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You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Meetups / July Denver Meet-Up: UPDATED

July Denver Meet-Up: UPDATED

by TaMara|  July 1, 20185:53 pm| 101 Comments

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Bonus dog pics -Scout thinks she’s Nala. It was cute when she was a puppy. Now, I work to discourage it. And yes, that’s her handy-work on the windowsill, but luckily I’m in the middle of painting.

Lots of interest in the meet-up. I’ll post again the night before as a reminder. Here’s what we need today:

You guys to agree on a venue. A volunteer to set-up the restaurant choice. It should really be as close to the hotel as possible, keeping in mind our out-of-town guest, Mnemosyne.

Someone to bring the green balloons.

A general head count.

Anything I’m missing? We can get a final head count the night before.

Original Post:

Mnemosyne will be in Denver in July and suggested a meet-up on Tuesday 7/17. It would need to be early evening/evening, as she flies in that afternoon. We’ll need to meet near the Sheraton Denver Downtown, which I believe is right near the 16th Street Mall.

Who is up for a meet-up? We’ll need suggestions for a place to meet near the hotel and a volunteer to coordinate with the location.

I’ll repost this the first week of July with an update of numbers. I’ll be out of town from July 1 to just before the meet-up, so I’ll have limited availability for more than that, but I think as long as someone secures the venue, we should good.

I had hoped that our next meet-up I’d bring Bixby and Scout, but even as friendly as most locations are to dogs on the patio, the 16th Street Mall might be a bit too much for me to wrangle them. We will see how that goes. I would very much like for you guys to meet them sometime.

Hit the comments with your availability and location ideas.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 6:06 pm

    As the guest, I should say that I’m not a terribly picky eater, except that I don’t like fish. Usually places with pub-style food that let you hang out for as long as you like work out best for meetups.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    Hmm, I guess 7/17 is a good day for LA folk to travel, I’ll be in SacTown that day.

  3. 3.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 1, 2018 at 6:23 pm

    Don’t want to be spammy or anything, but I’m reposting this.

    I’m in an argument with a person on a podcast comment section for Ben Shapiro’s crappy podcast and I need a little help.

    I claimed that the administration was closing legal ports of entry for asylum seekers.

    I provided a Vox article to support what I was saying. Here it is: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/5/17428640/border-families-asylum-illegal

    They replied that Vox is “known for getting information wrong.” The article referenced an NPR article that claimed a family from Central America was repeatedly turned away by CBP agents. Three family members were accepted because the agents only had room for “one family” which did not “quantify” to nine people.

    The person went on to say that the Vox article only reference that claims are made that CBP agents are lying about being overcrowded and do not provide hard evidence that this is an actual policy, practice, or fact. CBP agents asking families to wait because they are at capacity is not illegal. And that the actions of individual CBP agents who do act deceptively do not actually reflect a policy of closing legal ports of entry.

    Finally, they said that this isn’t to say that the situation of an understaffed and overwhelmed CBP isn’t contributing to problems with people seeking legal entry but to claim this is some administration wide effort to legal ports of entry is naive and biased.

  4. 4.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:

    They replied that Vox is “known for getting information wrong.”

    This is the point at which you walk away, you’re just wasting pixels.

  5. 5.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 6:35 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    I bought a new rolling tote bag for myself since my bad shoulder still hasn’t recovered from being on crutches for all of those months. I need to start putting the stuff I rarely use but want to bring into it so I don’t forget it.

  6. 6.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:

    Along the lines of what Bill said, There are none so blind as those who refuse to see is also a viable answer at this point. S/he will never be convinced by any evidence because they’re making excuses, not arguments.

  7. 7.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 1, 2018 at 6:42 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    I’m more worried that they’re right on this and I’m living in a bubble. I’d reply that they’re giving ICE and the president a benefit of the doubt they don’t deserve, but it would be a waste of time. Some people can’t read between the lines and can’t believe something is happening unless undeniable proof exists.

    A lot of less concrete evidence existing that suggests a “preponderance of evidence” that the President and his administration are evil, brown immigrant hating assholes isn’t enough.

    I should have known better than to try to debate a fan of Ben Shapiro anyway, the guy who thinks it’s funny to give a fake evil laugh at what’s going on at the border or thinks that SHS not getting a dinner is the beginnings of a “mobocracy”.

