# NYC Mini-Dopefest This Saturday (6/25) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083 "2005-06-20T17:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/1 "2005-06-20T17:47:07Z")
As mentioned in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303549), Euro-doper **noctural\_tick** is spending some time in the States. **kittenlm** and I will be taking the train up to New York this Saturday and spending the day with him…any other dopers want to join in? So far, the agenda is as follows: 1. Take 9:32am train, arriving NYC at 11:41am. 2. Meet **tick** at his hostel noonish 3. Figure out what the hell we’re going to do all day So, anyone wanna do lunch or anything? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/2 "2005-06-21T15:03:24Z")
Hmm…can’t remember…are you allowed one or two bumps per thread? Note: If the answer is “one”, then do me a favor and don’t respond to my question until Wednesday or Thursday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/3 "2005-06-21T18:07:07Z")
Drop me an email and let me know where the hostle is. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/4 "2005-06-23T20:38:59Z")
If, at any point, you plan on swinging by a bar for a couple of drinks then you can certainly count me in for that. Let me know if that’s the case and i’ll pass you my mobile number. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/5 "2005-06-23T23:11:58Z")
Wanna do something in lovely Brooklyn? The zoo? The Botanical Gardens? The Transit Museum? Picnic in Prospect Park? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/6 "2005-06-26T01:55:29Z")
Welcome to the “if anything can go wrong, it will” NYC trip. I sent an e-mail to an intermediary in contact with **nocturnal\_tick** letting him know that we’d be there today around noon. Never heard back…hmmm… Just before leaving, I went to grab my camera. _Crap!_ I left it on when I last used it two days ago, and now it’s completely lost its charge! (No battery option…it _must_ be charged up to work). :: Sigh :: Oh well…have to grab our old, kinda crappy backup camera. Got to the train station…boarded the train…and realized I left the backup camera in the station. :smack: The conductor was a great help, though…he called in to the station, and the camera will be waiting for me when I go pick it up tomorrow. Still, no pics for the day. Now, since I had mentioned in my e-mail to **tick** that NJ Transit trains were very reliable and we’d certainly be on time, the train lost power. Twice. That added about a half-hour to our ride time, so we knew we’d be late, and we had no way of communicating that to **tick**. We finally get to the city, hop a subway to get close to his hostel, and walk the last few blocks. We get there, and I was hoping **tick** would be waiting in the lobby, but no dice. I talk to the desk clerk, when it hits me…I pretty much only know him as “ **noctural\_tick** ”! Other than that, I only have a first name to tell this guy. It takes awhile, but the first name, along with the English accent, narrow it down. He remembers **tick** , and even that he had been asking about getting a phone number for someone living Jersey, so the desk guy gives me his room number. No dice… **tick** is gone. :: sigh again :: The lobby has a web terminal, so I check my e-mail…hey, a message from **tick**! Unfortuantely, the message makes it obvious that he never got _my_ message telling him that we’d be there today. Oh well…since he now has this terminal to get e-mail, I send him a message letting him know that we’re in the city, and to call my cell if he gets this message. Well, not much to do now…I guess I’ll call the folks who e-mailed me their phone numbers after reading this thread and see if we can’t get an impromptu get-together going. _Crap!! Where’s the damn paper with the phone numbers?!?_ :: sigh x3 :: So, any and all mini-fest ideas were shot to hell…but, wife and I did spend a nice afternoon walking around Central Park and going to the zoo there. On the train ride home, **tick** called, but it was shortly after the train pulled away, so we were under the Hudson River where there is no cell service. I got a voice mail from him, but it was obviously just a bit too late. Ah well…sorry about that, **tick**! Have to catch you whenever we finally get over to England… ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/7 "2005-06-26T03:27:31Z")
