NationStates Jolt Archive


NS meet up?

Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 05:25
Not sure how many of these have taken place, but would anyone be interested in having a get-together of regional NSers? If we have any Midwesterners here (specifically, Minnesotans), maybe we can plan something.
Dyakovo
11-02-2008, 05:27
Not sure how many of these have taken place, but would anyone be interested in having a get-together of regional NSers?

Sure, Amor is regional to me isn't she?
*wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you know what I mean, you know what I mean... *


;)
Zilam
11-02-2008, 05:29
I am in Illinois. Willing to go to St Louis...or -yuck- Chicago
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 05:47
I am in Illinois. Willing to go to St Louis...or -yuck- Chicago

I second that "yuck." :p
Trollgaard
11-02-2008, 06:01
I'm in Kansas. How about Kansas City?
Dalmatia Cisalpina
11-02-2008, 06:12
I'm trapped in North Dakota, so I don't get very far at all.
Cannot think of a name
11-02-2008, 06:25
I went to the first NorCal one but not the second. I don't know that there'll be a third but I'd go if there was one. We even had two mods at the first one. Generalites not so much, though. In fact, everyone there did the game/site their own way, so that was kind of cool.
Delator
11-02-2008, 06:48
Depending on the location, I might be able to make it to a midwest NS meetup.
Straughn
11-02-2008, 08:42
*wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you know what I mean, you know what I mean... *
What?
I don't get it. o.9
Straughn
11-02-2008, 08:46
Not sure how many of these have taken place, but would anyone be interested in having a get-together of regional NSers? If we have any Midwesterners here (specifically, Minnesotans), maybe we can plan something.
Erm, how about Alaska, where basically only WYTYG, Ruffy, LaDameSansMerci, Verdigroth, Cobbleism, and Tongass are likely to get together and compare unmentionables?

Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 08:47
Erm, how about Alaska, where basically only WYTYG, Ruffy, LaDameSansMerci, Verdigroth, Cobbleism, and Tongass are likely to get together and compare unmentionables?

Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*

Are you paying for it? :p
Bann-ed
11-02-2008, 08:51
Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*

There was already one?!
:cool:
Straughn
11-02-2008, 08:58
There was already one?!
:cool:
Well, wifey & i just got back from one about two months ago, although there's very little proof other than bugbites and rumours, receipts, and Ruffy's face on a bunch of pictures of people in compromising positions ....
Tongass
11-02-2008, 08:59
Erm, how about Alaska, where basically only WYTYG, Ruffy, LaDameSansMerci, Verdigroth, Cobbleism, and Tongass are likely to get together and compare unmentionables?

Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*

Unless they all live in Juneau, I'd STILL have to take a plane to attend!
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 09:01
I'm sure we can have a bake sale and wash some windows. *some* of us probably are just superbly fetching in Daisy Dukes and tied midriff tops. Go dutch w/me on that?

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>.>

Why not?
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:01
Are you paying for it? :pI'm sure we can have a bake sale and wash some windows. *some* of us probably are just superbly fetching in Daisy Dukes and tied midriff tops. Go dutch w/me on that?

<.<
>.>
Neo Art
11-02-2008, 09:02
Erm, how about Alaska, where basically only WYTYG, Ruffy, LaDameSansMerci, Verdigroth, Cobbleism, and Tongass are likely to get together and compare unmentionables?

Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*

Um, isn't WYTYG in...like...GERMANY?. I can think of places in America that are closer to germany than Alaska.

Like...every other part of america that's not alaska.
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:02
Unless they all live in Juneau, I'd STILL have to take a plane to attend!

No more ferry? :(
I'd heard they were cutting back ... but not stopping, surely?
Tongass
11-02-2008, 09:10
No more ferry? :(
I'd heard they were cutting back ... but not stopping, surely?
There's still a ferry, but it's still expensive and it takes forever if you're going anywhere outside the SE.
Spectare
11-02-2008, 09:40
Was there ever one in SoCal?
Dryks Legacy
11-02-2008, 09:42
One day I'll have enough money to visit some of you people...
Spectare
11-02-2008, 09:46
Ah, if you guys ever come down to San Diego. I can come. :)
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:47
Why not?

That's the spirit!

