# This is the last weekend of summer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095 "2000-09-13T23:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/1 "2000-09-13T23:17:32Z")
…do you have any plans? Not on purpose but this weekend I am going to be spending the time with my family in Glenwood Springs Colorado for my step-mom and her twin’s 50th birthday. There is a 6 hour train ride from Denver to Glenwood on Saturday then Sunday, the same. What was my father thinking? (there are to kids in the mix, possibly four) It only takes 3 hours to drive which is far easier on the parents. Oh well, if it were my choice I would snag a few Colorado Dopers and meet up with Strainger in Telluride. I have been to Glenwood too many times in my life and Telluride would have been a good change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/2 "2000-09-13T23:21:19Z")
Sadly, I have no special plans for this weekend. I’ll probably hang out with my mom though. Maybe go see a movie or something. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/3 "2000-09-13T23:26:04Z")
Wow, it is the last weekend of summer. One year since I broke up with my ex. Time to party! Anyway, I’m just heading up to Harrisburg to see my friends’ band on Friday night. I’m kinda psyched, since I haven’t seen them since May. Otherwise, it’s rest time, and cleaning up the apartment time, too – my mom’s visiting the following weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/4 "2000-09-13T23:37:24Z")
I’m gonna get drunk this weekend (yay), study, write music, and hang out with wimmen. Fun eh?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/5 "2000-09-14T00:29:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silo \* > **I’m gonna get drunk this weekend** Big deal, I do that **every** weekend :p. I am going to play soccer and watch football this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/6 "2000-09-14T00:31:42Z")
I am going to try to kill me a deer this weekend. And anything else that crosses my path out in the woods. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/7 "2000-09-14T00:43:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\*I am going to try to kill me a deer this weekend. And anything else that crosses my path out in the woods. > > 😉 \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/8 "2000-09-14T01:05:38Z")
**Democritus** , meet **Archer**. Archer, meet Democritus. Now, do those of us who hate hunting a favour and shoot each other. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/9 "2000-09-14T01:47:27Z")
I actually have some plans this weekend! No work on Friday, so I am going to take my little guy down to Santa’s Village. Then, we may go to Pike’s Peak. I have a voucher for a free night at a hotel, so perhaps we’ll stay overnight. My big guy is out of town, so it’ll just be Blake and me. We’ll do some mommy and son bonding. Then, I have a sitter on Saturday night so I can go see the Red Hot Chili Peppers with my 3 girlfriends. We’ll probably have some beers after the show (and before, and during), and cause general mayhem. Yippee!! I’m totally looking forward to the weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/10 "2000-09-14T02:03:21Z")
I’ll be working, as usual. It being the last weekend of summer doesn’t mean much to me, since I live in FL. The seasons never change here. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/11 "2000-09-14T02:36:11Z")
Me thinks Michi needs to do a few things. Move to a northern climate so she can enjoy the changing seasons. ('Sides there are a lot of men who need warming in the winter time, really there are!) Get a job with a regular vet so she can have regular work hours and enjoy the weekends like 75% of the population. Cheer up hun, you know we love you! You seemed so blue in that post. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/12 "2000-09-14T02:48:01Z")
Laser tag with my buddies. WHOOO-HOOO!! Sorry, sorry dudes, got a little excited. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/13 "2000-09-14T02:58:45Z")
Plans? You mean _besides_ grading 21 freshman English papers, attempting to read Horace, and consuming a lot of alcohol? Nope. School, alas, started almost a month ago here. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/14 "2000-09-14T03:03:10Z")
Fretful: > [@](#): > > consuming a lot of alcohol That is a great plan!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/15 "2000-09-14T03:08:49Z")
Thanks, it’s only Wednesday and I’ve already started. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/16 "2000-09-14T03:10:28Z")
Tech, I am hoping to see a change of season when I go to Rochester next month. As for my job, well, I do like the fact that I can cram in 40 hours of work in only three nights, and have the rest of the week off. I also like working at night, and I really like doing emergency medicine over general. It would be nice to work on the weeknights instead of the weekends though. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/17 "2000-09-14T09:42:16Z")
I’m going to watch my alma mater get annihilated by Michigan this Saturday. I know, I know, the soul of optimism, am I… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/18 "2000-09-14T11:22:12Z")
Probably going to go sailing… but like Michi says, it’s Florida, so end of summer really has no meaning. And having lived most of my life with changing seasons, I find I prefer where I am. Anyway, NE FL does have seasons of a sort. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/19 "2000-09-14T12:24:40Z")
I’ll be working too. I hope everyone shows up for work and all is quiet so I can go home early because it’s my kids birthday Sunday…maybe I’ll just bring her with me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095/20 "2000-09-14T12:41:24Z")
I get to travel to Atlanta for a class. Weee… One good thing, there is a place called “The New American Shakespeare” Tavern. I am going to check out a play Sunday night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-last-weekend-of-summer/33095.md?page=2)