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Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: resh_lakish on November 21, 2004, 06:06:30 PM
This morning there was discussion about an all fibs party somewhere in the US. Denver and Dallas were suggested because they are reasonably centrally located in the US and are interesting cities. What do you US fibsters think? Is there interest for such a get together? And should it be in the spring or summer?
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: snowflakes on November 22, 2004, 01:44:48 AM
Have it in Las Vegas and I'll be there!
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Biggles on November 22, 2004, 04:20:45 AM
Oh God.....not in Denver......pa-leeeeeeze

I can already smell csg's dirty undies from here, and he's 1,000 miles away.  No FIBS nerds - just say NO.

Biggles (the most Popular Fibster)

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: resh_lakish on November 22, 2004, 06:47:28 AM
I suggest we do it by poll. People nominate some cities and we vote.  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: NIHILIST on November 22, 2004, 03:53:31 PM
I suggest you look at a couple cities which are major airline hubs, for fare reasons. Two that come to mind are Chicago and Dallas.


NIHI
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Zorba on November 22, 2004, 05:34:37 PM
Denver an interesting city?

So that's why it's in all the tourist guides! :eureka:
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Feklhr on November 23, 2004, 06:46:45 PM
I would like to suggest Atlanta (cause my sis lives there ;) )
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: snowflakes on November 24, 2004, 01:56:40 AM
I love Hotlanta!  You make it Atlanta and I know for a fact Shuggie will fly across the big pond for it.

Lock up your daughters, mothers, and grandmothers if this goes down in Atlanta.
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: vegas_vic on November 26, 2004, 06:10:36 AM
Only place to have it is in NEW YORK CITY ,  at the ace point .
Also Joe on one leg cant make to anyother place but new york city .  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: snowflakes on June 08, 2005, 10:19:11 PM
Anymore word on this?  Lets make this happen folks.  Here are my picks for cities:

Las Vegas
San Diego
Atlanta
Orlando

The Euro's are constantly putting these fibs parties together.  Lets show them what a real fibs party is like!  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 09, 2005, 04:36:13 PM
Hi, my vote is either Atlanta or Vegas.  At either place, we can make it a bit cheaper than New York.

mookie
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: lewscannon on June 09, 2005, 06:52:22 PM
QuoteHi, my vote is either Atlanta or Vegas.  At either place, we can make it a bit cheaper than New York.

mookie
Speak for yourself. It would be cheaper for me in NYC!
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: diane on June 09, 2005, 08:16:51 PM
I dont know what the time scales are - but in november, vegas will have a visit from a certain, erm, quiet and shy British female fibster.... ;)  you might want to factor that in and maybe suddenly NYC looks even more appealing  :D  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 09, 2005, 08:25:02 PM
QuoteI dont know what the time scales are - but in november, vegas will have a visit from a certain, erm, quiet and shy British female fibster.... ;)  you might want to factor that in and maybe suddenly NYC looks even more appealing  :D
Well, hell, if we're figuring in when people will already be in New York, I'll be there exactly two weeks from today, having a drink with lewscannon and trying to visit with a few others.  Let's do it then.

Seriously, though, I think Las Vegas would be the most fun and would provide a location to which most everyone can find cheap flights and to which most everyone will need to travel, making it a fun vacation for all.  

Mookie, about whom I can not say enough

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: vegas_vic on June 10, 2005, 02:28:24 PM
I agree with Lews it would be cheaper for me also in New york , :))

Mookie what are your dates in new york ? i was thinking of leaving on around the 25or 27th of june , for the tourney in michingan . it happens june 30th - july 4th weekend ,

let me know ill try to over lap your visit and leave after :)

My vote is Santa Barbara California for the Fibs party :)  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: socksey on June 10, 2005, 04:34:45 PM
Which gf was that you left in Santa Barbara, vic?  I left my heart in San Francisco, so I will vote for there.   ;)  Isn't Patti still there, also?

socksey



"Quote me as saying I was misquoted." - Groucho Marx
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 10, 2005, 07:16:29 PM
I'll be in New York June 22-June 26.  Lewscannon is my social director for a drink or two on one of the evenings I'm there.  I'm staying somewhere near Times Square and since my son will be staying at the hotel while I'm out for a drink, I'm hoping that good ole lews won't mind coming in and telling me where to meet him for a drink.  He can post the time/place and see who can come along.

mookie, who will be at the braves-oakland game tonight.

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 10, 2005, 07:19:03 PM
QuoteI left my heart in San Francisco, so I will vote for there.   ;)  Isn't Patti still there, also?


Actually, I think that's a really wonderful idea, socksey.   That is, to take the party to Patti.  While it's a long trip for the east coasters, New York would be a long trip for the Westies.  Make it a good date, and I'll be there.