...btw, might ask Bann-Ed how that would go.
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:49
Um, isn't WYTYG in...like...GERMANY?. I can think of places in America that are closer to germany than Alaska.

Like...every other part of america that's not alaska.Well, to be fair, i *did* say,
are likely to get together and compare unmentionables
... and as there's plenty of evidence to corroborate, she's been on that list for a long, LONG time. :p
She actually even mentioned coming up here a little more than a year back! *dances weasel dance*
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:51
There's still a ferry, but it's still expensive and it takes forever if you're going anywhere outside the SE.True.
Well, Palin's plane is still available, ain't it? :p
Straughn
11-02-2008, 09:51
Was there ever one in SoCal?

San Fran was as close as it got, iirc.
Tongass
11-02-2008, 10:32
True.
Well, Palin's plane is still available, ain't it? :p
I thought they sold the jet on ebay. Maybe I'll knock on the door of the governor's mansion on the walk back from work tomorrow and ask if they have anything I can borrow sometime.
Straughn
11-02-2008, 10:35
I thought they sold the jet on ebay. Maybe I'll knock on the door of the governor's mansion on the walk back from work tomorrow and ask if they have anything I can borrow sometime.

Tell 'em i sent ya! :)
Actually, i think they did sell it. For a while there was no takers though.
Laerod
11-02-2008, 10:35
Not sure how many of these have taken place, but would anyone be interested in having a get-together of regional NSers? If we have any Midwesterners here (specifically, Minnesotans), maybe we can plan something.
Ilie tried an East Coast get together a while ago in Baltimore. In the end, I was the only other person to show up. Still managed to have a swell time.
Jello Biafra
11-02-2008, 18:58
The MidWest is too far west. Come further east.
I V Stalin
11-02-2008, 19:34
The MidWest is too far west. Come further east.
Yeah...like the UK.

Really is about time us Brits organised another one. Not that I am volunteering or nominating myself to organise it in any way, shape or form whatsoever.
Greater Trostia
11-02-2008, 19:37
The Midwest is not far enough away. Go further east. :p
Der Teutoniker
11-02-2008, 19:44
Not sure how many of these have taken place, but would anyone be interested in having a get-together of regional NSers? If we have any Midwesterners here (specifically, Minnesotans), maybe we can plan something.

Where in MN? I'm in Brooklyn Park!
SoWiBi
11-02-2008, 20:14
~30 posts in and still no mention of a European meet-up, let alone a German version?

Tzz. You are all so predictable. USAian meet-ups, so what?
Der Teutoniker
11-02-2008, 20:22
~30 posts in and still no mention of a European meet-up, let alone a German version?

Tzz. You are all so predictable. USAian meet-ups, so what?

Hey, if I oculd attend a German get together I would. As it is I'm not on the same continent.

:( I wanna go to Deutschland real bad!
I V Stalin
11-02-2008, 20:22
~30 posts in and still no mention of a European meet-up, let alone a German version?

Tzz. You are all so predictable. USAian meet-ups, so what?
I mentioned a UK one...that not good enough?
Dyakovo
11-02-2008, 20:29
I mentioned a UK one...that not good enough?

Apparently the UK isn't European enough for SoWiBi
:p
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 20:42
Where in MN? I'm in Brooklyn Park!

I live in Spring Lake Park. We're actually pretty close. ;)
Der Teutoniker
11-02-2008, 20:56
I live in Spring Lake Park. We're actually pretty close. ;)

Is Spring Lake Blvd. there? If so I know where that road is (I'm pretty sure).

I'm out on West River Road, near where it intersects with 85th.
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 20:57
Is Spring Lake Blvd. there? If so I know where that road is (I'm pretty sure).

I'm out on West River Road, near where it intersects with 85th.

Do you know where Northtown Mall is? I live just a few blocks away.
Der Teutoniker
11-02-2008, 21:08
Do you know where Northtown Mall is? I live just a few blocks away.

Never heard of it.

That or I used to work at that Target (the Greatland) and I jsut went to Northtown yesterday to follow a trend of going there with relative frequency.

I love the Best Buy... not because I like Best Buy specifically, but it is the biggest Electronics store around that I'm aware of.

I live pretty much just across the river (when 610 turns to 252, take a left onto 85th, and then a right onto West River Road).

Thats kinda funny.
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 21:09
Never heard of it.

