Raise your hand if you've met other DUers in real life

[LynneSin]

I'd like to see how many of you have met other folks who post here at DU (this does not count your friends & family members you got to sign up for accounts here at DU).

Me, I've probably met over 100 DU posters from gatherings in Philly, NYC, DC and Boston. And I'm pretty good friends with a handful of them too.

Have you met anyone in person from DU???

[NJCher]

1. yep, dmr

from whom I got my dear kitty Greenlee.

There are probably others but I'll have to think on it for a bit.


Cher

[JM]

2. Met you, Keph, Will, RadFringe...

Bob Boudelang, Elad, Skinner, EarlG, Ramsey, IrateCitizen, and many others at the DU gathering in Philly a few years ago.

JM

[LynneSin]

3. THere was 78 people at that gathering

you've barely begun to list everyone who showed up!

[Blue-Jay]

4. <raises hand>

I've met lots of 'em! If I tried to make a list, I'd surely forget someone, so I won't. The most recent was BiggJawn and his daughter at Bike The Drive in Chicago last Sunday.

[BiggJawn]

11. That's right!

I saw Blue-Jay and Prolesunited in Chicago!

And got SOAKED right afterwards. Wow. Glad the rain held off while we were riding...

[wtmusic]

5. Left coasters are lonely

The forces of apathy are too great here.

[flamingyouth]

6. Yes - veteran of the memorable LA DU gathering

at El Coyote last November. A stellar group of people, I must say. :hi:

[devilgrrl]

23. I was there too!

Can't wait for the latest gathering! :hi:

[flamingyouth]

29. I'm toying with the idea of coming down for the weekend

Sounds like fun! Hope I see you there!:hi:

[ewagner]

7. Only three

Syblla
Madashell
Goddess40

[sniffa]

8. i met Lynn :)

aLso (forgive me if i forget anyone): wiLL pitt, matcom, mrs. matcom, et awfuL, curse10, curse10's bitch, ramsey, new hampster, party Like it's 1984, notmyprez, rationaL rose.

i can picture the others.. just can't put a name on them.

aLL such wonderfuL peopLe. :D

[LynneSin]

20. Who is Lynn?

:shrug:

Sincerely

Lynne

:P

[sniffa]

21. ah jeez

i aLways confuse you with Lynn the city of sin.

DOH!

[LynneSin]

35. Don't make me spank you

wait, you want me to do that!

Lynne

BTW, that e is a silent one!

[sniffa]

36. got it

at Least i aLways capitaLize your name. :P

[eyesroll]

9. Quite a few:

I live with Whitacre D_WI, so he doesn't count. I've met Bushfire, HereSince1628, AnnabelLee, ClassWarrior, DragonLady, RetroLounge and probably others I'm forgetting, locally. RandomKoolZip had a party and we also met Prolesunited there. We hung with Blue-Jay in Ohio.

I'll meet a few more at the WI state Dems convention next weekend.
I do have a friend who registered over a year ago (I didn't know him then), but has never posted (he says he's going to).

[Guy_Montag]

10. None,

:cry:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. I met peacebuzzard

The Other Brazilian DUer™

[GOPisEvil]

13. *raises hand*

In fact, due to my temporary homelessness, I am crashing in the home of a DUer. I've met DUers here in Austin, in Houston, San Antonio, Chicago, Philly, DC, Maryland, Delaware...

[terrya]

14. There had better be another Chicago DU gathering, Terry says ominously.

:-)

I want to meet you guys.

T

[Blue-Jay]

15. You gonna show up this time?

(not that I'm gonna BE there or anything)

[terrya]

16. Yup. With bells on. Well, maybe not bells....

:-)

[Loonman]

17. None

But if you're nice I'll give you my myspace.com URL.

But then you have to get drunk with me so I can erase your memory.

[Guy_Montag]

18. Any British DUers fancy a wee meeting sometime?

I think we're all a bit dispersed though (and there may be less than 5 of us, so it might not be worth it).

[TN al]

19. NO!

And I've tried by posting places where I am going where I might be likely to meet some. When I get there I talk about DU but nobody there has ever heard of it.

:(

[BootinUp]

22. *raises hand*

Went to the WesPAC NYC event just about 2 weeks ago and met a number of DU'ers that support Wesley Clark. :)

[GregW]

24. Met DUers on both coasts

Yearly SF gatherings + DC trips

[m-jean03]

25. I think I've met some DUers in a past life

Does that count? :silly:

[tigereye]

28. just one

who told me about this place. But I would like to meet more some day and see the people behind the writing. Maybe at the next Washington protest. :hi:

[sniffa]

41. that's where i know you from

[m-jean03]

42. Yeah, those were fun times we had

in Cleopatra's court no? ;-)

[sniffa]

44. yep

i was one of the man servants.

[pmbryant]

26. None

But that's an old story.

Came real close, by accident, a couple weeks ago.

--Peter

[pagerbear]

27. I've met several.

Hope to meet more! (Especially the cute, single ones!)

[catmandu57]

30. A few

but the only one I see post regularly is MoPaul. You'de think that with as many members as we have you'de be tripping over them. Maybe if I save my pennies, I can make the next Chicago meet.
My wife gave me permission to attend a national meeting, but she laughed when she did.

edit: dammit forgot realpolitic.

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. Somewhere between 20 and 25 at Chicago gatherings....

and I spent a week in Seattle visiting God_bush_n_cheney last September.

[VelmaD]

32. Met a bunch...

at the big Texas gathering when Will was down here in Austin last fall.

Heck I eat at least one meal a week with a couple of them. :) Austin DUers rock.

[Commendatori]

33. No, but there's quite a few I'd like to meet :))) (n/t)

[kitkatrose]

34. Oooooooooooooo ME ME ME ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I met some at the DC march, and I got to eat Velma's kick ass brownies. :) DUers rock!!!!!!!!!!

[jpgray]

37. Had the opportunity to meet Robb, but missed out

My dad has a problem with downhill skiing, and I was there after all to visit the old coot. :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. Yep - met a few, and every one of 'em damn fine human beings

Woo hoo!!

[dryan]

39. Yes

But I've known the woman for years--didn't know she was a DUer until recently.

[proud patriot]

40. Oh Yeah , raised hand

:hi:

[lojasmo]

43. Unfortunately

She was as awfull in real life as she was in this forum. Longstanding local Dino. Yuck. She facetiously pretended not to know what D.U. was in a public democratic meeting. What a creep.

[JohnLocke]

45. Alas, no.

[indigo32]

46. I have

had a great time at a couple Minneapolis get together.