# Philly Dopefest on April 19th **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994 "2009-03-10T19:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/41 "2009-03-21T03:19:15Z")
Barring last-minute unforeseen circumstances, I’m in. I’ll be driving down (and if Reply doesn’t make it, I’ll get the “longest distance traveled” prize) so if anyone needs a ride on Sunday, I’ll be available. I’d also like to see the historical sites if anyone else will be touring them. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/42 "2009-03-21T11:09:25Z")
One interested visitor is all it takes to kick me into tour guide mode, so I’ll be happy to show you around after lunch, **Little Nemo** , even if no one else wants to join us. It’s possible **olives** (and her husband, if he comes) will be up for it – we’d talked about it when they came down last fall. (Last fall? I remember it was cold that day, but not when it was.) ETA: **Nemo** , the Chinatown bus, though well this side of luxurious, is only $20 round trip from NYC – I’d be happy to meet you there and walk over to our rendezvous point, which isn’t all that far. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/43 "2009-03-21T14:59:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Nemo, the Chinatown bus, though well this side of luxurious, is only $20 round trip from NYC – I’d be happy to meet you there and walk over to our rendezvous point, which isn’t all that far. I don’t live in NYC so I’d need to make connections with luggage and everything. Not worth the effort. Besides I’m not going all the way to Philadelphia for a day trip. I figure on driving down Friday and back on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/44 "2009-03-22T16:16:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t live in NYC so I’d need to make connections with luggage and everything. Not worth the effort. Besides I’m not going all the way to Philadelphia for a day trip. I figure on driving down Friday and back on Monday. :smack: Didn’t look at your location. Plus, of course, if you’re coming down for the weekend, it’s a completely different trip. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/45 "2009-03-23T00:51:18Z")
Oh, I’ll be there. My MiL has agreed to take the sprog so I can enjoy myself. The question is now car or train. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/46 "2009-03-23T01:13:34Z")
Geobabe and I are newly arrived in this part of our nation (Central NJ), and we will hopefully need a break from unpacking. Put us down as possibles, depending on where the boys are and who can watch them (or if we can bring twin 3 1/2 year olds). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/47 "2009-03-23T12:49:26Z")
Yikes, Doper royalty! If your kids would be more or less okay keeping themselves amused while a dozen grown-ups … er, adults … er, large people with big vocabularies chatter away, I see no reason why they shouldn’t come – wherever we go will be pretty casual. Regardless, I’d love to meet you and **GeoBabe** (who’s **Anita Vacation** ’s sister? or am I misremembering that? – if so, I’ve met your SIL). ---
**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:** [March 23, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/48 "2009-03-23T14:00:29Z")
> [@UncleBill](#): > > …depending on where the boys are and who can watch them… Maybe Connie Francis is available? Man, how the hell do I even _get_ that joke, let alone make it? ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/49 "2009-03-23T14:24:53Z")
So I feel like a tool for saying this but… I have absolutely no idea how to find how to get from where I live to Philly by public transportation. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/50 "2009-03-23T15:17:51Z")
Where are you? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/51 "2009-03-23T17:36:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yikes, Doper royalty! We really need a ROFLMAO smiley. > [@](#): > > **GeoBabe** (who’s **Anita Vacation** ’s sister? or am I misremembering that? – if so, I’ve met your SIL). Heh, she used to be known as _my_ sister. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/52 "2009-03-23T18:29:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Where are you? Penns Grove, NJ ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/53 "2009-03-23T18:46:16Z")
Toss me in as a maybe/probably. I’ll probably be wandering aimlessly around Philly anyway 🙂 **WomanOfScorn** , if you need to go _totally_ via public transit NJ Transit’s bus routes will drop you off right in Center City. Looks like your best bet would be the 402 bus from Pennsville to Philly which picks up at Broad and Main in Penns Grove and will take you to 6th & Race then Broad & Vine If you don’t need to use the bus then the closest relatively safe PATCO station would be Collingswood. Ferry Ave might be closer (it’s the station I use, being from Gloucester) but I wouldn’t necessarily call it safe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/54 "2009-03-23T19:36:37Z")
> [@Geobabe](#): > > Heh, she used to be known as **my** sister. 😃 How the mighty have fallen … 😛 Updated list – keep 'em coming, gang! \*\*DaphneBlack DocCathode Geobabe \*\*and \*\*UncleBill \*\*(\*avec \*young uns?) \*\*Hal Briston Little Nemo Meros Mississippienne MsRobyn olivesmarch4th \*\*and husband **ryobserver twickster ultrafilter WomanofScorn** ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/55 "2009-03-23T20:01:39Z")
> [@Meros](#): > > Toss me in as a maybe/probably. I’ll probably be wandering aimlessly around Philly anyway 🙂 > > **WomanOfScorn** , if you need to go _totally_ via public transit NJ Transit’s bus routes will drop you off right in Center City. > > Looks like your best bet would be the 402 bus from Pennsville to Philly which picks up at Broad and Main in Penns Grove and will take you to 6th & Race then Broad & Vine > > If you don’t need to use the bus then the closest relatively safe PATCO station would be Collingswood. Ferry Ave might be closer (it’s the station I use, being from Gloucester) but I wouldn’t necessarily call it safe. Wow. How did you figure that out? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/56 "2009-03-23T20:04:20Z")
**Meros** is very smart, that’s how. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/57 "2009-03-23T20:06:09Z")
> [@WomanofScorn](#): > > Wow. How did you figure that out? Born, raised, and live in Gloucester City (just south of Camden). The 402 was what I used to take into Philly during a brief period when I didn’t have a working car and I take PATCO every day to get to work. As far as knowing where the 402 stopped in Penns Grove, i just checked [NJ Transit’s site](http://www.njtransit.org) 😃 ---
**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:** [March 23, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/58 "2009-03-23T21:17:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yikes, Doper royalty! Bwahahaha ha, snerk. (Sorry, I’ve got a cold.) The GeoBills have a toddler seat on their royal throne! Add me to the list, and I’ll make sure they bring the twins. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/59 "2009-03-23T22:41:01Z")
> [@Anita\_Vacation](#): > > Bwahahaha ha, snerk. (Sorry, I’ve got a cold.) The GeoBills have a toddler seat on their royal throne! Hey, have a little respect for your little sister! OK, I got nothin’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopefest-on-april-19th/488994/60 "2009-03-23T23:46:48Z")
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