# Too soon to start talk of Gettysdope III? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919 "2006-03-03T16:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/201 "2006-07-02T00:10:30Z")
**Meros** and other SDMB expats are aware through the MADoper egroup. I’ve just dispatched a reminder. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/202 "2006-07-02T00:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] I will not be going after all. [/QUOTE] Sorry to hear that. How about **Roland Orzabal**? Don’t tell us you two are staying home with a drunk chicken. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/203 "2006-07-02T00:15:42Z")
I e-mailed **Meros** earlier today. He replied that he will most likely be unable to attend. I’m awaiting responses on a few other e-mails. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/204 "2006-07-02T11:50:28Z")
Something’s come up and I may not be able to attend, I’ll keep y’all posted. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/205 "2006-07-02T12:04:25Z")
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the two-week countdown of “oops, not actually gonna make it” posts begins… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/206 "2006-07-02T23:12:45Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the two-week countdown of “oops, not actually gonna make it” posts begins… 😛 [/QUOTE] _Snif_ Their loss. Mayhaps I’ll get some kimche this year, having sadly missed out on the Gettysdope II vintage. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/207 "2006-07-02T23:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Sorry to hear that. How about **Roland Orzabal**? Don’t tell us you two are staying home with a drunk chicken. 😛 [/QUOTE] Haha. It’s to be hoped that he’ll drop back into this thread soon to say what’s up. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/208 "2006-07-02T23:22:41Z")
Crap. All the replies have been negative so far. Wisely, many Dopers in this thread have not listed their locations. This prevents me from figuring out who else lives in hit-up-for-a-ride radius. Hmm, mayhap I can strike a bargain with one of the plain people and ride a covered wagon to Lancaster and head over to the house at Pooh corner. I could start a fire so massive, DWC must come down to fight it. hmm. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/209 "2006-07-03T00:08:25Z")
I’m still trying to attend, and will most likely be able to. One of my closest friends from college is going to be in town for just a few days in order to attend a wedding, and I’d like to drink a few beers with him. I’m trying to work our schedules so I can both attend the Dopefest, and go out drinkin’ Like I said, I may not be able to attend. If I wasn’t gonna, I’d have said 'naw awww!" 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/210 "2006-07-03T02:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] _Snif_ Their loss. Mayhaps I’ll get some kimche this year, having sadly missed out on the Gettysdope II vintage. 😉 [/QUOTE] It ain’t like we ran out, man. Tris ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/211 "2006-07-03T03:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] It ain’t like we ran out, man. [/QUOTE] Of course not. When the kimchee is opened, it’s the rest of us that run out…of the pavilion… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/212 "2006-07-03T04:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] It ain’t like we ran out, man. Tris [/QUOTE] My bad. Too busy socializing-gimme a whap upside the head when you’re serving this year, and I’ll be sure to indulge. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/213 "2006-07-03T04:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] Crap. All the replies have been negative so far. Wisely, many Dopers in this thread have not listed their locations. This prevents me from figuring out who else lives in hit-up-for-a-ride radius. Hmm, mayhap I can strike a bargain with one of the plain people and ride a covered wagon to Lancaster and head over to the house at Pooh corner. I could start a fire so massive, DWC must come down to fight it. hmm. [/QUOTE] If you find yourself totally hosed, figure on doing the bus thing to York-I can run over from my house and pick you up before heading to the party point. Return to Philly would also be of the busly variety. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/214 "2006-07-03T15:08:44Z")
Yay, thanks, **dances** – I’m hereby removing myself from consideration as the good doctor’s personal chauffeur. Are we going to do a book exchange again this year? I’ve got a couple of things sitting around that I would consider Doper-worthy. (And if you do bring books, write your username in them – it’s fun to see where these random reads came from.) BTW – there’s a “buy soda, get free water” deal happening at my supermarket right now – so I’ll have a couple of 12-packs of 1-liter bottles that I’ll be happy to donate to the cause – whoever’s bringing beverages, bring something other than bottled water! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/215 "2006-07-03T16:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Yay, thanks, **dances** – I’m hereby removing myself from consideration as the good doctor’s personal chauffeur. [/QUOTE] You volunteered on three seperate occassions to drive me somewhere. Wjhere you get this attitude that I continually impose harsh and unreasonable demands on you, escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/216 "2006-07-03T16:54:19Z")
**DancesWithCats** The bus cost $19 last time, plus the fare on the el, plus a transfer to the local bus to get home. I view doubling all those and still being reliant on people to pick me up and drop me off at the terminal as rather unsatisfactory. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/217 "2006-07-03T18:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] You volunteered on three seperate occassions to drive me somewhere. Wjhere you get this attitude that I continually impose harsh and unreasonable demands on you, escapes me. [/QUOTE] Yes – I _volunteered_ on three separate occasions. I’ve been trying to make it clear that you should not rely on my _volunteering_ to do so on any given occasion in the future; depending on my own plans, such an invitation may or may not be forthcoming. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/218 "2006-07-04T00:11:44Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] **RTFirefly** + ? [/QUOTE] **RTFirefly** + 1/2\* - raspberry cobbler - The lovely Mrs. Teasdale will likely drop me off, then go spend a few hours at the Boyds Bear Barn nearby (a building with four stories of Boyds Bears is her idea of a good time),then rejoin us when she’s had all she can bear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/219 "2006-07-04T00:35:25Z")
As far as I know, I can still come, but I haven’t received any new information regarding employment. (Or my AP scores :mad: ) For those of you wondering who I am, check my sig. (And now I make sure that my sig is checked) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919/220 "2006-07-05T23:38:32Z")
Are there going to be spare coolers, of either (or both) the ice chest and dispensing liquids variety? I have neither, so will need to either borrow or acquire same. Dispenser cooler for lemonade (made with fizzy water if I can find it) and ice chest for bottled water and (possibly, depending on cash) sports drinks, fruit juices, and sodas. Maybe not too many sodas, since they tend to dehydrate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-start-talk-of-gettysdope-iii/346919.md?page=12)