# The New & Improved Spiffle II Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660 "2001-03-20T02:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/101 "2001-04-05T12:32:00Z")
As I said previously, I’ll be there Friday evening and am staying at the Marriott Courtyard. Actually, I’ll be there earlier, about 2pm. Since David B has family obligations this weekend and is unable to attend, I talked him into taking a couple hours off work Friday afternoon. He and I are going get together for a bit to talk about all you folks before you arrive, so I guess I’ll be among the very first in town. Anyway, if anyone I haven’t already given it to, wants my cell number as a point of contact, pop of an e-mail today before 5:00pm EDT to [rseaney@teamsigma.com](mailto:rseaney@teamsigma.com) and I’ll pass it along. See y’all soon. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/102 "2001-04-05T17:58:07Z")
Well, we’re getting down to the wire here, folks. A number of us have rooms with only one person in them, so we might want to look at doing some shuffling Saturday. The directions, as I saw them on [page 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64157&pagenumber=1), are listed below for Spiffl-ease. > [@](#): > > \*Directions To The Courtyard: \*(217)793-5300 > > **From I-55 (either direction)-** take\*\* I-55 to I-72\*\* and go **WEST** on I-72. Now follow my I-72 directions. > > **From I-72 (either direction)- [ul][li]Take I-72 to Exit 93**: Illinois Route 4, Springfield/Chatham. [_]The off-ramp will lead to a traffic signal; turn\*\* north \*\*toward Springfield. [_]……You’ll be on Illinois Route 4, which becomes Veterans Parkway in Springfield. [_]Continue north on Veterans Parkway across the bridge. [_]You’ll see The Courtyard on your left, but you’ll have to go a few hundred yards past it. [_]Go to the next light (Lindberg Drive/Avenue/whatever) and turn **left**. [_]Make another **left** at the next light (Freedom Drive).[/li] > [li]The Courtyard will be on your left a few hundred yards to your south. [/ul][sub][/li]If you stay on Freedom Drive it will wind around behind Target and you’ll see Friar Tuck’s. Friar Tuck’s is a liquor store the size of a supermarket. FWIW[/sub] _ **Saturday night at 7:00 is the official meeting.** _ Directions to the **The Barrel Head, 1577 Wabash Ave, Springfield, IL.** follow: [quote] If you’re staying at the Fairfield, Comfort, Courtyard or Sleep Inn, the little street that runs between your hotel and the parking area for Target/Wal-Mart across the street is Freedom Drive. [ul][li]Go\*\* north\*\* on Freedom Drive to the light. [_]Hang a **right (east)** onto, uh, I think it’s Lindberg. But it doesn’t really matter, there’s only one light. [_]Take a **left (north)** at the next light, onto **Veteran’s Parkway**. [_]Go two (or is it three) lights to Wabash Avenue. Turn right (east) on Wabash Avenue. [_]The Barrel Head will be on the **north (left)** side of Wabash Avenue about 1 mile east on Wabash. When you get to the light just past Jeffrey Allan’s on your right, you’re there. [/ul][/li][/quote] And let’s not forget, this will be your last chance to [pierce a Doper](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1171718#post1171718). ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/103 "2001-04-05T20:36:05Z")
So what do we have to do to get you pierced, thinks? 😉 And WOO! Plane leaves at 5:30 tomorrow. Can’t wait… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/104 "2001-04-05T20:36:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Friar Tuck’s is a liquor store the size of a supermarket. Beautiful. This is just beautiful. I’m seeing Bloody Marys made with pepper vodka for breakfast Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/105 "2001-04-05T20:38:24Z")
WOO! Breakfast in UncBeer’s room Saturday!!! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/106 "2001-04-05T20:48:18Z")
Obviously, Friday night plans involve drinking in copious amounts and potential debauchery, but what about Saturday, during the day? I’d like to once again ask if anyone is up for a round of golf. I haven’t been out since last fall and back then I was just closing in on 110, so I’d really like to get out there and swing a little…uh, hit the links, that is. [sup]Falc, I’m not willing to say that I paid to have this done _but_ I can allow for the possibility of others setting it up, so my proposal is this: if others are willing to pay for it, I’ll get pierced. There might be pictures.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/107 "2001-04-05T20:50:54Z")
