The "Which DUers have you met?" thread

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

It occured to me that a lot of people have met DUers! I thought it would be cool to see how many and who everyone has met. I have not met any yet, but am curious as to who has! I'm sure we've probably had threads like this before, but I want to know :) So spill it, which DUers have you met?

[JohnKleeb]

1. goose egg

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
You know who I am meeting next week.

[UrbScotty]

39. I didn't know Kucinich was a DUer!

Just kidding. :-)

[JohnKleeb]

43. smartass

lol.
No thats not who I was refering too, LPFF knows who I am meeting at the protest next week,
I already met him too.

[UrbScotty]

2. Myself!

:-)

Have you met yourself?

[JohnKleeb]

3. ego

*cough* ego

[Darranar]

41. Do you know yourself?

Do you know what you really are, what you really feel?

Have you ever truly met what lies deep inside you, within your brian?

[laura888]

4. I have met none (that I know if) but would like to meet some! n/t

n/t

[VelmaD]

5. mostly the Texas gang...

- sonias
- GOPisEvil
- flush_bush
- KCDem
- TXlib
- bluestateguy
- Skittles (and I can kick her ass)
- Silas Soule
- I know I'm forgetting a bunch of people I met at the big meetup - there were a lot of people and I'm bad with name *blush*
- and of course, the guest of honor at the big meetup - Will Pitt

I really need to get to North Carolina so I can meet DarkPhenyx and short bus president and dolo_amber.

[Skittles]

79. she can't kick my ass

:7

[VelmaD]

81. Oh yes I can...

you just drag your sorry butt back down to Austin for another DU get-together and I'll prove it.

[5thGenDemocrat]

6. I've met at least eleven

Davsand, Khephra, DocGonzo, Festivito, MSchreader (who I've known for about 13 years), Shugah, Scout, Az, StaggerLee, noonwitch, tokenlib...who else?
John
I know I'm missing a few.

[wryter2000]

7. I won't use his name

Because mostly he lurks. But another NoCal DU'er works for my company (although at a different location). We got together for lunch one day and had a great time.

[scarlet_owl]

8. None. There aren't very many around here, which is

surprising because this is kind of a liberal town.

[Vitruvius]

46. So tell your friends about DU!

Sounds like you have an opportunity here...

[Old and In the Way]

9. WWW

But, then again, she's my wife....

[arcane1]

10. too many to count!

there have been several DU picnics, even moer protest gatherings, and even a couple of welcoming committies for visiting DUers..

I'd say I've met at least 20, and maintain more-or-less regular contact with app. 7

I'm afraid to list names because I might miss someone! :silly:

I still wanna meet MORE! DUers rule :loveya:

[rbnyc]

15. I should have been afraid to list names too.

I know I left off at least 10 really great people.

[arcane1]

17. yeah, especially considering how much time has passed

it's hard enough to remember people's REAL names most of the time :-)

[rbnyc]

27. You know who probably remembers every single name...

...screenname and real name of every DUer she's ever met in person? Lynnesin. I just have that feeling.

:)

[arcane1]

29. too bad, then, that she hasn't come to SF

I'd like to remember who I've met, too!

:silly:

[Misinformed01]

11. JanMichael

he's seriously cute.

[rbnyc]

12. Long list... (no particular order)

...and please forgive me if I forget a couple names:

Lynnesin
soleft
Ramsey
matcom
Kephra
NYC
Petenyc
WilliamPitt
GOPisEvil
DS1
MagicRat
NewYawker99
Fed2neck
frankzappa
GabbysPoppy
MalloyProducer
skinner
EarlG
MaineMary
Monica_L
FinnFan
billypilgrim (so cute!) :evilgrin:
radicalfringe
koolkitty
IrateCitizen
beetwasher
Stephanie
JM or JMM?

the guy who won my CD at the second Philly gathering.

there was that great guy from Ithica in DC.

the kid who saw my DU bumper sticker at an anti-war demonstration and said, "Hey. I'm so-and-so from DU."

all the awesome people who got wet at that softball game that I'm accidently leaving out.

at least 10 other people whose screennames I am blanking on right now, but I remember talking to you and what we talked about.

there was that guy who got me really drunk in the East Village and I was going to edit his weird book and start a polyamorous pod with he and his wife...he was a DUer. Are you still out there? Sorry, I got real busy. ;-)

and flama is my mom.

And again, if you're one of the people I left off this list, that doesn't mean I don't think you're great.

:loveya:

EDIT: to add more names

[soleft]

14. Beetwasher was there

and a real cutie too.

So were Stephanie and Nostamj.

[rbnyc]

16. Of course!

I never should have tried to make a list. Can I blame the muscle relaxant I took half an hour ago?