  8. 8.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    Lots of choices in downtown Denver, plus the light rail is fast and easy, broadening the possibilities. Union Station isn’t far away from central downtown. Just north is the very hip River North (RiNo) district. On July 17, the Colorado Rockies MLB team is on the road, so there won’t be a ballgame crowd jamming up the restaurants.

  9. 9.

    Mary G

    July 1, 2018 at 6:44 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Yes, I’m with Bill and Mnem. We could give you all kinds of facts, but it wouldn’t convince them. Of course there’s no official policy closing the ports of entry, but the people camped out near them for weeks tell the tale. Here’s a FTFNYT story, if you want to push it, but I’d bet you’re wasting your valuable time as they’ll reject that source too.

  10. 10.

    jnfr

    July 1, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    I won’t be able to get in that evening, but the Rockbottom Brewery is right on the Mall Ride and has good pub food and great beers.

  11. 11.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’m just taking my camera backpack.

  12. 12.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    @Quaker in a Basement: If you really want to make it simple, there’s a Yard House right next door to the Sheraton, and they’re group friendly.

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    July 1, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: You’re getting dirty and the pig likes it.

  14. 14.

    Psych1

    July 1, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    I defer to no one in terms of Democratic party bone fides. I am a third generation straight ticket voter. I grew up in Democratic party politics.
    In November 2016 I voted for Hillary. I didn’t like it but I did it without hesitation.

    Having said that, I strongly believe that the Bernie-haters, including the guest and many others here, are a destructive force within the country and definitely within the Democratic Party. They are partly responsible for our current horror. I put them in the same basket of deplorables as gun-nuts and Trump-supporters. Fortunately, I have the luxury of not having to directly associate with any of them.

    So, although I have a home in Denver, and spend part of the year here, and follow some of the BJ threads, and support many of the same things you do, I decline this meet-up.

  15. 15.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    @Quaker in a Basement:

    I still have a torn ACL and have to wear a knee brace, so I don’t want to go too far afield from the Sheraton if possible. ?

    I might lean towards Rockbottom Brewery if only because we have the Yard House chain in CA and it would be nice to go somewhere local.

  16. 16.

    sukabi

    July 1, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: you’re wasting your time trying to convince anyone that hangs out on those comment threads. Better to spend your time on something constructive, instead of trying to win “internet arguments”.

    Doesn’t matter if you’re right and have all the facts to back you up, if you’ve entered a comment section or board with the intention of contradicting the “shared wisdom” of the site you’re fighting a pointless losing battle.

  17. 17.

    Shell

    July 1, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    Howd the cook out go? Is Bixby now simpatico with the new grill?
    ***********

  18. 18.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 1, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: @Mnemosyne:
    @Suzanne: @Mary G:
    Thank you everyone who responded. I appreciate your help. I figured that disengaging was probably best for my sanity.

  19. 19.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    @Psych1: I’m sure they’ll make do without your presence.

  20. 20.

    Omnes Omnibus

    July 1, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    @Psych1: I am sure no one will miss you.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    I looked at Google Maps and there’s a nearby place called Earl’s Kitchen & Bar that’s part of a small chain?

    https://earls.ca/locations/glenarm

  22. 22.

    Barbara

    July 1, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    @Psych1: I guess they’ll have to soldier on without you.

  23. 23.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 1, 2018 at 7:10 pm

    @Psych1:

    Having said that, I strongly believe that the Bernie-haters, including the guest and many others here, are a destructive force within the country and definitely within the Democratic Party.

    Not according to the Boston DSA, at least, his natural constituency. A lot of people who liked him are finding out what a fraud he was all along and all it took was some foolish comments on the Family Separation policy.

    Finally, why even bother to comment on how your not going to come to a Denver get together at all? You could have just remained silent and not gone. Nobody would have likely cared.

  24. 24.

    schrodingers_cat

    July 1, 2018 at 7:10 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: The policy to close the ports of entry where people can claim asylum is above the paygrade of individual CBP agents. That decision has come from the top. From Sessions. This has been going on since April. It burst out in the national media only a couple weeks a ago.

