# The Gen'l. Slocum Dopefest Thread (June 12-13) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102 "2004-03-02T14:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/21 "2004-05-17T15:21:05Z")
We should arrange to meet somewhere before the cruise, say, at 8:30, nearby? There will be a big crowd, and we all want to be in a group when the fire breaks out . . . Anyone familiar with the area? Where’s a good spot to meet? I get the bends below 14th Street. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/22 "2004-05-18T17:44:29Z")
9:00 am? In the morning? I figured this crusie would be scheduled for some civilized hour. Like 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I’ll set my alarm for 5. Somebody bring coffee. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/23 "2004-05-18T19:52:43Z")
Reminder that a “continental” breakfast will be provided, although lord knows what continent’s portions they’ll use… ---
**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:** [May 19, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/24 "2004-05-19T15:09:48Z")
Sure breakfast, that’s the meal you eat at 11, am I right? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/25 "2004-05-29T04:56:16Z")
A bump. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/26 "2004-06-02T02:13:36Z")
a bump Sue and are are still planning to go-Kinda delayed and did not order our tickets yet but are hoping too CWN ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/27 "2004-06-05T18:24:59Z")
Who else is coming next Saturday? Where shall we meet? I am totally lost below Washington Square–the boat leaves at 9:00 a.m. from the South Street Seaport Museum dock. I hope the weather is as lovely next week as is was 100 years ago, and that not as many people die. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/28 "2004-06-05T23:24:03Z")
i’m waiting for my ticket. i hope it arrives before friday. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/29 "2004-06-06T02:50:01Z")
I received my ticket today, way up in the lost wastelands of Orange County. > [@](#): > > I hope the weather is as lovely next week as is was 100 years ago, and that not as many people die. Let’s not get greedy. As long as it’s one or the other, we shouldn’t complain. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/30 "2004-06-06T02:57:48Z")
So, where and when shall we meet? I’ll be wearing a beige linen suit, c1912. A few years off, but it’s very “summer outing-y.” ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/31 "2004-06-06T03:53:21Z")
I have five tickets - for the OxyBF, me, and three friends of ours. See you then! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/32 "2004-06-06T18:52:22Z")
I’m sorry to give such late notice, but I won’t be able to make it; my summer projects are piling up a bit. Hope this doesn’t inconvenience anyone & hope y’all have a good time. 🙂 (And I was _so_ looking forward to finally meeting **Eve**! Perhaps another time.). ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/33 "2004-06-07T14:11:13Z")
Well it’s looking good for me or Sue this weekend. I was called away to Fla due to ailing parents. I may get back in time but it is not looking good ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/34 "2004-06-08T13:26:36Z")
There’s a big article in today’s _NY Times_ (Tues., June 8) about the _Slocum_. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/35 "2004-06-08T13:27:46Z")
P.S. I hope your parents are doing okay, **CWN**. . . ---
**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:** [June 9, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/36 "2004-06-09T06:41:28Z")
So right now, it’s looking like Eve, the OxyFive, perhaps rocking chair, and myself. We need to have a meeting plan. Does anyone know a landmark at the South Street Seaport Museum? No help from me - the last time I was there, Reagan was still President. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/37 "2004-06-09T13:40:25Z")
I get the bends below 14th Street, so had to get a downtown map. I’m going to get the PATH to the WTC around 8:00-ish, walk down B’way to Wall, then crosstown to South Street and north to the Pier 17 Pavillion, which is where I assume the boat leaves from (it’s the South Street Seaport). Anyone familiar with Way the Hell Downtown suggest a meeting spot? ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/38 "2004-06-09T14:26:24Z")
I would suggest meeting by the _[Peking](http://www.southstseaport.org/street/peking.html)_, the largest of the ships at the Seaport. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/39 "2004-06-10T00:08:34Z")
my ticket arrived today!!! what time are we to meet at the peking? ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102/40 "2004-06-10T02:05:10Z")
8:45 would give us time to get to the boat that’s actually going to be carrying us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genl-slocum-dopefest-thread-june-12-13/232102.md?page=3)