[soleft]

18. Yes, totally

But that's what I'm here for, to help all DUers on muscle relaxants, especially the ones who are boycotting the World Series and could use a few muscle relaxants.

}(

[rbnyc]

20. What's a World Series?

:shrug:

[soleft]

23. How did I know you were going to say that?

I must be psychic!

[rbnyc]

24. How many fingers am I holding up?

BTW, is this a hijack?

:evilgrin:

[soleft]

31. One? What's a hijack?

:shrug:
:evilgrin:

[rbnyc]

34. Actually, it was two.

I was giving the peace sign.

Oh, and I left out Nancy Waterman. We've had some great in-person conversations.

[soleft]

35. I was picturing a different sign

We used to have emoticom for it but I think it's been removed.

[rbnyc]

36. How'd I know you were going to say that?

I must be psychic.

;-)

[soleft]

40. and good for your kitty that you are

I still tell that story to people, always to their amazement

[rbnyc]

42. Oh yeah!

I almost forgot about that. That was weird. I also told a co-worker in June that I'd never walk down the aisle 'cause I was going to get in a car wreck. Pretty freaky.

Oh hey, today my pain is about half what it's been over that past several weeks, and I walked home from the train station after work, about 8 blocks! Woo-Hoo!

[soleft]

44. these buds are for you

[rbnyc]

47. Beautiful!

:toast:

Thanks.

:D

[Cassandra]

63. You forgot me!

Other than the picnic, and when I just missed you in the restaurant, I met PeteNYC at another gathering with Beetwasher and nostamj.

[soleft]

73. you from Jersey?

[Cassandra]

82. If that's a reference to Lady Liberty...

She's a New Yorker and so am I! :-)

[rbnyc]

85. I'm sorry!!

Thanks for coming to the picnic. We're having DU karaoke in March.

:)

[rbnyc]

86. To clarify, I met bpilgrim...

...not Billy_Pilgrim. Billy_Pilgrim is probably cute too, but bpilgrim is the one I met and who I have a not-so-secret crush on.

Now if I were to list all the DUers I have a crush on, that would take all day.

:evilgrin:

[MaineDem]

13. Maine Mary

I've been out campaigning with her!

Did you ever wonder how many DUers you would know if you knew their real names? There aren't all that many Dems in Maine and I bet paths have crossed before. :)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

19. very cool!

:)

[rbnyc]

21. Wouldn't it be wild to meet someone...

...really hit it off with them, then ask them if they've ever heard of DU and find out they're someone you've been talking to for years?

[soleft]

26. or reverse, find out someone you've been flaming

is someone you know from work or whereever that you have a big crush on.

[rbnyc]

28. That's good.

Sometimes I wonder if my boss is on DU. (Not that I think I'd be flaming her.) But if she were, I bet she wouldn't tell me.

[hippiechick]

22. KevinJ, Khephra, Voltaire, IG, Descolada, Salin ....

and others who I've 'met' but not in person ---
Bushfire, KG, Seventhson, Bobthedrummer ...

:loveya: All !!


:hippie:

[Philostopher]

25. Met at least two at the Dayton Dean Meetup.

I won't name any names, in case anybody doesn't want it known where they are, though. I know there are numerous DUers from this area, it's entirely possible I've met others who live here other than through political organizations and just don't know their screen names, I guess.

[populistmom]

30. Zero (I think)

I went to a Howard Dean meetup in August in Storrs, CT when I was here, but less active here. I haven't been able to go to anymore because I have a class Wednesday nights and just massive kid activity responsibilities the rest of the time so it's really hard for me to be as much of an activist as I'd like to be at this point in my life. Anyway, there could have possibly been some DUers there? I think the back of my head is on the Aug meetup pictures.
There's a handful of DUers I'd like to meet, one in particular. Hopefully, I will eventually.

Sarah

[Mr. Brown of MD]

32. None, unfortunately

I definitely hope to increase that number some day. Maybe next time there's a College Dems convention, some DU college types will make it out.

-CollegeDude
Or perhaps I'll make it to a gathering some day

[SmileyBoy]

33. A good amount of the Twin Cities DUers...

...for example, GAspnes, Love Bug, myrna minx, dflprincess, voted4wellstone, thermodynamic, northernsoul, Jackpine Radical, dpbrown, I met scarletwoman once last February I think, and a few others.

I still haven't met leftist_rebel and Nobody as far as TC DUers go, I haven't met Butterfly Blood, who is in Mankato.

And I know there are a few Fargo and Red River Valley DUers like markus, ploppy and CocaCola05284(sp?) and another North Dakotan, alex covington.