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    July 1, 2018 at 7:11 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: @Omnes Omnibus: Great minds… And ours as well.

  26. 26.

    hedgehog mobile

    July 1, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    Earl’s is good. There is also a place called Blue Agave at 16th and Lawrence that had good apps and margaritas. Yes, I am in. ?

  27. 27.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    If you want a genuinely Denver experience, the Wynkoop Brewery (founded years go by our current governor, John Hickenlooper) is at the other end of the mall shuttle. Lots of pool tables!

  28. 28.

    hedgehog mobile

    July 1, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    @hedgehog mobile: Rock Bottom is tasty. Never been to Yard House.

  29. 29.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Rockbottom is directly on the shuttle route. You’ll walk from the curb to the door. Earl’s should be just off of 16th–maybe half a block. I haven’t heard anything about them, but their website looks good.

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    @Quaker in a Basement:

    See, Wynkoop Brewery sounds pretty good if I can catch the shuttle there. I would definitely rather go to a local place than the same chains I can go to in California. Otherwise, what’s the point of traveling? ?

    The other on-map place I saw is the 5280 Burger Bar. I’m not sure what Denver Pavilions is, but it looks like it’s only a block away from the Sheraton.

    http://www.5280burgerbar.com/locations/

  31. 31.

    jnfr

    July 1, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    Wynkoop is a good spot and just a block over is the LoDo Tattered Cover if you can walk that far. Nice spot to visit.

    Thinking about it I realize the Mall Ride stops at the TC so the Wynkoop is the short walk away :)

  32. 32.

    rikyrah

    July 1, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    you STEAL the child.
    you take the child to another state.
    AND, YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO CHARGE THE PARENTS THAT YOU STOLE THE CHILDREN FROM?

    DA PHUQ?

    …………

    The New York Times
    ‏Verified account @nytimes

    Immigrant families are being charged thousands of dollars in airfare to get children out of federally contracted migrant shelters. One family was asked to pay $4,000.

    https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1013520154871951360

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    @jnfr:

    Local bewery + nearby bookstore sounds like a winning combination to me since I’m coming in for a writing conference. I vote for Wynkoop!

  34. 34.

    rikyrah

    July 1, 2018 at 7:36 pm

    David Hogg
    ‏Verified account @davidhogg111

    You can march and pray all you want but if you can vote and don’t you’re part of the problem. Don’t be, register here

    https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1013284138084962309

  35. 35.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Denver Pavillions is a shopping complex–mixed between chains and local. I’ve heard very good things about 5280. Wynkoop will require a short walk from the shuttle–2 blocks. On the plus side, you’ll get off the shuttle at the Tattered Cover Book Store.

  36. 36.

    sukabi

    July 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm

    @rikyrah: that’s extortion plain and simple. Kidnapping (snatching kids from parents), blackmail (you can have your kids back if you self deport) and extortion (but only if you pay 3x what it would cost to fly them back…pretty sure they aren’t sending them back first class).

    Just when you think the bottom has been reached they dig deeper.

  37. 37.

    Ruckus

    July 1, 2018 at 7:52 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    I’ll be in Santa Rosa

  38. 38.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    @sukabi:

    The high price is probably to cover the cost of the adult who will have to escort the child and then fly back to the US. Of course, that cost would not have been necessary if the Trumpistas had DONE THEIR FUCKING JOBS CORRECTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. ?

  39. 39.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 7:56 pm

    @Ruckus: See, it’s a thing.

  40. 40.

    MJS

    July 1, 2018 at 7:59 pm

    @Psych1: Two things – 1) if you “didn’t like” voting for Hillary, then you’re nowhere near the Democrat you claim to be; 2) repeat after me – Bernie’s not a fucking Democrat!

  41. 41.

    sukabi

    July 1, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    @Mnemosyne: the article says the airlines are tacking “unaccompanied minor” fees on to the cost of transporting the kids WITH AN ESCORT. And all travel is within the US not in and out of country.

