Missed this earlier. She must be a Daughter if you shared the chocolate.
Hmmm, Canadian goods. That sounds about right. We forgot the poutine. Too bad it doesn’t travel . . .
Yer welcome? 
welby - were you aware that Taters is coming to town next week and susan and I are hoping to meet up with her for dinner? Are you man enough to be seen in public with three, count 'em, three MMP wimmins??
I don’t have anything exciting, or even dull, to share at the moment. I may post later.
May? pfffft - of course I will. Meanwhile, carry on!
I just read this recipe for poutine and I think an artery or two clogged up. I just gotta make this soon. I wonder how good some browned up sausage crumbled up on it would be.
No, no. The Vomit Comet is only the Yonge Street bus after 1:30 AM, when the subway closes but the bars are still open. 
Anyway, I concur that this is a great MMP, but why oh why didn’t you let more of us Torontonians know you were coming for a visit, welby?
I mean, any excuse for a TronnaDope and all, eh? It’s spring! The weather is gorgeous! The maple trees are flowering and the willows have a delicate blush of colour across them and the grass is finally green! All too soon we will be complaining about the bugs/heat/smog/humidity/traffic/drive-by shootings/on-street advertising/the federal government/the TTC/drivers/cyclists/pedestrians/potholes again, so you really lucked out.
Or am I just socially clueless? Missed all the cues again?
But I agree. Lissla Lissar is a Most Excellent Doper. There was the time we had a TronnaDope in High Park and she attenpted to teach various members, including yours truly, to belly-dance. She can do it with grace and beauty. Our efforts, however, ranged between “reasonably decent” and “probably should be shut down lest it scare the tourists”.
Ohmy! She did the same thing to me! I’m pretty sure I looked constipated the whole time.
FCM, the real question is if you guys want to be seen in public with me . . .
My days are busy as heck right now, but I’m all about trying to make it for a mini-dope.
:crawls into the MMP:
man, I’m beat. I just popped in to say hi. More later in the week.
welby, it would most definitely be an evening thing. I will be in a class during the day.
I am home today, but my damn TDY orders won’t be finalized and approved until Friday.
I’ve been sorta thinking Tuesday would be a good evening to meet up. Mainly because I wouldn’t even be arriving until evening on MOnday anyway, and I know that FCM said Monday or Tuesday would work best for her.
So, does Tuesday work for all those concerned?
Later this week I’ll post the the address of the hotel I’m booked for and we can firm up our plans. Also, my e-mail address is in my profile.
I was directing the “firm up our plans” thing towards FCM.
I know folks are busy, but I am looking forward to meeting up with any Dopers in the area that want to meet up.
all these travel plans… any you guys venturing into GnuYawk any time soon?
Don’t take the late Dufferin bus through Parkdale much, I take it? Or the late Dundas bus. <shudder> 
Seriously. Nicest monday we’ve had all year – potentially nicest day in general. I was out in short sleeves on my breaks today and it was bloody wonderful. Just too bad I’ve been stuck in my windowless office the rest of the time. I’m going to chase after my supervisor’s job. His office has a window.
Mine would have left emotional scars requiring a lifetime of therapy and oxycodone.
welby … damn. I have to say, just looking at the pics of you in your armor I was intimidated. I’ve had some minimal exposure to LARPs before, what with going to RPI and all. It’s a part of the annual scifi/anime/gaming convention they have on campus, Genericon. I’m impressed with the effort that goes into those. And I have to figure that spending ones weekends fighting mock battles is a major stress reliever.
Hehe. People are most definitely weird.
I’m jealous off all the Dopefesting you guys are going to be doing. And me without any way to join. Bah. :o
In other news, I rocked my last EM theory test. I’m confident that the professor’s going to give me an A. That just leaves one class where I’m not sure if I can secure an A or not.
What was that? Routine Maintenance??
Who asked for that?
Someone check to see if I’m breathing again… :eek:
That’s when they cart around the hampster houses yelling “Bring out your dead!”
So Swampy, when you’re taking communion, do you ever get the urge to say “The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.”? "Cause I just know I couldn’t resist.
Most excellent OP Welby, and I liked your outfit. Please explain the construction of your weapon if you would.
Well, one of my bestest girlfriends is here. (#3GrandDaughter). She was feeling urpy at school (2nd grade) and they called her mother, who called Grammy (BumbaWife), who called me to go fetch her. I brought her home and fed us both grilled-cheese sammichs, which I’m sure are what’s called for when one feels urpy. She’s feeling better now and sitting on the couch doing her homework.
