testy. 🙂 I’m really looking forward to seeing all of you. Now our list looks like this: Billdo Annie X-mas Biggirl Pucette Ukulele Ike Zebra Green Bean Wonko the Sane Pixellent slowhand53 delphica OxyMoron GilaB Maeglin Nymysis Nen Joe\_Cool JerseyDiamond Great group! Are there any other NYers out there who want to join us? Everyone is welcome! Please come; we’d love to see (or meet) you. (And I, too, look forward to meeting those of you who can’t make it this time). For those who aren’t familiar with the area, there are a bunch of places on 7th Ave. where you can get food, if you like. (When you take the F train, if you get on the back of the train, you’ll exit on 7th Ave. If you’re on the front of the train, you’ll exit on 8th Ave. The park is on what would be 9th Av., which is actually Prospect Park West). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/45 "2001-09-15T17:40:58Z")
I wish I could say I was indulging in gallows humor (well, not really). But it actually was stupidity. I was thinking geography plus NYC history, and just binged it off and onto the board without considering the raison d’etre of cemeteries. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/46 "2001-09-15T17:44:39Z")
BTW, I just saw your other post about the candlelight vigil last night…sorry I missed you. The Daily News said there were over a thousand people massed around Seventh Avenue and Union Street, so I’m not surprised we didn’t run into each other… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/47 "2001-09-15T20:47:23Z")
We are meeting at the 9th St entrance. We can take the F train to 9th St. We are meeting at 1 pm. All the women will be topless. We are each bringing our own lunch. Do I have that right? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/48 "2001-09-15T21:04:50Z")
Zebra, if you miss the topless dancing at the 9th street entrance of Prospect Park at one o’clock once you get off of the F train at the 7th Avenue stop, look for the pink flamingo on a pole. The **7th Avenue Stop**. Not the 9th Street stop. You _could_ get off at the 9th street stop, but you will have a very long walk to the park. Uphill. ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/49 "2001-09-15T21:56:27Z")
Although I desperately want to, I won’t be able to make this one. All my best to everyone! ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/50 "2001-09-15T22:15:06Z")
Just to sort of try to clarify even further what Biggirl said, the stop is called 7th Avenue and it runs under 9th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues with exits on both avenues. Whereever you get off, walk up 9th Street toward the park entrance on Prospect Park West (which would otherwise be called 9th Ave if it were numbered that way). Clear as mud? I think I need a nap. And Zebra? You wish. 😃 [sub]Haven’t used a big grin smiley in a while![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Pixellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Pixellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixellent)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/51 "2001-09-15T23:30:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vix \* > **And Zebra? You wish. 😃** Oh. You mean everyone **won’t** be bringing their own lunch? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/52 "2001-09-16T00:42:07Z")
Just to clarify _even more_, while the F subway stop is called **7th Avenue** , we are meeting at the **9th Street Entrance** to Prospect Park. For fellow Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill-ites, we can also take the B-69 bus. You can get on the bus on Vanderbilt Avenue, the bus goes due south along Vanderbilt, around Grand Army Plaza, and then down Prospect Park West. It lets you off right in front of the **9th Street Entrance**. And **Ike** , I _knew_ I was going to get grief over that “smack in the middle of Brooklyn.” I was debating saying “smack in the north middle.” Oh, and **Zebra!** Thanks for the reminder … I was going to go topless, but now I realise it’s probably a good idea to wear a hat. Sitting in the sun for hours, dontcha know. [Edited by Ukulele Ike on 09-16-2001 at 12:11 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/53 "2001-09-16T01:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by delphica \* > **And Ike, I _knew_ I was going to get grief over that "smack in the middle of Brooklyn.** Thanks for covering for me. Don’t think I’ve forgotten that beer I owe ya. And **Zebra** …you WISH. **Vix** is bringing your lunch…and I’ve TRIED her cooking. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/54 "2001-09-16T02:49:32Z")
**Ike,** baby. You correct my Brooklyn geography, but not my coding?? Sheesh, what does a girl gotta do around here? On the beer, you might as well skip me and owe **Billo** , because I owe him a beer. **Bill,** do you owe anyone a beer? Because this is getting complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/55 "2001-09-16T03:15:49Z")
To clarify delphica’s clarification of vix’s clarification of my clarification, the F train has a stop called 9th Street. If you are coming from Manhattan it is the stop before 7th Ave. And just to make things even more clear, the stop before 9th street is called Smith and 9th. See you all tomorrow! [sub]I hope ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/56 "2001-09-16T04:05:40Z")
I love you guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/57 "2001-09-16T05:10:09Z")
**Biggirl** STOP The correct stop to get off at is 7th Ave stop STOP If I’m at the 9th St stop I will not stop riding STOP Maybe I should take the bus STOP But the doors on the bus is kind of short STOP Stop me before I pun again STOP ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/58 "2001-09-16T13:37:57Z")
Hey, if anyone has a somewhat reasonably sized flag, I’ll gladly fly it from the flamingo pole. My flag is 5’x9’, and therefore far too large to fly there unless I string it out like a tarp… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/59 "2001-09-16T14:45:43Z")
Everyone, please pass a round of hugs for me, ok? Still stuck upstate until tomorrow morning, so I won’t be making it. But I’ll be thinking of all of you and I’ll catch you the next time around. ---
**Author:** ![Pixellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Pixellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixellent)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273/60 "2001-09-16T14:54:11Z")
I may be a little late. Without gory details, I woke up today with what you call your basic Major Dental Emergency – of all days! My dentist is not that far from Prospect Park, though, so I hope to see you all more or less on time. Doubt I’ll be eating anything, though… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-lets-get-together/81273.md?page=4)