  42. 42.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    July 1, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    @Mnemosyne: It’s a de facto Debtor’s Prison

    Since the late 20th century, the term debtors’ prison has also sometimes been applied by critics to criminal justice systems in which a court can sentence someone to prison over willfully unpaid criminal fees, usually following the order of a judge.[2] For example, in some jurisdictions within the United States, people can be held in contempt of court and jailed after willful non-payment of child support, garnishments, confiscations, fines, or back taxes. Additionally, though properly served civil duties over private debts in nations such as the United States will merely result in a default judgement being rendered in absentia if the defendant willfully declines to appear by law,[3] a substantial number of indigent debtors are legally incarcerated for the crime of failing to appear at civil debt proceedings as ordered by a judge. In this case, the crime is not indigence, but disobeying the judge’s order to appear before the court.[4][5][6][7][8] Critics argue that the “willful” terminology is subject to individual mens rea determination by a judge, rather than statute, and that since this presents the potential for judges to incarcerate legitimately indigent individuals, it amounts to a de facto “debtors’ prison” system.

  43. 43.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    Anyway, it sounds like Wynkoop Brewing is the winner. So:

    What time?
    How many of us? (it looks like 6 so far, but always account for a couple of lurkers)
    Who can make the reservation?
    Who can bring the green balloons?

    I will plan to wear my “Hamilton Los Angeles” t-shirt so I will be readily identifiable. ?

  44. 44.

    Wag

    July 1, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Unfortunately the Rock Bottom is another chain of brew pubs. Denver is blessed with a plethora of fantastic local breweries. I would recommend the original brew pub in downtown Denver, the Wyncoop Brewery, at 18th and Wyncoop. Excellent beer and great food. And from a local history perspective, a very cool place. Founded 30 years ago by a visionary entrepreneur named John Hickenlooper, the Wyncoop was the first business to attract locals back to what was at the time a pretty tough skid row. Hickenlooper was instrumental in attracting the Rockies and their stadium to LoDo, and the area has blossomed in the intervening 30 years. Hick has done pretty well for himself as well, with a successful couple of terms as Mayor of Denver, and another couple of successful terms as Governor of Colorado. He is definitely Democratic VP material in 2020.

  45. 45.

    Wag

    July 1, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    And the decision was made without my input. But I agree!

  46. 46.

    EBT

    July 1, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    Bonus Credit: I am moving to Longmont in less than two weeks.

  47. 47.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    @Wag:

    jnfr said the magic words “nearby bookstore,” so we’re going to Wyncoop. ?

  48. 48.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 8:13 pm

    @EBT:

    Yay! Hopefully you’ll have time to stop by despite the moving.

    I have Miss Bianca’s email addy, so I’ll let her know that a place has been decided on if she doesn’t stop by the thread tonight.

  49. 49.

    A Ghost To Most

    July 1, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    @Psych1: Moved to Dobson Springs yet, prig? Don’t worry about me. I’m done.

  50. 50.

    EBT

    July 1, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Yeah, Mistress and several other folks are coming to get me, so it’ll be a straight drive. Should be there by the 14th by the latest. Possibly in the new house too. If there isn’t Total House Move going on I should be able to convince *someone* to either drive me or explain whatever transit options may exist.

  51. 51.

    Suzanne

    July 1, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    @EBT: After Spawn the Elder finishes high school and I no longer have a custody order in place with my ex-husband, Mr. Suzanne and I plan to move to Denver. We are SO OVER Phoenix.

    I wish I could join y’all at the meetup! Have a great time!

  52. 52.

    EBT

    July 1, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    @Suzanne: California is nice, but my Dream has always been a gender divergent household and my heart lead me to my dream so I am reaching for it while it’s there.

  53. 53.

    A Ghost To Most

    July 1, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    @EBT: If you need any help, shout. I live in Golden.

  54. 54.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 1, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Wynkoop Brewing. Going once…going twice…

  55. 55.

    Ruckus

    July 1, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    I just had to take a short walk and came by a bus bench and they had a public announcement poster. From fatherhood.gov. We have this asswipe and his bullshit crew running the place and still have a fatherhood.gov, which posts public announcement posters that say Take Time to be a Dad Today. I saw this and was gobsmacked.

  56. 56.

    A Ghost To Most

    July 1, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @Suzanne: I’ve lived in 8 states and all 4 time zones. The weather here is hands down the best to me.

  57. 57.

    Brachiator

    July 1, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    Breaking news. LeBron James is going to the Lakers.