And, for you, snowflakes, I'll be in Boston for five days in November.  Think we can get a drink?

mookie
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: wyzzz on June 12, 2005, 07:39:47 PM

B)

Vegas, Santa Barbara, SF or NYC...all sound great to me... :yes:


wyzzz


catch not lice on a tiger's head
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: lewscannon on June 13, 2005, 02:07:18 PM
QuoteI'll be in New York June 22-June 26.  Lewscannon is my social director for a drink or two on one of the evenings I'm there.  I'm staying somewhere near Times Square and since my son will be staying at the hotel while I'm out for a drink, I'm hoping that good ole lews won't mind coming in and telling me where to meet him for a drink.  He can post the time/place and see who can come along.

mookie, who will be at the braves-oakland game tonight.
I'm honored to be chosen as the social director of Mookie's tour of the great cheese factories of the NorthEast. I am trying to locate bars that serve Thunderbird or moonshine, so he'll feel at home
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: resh_lakish on June 13, 2005, 05:08:59 PM
So where and when is this great asseblage of august doodooheads?
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 13, 2005, 06:31:02 PM
Hi,

I don't know where we'll meet, and it may not be a huge gathering.  Here's what I'll do.  I'll call lewscannon in the next several days, make sure that we pin in a time/date, and figure out a place to meet.  

mookie, who is bad luck for the braves

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: snowflakes on June 13, 2005, 09:19:08 PM
What if we do it during some backgammon event?  Isn't there a yearly tourney in vegas?  There is one in Boston every January.....but then who the hell wants to be in Boston in January?  Resh's diaper would freeze solid.  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: diane on June 13, 2005, 09:27:38 PM
Well the tourney in November in Las vegas is my reason to be there - maybe I will see some of you ...other than zyx and resh of course  :D  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: lewscannon on June 14, 2005, 05:15:29 AM
QuoteHi,

I don't know where we'll meet, and it may not be a huge gathering.  Here's what I'll do.  I'll call lewscannon in the next several days, make sure that we pin in a time/date, and figure out a place to meet.  

mookie, who is bad luck for the braves
Jeez, the guy already calls me 8 or 9 times a day just to ask me what i'm wearing
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Shuggie on June 14, 2005, 02:51:59 PM
Wherever it is, depending on work commitments, I'll be there. And IF I can get my sister out of quarentine, she will too.

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 14, 2005, 05:54:49 PM
QuoteWherever it is, depending on work commitments, I'll be there. And IF I can get my sister out of quarentine, she will too.
Shuggie,

i'm sure your sister will come.  she always does.

mookie
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: snowflakes on June 15, 2005, 04:20:10 PM
Quote
QuoteWherever it is, depending on work commitments, I'll be there. And IF I can get my sister out of quarentine, she will too.
Shuggie,

i'm sure your sister will come.  she always does.

mookie
and multiple times.

Mookie November sounds like a plan.  Where will you be staying?  Maybe we can do lunch or dinner in the north end.  
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Shuggie on June 15, 2005, 05:47:06 PM
November? I was supposed to be visiting NYC in June, but looks like November now. I'll be in ATL
a few days for Thanksgiving too.

Mookie you wanna show me your shoe collection then. I promise not to bail out this time.

Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: lewscannon on June 15, 2005, 07:25:39 PM
QuoteNovember? I was supposed to be visiting NYC in June, but looks like November now. I'll be in ATL
a few days for Thanksgiving too.

Mookie you wanna show me your shoe collection then. I promise not to bail out this time.
Mookie & Shuggie in NYC together in June? Time for Ashcroft to update the terror alert color to pink.
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 16, 2005, 01:27:57 AM
Quote
Mookie November sounds like a plan.  Where will you be staying?  Maybe we can do lunch or dinner in the north end.
I don't know where I'll be in Boston, but it's for a week long conference in early November, so I'm sure we'll be in the dull section of town with all the convention hotels.  However, I've been in Boston enough to  know my way around, so we'll figure something out.  Plenty of time, and I don't plan on going on another Fibs' hiatus in the meantime.  Ever since this infection I got from Shuggie's sister cleared up, I've felt confident about everything.

mookie
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on June 16, 2005, 01:30:23 AM
QuoteNovember? I was supposed to be visiting NYC in June, but looks like November now. I'll be in ATL
a few days for Thanksgiving too.
Heck, if you're in NYC while I'm in boston, one of us will have to take the train.  Best if you come up to Boston, and we hang with snowie.  

As for Thanksgiving, I'm almost always with my gf during Thanksgiving in Athens, GA, so I'll try to see you then.

mookie
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: Mookie on July 11, 2005, 04:35:48 PM
I'm confirmed for Boston Nov. 16-20th.  Snowie, I'll be at the Marriott Copley, but I'll be happy to leave campus and meet up somewhere.  Let's think about creating a gathering sometime that week.

mookie, Jewel's favorite fibster
Title: All USA FIBS Party
Post by: socksey on July 11, 2005, 07:07:48 PM
I hope one of you guys knows how to operate a camera!   :P

socksey



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