I'm gonna try to organise a small Red River Valley DU get-together this winter once I notice more registered DUers from the area.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. The Minnesota DUers I have met include

GAspnes, myrna minx, dflprincess, dpbrown, wheresthemind, and no names no slogans.

I would love to meet the rest of the ones you list, and I hope to do so at the October 26th meeting (cf. Meeting Room).

In Oregon, I met AdamFSmith, Organism, zizka, 9215, and depakote kid.

When I was in Japan, I met Art_from_Ark.

Oops! Almost forgot! I met socialdemocrat1981 (along with some of the above DUers) when he passed through Minneapolis a few weeks ago.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

74. and I'm embarrassed to state

that I forgot about meeting Stevie_D and his politically aware teenage son in Portland.

[youngred]

37. Let me see

I've met
DumpGump
UnidentifiedBassPlayer
Catpower2000
APotter
SocialDemocrat1981 (yesterday and today!)
and next week I'm meeting a raftload at the protests.

[Darranar]

38. None.

[mlawson]

45. The only one I've met is

WilliamPitt. Super nice guy!!!

[maxanne]

48. I know Graywarrior

rather well, and I met Will Pitt in September. I almost met Redneck Socialist, but I couldn't get to Manchester. One of these days. The northern New England DU contingent needs to have a get together.
:thumbsup:

[SOteric]

50. 1 is my dearest friend for more than 5 years, 1 I met unplanned

in Seattle, and 1 I know from another place entirely.

[JohnKleeb]

51. Thats neat

Theres a fairly new DUer who I go to school with but we have never met.

[Iverson]

52. a lurker

She doesn't post, but someone in my neighborhood asked me a few months ago if I was the Iverson on DU.

[short bus president]

53. a few, actually

supernova, monica_l, dark_phenyx (however the f*ck he spells it), nclib, comeherekris, will pitt, phillybri, dolo amber's mom (whose DU name I don't know, but to whom I've accidentally sent porn before), and of course my DUer liver-wither-inner-sinner, dolo amber.

[VelmaD]

54. Yeah, but you haven't met me yet.

We gotta get back to work on that "Send Velma to Man Camp" Telethon idea.

[short bus president]

55. got yer paypal account yet?

I'm waitin' on you, dear.

[VelmaD]

58. I thought the hangup...

was in wardrobe and getting ahold of a pair of edible boxers for you.

I'll get a pay pal accout, you get (mostly) nekkid, and we'll get this thing started.

[Room101]

56. I met William in SF

Great speech:)

[Pale Blue Dot]

57. I met:

Ramsey
LynneSin
WillPitt
rbnyc (and husband)
MaineMary
GOPisevil

on one of the greatest nights of my life (and I'm serious). We talked about politics, snakes, music, and Spongebob. I have been remiss in not keeping as in-touch with these folks as I'd like to, but I say again, thank you to you all! :hi:

If you can meet other DUers, DO IT! It will make you believe in the human race again.

[GOPisEvil]

67. That WAS an awesome night, wasn't it?

:-)

[cally]

59. Well, many

Of the SF crowd. Probably 25 or so. I met many Seattle DUers also. I have never met a DUer that I disliked. But I know if I try to name folks that I may forget someone important to me. So many.

[Tinoire]

60. A ton!

I'd guess about 30 in person and about 10 more in close phone conversations.

And looking forward to meeting many, many more!

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of meeting Sasquatch :bounce: who flew out for a week-end.

Right now I'm working on John Kleeb and Darranar but have a feeling I'll have to fly to the East Coast for that honor.

I can't even list the others I want to meet ;) but there are a ton- starting with the phone list :)

If I could win the lottery, I'd love to buy one of those RV things and drive around just meeting DUers. That would be too cool!

Peace

[JohnKleeb]

61. Yeah you might have to fly out here

But hey maybe I could head out there, only 2 more years of school left. I may get over my shyness and lol let you call me.

[Tinoire]

90. John Kleeb- You have an open invitation to come anytime!

Might have to come to South America depending on how this election goes but it's an open invitation :)

[proud patriot]

76. I'll travel with you Tinoire

:loveya: if you or I win the lottery That RV trip
across country sounds like a blast . You and I
would have the time of our lives :-)

[arcane1]

83. if we're talking a cross-country DU tour

count me in!! :bounce:

[MaryBear]

88. Me, too!

:hi:

[Tinoire]

93. Oh yeah!!! And bring the rabbit meister with you!

We can make this a real 60's type of musical tour...

Bonfires, banjoes and guitars.

Someone better win the lottery soon! This would be tooooo cool! :)

[Tinoire]

92. Definitely cross country!

We have to make it from here all the way to John Kleeb and Darranar!

