# OK, Upper-Midwest Dopers... This is It
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 18, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206 "2000-12-18T19:54:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/1 "2000-12-18T19:54:22Z")
**NghtCrwlr** and I are leaving Minnesota sometime in the next few months. I’m going back to Texas to finish my degree, and Russ isn’t sure what he’s going to do yet.
So, since this it, we’d love to see you guys one more time. We’re going to be moving sometime before March, so it’s gonna have to be sometime in late January or early February.
Ideas?
Robin
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### Author:  [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/2 "2000-12-19T00:48:55Z")
_bump_
Come on, y’all, speak up a bit, will ya?
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### Author:  [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/3 "2000-12-19T01:04:17Z")
We weren’t free for the New Year’s weekend suggestion, but are open to others, and would have people here again, if nothing else occurs to anyone. It could be that some of the upper midwest dopers did not see that OP because of the time.
And good luck to you, **msrobyn** and **NghtCrwlr** , with your move.
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### Author:  [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/4 "2000-12-19T01:12:38Z")
Well I check plane fares and I almost fell over: from $500 to $2,000. ::shudder:: I may have to send myself Purolator. 😉
Keith
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/5 "2000-12-19T01:14:17Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Odieman \*
> \*\*Well I check plane fares and I almost fell over: from $500 to $2,000. ::shudder:: I may have to send myself Purolator. 😉
>
> Keith \*\*
Was that US or Canadian?
Robin
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/6 "2000-12-19T16:07:29Z")
_bump_ so everyone else can see it.
Robin
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/7 "2000-12-19T17:02:34Z")
My name is LNO, and I’m a Minnesotan.
(Minnesotans: So, hi, LNO, then.)
I’ll come, assuming that it’s somewhere near the Twin Cities. And then everyone can watch me lurk there, too.
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### Author:  [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/8 "2000-12-20T03:40:03Z")
Please keep me informed. I am a possibility to make the trek from Duluth. Of course, with a mere seventy-odd posts, I’ll be a stranger anyway. I’m okay with that; at least I haven’t established high expectations.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/9 "2000-12-20T04:19:31Z")
I’m another Duluth resident. Never been to a Dopefest before, but I’d like to.
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/10 "2000-12-24T02:12:49Z")
Bump bump shadump.
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/11 "2000-12-24T02:14:34Z")
So, sometime in February is the likeliest date. I am most likely going to move mid-to-late February.
What about a Groundhog (February 2) or Valentine Dopefest (February 14) in Minneapolis?
Robin
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/12 "2000-12-24T07:35:49Z")
bump
I’m a NoDak type, but I’ll spread what’s left of my holiday cheer to the northern Midwest types. Besides, it’ll be around my birthday too . . .
Tripler
I want a truck for my b’day. Nothing more, nothing less. . .
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/13 "2000-12-24T16:13:38Z")
So… February in Minneapolis… need suggestions on a place to have it. Any suggestions are welcome!
Robin
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### Author:  [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/14 "2000-12-27T02:07:24Z")
What type of places are dopefests usually held at?
Where are folks coming from?
How long do they usually go for? All day events, or just an evening at a local pub?
-Doug
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/15 "2000-12-27T03:28:28Z")
Last one was overnight. We met for lunch at a restaurant in St. Cloud, and retreated to Spider Woman’s house. It’s kind of a regional thing. Most of us are from Minnesota, but Tripler may be coming in from North Dakota.
They are a LOT of fun 🙂
Robin
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### Author:  [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/16 "2000-12-28T00:41:41Z")
Well I can get a cheap fare, if it takes place on Groundhog day weekend…hint hint
Keith
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/17 "2000-12-28T01:09:37Z")
Groundhog day works for me
Robin
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### Author:  [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/18 "2000-12-28T01:17:13Z")
Ground Hog Day weekend looks like it would be workable for Spider and I.
Twin Cities?
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/19 "2000-12-28T01:18:33Z")
Yuppers! Any suggestions?
Robin
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-upper-midwest-dopers-this-is-it/46206/20 "2000-12-28T01:22:07Z")
Does anyone want to rent a suite to share?
Robin
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