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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-03-17 10:16:14 AM|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Part of the new "Tweaks for Twerps" policy, eh, Fred?
Posted by Chuck Simmins  2004-3-17 10:40:35 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org]  2004-3-17 10:40:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey Fred - what do you think about a "Rantburg Convention"? Guest speakers like you, Old Spook and some of the more prominent posters. Just an idea...
Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-3-17 10:53:17 AM||   2004-3-17 10:53:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sam:

Lovely idea, especially if the supply of adult beverages and seafood is abundant. We could call it the "Rantburg Chamber of Commerce" or some such.
Posted by Mike  2004-3-17 11:02:19 AM||   2004-3-17 11:02:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah - I was thinking we could have it somewhere where plane tickets are cheap from just about anywhere (ie Vegas or Daytona).
Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-3-17 11:07:53 AM||   2004-3-17 11:07:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd prefer east of the Mississippi to elsewhere (don't fly, drive) but put me down as interested, too.
Posted by Old Grouch  2004-3-17 11:24:31 AM||   2004-3-17 11:24:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm down for it myself. And there is nowhere to fly or stay cheaper than Oklahoma City, where I live.
Posted by badanov  2004-3-17 11:42:29 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org]  2004-3-17 11:42:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I go for OK City myself. I'm in the DFW area!

While I haven't posted, yet, I am good for the odd pithy comment now and then! 8-)

-AR
Posted by Analog Roam 2004-3-17 12:06:39 PM||   2004-3-17 12:06:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred, is the Boris that just posted on the Natasha and Borispost, the one that you are trying to ban?
Posted by Super Hose  2004-3-17 12:07:32 PM||   2004-3-17 12:07:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred is the S. List a Ranburg public document?
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-17 12:34:40 PM||   2004-3-17 12:34:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 The only people on the poop list are Eleano, Boris and Stevey. It's not like I'm banning people left and right...
Posted by Fred  2004-3-17 12:41:19 PM||   2004-3-17 12:41:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 A "Rantburg Convention" would be a hoot. Go for it.
Posted by Dave D.  2004-3-17 12:42:45 PM||   2004-3-17 12:42:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 It's a great idea! I'm in California but I'll fly out to join the rest of you guys NP!
Posted by Secret Master  2004-3-17 12:50:43 PM|| [www.budgetwarrior.com]  2004-3-17 12:50:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Vegas,I could drive there.
Posted by Raptor  2004-3-17 2:24:01 PM||   2004-3-17 2:24:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 St. George Island FL... got a new bridge and the whitting can be caught in the surf by anyone. (even me).
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-17 2:30:02 PM||   2004-3-17 2:30:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Two comments: OKC I can make (12-hour drive - I, too, don't fly - noise problems). Second, the Colorado Mountain Division of the North American Militia is available to support you against your "treason" charges. (Recruits welcome - but the training regimen is tough. You HAVE to climb at least one 14er - using your own legs.)
Posted by Old Patriot  2004-3-17 2:35:32 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm]  2004-3-17 2:35:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 die troll die
Posted by Unmutual  2004-3-17 2:56:47 PM||   2004-3-17 2:56:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 We can't have the convention until we agree on a t-shirt design! I want my damn t-shirt!
Posted by Dar  2004-3-17 3:02:02 PM||   2004-3-17 3:02:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 The ONLY proper place for a Rantburg convention is Wheelus :-)
Posted by Steve White  2004-3-17 3:16:05 PM||   2004-3-17 3:16:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Berkeley. We must have the Rantburg convention in Berkeley.
Posted by Secret Master  2004-3-17 3:33:23 PM|| [www.budgetwarrior.com]  2004-3-17 3:33:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Seafarious suggested Baltimore, a beer joint called The Horse You Rode in On. We've been talking about it since December.

