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BarbaraD
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Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:34am
 
I've been reading the DavCon thread and had this brilliant idea when someone asked "What is DavCon?" and someone answered, "It's a winter Meet and Greet."

Why not have winter Meet and Greets around the country for those who don't get a chance to attend convention? This would give CHers a chance to meet with other CHers that they wouldn't otherwise have a chance to meet.  Especially the newbies...

In our area there are a "bunch" of CHers that have never met each other and it would do them a world of good. Shreveport is a "central" location for Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma and I know Deltadarlin' and I could put a "party" together (Carolyn don't you just love it when I volunteer you for something?).

Linda H is on the west coast and Jonny is on the East coast and there's a bunch of you in the middle. If we planned these for the same weekend we might just get some media coverage (if we worked it right) for CH in addition to meeting each other.

Well, it's something to think about. Not all of us can afford to go to DavCon, but if we had something closer to home we could afford to attend. And isn't that what it's all about?

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Reply #1 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 9:53am
 
Hell Barb, I'm way ahead of you there!  I've been thinking about this for awhile, but I was thinking of something even better (at least to my mind anyway).  What about  having a meet and greet on one of the lakes?  If we do it in *off* times, it probably won't be that bad.   Toledo Bend has some real nice places (some places can hold up to 20 people).

No, I don't mind, I get volunteered for shit all the time.
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Reply #2 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 10:53am
 
Lakes are fine with me... (How 'bout Jean's house Grin Grin - just kidding - maybe. Wink ).

Ok, those of you in the AR, LA, OK, TX area feel free to CHIME in here... I know you're out there -- we need a head count....

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Reply #3 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 11:30am
 
BarbaraD wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 10:53am:
Lakes are fine with me... (How 'bout Jean's house Grin Grin - just kidding - maybe. Wink ).

Ok, those of you in the AR, LA, OK, TX area feel free to CHIME in here... I know you're out there -- we need a head count....

Hugs BD


Ohio and PA.... you heard the lady!

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Reply #4 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 1:04pm
 
BarbaraD wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 7:34am:
I've ...  had this brilliant idea


Ya ... When hell freezes over your senile OLD brain MIGHT come up with an idea .. Brilliant is stretching it though ...

Besides, why would ANYONE want to meet up with other brain defects?  Let me give you a little sampling of what happened to ME the last three times I met with a group:

1 - The last one that I went to, after driving 9,842 miles, through the middle of no where, and then finding the house, this bubbly YOUNG gal comes running at me and throws herself at me!  She damn near knocked this old fart over!  Has she no shame?  What would her parents think of her shamelessly throwing herself at an old man?

And then there was all this food there, of every size and type, I think.  They kept trying to force some down my throat.  I think it was laced with rat poison.

THEN everyone was SO bored, with nothing to say to one another, that this evil intruder from some foreign country, that has lots of snow, decided he would try to liven things up by pretending to be sick.  He went so far that he even had the doctors admit him to the hospital.  Something about his heart.  But those that know of his evil ways, KNOWS he has no heart!  His act was so messed up, it didn't even happen there, but a few days later!  SHEESH!!!

Then, another wicked woman tried to tell us this song and dance about how rough she had it after leaving ... Something about a flat tire, or something like that to try and generate sympathy.  Ya want SYMPATHY?  Look in the dictionary.  You will find it somewhere between shit and syphilis.

Oye vay!!!

2 - The one before that, actually a week before, I had to fly to the center of hell, I believe.  At least it was that hot there.  I had to bring two rowdy offspring with me, to try and keep an eye on them, but that didn't work.  I only got to see them occasionally.

Most of the time I was there this ancient old broad from Tex-ass, somewhere, kept hanging around me, bugging the dog snot outta me!  She was CONSTANTLY harassing me about this that or the other thing!

The whole time there, it seems where ever you happen to listen in, SOMEONE has to bring up their medical problems ... Most of them whined about some little headache thingydoo.  What a bunch of cry babies!  Sheesh!  It is JUST a headache!

And then people kept coming up to you, and invading your private space, and throwing their arms around you!  The NOIVE of some peoples!

I swear most of them need to go to AA meetings!  They seemed to spend almost every waking moment in the BAR!

The whole time seemed to be spent pouring drinks down their throats, stuffing their faces with food, and trying to bend your ear off with their constant yammering!

And then you had to be on constant alert, because there were several "ferinerrs " there.  Some came from the northern portion of this continent, where they spend most of their time on ice hitting this stupid black thing around with these bent sticks.  Either that or drinking this panther piss that they call beer.  There were also a few from across the pond that were trying to infiltrate our society.  Fortunately, most of them have gone back over "there" except this one slippery devil that seems to have evaded the immigrations people, and is hiding up in that New Jork area somewheres ...

I think there were several CIA or FBI people there too, because every time you turned around, there was this bright flash of light from some sort of secret weapon or something.

WOW, what a horror show!

3 - And the third time, was just over a year ago.  Much of what went on down in that hot as the dickens place I told you about, above, went on there, too!