    Thank you, Jesus.

    Now, if you could just do something about Donald Trump.

    The Decision 3.0 has been made and LeBron James is taking his talents to the Los Angeles Lakers. James reportedly agreed to a four-year, $154 million deal with the team Sunday, according to Klutch Sports and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

  58. 58.

    MobileForkbeard

    July 1, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    @Psych1: I haven’t seen you around here too much, but taking your ball and going home is precisely the sort of message you shouldn’t send if you’re serious about this.

  59. 59.

    MobileForkbeard

    July 1, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    @Ruckus: Petaluma on that date. Maybe we should have a consolation North Bay meetup. ;)

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @Suzanne:

    It turns put that there are actually two bookstores within a couple of blocks of this Wyncoop Brewing place, so that’s making me feel fondly towards Denver already.

    @EBT:

    I hope it works out — the people you live with are just as important as the place where you live, if not more so.

  61. 61.

    EBT

    July 1, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @A Ghost To Most: Thanks, Mistress has found the house we are going to rent for the next year at least. I am the only non local so really it’s just a van full of cheap shit coming in.

  62. 62.

    Wag

    July 1, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    The Tattered Cover is an amazing bookstore. A local legend.

  63. 63.

    Patricia Kayden

    July 1, 2018 at 8:43 pm

    @Psych1: Who are you again? What a sanctimonious post. I hope Democrats don’t allow non-Democrats to run on their ticket ever again. That should eliminate the Bernie problem which plagued us in 2016 and which persists to this day.

  64. 64.

    A Ghost To Most

    July 1, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    @EBT: Excellent. Enjoy. This place is amazing.

  65. 65.

    dmsilev

    July 1, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    @Brachiator:

    Breaking news. LeBron James is going to the Lakers.

    Thank you, Jesus.

    Now, if you could just do something about Donald Trump

    I’m pretty sure Trump doesn’t have the ball-handling skills for even the worst NBA teams.

  66. 66.

    raven

    July 1, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: Who cares?

  67. 67.

    Ruckus

    July 1, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    @MobileForkbeard:
    That’s possible, I’m going for almost 2 weeks to dog sit for a friend who lucked out with a stay in a Florence, Italy villa.

  68. 68.

    efgoldman

    July 1, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    @Psych1:

    I strongly believe that the Bernie-haters, including the guest and many others here, are a destructive force within the country and definitely within the Democratic Party.

    Bull. Also shit.
    Wilmer is not a Democrat.
    I repeat: Wilmer is not a Democrat.
    He spends most of his time slagging Dem candidates, policies, and the party.
    How are those who oppose him “a destructive force within the country and definitely within the Democratic Party.”?
    We are trying to build the party and actually win elections, something which Wilmer’s supporters don’t know how to do, and largely don’t care about.

  69. 69.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    @Wag:

    It turns out that my flight is getting in even earlier than I realized, so if my room isn’t ready by the time I get to the hotel, I may be dropping off my bags and then heading over there first. We’ll see how it goes. But I definitely want to get all checked in and settled at the hotel before I start meeting up with people.

  70. 70.

    raven

    July 1, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    @efgoldman: There was another person (maybe this dude) that pulled the same bullshit during a meet-up proposal not too long ago. You wanna go, go. If you don’t who gives a rats ass?

  71. 71.

    Amir Khalid

    July 1, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    If you guys are having a meet-up on 17 July, don’t forget to drink a birthday toast to David Hasselhoff and me.

  72. 72.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 1, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    @raven: It was the same person. I agree with your take.

  73. 73.

    debbie

    July 1, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    @Wag:

    How nice to see that bookstore’s name again! I worked with them eons ago. The buyer was great!

  74. 74.

    MobileForkbeard

    July 1, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    @Amir Khalid: *gasp* Are you actually Hasselhoff? I KNEW famous people lurked here. :)

  75. 75.

    Amir Khalid

    July 1, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    @MobileForkbeard:
    No, I am not The Hoff. He is merely the only other celebrity with whom I share a birthday.

  76. 76.