I'll work on the tee-shirts.
Posted by Fred  2004-3-17 3:49:27 PM||   2004-3-17 3:49:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I, too, will be driving but I'd drive a long time from Texas to meet up with this distinguished company! ;-)
Posted by Jen  2004-3-17 4:05:47 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com]  2004-3-17 4:05:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#22  I'd have to drive up from Texas as well. It's been a while since I've been on the east.
Posted by Lil Dhimmi 2004-3-17 4:08:19 PM||   2004-3-17 4:08:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Here's a link for The Horse You Rode In On. Fred and I have been chatting very informally about this; how 'bout all you East Coast Rantburgers drop me a line and we'll see if we can work something up. Posters, commenters, and lurkers welcome! (I know there's lurkers, I see 213 people online even as I type!) seafarious@yahoo.com
Posted by Seafarious  2004-3-17 4:19:15 PM||   2004-3-17 4:19:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Baltimore would be feasible; I'm in Philly.
Posted by Dave D.  2004-3-17 4:26:56 PM||   2004-3-17 4:26:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 With the US$ so low versus the Euro, can we expect some European friends to show up?
Posted by Rafael 2004-3-17 4:30:40 PM||   2004-3-17 4:30:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Show up? Hell I'm expecting TGA to underwrite the bar bill (Cherman Gravy you see :). Wheelus is the natural.
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-17 5:32:36 PM||   2004-3-17 5:32:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Baltimore! I was born there, haven't been back in too many years. Count me in - I'll drive up from Richmond and probably bring a like-minded friend.

Never went to that bar (I was too young when we left) but it sounds like a hoot.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-3-17 7:09:42 PM||   2004-3-17 7:09:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 The Horse You Rode in On?
Wasn't that the joint the cops on "Homicide" owned? I know I saw it on one of the episodes. It's not a name you'd forget.
Posted by tu3031 2004-3-17 7:41:02 PM||   2004-3-17 7:41:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 Vegas is easier for me out here in the West.

Baltimore is a bit too close to a government facility around Laurel MD. [grin]
Posted by OldSpook 2004-3-17 8:43:48 PM||   2004-3-17 8:43:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 Lil Dhimmi and Jen - if we're going to Baltimore slow down in Ohio and I'll jump in. The highways through here should be a bit safer now.
Posted by Doc8404 2004-3-17 9:00:40 PM||   2004-3-17 9:00:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 Geez, somehow I prefer to think of you all as folks who have to stay anonymous and in hiding for important security reasons...

But Balmer's not too far from NYC.
Posted by someone 2004-3-17 9:32:01 PM||   2004-3-17 9:32:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 OK, Doc, we'll talk more later...
Someone, you may be onto something, however, particularly the hiding for security reasons.
Posted by Jen  2004-3-17 9:36:44 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com]  2004-3-17 9:36:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#33 Hmmm, it's only about 15 hours from Chicago to Baltimore. I'll be driving the turnpikes. Anyone need a lift?
Posted by Steve White  2004-3-17 9:37:04 PM||   2004-3-17 9:37:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#34 Geez, somehow I prefer to think of you all as folks who have to stay anonymous and in hiding for important security reasons...
AMDAY!!! Hey, Old Spook, he may be onto something. I'd better dig out 59-50 and take a look. Wouldn't want to give the guv'mint any unnecessary ideas... 8^)
Posted by Old Patriot  2004-3-17 9:38:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm]  2004-3-17 9:38:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#35 You guys figure out where you want to set up, preferably in a heavily guarded stockade. Then I will make a flight plan and bring myself down in Rantburg One.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-17 9:52:38 PM||   2004-3-17 9:52:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#36 I selfishly suggest Hussongs in Ensenada, Mexico. Stay here in San Diego (you already know about the weather), and if we get too drunk or broke, we can try and sneak back across the border for grins and giggles
Posted by Frank G  2004-3-17 9:57:28 PM||   2004-3-17 9:57:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#37 Baltimore's not to far from carolina, yeah, I could pull that op off.
Posted by Jarhead 2004-3-17 11:34:34 PM||   2004-3-17 11:34:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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