Taters, I’m assigning you my proxy. Please hug the stuffing out of FCM for me, and anyone else who wants a Bumbahug. Og knows when I’ll ever get to that end of the country again.
I mentioned how I had a bit of a dilemma last week. Well, here it is; I’ve talked about the First Friday Art Walk before, and how we like to have a different artist hanging on our walls each month, right? Weel, the other day a co-ed from the local university came in and asked if we ever displayed art from art students. I said we’d like to possibly and if she’d show me some pics of her work we could talk. She went on to explain that she was supposed to show at the school but they wouldn’t let her 'cause she had some nudes in her stuff. I told her I wasn’t 'fraid of no nudes. So, she brings me a CD with pics of her art work to look at. There were some sketches, 3 nudes, and three landscapes (for want of a better description, or any description). Folks, I don’t want to be unkind, but of the 6 finished works on the CD, only 2 were any good at all. One of the nudes, which was monochrome, but identifiable as a human female, and a picture that kinda sorta coulda been a flower garden with some kind of white structure, possibly a house, or maybe a pergola, behind the flowers. I thought it had good color and appeared ‘balanced’.
The bottom line is; I don’t want to hang her stuff on my walls, and I get the feeling I’m gonna hafta hit her over the head with a clue-by-four to get that through to her. She hasn’t taken the hints in any of our conversations so far.
BumbaWife is ignoring the whole thing, possibly as a lesson to me to keep my big mouth shut.
In other news, we may be getting a puppy. Background: When Wifey and I got together I had a huge, smelly bear of a dog who was a German Shepherd/wolf mix. When he died I was so crushed I swore I’d never have another dog. Well, when Wifey and I were in Michigan a few years ago we stopped in to visit an aunt of mine who had a miniature Schnauzer. Wifey fell in love with that little dog, and I liked him a lot too, but I remained adamant about not wanting another dog. She (Wifey) never forgot however, and would occasionally mention how much it would cost to buy a Schnauzer puppy, or something like that. Well, lately, her litany has changed from ”maybe we could get a puppy” to ”what shall we name our puppy?” It looks like I’m gonna be presented with a fait accompli some day soon. :rolleyes: It didn’t help that last week we went up to the real estate store, (They sell signs and other real estate stuff), which is ‘guarded’ by two miniature Schnauzers, Fisbo (For Sale By Owner) and Millie (Million Dollar Producer) who are two of the nicest little dogs you ever met. I’m doomed.
Things must have changed. I remember “The Vomit Comet” as being the name for the all-night Yonge bus. It was so named because the folks who finished partying after the bars closed were left with it, and, well…you can guess what tended to happen on it.
Bumba, I’m happy to oblige your request and be your “hug” proxy.
Yup, it sounds like you’re getting a puppy; sooner, rather than later.
I have to say, I just luuuuuuurves my big ol’ Cap’n. Unfortunately, he’s feeling rather urpy today and I now have yellow/green biles spots on the stairway that require cleaning out. Blech.
I don’t envy the position you’re in with the student, Bumba. However, you didn’t actually tell her yes, so perhaps you can just say, “I’m sorry, but this isn’t going to work out”. I dunno, probably easier said than done.
I guess I better toss a load of laundry in the wash now.
Actually, things have changed, as they are wont to do, and Monday is out, but the rest of the week is good for me. The change is FCD’s travel schedule - he’ll now be leaving on Tues, and if he flies out of National, that would be an excellent evening to meet, since I’ll be dropping him off. But my schedule is flexible, so if another night is better, so be it.
And before anyone suggests restaurants, I need to say that I don’t like spicy food, so Mexican, Thai, and Indian places are not on the preferred list. Beyond that, I can find stuff I like most any place else. I won’t be any help picking a place in VA, but if you want to meet somewhere around the Beltway in MD, I know a couple of places, including the BBQ place where I met scout.
Are those enough disclaimers and caveats??
I’ve been entertained by a miniature schnauzer puppy named Misty for the past two weeks at work. Ok, on the days I’ve been there. She’s so keeeyooote! I told the workshop manager she could bring her new baby in for a few weeks while she trains Misty to behave and such. She’s been really good, only whining on occasion. I was told, however, that I could not train her to be a vicious attack schnauzer. So, instead, Misty is content with trying to untie my shoes from time to time. She also likes sticks and leaves.
I guess I need to dredge up that thread I started about me going to Tampa to see if there’s still any interest in a dopefest. Wonder where it is right now. Hmmmm… let me go look.
It’s looking like Tuesday would be a good evening then. I’m game for whatever food anyone suggests. Is National the same airport as Ronald Reagen whatever airport? If so, then you’d only be like four miles from my hotel.