Dang! I wasn’t able to go due to Mermaid Parade-watching (fun fun fun!) but popped in here to see how our Insect Friend of the Darkness enjoyed his stay in our fair if hot city. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/8 "2005-06-26T10:55:18Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I sent an e-mail to an intermediary in contact with **nocturnal\_tick** letting him know that we’d be there today around noon. Never heard back…hmmm… If the ‘intermediary’ was me again, I never got the e-mail. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/9 "2005-06-26T13:42:50Z")
It’s ok Gemma. I’ve agreed with **Hal** that it’s all your fault. 😃 The day was still good, went to see some sights, but I want to say sorry to Hal and Kitten for my lack of preparation. Maybe some other time eh? As for the rest of my stay here…well…there’s a story to tell but that is for another day. These couple of weeks are certainly gonna be story worthy. Until then…TO BE CONTINUED!! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/10 "2005-06-26T19:53:58Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > It’s ok Gemma. I’ve agreed with **Hal** that it’s all your fault. > > 😃 That’s no way to talk to your new house mate. 😛 I 'm glad to hear you’re having a good time. 🙂 I can’t wait to hear these stories. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/11 "2005-06-26T22:40:40Z")
I’ve only got a few minutes but I just want to say that I’m having the worst damn bout of homesickness. I’m missing my Lauren. I’m missing my friends. I’m missing my family. And I miss you guys. I need to get back on the boards more often. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/12 "2005-06-27T03:15:44Z")
**tick** , how long are you around for? I’m sorry to hear your plans with **Hal** went bust but perhaps another gathering can be arranged? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/13 "2005-07-04T00:08:06Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > **tick** , how long are you around for? I’m sorry to hear your plans with **Hal** went bust but perhaps another gathering can be arranged? Well I’ll be leaving for home tomorrow. By that I mean I’ll be airport hopping 'til I get home. One such hop leaves me at Newark airport for 21 hours but I’m hoping to sneak away to see **Hal** and **kitten**. Hope that’s still ok guys? Well I’m in Tallahassee now, on **harmless** ’ computer no less. We’ve had a great time which I’ll tell you about later. She showed me the sights…yep, both of them. 😛 And I just want to thank **harmy** and **Yepmas** for putting up with me. Of course I’ll tell them in person as well. Anyway better go. Talk to you all soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/14 "2005-07-04T14:44:17Z")
Heya **tick** …Just in case you decide to check the Dope and not your e-mail – check your e-mail. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/15 "2005-07-05T15:44:55Z")
Alrighty then **Hal**. But wait…I can talk to you right now because I’m coming live from Briston central!!! Just checking in with a few words… **Hal** and **kitten** good, Newark airport bad. END COMMUNICATION! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/16 "2005-07-05T20:09:26Z")
**Ticky-tick**! Glad to see you made it there safely! 🙂 I’m sure **Yepmas’** story he told at the check-in of planes losing engines made for a comfortable flight. You were a joy to have over and are welcome back any time. Oh, and thanks for the ciggies. Bet you were kicking yourself at the airport after we left. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/17 "2005-07-05T20:15:24Z")
P.S. Tried a sip of that Guinness(sp?) before the others finished them off. Since when did they start making ass in a can? :dubious: It was like soy sauce without the salt. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/18 "2005-07-06T04:04:10Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > …because I’m coming live from Briston central!!! Why yes, yes he was. And we’ve got [the pic to prove it](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=People&pic=Paul%20and%20Dan.JPG&picindex=13). 🙂 Good to finally meet’cha, **tick** …come and visit anytime! And thank you much for the Buddhas (Buddhai?), **harmless**! If you look _reeeeal_ close at the linked pic, you’ll see the they’ve earned shelf space with our beloved honking chickens. 🙂 > [@harmless](#): > > Since when did they start making ass in a can? 100% accurate, and fricking funny as hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/19 "2005-07-06T09:42:06Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Oh, and thanks for the ciggies. Bet you were kicking yourself at the airport after we left. 😛 He was smoking? _Slaps **nocturnal\_tick** _ Bad **Tick**! No! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083/20 "2005-07-06T16:20:45Z")
Well, obviously he wasn’t. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mini-dopefest-this-saturday-6-25/309083.md?page=2)