# Replacement for Mountaindope-GingerDope! June 8th **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270 "2002-05-15T21:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/101 "2002-06-08T17:15:10Z")
Yuk yuk yuk. Enough with the puke jokes already. šŸ˜› It is now 1315 hrs., so Iā€™ll be just a bit later than 1400 since I have a 2 1/2 hour drive yet, but Iā€™ll be there. I have directions and a cell phone number, so itā€™s all good. See you there. -Dave ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/102 "2002-06-08T17:21:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*Yuk yuk yuk. Enough with the puke jokes already. šŸ˜› > > It is now 1315 hrs., so Iā€™ll be just a bit later than 1400 since I have a 2 1/2 hour drive yet, but Iā€™ll be there. I have directions and a cell phone number, so itā€™s all good. See you there. > > -Dave \*\* Iā€™m jealous. ā˜¹ Robin ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/103 "2002-06-09T01:25:14Z")
Well, we definitely missed you **Robin**. We sure did like seeing your **Airman** , though. And everybody else, as well. **Dave** , you and **Ginger** had an awsome little shindig, thanks for having us. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/104 "2002-06-09T01:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucretia \* > \*\*Well, we definitely missed you **Robin**. We sure did like seeing your **Airman** , though. And everybody else, as well. > > **Dave** , you and **Ginger** had an awsome little shindig, thanks for having us. \*\* I would loved to have been able to go; unfortunately, travel restrictions being what they areā€¦ Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/105 "2002-06-09T02:38:24Z")
Iā€™m on the phone with Dave right now, having been passed along (via cell phone) to everyone there, so I guess I got to be there in spirit. Robin, who promises she wonā€™t post to this anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/106 "2002-06-09T06:01:42Z")
Glad to have yā€™all. Hope everyone had fun, **Ginger** and I had a blast! Yā€™all come back now soon, hear? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/107 "2002-06-09T06:03:34Z")
Hey! Iā€™s an idjot! Read ā€œsoon nowā€ for ā€œnow soonā€ in the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/108 "2002-06-09T12:45:00Z")
Eh, it works either way. Ditto on the ā€œblastā€ā€¦ Could ony be there for a couple oā€™ hours, but a good time none-the-less! So many new people to meet! So little time! Thanks again, **Dave** & **Ginger**! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/109 "2002-06-09T15:04:05Z")
Thanks, Dave and Ginger. I wasnā€™t there that long, but I had a really good time, even if it is kind of hard to tell with me. šŸ™‚ It was great to meet all those Dopers. Iā€™d say my first Dopefest was a success! Iā€™m now going to go back to researching a way of slowing **iampunha** down long enough to actually talk to himā€¦ jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/110 "2002-06-09T17:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Iā€™m now going to go back to researching a way of slowing **iampunha** down long enough to actually talk to himā€¦ \*\* Good luck. That guyā€™s like quicksilverā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/111 "2002-06-09T17:16:36Z")
Not at 1:30 this morning, he wasnā€™t. Thanks for coming, everyone. We had a great time. I want Hama and Tark and the Tarklings to come live in our back yard. Theyā€™ve already started moving in by leaving a few things behind. Soā€¦ are you a Good Witch, or a Bad Witch? ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/112 "2002-06-09T17:24:37Z")
Good times, good times. Many thanks to **Dave** and **Ginger** for the wonderfullness of their hospitality. Of course, Iā€™m now in traction as a result of **pun** ā€™s hug, but Iā€™m sure that will fade in time.šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/113 "2002-06-09T18:00:53Z")
Oh, yeah, sure, knock the guy who had energy enough to keep up with the kids for stints as long as five minutes:) And **jayjay** , there was a nice long time where I practiced my sitting. I practiced it real good. For a while. You just missed yer chance:) It was lovely to meet those of yā€™al I havenā€™t met, including but not restricted to FairyChatDad, Mrs. Tranq and Tranqid, jayjay, and Tark and the Hamakids. And seeing those familiar faces (Weirddave, I think there are a combined five dopefests in this area since June 2000 that one of us **hasnā€™t** been toā€¦) was lovely as well:) [sub]Note to self for next dopefest: there are two kinds of switch-hitting. Work on both of them.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/114 "2002-06-09T18:08:48Z")
My little girl especially loved the Tarklings. She slept-in past 9 am this morning, she was so worn out from running around with them. Unheard-of! ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/115 "2002-06-09T18:37:10Z")
I had a very good time, and I certainly canā€™t complain about the hospitality. The Numpty of the North and **Weirddave** were very excellent hosts, and it was good to finally meet **Ginger** in person. šŸ™‚ And, of course, seeing the **Bluesclan** and **Geobabe** is always a pleasure. And to everyone else, Iā€™ll see you all in October, hopefully. šŸ™‚ -Dave ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/116 "2002-06-09T18:39:19Z")
I had a fantastic time too - enjoyed meeting Hamadryad and Ginger, loved sitting around the campfire swapping off-color jokes, &c. Itā€™s just a pity you (D&G) live so far away! ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/117 "2002-06-09T19:43:48Z")
Thanks **Dave** and **Gingy** for an excellent time. It was great to see everybody live and in person and to meet **jayjay** , **Hama, Tark and the Tarklings** , **Mr. and Mrs. FairyChatMom** , and **Gingy**. I hope all of yā€™all make it up to Fabulous Castell Zappo in October for AirmanRobynBabyDope! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/118 "2002-06-09T19:46:14Z")
Iā€™m hot and sweaty. I havenā€™t showered since Friday. Traffic on the way home **sucked ass** for no apparent reason. Stop-and-go with no accidents or ongoing contructionā€¦WTF? My back and Tarkā€™s back feel like elephants have been standing on them. Frankie and Jack both came home with band-aids on. I feel like I could sleep for 15 hoursā€¦BUTā€¦we have a first-grade party to be at in 20 minutes. After having arrived home 20 minutes ago. Oh yeah, and we got LOST on the way there because it was the middle of the night and the directions were easily misconstrued. That having been saidā€¦ Had a **fantastic** time. Wonderful to meet Gingy (finally), and she didnā€™t bash my head in even when I kept getting distracted by sparkley things in the dollar store and deliberately wore a gigantic green turban in the Sav-A-Lot. Great to again see hte folks Iā€™d met, and meet the folks I hadnā€™t. Glad the Hamakids were an asset rather than a big pile of rampant suck. I have to go now so we can drive to this _goddamned party full of tiny screaming kids_. Oh, and THERE IS PROOFā€¦I do have this big family, a bunch of people met them. So nyah nyah. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/119 "2002-06-09T23:53:11Z")
Well, sure, Hammy, we all met them, but they were well-behaved and mostly fairly quiet around us, so when you start COMPLAINING THAT THE KIDS ARE ACTING LIKE THEYā€™RE BEING PAID TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELLā€¦well, itā€™ll be more difficult for me to believe, having met 'em;) ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-mountaindope-gingerdope-june-8th/109270/120 "2002-06-09T23:55:03Z")
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