All right, I’ll bring the fixin’s for ‘em. But **you** gotta do the cookin’. Do you think we can make omelets with a bit of aluminum foil and the steam iron? I’ll bet we could even make toast with the hair dryer. The bacon is gonna be a cast-iron bitch though. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/108 "2001-04-05T20:53:59Z")
is about when **UncleBill** rolls into Spiffled. Is there a place to meet for drinks, I mean lunch? I’ll be wearing my “Bite Me” black t shirt (Hi **Crunchy!** ) as I sauter into the Courtyard lobby. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/109 "2001-04-05T21:25:31Z")
UncBeer - I figure for the bacon we could wrap it around a curling iron and set it on high. However, I’m NOT using mnie for that, so we’ll have to use yours. 🙂 As for doing stuff during the day…trust me, you do NOT want to play golf with me. I love watching it, but I suck at playing. I’m up for whatever anyone wants to do, though. And could someone PLEASE tell me what the weather’s supposed to be like this weekend? [sub]thinks - we’ll take up a collection. If for NOTHING else than the novelty value. And if you let me see it, you can see my tattoo…_grins_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/110 "2001-04-05T21:32:09Z")
Falc- Showers on and off, temperatures between upper fifties and mid seventies. My schedule is in a little disarray right now, but I’ll figure out how to get a hold of you people when I get free Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/111 "2001-04-05T22:17:13Z")
UncleBill, I once spent an entire evening in a Courtyard lobby roasting weinies and apples on coathanger “weinie sticks” in the fireplace, and management never said a word. In fact, got a lot of free 151 Rum for flambeeing the apples from the bartender, so if that one is set up with a fireplace, that’s always an option:) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/112 "2001-04-05T22:33:20Z")
Thanks **Turbo Dog** , I’ll be sure to pack a coathanger just for the occasion! What with you, me, and **thinksnow** , we could take over that town! Or at least commandeer a few hotels and a bar! Semper Gumby, ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/113 "2001-04-05T22:57:16Z")
You guys are gonna need some help with the whole town. Fortunately, I’ll be there. 🙂 And I’m an EXPERT on unconventional cooking. I can poach a fish on an engine block, if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/114 "2001-04-06T02:21:21Z")
Have we decided where, precisely, the drunken revelry will occur Friday evening? Have we, in fact, decided _anything_ about Friday evening, beyond who will be here? And how many will that be, exactly? (I count me, Veeb, Joph, porc, Falc, Flyp, thinksnow, UncleBeer, ummm…that’s all I can think of off the top of my admittedly empty head) If you don’t mind: a) being extraordinarily crowded, b) sitting on the floor, c) stopping at a liquor store to purchase mass quantities of alcohol, d) pissing off my neighbors, and e) watching some -really- bad movies, perhaps I could host the Friday-night pre-party party. If I missed anyone, well, then, it’s just going to be even more crowded, should this occur… ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/115 "2001-04-06T02:51:42Z")
Well, here’s the thing: why don’t we party in one of the hotel rooms Friday night? No driving involved. No _drinking and driving_ involved. Just a thought. One last plea for golf Saturday morning. You do know it usually involves drinking a beer per hole (or two), right? It’s not like you’ll sober up! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/116 "2001-04-06T02:55:19Z")
Did anyone book a suite? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/117 "2001-04-06T03:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > \*\*And how many will that be, exactly? (I count me, Veeb, Joph, porc, Falc, Flyp, thinksnow, UncleBeer, ummm…that’s all I can think of off the top of my admittedly empty head) > > \*\* Don’t mind me, I LIKE being ignored. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/118 "2001-04-06T05:10:44Z")
I’m coming into town tomorrow night (Friday). I should get there around 7 or 8 - it all depends on when I get up and get rolling. I guess I’ll just call around to all the rooms and try to find you people. Can’t wait to see you all! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/119 "2001-04-06T05:47:56Z")
Aye, I shall be there! However, I’m still in nomad status so if anyone has a place for me to crash, that’d be just lovely. No reason to respond here since I might not get a chance to read it – just save a place on the floor for me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660/120 "2001-04-06T12:55:52Z")
Geez, Dyno. Ignore me some more, whydontcha. I’ll be there Friday too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-improved-spiffle-ii-thread/58660.md?page=7)