I figure we could do a big O... head up North to meet Pastiche and co, whip through Chicago for Hedda Foil, hook over for Indiana Green, northeast to Boston to give Raven a few hints about keeping Will in line ;), straight down the East coast eating crab-cakes the entire time ((someone promised me crab-meat, now who was that ;) ), Cat Woman, Ulysses, Jan Michael, Solomon in New Orleans, Rev Caol in Texas, So Cal Dem... and oh the list is long and full of miles to go, people to meet, and promises, promise...

You're in sugah :) Just don't forget that Black and Blue...

[arcane1]

94. black and blue- check!

I'd like to see some of the folks in VA next time I go out there, at least... just need to make it seem important enough that they would all gather round!

:hi:

[Tinoire]

91. Lol- Checking my lottery ticket now!

I'll make you a DU pact- if I win, we're on ;)

Do you remember that scene in the movie Mask where the boy had a map of the US stuck with pins of everywhere he wanted to go?

Maybe we should start one for our DU trip...
:think:
We can hang it on the wall on the second floor of Tommy's

[newyawker99]

62. Here is my list:

Lynnesin
soleft
son of soleft
Ramsey
Kephra
NYC
WilliamPitt
MagicRat
rbnyc
Fed2neck
frankzappa
MalloyProducer
skinner
EarlG
elad
Monica_L
bpilgrim
radfringe
koolkitty
IrateCitizen
beetwasher
Stephanie
JM
jmm
Mr Benchley
pagam
Catwoman
ulysses
lazarus
enki23
kskiska
Eloriel
NYYFan
MrJinx
orangepeel
MikeMalloy
ribofunk
nostamj
scimmio

I am sure I left out a few. If I did, I am sorry. :-)

[Cassandra]

65. Me!

Don't you know this is all about me? ;-)

[catpower2000]

64. Be jealous!

I met unidentified bass player, and I've hung out with youngred several times! Ha HA!! :)

Cat

[GOPisEvil]

66. No way I could list them all...

...I've been to two major Texas gatherings; got together with some of the folks in Chicago; went to a Philly gatering; and have met other DUers singly here and there.

No way I could I list everyone without leaving someone out. I've had a blast every time I have met DUers. If you get the chance, go and meet up with your fellow DU family members. You'll be glad you did. :-)

[catpower2000]

68. You haven't met me yet!

Ha HA!

Cat ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

72. Well, life is incomplete then, isn't it?

;-) Heehee!

[arcane1]

70. damn right

I have yet to meet a DUer that I would not want to hang out with, you have ALL been so cool and friendly, and such a wide variety of backgrounds and opinions...

I agree with the previous poster, I want to meet you ALL!

:toast:

:hi:

:loveya:

:bounce:

[VelmaD]

71. You met me...

and after that everything else in life is just gravy. ;-)

[VermontDem2004]

69. None

But I guess it's because I never had to opportunity to meet a DUer.

[peekaloo]

75. An angry, headstrong bunch

who refused to be paraded through the streets of Austin in a mock display of unity (or maybe ill conceived protest route planning)! ;-)

GOPisEvil, the ringleader...openly defiant to those not knowing their arse from a hole in the ground. He knows you do not walk around the block to get to your back door!

sonias, patient and determined, yet not one to quietly suffer parade route planners lack of direction.

bluestateguy, earnest amd intense, do not mock this man, even when discussing the Fox Broadcasting Channel (not Faux News).

VelmaD, pugnacious and resolute, the f*cking cops WERE to blame. :D

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

78. Stupid-ass cops!

What was the point of that? Oh well...maybe the next rally will be better planned.

The best rallies are the ones at the Capitol. Those rock! :-)

[pmbryant]

77. None, alas

But I only have one person to blame for that.

And that would be George W. Bush. ... Ok, darn it, that's one thing I can't blame him for. Only myself for missing the last two Texas gatherings in Austin.

--Peter

[GOPisEvil]

80. No kidding!

:spank:

You've GOT to be at the next one, dangit! :-)

[curse10]

84. ZenLefty, Will Pitt, matcom, KeepHopeAlive, Hlthe2be, Nederland

RationalRose, SiobhanClancy, jmm, and, I know I'm forgetting a bunch. :-)

[goobergunch]

87. None yet

but it would be cool to....

[Spirochete]

89. None yet

but hope to one of these days.

[underpants]

95. Almost a year ago in DC (one I can't remember)

matcom
WillPitt
DS1
GregW
Lynnesinn
Old and in the way (I think)
Khephra
MikeMalloysproducer (and wife) and Mike Malloy
From small town America and his daughter
The woman the curly blond hair (forgot her name)
I thought rbnyc
The guy from Bartcop
Some others I can't remember.

Oh and Demman, but I really can't avoid him. :evilgrin: