# Six degrees of Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784 "2005-03-29T16:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/61 "2005-03-31T07:26:18Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I ate dinner at one of those places the first night I was in Dallas. It was late and it was the only place we could find near our hotel that was open for food after midnight. I think it was called something like “The Million Dollar Gentleman’s Club”. Of course this wasn’t terribly recently, maybe very early 1990s. Have I seen you naked? 😉 Hehe, nope. I just started working at my club about a year ago, and mine is right off Stemmons. I do know the club you mean though, one of the previous managers used to come into another club I worked at to try and convince me to go work at Million Dollar instead. My current club’s a little more upscale than Million Dollar. Worked at Cabaret Royale for a few months too, but frankly, while it used to be one of the best (and most profitable to work in) strip clubs in the country, the clientele has really dropped off there the last couple years, so I didn’t stay long 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/62 "2005-03-31T09:43:08Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > The 3DO Company (now defunct) > Capcom I’ve got a couple friends who worked at 3DO and Capcom at one time or another. Depending on when you were there, we might know people in common. Other companies I’ve worked for are LucasArts, a Bay Area start-up called Infinite Machine, and a very large corporate entertainment entity that usually goes by two letters. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/63 "2005-04-01T05:25:23Z")
One hit for me, already noted, being the brother of **clothahump** ’s first lip score almost forty years ago. Other than that: • for the most part I grew up in **Houston, Texas** and attended **River Oaks Elementary** , **St. John’s School** and **Lamar High School** , from which I graduated in 1971. • I lived in **Tokyo, Japan** in 1958-59 and **Kobe, Japan** in 1964-65, where I attended the **Canadian Academy**. • During the early 1970s I played drums for a hard working Texas band called **Devil’s Wall** and, in surrounding years, for many other bands I am _sure_ y’all have never crossed paths with. • From 1975 through 1980 I was a full time student at **The University of Texas at Austin**. • I also attended classes at the **University of Houston** (1973-74; 1981-1986), **College of the Mainland** (1974), **St. Thomas University** (1972 & 1974), **Houston Community College** (1983) and **North Harris College** (1995). • Skydived with what I seem to recall was called the **Space City Skydiving Club** (but I could be wrong about the name), operating out of Dickinson, Texas (1982-83). • Worked for several years, in multiple locations and cities, for a now legendary Texas restaurant chain, **Hamburgers By Gourmet**. • Owned and operated a [**Roy’s Taxi**](http://www.enaustin.com/roystaxi.html) hack in Austin, Texas for most of the last half of the 1970s. • Since early (January) 1981 I’ve been involved in domestic U.S. (as well as some foreign) oil and gas exploration - if you are as well, there’s a good chance we’ve run across each other. Should I also list all my incarcerations (not too many of those acquaintance I care to renew)? Now that I think about it, **gundy** ’s mate and I discovered we’d both attended the same rather small high school. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/64 "2005-04-01T13:11:48Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Other companies I’ve worked for are **LucasArts** , a Bay Area start-up called Infinite Machine, and a very large corporate entertainment entity that usually goes by two letters. ILM? If so, when, and do you know a guy named Ed Gronke? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/65 "2005-04-01T20:03:28Z")
> [@mojave66](#): > > And I _know_ I’ve must’ve passed TroyMcClure somewhere in Pac Bell (now SBC) Park since I’m a massive Giants fan. I usually worked the bleachers or view deck above the plate. > [@](#): > > Moved to San Francisco, worked at UCSF from '91 to now. I was born there. [/Sulu] ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/66 "2005-04-01T21:43:31Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Born in Flint , Michigan, grew up in the Thumb 80-87, and have also lived in Asheville, NC off and on since birth, and Rock Hill, SC 88-96. > > My mother has worked in hospitals in Flint, Pigeon, and Asheville. My dad, well, just think of the biggest asshole you ever knew- there’s a good chance it’s him! My fiancee was born and raised in Flint. I lived there for a summer. Let me guess your dad…was he ever the mayor? Is he a politician at all? Or is he more of a media asshole? I’m in Hyde Park, Chicago, these days, which connects me to the OP. But I spent all my years before here (save that one summer in MI) in SE Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/67 "2005-04-01T23:00:13Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > In or near Sunnyvale, CA: > Serra School (Elementary school) > West Valley School (Elementary school) > Eaton School (Elementary school) > Collins School (Elementary school) > Cupertino Jr. High School (which has no distinguishing characteristics) > Homestead High School (Home of the mighty mustang marching band, the fastest band in the west, and also _The Epitaph_, widely considered to be the best high school newspaper in the country at the time. I bet you didn’t know there was a “best high school newspaper in the country” 🙂 ) I went to summer school at Cupertino High one year. Bor-ing! My grandma lived in Sunnyvale. More info on me: I went to Monta Vista High school in Cupertino. Went to UC Berkeley for college. I was a contractor for PGE in northern California. If you’ve had your trees trimmed by PGE, there’s a decent chance it was me who came to look at them. I lived in Laytonville for a couple years. I also lived in Burlington VT for two years. Now I live in Oakland but I’m about to move to Richmond. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/68 "2005-04-01T23:02:40Z")
