[Guest]

Let's see how fast this one will drop off the page.............

O.K., so we have a whole bunch of us in this great big country. Including Canada I'm pretty sure we make up more than half of the group (still not sure why England provides so many members...)
Anyway, is there any interest, any interest at all, in trying to set up a meeting of DP/DR types here? Obviously distance is a challenge. Maybe have more than one meeting then. I'm up for anywhere I can reasonably get to by car (say, within 1,000 miles). Since she is currently otherwise indisposed and won't see this post for awhile, I suggest we consider gathering at Amelia's house in Alberta. Give everyone a chance to see heaven (AKA Banff). Seattle would work for me also. I could even make it as far as L.A. Can't think of any members east of here until you get too far away......

Anyway, and realizing the chances of anything actually materializing are slim, that's all I'll say about it for now. Oh, and weekends are best and I don't want to be the only guy. I think those are my only limitations.

Like I said in the thread Martin has about a U.K. meet - there really is nothing compared to meeting another of your own kind. Yes, being the Internet all sorts of things are possible, but bottom line is - nobody should pass up a chance to meet a fellow traveller. And if I'm part of the group I can protect the rest of you (sc is big and strong )
So, pm me if you are interested, or just respond here I guess.

p.s. if anyone has any concerns, Janine can vouch for me, as can Kim and Angie. Some of the rest of you might worry me a bit, but it's safe to meet with me

 

[Kelson12]

Ok...just had an idea and I wondered if it would work or not. There is no way I would be able to make it all the way on the other side of the great, big U-S of A! :lol: SC, Seattle seems like another country to me, it's so far away from Ohio!

But, is there a way that we can all get into a chat room.? It doesn't even have to be this one. We could have someone open one and start a seperate one away from this site. I mean, have the moderators in there so that we don't go off topic and anyone who causes trouble or what not, gets booted. It may be dumb, but it sure would be alot easier for me than going waaaaay out west! Just a suggestion.

Thanks SC, for starting the thread. Take care all.

Kelson

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I made it, I have a Yahoo group, I made if for Canadian members, but all are invited, in fact. (I made it for Canadian members in order to have french members as well!!!!!) There is a chat room.

If you're interested, PM me.

K

 

[Guest]

why do you wanna make another chat room when theres on here?

I'd be willing to meet in person, but I highly doubt I can make it to the West Coast or CANADA. I think somewhere in NEW YORK or some place like that would be better.

I doubt this will happen to.......

imagine all the PANIC ATTACKS, lol

:lol:

 

[Guest]

L.A. sounds good to me i could meet up if you people can

 

[Guest]

So this has elicted even less interest than I thought.............
Maybe a different approach will work better. Ooooh. I could pretend to be Janine! She's everybody's hero what with being cured and all.

O.K.
Hi everybody, this is Janine. Forget the sc monkey in the upper left hand portion of this response. I am a moderator and can do things like that.
Anyway, I was thinking it might be fun if we could set up a meeting here in the States amongst the DP/DR types. You know, just to sit down over a beer and talk about life and stuff. And thanks to surprisingly brisk sales of my book(s), I'd like to take this opportunity to, well, sort of offer to pay for the whole thing. You know, plane tickets (train tickets for sc), lodging, fine cuisine, that sort of thing. Maybe rent a whole floor at that big hotel across from the Trump Towers, right on Central Park (can't recall the name now). Lunch in China Town, dinner and show in Manhattan.
Anyway, the whole bash is on me, so let me know if you're interested. And remember - sc himself will be there. Contact me and reserve your spot early. Cause you know this will be a sell-out..............

 

[Guest]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

(I am having NOTHING to do with organizing any get-together, but I will 100 per cent vouch for the fact that I have met sc, lived to tell it, and can without question guarantee you all that he is totally sane, totally safe, totally respectable - and well....rather darn adorable).

Love,
ME!

p.s. the hotel where I will NOT be putting everyone up is called The Plaza, grin

 

[Guest]

Um..........the Motel 6 in Brooklyn? I think they have a pool.

 

[enigma]

Hate to be a pest (posting it all over the place), but here it is just one more time (in case there's still anybody who hasn't checked it out):

http://www.meetup.com/ (once past homepage, click "Start a Meetup Group" at top of page.)

Of course,as Kelson noted in the U.K. meetup thread, dp/dr is so rare that it probably wouldn't be that workable to have a local dp/dr group, so this is just a shot in the dark.

But I can't help feeling that there might be more dp/dr'rs in a given population than one might imagine.

Maybe a large percentage of them are simply aware of feeling 'strange' and 'out of it' without actually having a word to attach to it (a lot of people come here having only just heard of dp and dr, though they may have experienced the symptoms for years prior to this).

