JohnT in Cleveland, OH.

JohnT · April 24, 2003, 18:55

Tomorrow my wife, baby, and I are making the haul to Cleveland OH. She and Sophie are going to stay until Monday morning, whereas I'm going to stay until midday Wednesday. This is sort of a family/business/vacation thing, as our initial purpose was to go to a Buffy convention for Laura's birthday (which is this Sunday - don't forget her birthday thread!

), but I also wrangled a meeting with a pretty large Telco (and one of the very few to have maintained its value over the past 4 years) which will take place on Wednesday, leaving JohnT kicking around with nothing to do and nobody to do it with for a couple of days. Oh, sure, there's the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Indians, but what I really want to see are some Apolytoners!

So, anybody in a 150 mile radius of Cleveland up to meeting me for beer and wings Monday night? (Don't worry: I'll drive to you) Let me know via this thread (and send me a PM as well)... maybe we can get a couple of us together.

Felch · April 24, 2003, 18:58

You poor dear. Hope you make it out okay.

Ming · April 24, 2003, 19:03

CLEVELAND

May the Lord look after you as you cross the valley of darkness...

Dr Strangelove · April 24, 2003, 19:11

I went to Cleveland for a meeting once. It's not such a bad place. They have a lovely state theater there. During the week that I was there I was able to see "The Phantom of the Opera", the only Broadway musical I've ever had the good fortune to see.

DinoDoc · April 24, 2003, 19:15

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Originally posted by JohnT
as our initial purpose was to go to a Buffy convention

Anyone from the show scheduled to be there?

JohnT · April 24, 2003, 20:29

Spike, some others.

MichaeltheGreat · April 24, 2003, 21:21

Cleveland?

My condolences.

Wittlich · April 24, 2003, 21:45

Cleveland is not that bad. Being an Ohioan myself (born and raised in the Akron/Canton area [Uniontown, to be exact] - which is a 45 minute drive south of Cleveland)...of course, we do have a saying about Cleveland though - Cleveland is a nice place to visit, but you don't want to live there! Look at me, I currently live in San Francisco.

devilmunchkin · April 24, 2003, 22:24

we @ poly demand pix! (you should be thrilled as a parent at ANY opportunity to show off your pretty girlie!

)

Felch · April 24, 2003, 22:38

Until she gets older. Then he'll realize why burkas were invented.

SnowFire · April 24, 2003, 22:47

Well, I'm about a half an hour away from the Cleveland airport, but probably a bit farther from Cleveland proper. More on topic... hmm, maybe I'd be interested in that, but it really comes down to how burnt out I'll be. There's a topology take-home test due tommorow I'm taking a break from this very second, and I'll be doing a first draft on a group project over the weekend, not to mention coding the rules for a networked version of Stratego.

I'll send you a PM tommorow or Saturday on whether or not I'll still be interested.

loinburger · April 24, 2003, 22:54

I'm near Columbus, which is just about at the edge of your radius (at least it's a straight shot on I-71). Monday nights work for me, since my first class on Tuesday is at 7:00 PM. Your call, since it'll be quite a haul for you to get near Columbus.

MRT144 · April 24, 2003, 23:37

I hate ohio with every ounce of hate i could muster. The area is ugly, the people are ugly, the cities are ugly, the people are really ugly, etc. etc.

Ohio is the ******* of america

Tuberski · April 24, 2003, 23:42

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I went to Cleveland for a meeting once. It's not such a bad place. They have a lovely state theater there. During the week that I was there I was able to see "The Phantom of the Opera", the only Broadway musical I've ever had the good fortune to see.

I'm not a Geography major, but isn't Broadway in
New York?

By definition, Phantom would be "Off-Broadway".

ACK!

JohnT · April 24, 2003, 23:52

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Originally posted by loinburger
I'm near Columbus, which is just about at the edge of your radius (at least it's a straight shot on I-71). Monday nights work for me, since my first class on Tuesday is at 7:00 PM. Your call, since it'll be quite a haul for you to get near Columbus.

I've nothing, not-a-thing, to do on Monday night so meeting you in C-town would be great!

Snow, I'll be in Independence (Buffy convention) and Macedonia (Business meeting), both of which are south of Cleveland.

JohnT · April 24, 2003, 23:55

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Originally posted by loinburger
Your call, since it'll be quite a haul for you to get near Columbus.

Don't worry about that... I'm a driving machine. I've even been known to drive 360 miles round-trip just to see a movie.

loinburger · April 25, 2003, 00:02

Good times. There's a BW-3 just off of I-71 on 2044 N. High Street in Columbus. I'll be able to meet there anytime anytime after 8:30.

JohnT · April 25, 2003, 00:07

BW3?

JohnT · April 25, 2003, 00:10

8:30pm? Better get a room there, rather than keeping the one in Cleveland. Are there hotels in the area?

chequita guevara · April 25, 2003, 11:17

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Originally posted by JohnT
BW3?

Buffalo Wild Wings and Wreck, aka, BW3 or just, Beedub. Kick-ASS chicken wings (I recommend the legs though, as you get more meat for the same price), and a halfway decent beer selection. Sports bar, but they have an online trivia game you can play, against everyone else in the bar, and scores are compared against the whole network. Mmmmmmmm, now I wanna go to BW3.

Bunnygrrl and I went there once a week when I was employed last year. We only go out once a week now, and we're going to the Festival of the World tomorrow so no BW3 this week.

loinburger · April 26, 2003, 11:39

Hey you, check your PMs.

SnowFire · April 27, 2003, 03:00

Yup, just sent a PM off here too. Assuming you're still willing, sure, I'm interested. Oberlin isn't too hard to reach, nice highways and all heading to it.

JohnT · April 27, 2003, 09:15

Just logged on for a few minutes, checking PM's now.

JohnT · April 27, 2003, 09:41

OK, looks like we are going to have a Gathering of Apolyton Emperor's.

I'm going to pick up Snowfire at Oberlin, and we will make the trek down to BW-3's on High St (thanks for the yahoo maps, Loin!)

We will meet Loinburger at 8:30PM, and, as an added bonus, Snowfire can get completely (but non-pukingly) drunk as I don't drink and I'll do the driving - it's up to you to stumble to your dorm room, though!

Btw, does anybody know what happened to werefox?? She lives in Columbus as well... I'll see if I can send her an email.

TCO · April 27, 2003, 09:44

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Originally posted by JohnT

Don't worry about that... I'm a driving machine. I've even been known to drive 360 miles round-trip just to see a movie.

So true. Good luck with the telco. Let me know if you are in 'lanta over next month or so. Will be in Richmond after that.

Have you approached Bell South? What kind of pitch are you making? The phone book delivery? Or something else?

Skanky Burns · April 27, 2003, 09:44

I'd visit, but I'm a couple of thousand K's away...

JohnT · April 27, 2003, 09:47

The BAPCO (BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Company) contract isn't due to 2005, with bids due in by August of next year. This is a presentation for ALLTEL, a company that has (mostly) rural deliveries but will pay high prices.