But the real kicker of THAT gathering was that some evil individual must have put out a contract on my life, because some demented female smashed into the vehicle I was driving and flipped it several times, to try and kill me from the crash, or from shooting of rockets of oxygen cylinders that I had in the vehicle.  Fortunately, none of those cylinder rockets went off!

I then had to go to my EX-wife, and try to explain why her 18 month old vehicle was no longer usable!

- - - - - - - - - - - -

And you want me to go to ANOTHER one of those gatherings?

Chuck

(Ok, just tell me when and where, and I will do my best to be there!)


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Re: Bright Idea Lurking.....
Reply #5 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 2:07pm
 
I'd suggest one here, but Boise's just like Anchorage or Peoria or Boulder--your basic 'Merican McCity.  Nothing all that special. 

You gotta get out of town.

The last time I hosted a "miniclave" (our word for a meet and greet) for the folks on my flyfishing list back in 1997, I  hosted it at a backcountry lodge that--to get to--you drive 75 miles north of Cascade on an (somewhat) improved Forest Service road.  Meaning dirt and gravel. 

Funny how people are, particularly flatlanders.  Only half the attendees actually made it, and the half that did dreaded the drive back so much that most of them didn't have as much fun as they should have.  A couple folks couldn't even tie flies the first evening--their hands were shaking that bad. 

It wasn't all that bad a road.  Bring a couple-three spare tires along, and you're just fine.  And drive slow--there are a few spots up along Goose Creek Summit where the road is slightly narrow, and there's a couple thousand feet of air where the borrow pit ought to be.  Nothing too awful by our standards.

Didn't work out all that well, but the fishing was good.

...Maybe it's not such a good idea.   Undecided

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Reply #6 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 3:08pm
 
Well Chuckie - you can always come to Niagara this weekend or NYC the following weekend... I'll even drive down and get you - howzat?!


Pssst... if the thought of my driving doesn't scare the bejaysus out of him nothing will!!)


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Reply #7 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:32pm
 
If some of you "newbies" are shaking your heads wondering what the devil! -- let me try to clarify this a little (don't let Chuckles scare you -- he's just a scary person!).  

A Meet and Greet is an experience of a lifetime. You NEVER meet a stranger there. Can't explain that, but when you meet another CHer - you don't meet a stranger, but a friend - it's just a fact. You don't think you'll have anything in common? Think again - Over the years I've met probably 1000 CHers and there's never been a lull in conversation.

My son could never understand how "MOM" could just go off and meet strangers, so one day I took him to a meeting with some of those strangers. He left it with this strange look on his face. "Mom you acted like you'd known those people all your life!" Yep that's how it is. Since then he hasn't worried quite so much about mom meeting up with a bunch of axe murderers.  Smiley

Afraid you'll get hit during a meeting?  Not to worry. This happens and is not the least bit of a problem. We are prepared to "ignore" you. We can usually tell when one of us is going to get hit and get the O2 or trex or whatever ready or get them to a safe harbor or whatever is necessary (with Chuck we just step over him). It's really not ackward I promise. Ask anyone who's been hit at a gathering. When you're among people who understand - it really doesn't matter that much.

And it's an eye-opener for your supporters. They come away with a different prospective. They understand that they're not alone anymore either.

Some of us old "jaded" meet and greeters make it sound like we're just out for the party, but that's really not all of it. Getting together with other CHers is more than just a good time. You go away feeling a lot more "up" about yourself and your condition. You put faces to names and know there's someone you can call if you need a shoulder. It's more of a bonding than anything else. And any of us who think we don't need that - well think again. We ALL do.

So what are you waiting for? Let's start planning those Meet and Greets. What's that old grade school song - 'The More We get together, the happier we'll be...."

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Reply #8 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 4:45pm
 
And if anyone can sort out this bloody time/space continuum malarkey so it only takes a maximum of 30 minutes for me to get to any ch'ers I'll be a VERY happy Helen I can tell you!

*sigh* WHY is Texas so far from New York?? It's just snot fair... *grump*
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Re: Bright Idea Lurking.....
Reply #9 - Jul 29th, 2008 at 9:43pm
 
ClusterChuck wrote on Jul 29th, 2008 at 1:04pm:
Let me give you a little sampling...



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Reply #10 - Jul 30th, 2008 at 2:50am
 
Wonderful idea! Smiley
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Re: Bright Idea Lurking.....
Reply #11 - Jul 30th, 2008 at 8:46am
 
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And if anyone can sort out this bloody time/space continuum malarkey so it only takes a maximum of 30 minutes for me to get to any ch'ers I'll be a VERY happy Helen I can tell you!

*sigh* WHY is Texas so far from New York?? It's just snot fair... *grump*



Well, I thought about trying to decrease the distance, but I figure many of my friends to the east/northeast of me might get perturbed if I told them that their states had to be vaporized so we could *pull* the other states together so the distance between NY and TX would be decreased.
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