Whoops, I see now you said Jr. High. Well it doesn’t matter because I’ve been there too, playing basketball and volleyball against you guys. Go Miller Jr. High! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/69 "2005-04-02T00:10:57Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Well, _no one_ can _match_ you, but a few years ahead of you I was born in Royal Oak (St. Mary instead of Shrine), then grew up in Rochester (where I missed being a schoolmate of Madonna by being one year too old), then the family moved to Lake Orion (while I was going to school in Detroit) and Mom continued to live there until last summer when we shipped her out to Seattle. > > (Years ago I had thought you might be from Metamora from some of your AOL posts, but North Orion is close enough.) St. Mary’s! You know, that doesn’t exist as a school anymore ? so, you are probably not a Catholic anymore. 😃 Actually, St. Mary’s was my mom’s church until 1948 or so…and I went to summer school for math there…where the nun never paid us any attention after taking role and we went over to Oliver Twist Ice Cream to waste the day…GOOD Unchaperoned Times! YAY! I’m actually in Brandon. Between Oxford & Ortonville. Yeah, for all you stalkers…just watch out for the monster sized dog poops all over my yard… ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/70 "2005-04-02T01:18:37Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > I grew up, for the most part, on the northwest side of Chicago. > Also lived in several suburbs in my life: Palatine, Druce Lake, Itasca, Wood Dale, Bensenville, … Fenton. > Attended Harper Community College… I lived in both Palatine and Bensenville at different times. I sat in on some rehearsals at Fenton with the Bensenville Community Band and did consulting work for Harper. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/71 "2005-04-02T01:23:14Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Lived in Chicago since 1989. I was in a co-op gallery called **South of North** for about 3 years, and used to hang at **Avalon** and **Metro** , back when it was still “Cabaret” Metro. Also worked part time at **Guild Books** on Lincoln Avenue until it closed. Do you know a guy named John from Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/72 "2005-04-02T01:59:08Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > ILM? If so, when, and do you know a guy named Ed Gronke? Nope, the videogame division. And the name doesn’t sound familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/73 "2005-04-02T04:18:24Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > Okay, I’ll play. > > Born at OSU Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Spent the first 14 years of life on the east side of Columbus near Reynoldsburg and Whitehall. Went to Columbus Public Schools (Shady Lane, Sherwood, Walnut Ridge), then when mom remarried after my father’s death, we moved to Ashville where I graduated from Teays Valley. I then went to Bradford for Graphic Design. Afterwards, I worked for Kinko’s for 3+ years then a couple other printing companies afterward. I am back in Columbus on the southeast end for now. > > Anyone near me?? ``` 50 miles south of you in Chillicothe. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/74 "2005-04-02T04:21:58Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > did most of my growing up (ages 6-18) in Chillicothe – CHS Class of '85. I walk those same halls now. As did one other doper I know of. I’ll leave it to her to fess up. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/75 "2005-04-02T05:01:12Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > 1. Fayetteville High School, the same place that > 2. I went. Would that be Fayetteville Arkansas by any chance, Donkey? I’m class of 1980. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/76 "2005-04-02T05:36:45Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > …did most of my growing up (ages 6-18) in Chillicothe – CHS Class of '85. > [@Evil One](#): > > I walk those same halls now. As did one other doper I know of. I’ll leave it to her to fess up. Hey, wow, go Cavs… > [@Evil One](#): > > Would that be Fayetteville Arkansas by any chance, Donkey? I’m class of 1980. I infer from these quotes that you are now a teacher. What do you teach? Whom did you replace (if you know)? ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/77 "2005-04-02T07:19:27Z")
> [@mojave66](#): > > \> > > Born in '62, raised in Barstow, CA (and if anyone can get within 6 degrees of Barstow, I’d be surprised). My uncle and aunt lived there for many years. She always talked about it like it was the Garden of Eden, so when I finally visited it was a shock to find…well…Barstow. But mine is still more obscure: Born and raised in Paulding County, Ohio, and still there, with a few years in Van Wert and Convoy, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Worked at Stratoflex in Fort Wayne, Dana in Antwerp, OH, and now I work for a non-profit in Defiance, Ohio. Attended IBC in Fort Wayne, St-Mary-of-the-Woods near Terre Haute, IN, and was an external student at U Mass Lowell. Extended family in Roswell, NM; Marion, Findlay, Toledo, Columbus, Zanesville, and Delaware, OH; and Seattle, WA. My grandma was born in a place called Greasy Ridge. It would thrill me to pieces to find someone who has connections there. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/78 "2005-04-02T12:00:20Z")
I don’t see anything with a quick glance that I recognize, so I’ll go with it. Born Chattanooga, TN 1973 Attended All Saints Academy 1977-1985 Attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help School 1985-1987 Notre Dame HS - 1987-1991 Colby College , 1991-1995 Worked for National Cash Advance in Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Madison (Nashville) in TN, Jackson, MS and Atlanta 1996-2000. Worked for Oxford Industries, 2000-Aug 2002 Moved to Knoxville, TN for grad school at the University of TN, 2002-2004. Moved to Youngstown (Boardman), OH. Currently work at Youngstown State University. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/79 "2005-04-03T04:32:46Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > Hey, wow, go Cavs… > > I infer from these quotes that you are now a teacher. What do you teach? Whom did you replace (if you know)? I’ve been there four years. I work in the TV studio at the high school and teach a broadcasting class. I also do media and IT stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784/80 "2005-04-03T06:49:17Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Other companies I’ve worked for are **LucasArts** , a Bay Area start-up called Infinite Machine, and a very large corporate entertainment entity that usually goes by two letters. Anything with the QA department? I worked as an on-site tester for a couple of games for the past few months and some Lucas people were sent down to help us out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-straight-dope/296784.md?page=5)