Satan's Summer Shindig

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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That’s right, the Lord of Darkness, the Master of Lies, the one and only ‘yer pal’ Satan will be hosting this little get-together,
with a special appearance by his intended sacrifice I mean fiancée Drain Bead.

Bargaining for your souls will have to be done on an individual basis,
and as this can be quite time consuming, please have your materialistic lists ready.

If you have ever wondered "just who the heck are these people that post to the Straight Dope?”
and if you have the urge to find out – come to Raleigh, NC and meet some of us.

If you live anywhere on or near the East Coast you are invited to attend.
This will be a daytime gathering, so any drunken debauching will have to take place later. Give a yell if you need more details.

The Specifics:

Saturday June 17, starting at 11:30am until 2:30pm.
Informal gatherings may take place later by mutual consent.

Barton Hayes Grill & Fountain
2000 Fairview Rd
Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 856-8551

Here’s a link to a map

Detailed directions can be provided of course.

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We’ll need a head count too, so RSVP.

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Wait, isn’t that the date of the DC DoperFest?? Hmm… we may have to throw together some sort of NetMeeting thing.

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Yeah, I should be able to make that.

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As of right now I plan to be there. Count me in.

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Satan,
Could you clarify? I thought you and Drain were coming to the Balto/DC doperfest on June 17th. Are you not now? Please reply so we get this straight. The whole reason we swiched to Sat. the 17th was so you guys could come. I’m confused.

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You know, DC is only 4 hours away. Some ambitious folks could probably do both get-togethers. This is in no way intended to be competition. I had not read the DC fest thread, and so did not know the date it would be.

I believe Satan and Drain are staying in town to get a few more “private” hours together. For some odd reason. So I have been pestering/begging them for a while now to host a SD party, and they finally agreed. You’d have to ask them for any further details. I jes’ the slave labor.

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Well, Falc sys they’re stayin in NC 'cuz they don’t wanna drive too much. That’s cool, I just wasn’t aware they had changed their plans, that’s all.

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Aenea, I know that I am definitely in Satan’s Top 3, but I think it would be presumptuous of me to say that I’m HEAD CU–Oh, wait a minute. You said you needed a Head * COUNT * !!

Oh.

Never mind.

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It’s 250 miles straight line from Raleigh to Greenbelt, and I-95 isn’t quite a straight line. I don’t think you could drive that in much better than five hours.

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Go ahead and count me in. I will do my best to show up.

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As I mentioned at the last NC Doper get-together, I don’t know if we will make it or not but we will certainly try. There’s also an Atlanta area Dopers’ thingy going on sometime early this summer (no date set yet, I believe) so we’ll be watching for that one also. Raleigh is quite a drive for us!

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Another idea to toss on the table is this: another East Coast Gathering can be held in say August or Sept in some centrally located state, so the folks that did not get to meet in June can get together.
That way, Surgo, if you can’t make both, you (and anyone in the same situation) can still meet all of the East Coast web-heads that you want. M’k?

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To answer what was above, I do not have a problem driving the four hours to DC. In fact, I could probably do it in my sleep.

The problem is that I have to get Drainy back home in Columbus, OH and then get back to Raleigh in time to work on Monday morning. With dinner in DC, that would pretty much mean I WOULD do it in my sleep, until I drove off I-77 somewhere in West Virginia when I passed out.

As such, when Aenea came to me with this idea, I was open to it - especially since I dissed the last NC meeting with that little engagement thing.

Even though I am getting top billing (I was supposed to lend “name value” to the proceedings, more like we’ll need metal detectors at the doors), this was Aenea’s idea. I went along with it because, well, I’m scared of her.

Really, I think it’s gonna be cool, and I did pick out the establishment in question - a great place that makes the best malts in this darn city!

I hope to see as many of you who can make it. And Polycarp - you BETTER make it! I wanna meet you, friend!

To the jilted DC Dopers, I am really sorry. I wanted to meet you guys so badly that I didn’t think of the repercussions. Still, I will make it up to the next DC meeting that happens when Drainy isn’t with me because the driving of her to and from makes it an impossibility for me right now.

Yer pal,
Satan

http://homepages.go.com/~cmcinternationalrecords/devil.gif

I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR:
Three weeks, three days, 14 hours, 27 minutes and 30 seconds.
984 cigarettes not smoked, saving $123.01.
Life saved: 3 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes.

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The part that’s getting under my skin was that getting to the next Raleigh gathering was really high up on my list, and this pretty much takes care of that. I’m just not up to being at both places on the same day.

Damn, damn, damn.

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Aenea had a good idea: what say after all this, we have an East Coast kinda get-together? In say, August after ChiefScott gets back from being deployed? I keep saying I’m going to make it down to Norfolk to meet him, so NC wouldn’t be too much further. Just a thought.

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BUMP

Yer pal,
Satan

http://homepages.go.com/~cmcinternationalrecords/devil.gif

I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR:
Three weeks, three days, 18 hours, 21 minutes and 10 seconds.
990 cigarettes not smoked, saving $123.82.
Life saved: 3 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes.

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:smiley:

anybody else?

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Do I repost, or trust the CGI?

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(Well, so much for the CGI.)

OK, not only was I irked that I wouldn’t meet Satan and Drain on 6/17 in DC/Greenbelt, but also because I’d miss the next Raleigh get-together.

Well, sometimes a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do: be in both places at once. Or at least try.

If I can get company for/help with the drive, I’m game to try it. Anyone crazy enough to come along for the ride? Leave DC Friday afternoon/evening, get together with Raleigh Dopers Saturday afternoon, then head north in time to join the Greenbelt crowd no later than mid-party.

Who’s game? Falcon, Surgo, anyone else? Let’s roll!