Perhaps increased awareness could make such groups more feasible. Though I admit I wouldn't know how to go about spreading increased awareness of it beyond simply attempting to start such local support groups and just seeing where it went from there.

Maybe regional groups would be realistic (certainly as of right now). There are numerous members of this board that I know of who live within the same general region as me, afterall.

Sorry for the lengthiness of this, but I think distance is a big problem for most dp/dr'rs (certainly is for me). Maybe this might be the beginning of a more practical solution than say, having all the U.S./Canadian DP/DR'rs converge for a meet in one specific place (forcing some to travel much farther than others).

Just my two cents,

e

 

[person3]

i wanna go to new york!

if i can

but anywhere else is cool

um

i live in oklahoma

so be gentle

with the location

 

[person3]

Of course not Janine, I know how much you preferred the New York Palace and I'm just going to take this moment for saying thank you for paying for all of us to stay on the Palace's Club level.

:lol:

 

[enigma]

Meaning no offense to New Yorkers, but I don't think the Hell's Angels could drag me there.

Big cities are just one of my great phobias in life (I don't even like driving into downtown Fort Worth, and it's lilliputian in comparison to New York City).

Anyway, P3, didn't you say that subconsciously you're not terribly fond of larger metropolises yourself? (Would be ironic if you went to a DP/DR convention in NY,only to return home even moreso, wouldn't you imagine?)

e

 

[Guest]

Found it! After hours of searching the web, along with pouring through my extensive collection of almanacs, I now know where "O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a" is. Seems it's one of those funny shaped states kinda in the middle. Where everything is real flat. And all this time I thought it was just a fun musical..........
I think we should have the big meeting there. If we get bored, we can always hop over to K-a-n-s-a-s and watch the corn grow or something.

Yep, the first annual U.S. DP meeting is really starting to come together now.

 

[Guest]

Found it! After hours of searching the web, along with pouring through my extensive collection of almanacs, I now know where "O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a" is. Seems it's one of those funny shaped states kinda in the middle. Where everything is real flat. And all this time I thought it was just a fun musical..........
I think we should have the big meeting there. If we get bored, we can always hop over to K-a-n-s-a-s and watch the corn grow or something.

Yep, the first annual U.S. DP meeting is really starting to come together now.

i used to live in kansas and i am never ever .... ever ... ever... going back to that hell hole again. Most BORING PLACE ever

 

[g-funk]

can i come to the american one too? I'm really looking forward to having my plane ticket paid for and staying in that Plaza place, you are so generous Janine

 

[Dreamer]

Man, if it weren't for Lack o' Funds! Making my big apartment move in 2 months! I'd be anywhere anyone was going. My most amazing meetup was going to London where I almost met Martin, but he broke his arm :roll:

Europe is so amazing as all them folks are so close to each other and there's great public transit (trains). That gathering in 1999 consisted of many from Andy's board .... Hannah (England), Cavan (Scotland), Nicole (USA), Ramon (The Netherlands), Simon, (England), and Moi. It was a huge step for me. Spur of the moment. 4 wonderful days of unconditional acceptance and 2 days flying (10 HOURS non-stop) from L.A. to London and back. It has taken me 5 years to recover, but I'm ready for another meeting!

Yeah, we need tents and backpacks and set up camp outside of Omaha, LOL.

Hey for those of us in the Western portion of the Eastern Time Zone -- CHICAGO, that toddlin' town?

Damn.
L,
D 8)

 

[person3]

oh yeah...i forgot about how some people might react to big cities.

Elsewhere then!

and SC-

I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Kansas SUCKS. Oklahoma is NOT like Kansas. Don't EVEN go there. :shock:

Seriously though Kansas really does suck and OK isn't that bad (well I live in Tulsa)...and near where i live it's not that flat...

I, also, am not that flat :wink:

 

[person3]

Yes I'm petty...this is Tulsa for all you disillusioned folk out there.

 

[Guest]

san antonio texas babyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
http://www.san-antonio-texas-faux-painting.com/imgs/san-antonio-downtown.jpg

 

[Guest]

Mmmmm. Seem to have struck a nerve - apparently there is some kind of rivalry between those two flat states. O.K. then, Oklahoma and Kansas are out of the loop. I only thought cause they seem to be about in the middle.....
So, to review: Janine has backed out of her offer to pay for and host the big party; Dreamer will travel all the way to some little island for a get together, but is just a leeeetle too good to bother with us American peons; and, though she is from a flat state, P-3 herself is not THAT flat (so she claims).
Where does this leave things............... I think Seattle is still tops on the list. The fact that it's only a short drive from where I live is purely coincidence I'm sure. It is a very cool city, with many things to see and do. And trust me - it is NOT flat.
So keep those pm's coming if you're up for a Seattle meet.........