    Aleta

    July 1, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @rikyrah: Extortion pure and greedy. Would not be surprised if a big piece of that money goes to a for-profit contractor who is already making a billion $ off of contracts for detention/prisons and prisoner transport. And they probably charge for the ‘stay’ and every aspirin and for the court fees. If that money gets delivered I hope the contractor is then immediately sued for breaking laws.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    July 1, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    @Amir Khalid: And yet you speak German….

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    raven

    July 1, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    Le Bron to LA/

  79. 79.

    Amir Khalid

    July 1, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Trust me: no one who knows what I look like would ever cast me in Baywatch.

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    A Ghost To Most

    July 1, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    @efgoldman:
    Rage on, efg.

    FIX THE FUCKING NYMS!

  81. 81.

    Ohio Mom

    July 1, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    @jnfr: We were there, at the downtown Tattered Cover, about ten years ago. It is a great bookstore.

    As I recall, there was a western/cowboy wear shop just around the corner. Don’t remember the name of the place but I remember it fondly. We certainly don’t have any place like that in southwest Ohio.

  82. 82.

    cain

    July 1, 2018 at 9:41 pm

    I come back from Spain on the 17th. I mean I could make it but I come in at 10:40pm. By the time I hit downtown it will be 11:45pm. So I probably can’t make the 17th. If you could do it the next day that would work for me!

  83. 83.

    Ohio Mom

    July 1, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    I have a comment in moderation because there’s a typo in my email address which wouldn’t be there if the nyms were fixed.

  84. 84.

    Ohio Mom

    July 1, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    @Ohio Mom: Thanks to whomever un-moderated my comment.

  85. 85.

    thruppence

    July 1, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    I’ll be at the meetup if I can get the day off. Hope to see you all there.

  86. 86.

    Suzanne

    July 1, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I have been to The Tattered Cover, and it is as great as they say.

    I love bookstores.

  87. 87.

    Infamous Heel-Filcher

    July 1, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    Am I counted among the six? Because I’ll be there.

  88. 88.

    Miss Bianca

    July 1, 2018 at 10:28 pm

    @Psych1: oh, thank God for small mercies.

  89. 89.

    John Fremont

    July 1, 2018 at 10:29 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I will attend as well. I was at the last Denver meet up so it’s always good to meet a few more jackals!

  90. 90.

    Miss Bianca

    July 1, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    @Mnemosyne: i am here! I will he there! : )

  91. 91.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 10:40 pm

    @cain:

    Sadly, the 17th is the only day that will work for me because I have evening events the rest of the week. ?

  92. 92.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 1, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    @raven:
    Will morons burn his jerseys again?

  93. 93.

    Mnemosyne

    July 1, 2018 at 11:14 pm

    @Infamous Heel-Filcher:

    Actually, we’re probably up to 10 by now? Maybe 12, to account for lurkers?

  94. 94.

    The Lodger

    July 1, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I thought you were kidding about July 17, but the list at FamousBirthdays.com has nothing but YouTube “stars” and Musical.ly “stars”. Oy gevalt.
    On the other hand, it’s also the feast day of St. Hedwig, Queen of Poland and a host of others, even more obscure.

  95. 95.

    Brickley Paiste

    July 1, 2018 at 11:34 pm

    @Psych1: One must put principal (the disciplinarian) before party.

    I was never a Bernie supporter, never said a thing in praise of him, before I was accused of so doing by one of these meet-up gladiolas.

  96. 96.

    Brickley Paiste

    July 1, 2018 at 11:36 pm

    Is this whole fix the nyms!!! just crusadery admitting that they can’t type 20 characters correctly???

  97. 97.

    Ruckus

    July 1, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    The names/info not being there are a pain.
    The pie filter not working is far, far worse. Don’t have too many names in it, but the ones that are really, really deserve to be there.

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    StringOnAStick

    July 1, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    I’ll be there, easy walk from light rail in case anyone needs to know that.

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    Scamp Dog

    July 2, 2018 at 12:24 am

    I’ll be there as well! I’ll check to see if I still have the package of green balloons.

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    Sister Golden Bear

    July 2, 2018 at 1:10 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: No one’s seen Amir and Hasselhoff at the same time, now have they?

    Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

  101. 101.

    Quaker in a Basement

    July 2, 2018 at 11:54 am

    @Ohio Mom: That would be Rockmount. Their snap front shirts are legendary.

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