Originally Posted By RoadTrip I met BlueDevilSF tonight at the neighborhood Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop in our local library. We had a great time talking about Disney, vacations, trains, health and a little bit of everything. I was pleased that we could chat for over 90 minutes without a lull in the conversation. Although it may be a first impression, I think he is a truly nice man. We made tentative plans for my wife and me to get together with him at a local restaurant for dinner in the new future. I'm looking forward to it; my wife thinks it will be fun too.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Oh cool, Trippy! Glad y'all had such a great time. And yes, it was definitely a meet. A "mini-meet", but a meet nonetheless. "Wherefore two or more LPers are gathered in the spirit of fellowship, there Disney may be also."
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I say it does. How cool. I'm sorry I missed him last October in DCA. ;>
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I'd like to know that the "new future" is...? LOL! Sounds like a fun time for all! ~Beth
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I'd like to know that the "new future" is...?>> That's easy... it is incompetent typing. ;-) Of course it should have been NEAR future. If I learned to type. Or proofread. Don't you hate that spell-check doesn't catch it when a word is spelled correctly but is the WRONG word? LOL
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Hey, RoadTrip and BlueDevilSF! How cool that you got together! "Are Two People An LP Meet?" Definitely. You just hosted your first LP Meet -- and a very successful one, it seems. Congratulations! On the other hand, your "Meet Report" skills are a little lacking. Sheesh! You spent an hour and a half together and we get six sentences?! Not namin' any names here, but I know an LP'er who could turn a 90-minute meet into a 10-post essay. So were either of you nervous? Was the other person like what you thought he'd be like? Did you gossip about LP'ers? Where are the pictures?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<So were either of you nervous?>> I wasn't... I don't think BDSF was either. I'd guessed from posts and e-mail that we would probably get along. <<Was the other person like what you thought he'd be like?>> Physically yes... he'd emailed me a picture of himself before the meet. It was a great pic of him and his guy on a train... you know how much I love trains! Personality wise, perhaps a little different. Truthfully, I thought that being a San Francisco transplant he might have a subtle "I'm so much more sophisticated than you rubes from Minnesota" attitude. If he felt that way I certainly didn't pick it up. ;-) He was very easy to talk to and seemed an all-around nice guy. <<Did you gossip about LP'ers?>> Of course!! <<Where are the pictures?>> No pics... I don't think either one of us had a camera along. Maybe next time. I’ll let BDSF provide more info if he wants… hoping he ALSO thought it was a great meet! (I’d use his name instead of BDSF but I didn’t ask about that… I wouldn’t want to use it without his permission).
Originally Posted By DlandDug I say it's a meet, too. Two years ago the first St. Thomas US Virgin Islands LP Meet consisted of TiggerPooh1974 and yours truly. Since then we've had two more, joined by DlandJB. Meets, all!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <On the other hand, your "Meet Report" skills are a little lacking. Sheesh! You spent an hour and a half together and we get six sentences?!> LOL! Really! ;-) <<<Did you gossip about LP'ers?>> Of course!!> Expand!! LOL j/k, ;-P <TiggerPooh1974> Ah, no wonder y'all have Meets with her---must be easy to get someone to show up when you make 'em a year younger! lol
Originally Posted By avromark <<"Wherefore two or more LPers are gathered in the spirit of fellowship, there Disney may be also.">> Then LPers such as Kar2oony must really set the records for # of meets huh? Glad you enjoyed your meet. I'm thinking now I won't do an LP meet. Maybe, maybe not. If I do one it'll probably be a mini LP meet, I'll just e-mail whoever and see if they're free that day.
Originally Posted By trailsend I think since all of us live all over the world, actually, anytime 2 get together, it is most definitely an LP Meet!!!! Yay for you RT and BDSF! If DVC_dad ever gets his act together, we'll have 3 at our Atlanta meet. ;>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs "Are Two People an LP Meet?" Hmmmmmm.... I'd love for all the celebs to start using that when they get caught in their little scandals, lol... "Charlie Sheen was caught in another LP Meet in Malibu last week..." But I'm glad you guys had fun though!
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Well, gee whiz! I rarely venture into this area of LP, so I'm only just now seeing this! Trippy is the first LPer I've met in person. There was the time I stood no less than 15 feet away from Gadzuux and GoodGirl, unaware it was them, but that doesn't really count, does it? I had a really nice time, though I was concerned Trippy was going to freeze outside. He claims it was balmy for him, so I'll take his word for it. He is right: I don't think we stopped talking the entire time. We covered so many things: travel (he gave me a really good idea for a quick trip to Chicago), lots o' Disney stuff, families, being in MN vs. CA. Like he said, we are planning dinner out sometime soon so that he can prove he didn't auction off Mrs. Trippy at the Medieval Times Pirates Dinner. To answer I57's questions: 1. I wasn't nervous at all. Well, that's not exactly true: I always always ALWAYS get nervous about driving somewhere that's unfamiliar to me, and I have only been to that part of the region once or twice. It's one of my annoying, irrational quirks. So, I got over whatever nervousness I had before he got there. 2. Trippy is very much in person like he is online: funny, intelligent, easy to talk to. Certainly not the type who is the complete opposite of an online persona. 3. Of COURSE we gossiped about other LPers! We talked about the people we liked. Then there were the ones who should be thrown off of a POTC boat or, better yet, sent down Splash Mountain without a log. I'm not revealing names, though. ;-) 4. I'm one of the few people left in the country who doesn't own a digital camera, so no pix. I'm so unphotogenic! >>Personality wise, perhaps a little different. Truthfully, I thought that being a San Francisco transplant he might have a subtle "I'm so much more sophisticated than you rubes from Minnesota" attitude. If he felt that way I certainly didn't pick it up. ;-)<< Some of you don't know this, but I am originally from the St. Louis area and lived there until I was 28 (I'm 38 now). I always say I was too midwestern for California and too Californian for the Midwest. ;-) So, all in all, it was an enjoyable way to spend the evening. I even got to see the new Trippymobile, but alas, I was not allowed to drive it!