Just asking...I know a lot of Minnesotans, even locals, who haven't. :confused:
Der Teutoniker
11-02-2008, 21:12
Just asking...I know a lot of Minnesotans, even locals, who haven't. :confused:

Really? Tahts weird... I'm fairly new, I moved down here (from St Cloud) in August... I can't imagine a lot of people not having heard of it....

I suppose, it's kind of out there as far as the local cities region goes.
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 21:13
Really? Tahts weird... I'm fairly new, I moved down here (from St Cloud) in August... I can't imagine a lot of people not having heard of it....

I suppose, it's kind of out there as far as the local cities region goes.

Yeah.

But anyway, we need more Minnesotans! Where are all the Minnesotans?
Vojvodina-Nihon
11-02-2008, 21:16
I don't own a car, so unless any such NS meetup is accessible via the MTA, LIRR, or PATH (not sure I trust those Chinatown based intercity buses just yet), you won't find me in attendance. And even if it is, well, I have a strange and difficult to predict schedule.

It's not as though I'd want to meet any of you in real life anyway. :upyours: [/sour grapes] ;)
Dyakovo
11-02-2008, 21:19
Yeah.

But anyway, we need more Minnesotans! Where are all the Minnesotans?

I'd hazard a guess at Minnesota :p
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 21:21
I'd hazard a guess at Minnesota :p

ROFLMAO

That actually made me laugh out loud. :D
Dyakovo
11-02-2008, 21:23
ROFLMAO

That actually made me laugh out loud. :D

You're welcome :)
SoWiBi
11-02-2008, 21:26
I mentioned a UK one...that not good enough?

Apparently the UK isn't European enough for SoWiBi
:p

It would be good enough for SoWiBi were it good enough for the Brits, but given the British reluctance to be associated with "Europe", I thought I'd grant you your, uh, uniqueness ;P

Though by the time anyone manages to stage another European meet-up, I'll hopefully reside in the UK myself, so no escaping from me ;P
United Trailer Parks
11-02-2008, 21:28
Their was a big one being planned on the Myspace Group, but it never got enough support... I would be willing to travel however.
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 21:30
Their was a big one being planned on the Myspace Group, but it never got enough support... I would be willing to travel however.

How far?
Dyakovo
11-02-2008, 21:31
How far?

To infinity and beyond?
Gigantic Leprechauns
11-02-2008, 21:36
To infinity and beyond?

Works for me.
I V Stalin
11-02-2008, 21:56
Though by the time anyone manages to stage another European meet-up, I'll hopefully reside in the UK myself, so no escaping from me ;P
Ah, right.

You're organising the next UK NS meet. :p
Trollgaard
11-02-2008, 22:09
I still say Kansas City,

OR

we all meet in Moscow and ride the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
Mad hatters in jeans
11-02-2008, 23:04
I refuse to travel anywhere on the basis of a few words. Money however is a different matter. Money is evil, that is why i should handle all money because then the evil can be dealt with in an economic fashion.
UK? sure, where?
I V Stalin
11-02-2008, 23:06
I refuse to travel anywhere on the basis of a few words. Money however is a different matter. Money is evil, that is why i should handle all money because then the evil can be dealt with in an economic fashion.
UK? sure, where?
Not London again...or Birmingham. I'd quite fancy Sheffield. I know a lovely pub there (and some pretty crap ones).
Mad hatters in jeans
11-02-2008, 23:07
Not London again...or Birmingham. I'd quite fancy Sheffield. I know a lovely pub there (and some pretty crap ones).

Sheffield? no no Edinburgh, far easier to get to.
I V Stalin
11-02-2008, 23:11
Sheffield? no no Edinburgh, far easier to get to.
You could do Edinburgh...but that would probably end up being just a Scottish meet. How about York? I'm sure there's at least one NSer in York who could show us the sights...and the pubs.
Mad hatters in jeans
11-02-2008, 23:21
You could do Edinburgh...but that would probably end up being just a Scottish meet. How about York? I'm sure there's at least one NSer in York who could show us the sights...and the pubs.

That could work, trouble is i'd need money to get there. I suppose at a stretch i could give it a go for a few days or something.
And who else would want to go?
Laerod
12-02-2008, 11:35
~30 posts in and still no mention of a European meet-up, let alone a German version?

