# Ohio Housewarming! 8/21/04! OH/KY/IN/WV/PA/MD/VA/DC Et al... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502 "2004-05-28T13:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/81 "2004-08-05T14:40:51Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > It turns out that I am driving back from Columbus the previous Sunday. I haven’t completely decided not to come, but I’m very much leaning that way. Sorry folks, I’m gonna have to miss this one. Too much driving, y’know? ---
**Author:** ![Feit\_C\_Taj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@Feit\_C\_Taj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feit_C_Taj)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/82 "2004-08-05T15:35:49Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Dang! With no Dope-A-Ween this year it’ll be forever before I can see you again! Blame Dave and the in-laws. He invited them, and they accepted. I am still planning to make it to **norine** ’s still-hypothetical bash, though. Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/83 "2004-08-05T15:36:44Z")
> [@Doktor Fluff](#): > > Blame Dave and the in-laws. He invited them, and they accepted. > > I am still planning to make it to **norine** ’s still-hypothetical bash, though. > > Robin Actually, these are my in-laws, not Doktor Fluff’s. Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/84 "2004-08-05T15:37:50Z")
One more thing. If you can tell me where I got my “location” from, I will be mightily impressed. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/85 "2004-08-05T17:03:46Z")
:Sings: Everybody’s talkin’ 'bout pop music! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/86 "2004-08-05T17:20:11Z")
Who the hell is ‘Doktor Fluff’? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/87 "2004-08-05T17:27:40Z")
Doktor Fluff is a friend of mine from school. He and **The 27th Evil** and I host a radio show on our college station. Robin ---
**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:** [August 5, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/88 "2004-08-05T22:38:22Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I’m fine with that as long as I A) talk to your mom just to make sure everything is groovy and B) you have a place to stay overnight because we’re staying overnight 🙂 Well, my budget doesn’t extend to any hotel, as I am flat broke, and I seriously doubt my mom is going to spring for paying for a night in a hotel for me, so if you’re staying at a hotel that is far away from the Fest, that’s not going to work for me. Let us hope that this is not the case. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/89 "2004-08-05T23:12:08Z")
> [@dwalin](#): > > Well, my budget doesn’t extend to any hotel, as I am flat broke, and I seriously doubt my mom is going to spring for paying for a night in a hotel for me, so if you’re staying at a hotel that is far away from the Fest, that’s not going to work for me. > > Let us hope that this is not the case. Can you stay at the Chance’s perhaps? I saw him offer up “a recliner or the floor” earlier… ---
**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:** [August 6, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/90 "2004-08-06T02:18:20Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Can you stay at the Chance’s perhaps? I saw him offer up “a recliner or the floor” earlier… If that’s close enough to where you guys are sleeping that you can pick me up and drive back, sure. I think my mom’s problem then would be not me staying away from home but imposing on the Chances. By the way, nobody minds me bringing Fluxx (with two booster packs added), Early American Chrononauts and Original Chrononauts, right? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/91 "2004-08-06T12:55:22Z")
Bring what you will. And trust me. NOTHING is far from anything else in this town. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/92 "2004-08-06T18:06:32Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Bring what you will. > > And trust me. NOTHING is far from anything else in this town. Just to clarify for myself and my mom, I should bring the standard stuff for sleeping over at someone else’s house, right? (e.g., pajamas, change of clothes, toiletries) (This may sound a little silly, but I’d rather get this figured out now than on the 20th) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/93 "2004-08-06T18:12:27Z")
Is this phantomdiver we’re talking about? Yes, bring the standard items. Heck, bring a tent if you want to sleep in the backyard. I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/94 "2004-08-10T00:52:51Z")
You know, it’s too bad that this is coming up so [soon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270538&highlight=Ohio), or I might could be there (yeah, that sounds great, I know). Instead, I’ll just take any advice you Ohio folks have in that thread that’s linked up there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/95 "2004-08-12T03:11:22Z")
My plans, as of today, are to come down in the late afternoon on Sat. I have to see old friends Friday night and Sat. AM in Pittsburgh at the National Coin Show(ANA). Is there anyone that has a motel booked locally, that needs a roomate. I don’t snore(that I know about). If not, Nate, could you advise if a room is still available and I’ll act. I drink any kind of beer that is free. Local craft brewed stuff is always appreciated. Can I bring anything? If anyone in Pittsburgh needs a ride down in the noonish timeframe on Saturday, I can do that. I can’t give you a ride home, however. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/96 "2004-08-12T07:04:37Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I’m going! I will have Dominic and Brooke with me which leaves one more seat open in the van… it would be four more seats open but I can’t get the back bed to fold back into a seat (it’s an electrical problem, there is no way to do it manually…) We had the same problem with our old conversion van, I unhooked the square wire (like an odometer cable) attached a drill, and it worked like a charm. Took a while, but it was still better than dealing with a bed all the time. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/97 "2004-08-12T13:50:17Z")
I’m not gonna make it, **JC**. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/98 "2004-08-12T15:17:32Z")
I feared that, RT. Think of the fun we could have had counting electoral votes. AND you could have breathed the air of a battleground state for once! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/99 "2004-08-12T15:57:48Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I feared that, RT. Think of the fun we could have had counting electoral votes. Don’t count your electoral votes before they’re hatched! At least the Northeast seems to be solid, now that PA and NH are firming up. Ditto the West Coast. Of course, FL and the midwestern states (other than IL) are gonna give me heartburn right down to the wire. > [@](#): > > AND you could have breathed the air of a battleground state for once! Hey, I visit Virginia all the time! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502/100 "2004-08-12T17:32:19Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > We had the same problem with our old conversion van, I unhooked the square wire (like an odometer cable) attached a drill, and it worked like a charm. Took a while, but it was still better than dealing with a bed all the time. When I move the switch I can hear a motor whine but the bed doesn’t move 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-housewarming-8-21-04-oh-ky-in-wv-pa-md-va-dc-et-al/247502.md?page=6)