# VA/DC/MD/PA/WV/DE 6/8/02 Mountain Dope!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032 "2002-03-25T17:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/41 "2002-03-27T14:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aguecheek \* > \*\*Oh Lordy. "K, that’s a case of Diet Coke and…would you like a gun with that? I still get mileage out of the “inspirational messages” on the windows. Bruh. > > Sadly, it looks like the good wife and I will not be able to make it. As of 29 April, **Steph** will be in Seattle, looking for work, whereupon I will be joining her once she has found an apartment. > > Should I still be in the area as of 8 June, I will be more than happy to attend, but I would like to reserve my acceptance until later. ☹ \*\* Well, nertz. Geez, **Aguecheek** , **Steph** liked the Gettysburg outlet mall so much you guys gotta relocate to SEATTLE to keep her away from it? :eek: Sorry, dude. I hope you’ll be able to make it, though. Zap! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/42 "2002-03-27T16:29:15Z")
Sounds like beer … I mean fun. Once actual locations spring up, I think me and the missus might give it a go. One question though: What kind of mountain thing is this? Is that just where it happens to be, or will there be mountaineering? Jus’ wondrin. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/43 "2002-03-27T16:54:58Z")
Depends on what you call ‘mountains’ really. We live in a small valley between Short Hill Mountain and the Blue Ridge Mountains in semi-rural Appalachia. How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/44 "2002-03-27T17:30:50Z")
Fine, fine. Just making sure there won’t be any unnecessary hiking, is all. Otherwise, since it isn’t until mid-June, well, we were thinking of taking a vacation around that time anyway, and that looks en-route. Yay!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/45 "2002-03-27T18:48:15Z")
There ain’t no mountain climbin’ to get to **JC** ’s place. Just drive:) Oh, and plan on leaving after midnight:D ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/46 "2002-03-27T18:57:43Z")
Well, you do have to walk up the steps to get to the porch, but other than that, no climbing. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/47 "2002-03-28T01:15:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Though I may tell him he can’t come on the off chance of being able to spend several hours in a car with samclem. Hmmm **Medea’s Child** It must be because I’m a Liberal Democrat, right? Or maybe you got me mixed up with someone in a kilt in Columbus. I may have to get my pacemaker charged just before I leave. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/48 "2002-03-28T04:19:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > \*\* > > Well, nertz. > > Geez, **Aguecheek** , **Steph** liked the Gettysburg outlet mall so much you guys gotta relocate to SEATTLE to keep her away from it? :eek: > > Sorry, dude. > > I hope you’ll be able to make it, though. > > Zap! \*\* What can I say? She emptied 'em out. Time to move on to greener pastures.😉 All my family’s in the area, across the border, and my little niece is growing up without any spoiling from her favourite uncle. It’s a moral imperative. Many thanks for the good wishes, and I’ll let Steph know too. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/49 "2002-03-29T06:45:31Z")
Ok baring nothing unforseen (like landing a job) comming up I will be there since it’s my birth month. I saw you mention a DJ so I have to ask Karaoke by chance? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/50 "2002-03-29T14:42:56Z")
We are currently toying with the Karaoke concept. We haven’t committed yet, though. What’s everyone think? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/51 "2002-03-29T15:02:04Z")
Dude…! You do _ **NOT** _ want to hear me sing. Ever. My wife, OTOH, has a lovely, strong voice, if you can coax her out of her shyness. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/52 "2002-03-30T00:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > We are currently toying with the Karaoke concept. We haven’t committed yet, though. > > What’s everyone think? I think it’s time for me to start memorizing Weird Al lyrics. _Ooh my little hungry one, hungry one, open up a package of my bologna_ As King Arthur’s knights kept saying in MP&HG: _Run away!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/53 "2002-03-30T00:58:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Goodbye Papa It’s hard to die…when all the birds are singing in the sky… or > [@](#): > > Thinking of you’s working up my appetite…looking forward to a little afternoon delight… or > [@](#): > > I’ve been alive forever…and I wrote the very first song… or > [@](#): > > Nacho4Sara…your eyes could steal a sailor…from the sea… I’m telling you…I know them ALL!!! Fear me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/54 "2002-03-30T01:39:59Z")
I may have to ask **Bluesman** to bring his sidearm. Just in case, y’know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/55 "2002-03-30T01:40:07Z")
Samclem rethinking :::::two hours in car with **Medea’s Child** ::::::YES! ::::::An evening of karaoke with demented wannabe singers::::::: YES, again!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/56 "2002-03-30T06:04:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*I may have to ask **Bluesman** to bring his sidearm. Just in case, y’know. 😉 \*\* Are you kidding? **Bluesman’s** practicing “Mack the Knife” as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/57 "2002-03-30T07:55:42Z")
Karaoke, eh? It’s been a while since I sang for anyone who cared or was drunk:D At least two years, in fact. I promise not to mangle anything and I promise not to laugh _too_ hard at anyone (unless everyone else is, too). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/58 "2002-03-30T11:16:17Z")
Now now, people. We’re just _considering_ it. Lady Chance has what can only be described as ‘extreme’ doubts about it. She keeps muttering something about why I make my living as a businessman and failed utterly in my attempted musical career all those years ago. What do you think she’s trying to tell me? It’s a mystery! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/59 "2002-03-30T11:44:00Z")
Well, you know, there can be only **one** Freddie Mercury… ::already gone from thread, I was running so?:: ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032/60 "2002-03-30T12:35:16Z")
Just tell her there will (hopefully, if I can arrange to get down there) be at least one person that has a pretty decent voice and won’t kill her ears for a song or two. I’m a bit shy, though, so, just like the bar at NYC Dope (though I left before it could happen) I may need to be coaxed into it. This one is a lot more likely than me dancing on a bar, though. 'Cause I really like to sing. A lot. I miss singing. _sigh_ Now I’ve gotta find someone to go do Karaoke with me up here. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-dc-md-pa-wv-de-6-8-02-mountain-dope/100032.md?page=4)