Tzz. You are all so predictable. USAian meet-ups, so what?You're not entirely blameless on the issue as well. Why don't you organize a German NS meetup?
Laerod
12-02-2008, 11:37
That could work, trouble is i'd need money to get there. I suppose at a stretch i could give it a go for a few days or something.
And who else would want to go?London. Late March. I'm heading to the UK for the Webcomix thing and to meet up with friends around the 22nd.
SoWiBi
12-02-2008, 18:16
Ah, right.

You're organising the next UK NS meet. :p

Right. Let the female foreign teetotaler organize a pub meeting with a bunch of native, pub-accustomed males. I'd say yeah, but you'd sorely regret it afterwards, I guess. And I'll make damn sure everyone knows who's to blame for organizing the crappy organizer.. ;P

You're not entirely blameless on the issue as well. Why don't you organize a German NS meetup?
Sure. Next Saturday, Bielefeld?
Laerod
12-02-2008, 18:20
Sure. Next Saturday, Bielefeld?How about next Saturday, Berlin. I'm going to go watch Cloverfield with a couple of friends round then, so I'll be in town.
SoWiBi
12-02-2008, 18:28
How about next Saturday, Berlin. I'm going to go watch Cloverfield with a couple of friends round then, so I'll be in town.

Nope. You got yourself into this shit by making me organizer, so I'll wield my mighty organizer tools of dictatorship and say Saturday, Bielefeld. Anyone who shows up will be welcomed with open arms, and the rest may pick one amongst themselves to organize the next German meet. Say, in Berlin. Or Hanover, for that matter.
Laerod
12-02-2008, 18:31
Nope. You got yourself into this shit by making me organizer, so I'll wield my mighty organizer tools of dictatorship and say Saturday, Bielefeld. Anyone who shows up will be welcomed with open arms, and the rest may pick one amongst themselves to organize the next German meet. Say, in Berlin. Or Hanover, for that matter.That's not what organizing is. You have to pick a place and time that's convenient for as many people as possible. Failure to do so will earn you the label of failed organizer, a mark of shame that will haunt you for the rest of your life! Forever!
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2008, 18:35
Erm, how about Alaska, where basically only WYTYG, Ruffy, LaDameSansMerci, Verdigroth, Cobbleism, and Tongass are likely to get together and compare unmentionables?

Actually, if we all arranged another voyage on a cruise ship, it'd be that much frickin' cooler. *nods emphatically*
I'm in if somebody's paying for my plane ticket. I'm an evil easterner in Toronto now. Speaking of which...Toronto anybody?
Gigantic Leprechauns
13-02-2008, 02:32
I'm in if somebody's paying for my plane ticket. I'm an evil easterner in Toronto now. Speaking of which...Toronto anybody?

Sure, if you'll pay for my ticket. :p
Straughn
13-02-2008, 07:50
I'm in if somebody's paying for my plane ticket. I'm an evil easterner in Toronto now. Speaking of which...Toronto anybody?
Plane? Mmmmhmmm ... howzabout a moped tour?
I'm up fer that. Other than the cold, of course.
Delator
13-02-2008, 07:56
So are we doing a midwest meetup or not?

I can probably make it, once I know the place and time...

...that is, if we can ever actually agree on a place and time. :p

Where are all the Minnesotans?

Well, I was born in Minneapolis...but currently live in cheese-land. Does that still count? :p
Levee en masse
13-02-2008, 11:55
You could do Edinburgh...but that would probably end up being just a Scottish meet. How about York? I'm sure there's at least one NSer in York who could show us the sights...and the pubs.

I think Yootopia is at uni there.

Though. How about Manchester fr old times sake :) (For me anyway. The first, and so far only NS meet I've been on)
Laerod
13-02-2008, 12:00
I think Yootopia is at uni there.

Though. How about Manchester fr old times sake :) (For me anyway. The first, and so far only NS meet I've been on)
London... Late March... :(
Levee en masse
13-02-2008, 12:04
London... Late March... :(

I could do that...
Gigantic Leprechauns
13-02-2008, 12:08
Well, I was born in Minneapolis...but currently live in cheese-land. Does that still count? :p

Almost. ;)

In all seriousness, though, I'm still up for a Midwest meet up. I'd prefer as many people as possible, though.