The Wisconsin FReeper's Friday Fish Fry Frolic and Fun

WIMom

[afraidfortherepublic]

afraidfortherepublic (drinking a beverage),

That was pure Wisconsin water -- honest.

[steveegg]

Sheboygan works (heck, as long as it's within 3 hours of me-and I drive fast,...).

I'll vouch that it was pure Wisconsin water :-)

[afraidfortherepublic]

I'll vouch that it was pure Wisconsin water :-)

Yep, I had my beer downstairs before dinner!

[Genesis defender]

Welcome to FR. What took you so long?

It took me so long mostly because of the reason you cited: I was too afraid to post. Now I know that it isn't hard at all, and if I screw up, it's no biggie.

You'd said we should hold get-togethers once a quarter. If that is more often than what they used to be, how frequent were these events in the past? Just wondering.

[Genesis defender]

These are excellent links! Thanks for posting them.

[brewcrew]

how frequent were these events in the past?

Well, let's see - there were weekly rallies downtown during the election debacle, there was a picnic up at gorush's new place outside of Mauston last summer, that's all I know of. Mostly the rallies at Cathedral Park on Saturdays - in order to get the message out, counter the Gore supporters, that kind of thing. But pure socializing? Only the picnic and the fish fry that I know of. We most definitely must do the socializing part more often.

[WIMom]

Thanks for letting me know the links were useful. I also have a ton of stuff posted on my profile page. You can bookmark anything I have there if you like.

As for your above question, we haven't met very often. Besides the rallies in Milwaukee during election-gate and the fish fry, I have meet Quietly and JeanS for lunch. We definately need to get together as a group more often.

petuniasevan had a great idea for the next event, why don't you toss the idea out?

[brewcrew]

Paging Mr. Spunkets....Mr. Spunkets. Those of us who have grown fond of you would like to know that you made it home on your long journey after our little suare. Give us a ping - let us know your still sittin' up and chewin' your own food (sorry, I couldn't resist. Whenever people ask me how I'm doing, I usually say, "Still sittin' up and chewin' my own food. Hey, it beats the alternative!")

;^D

[spunkets]

Nice pics! That was quite a good time. Got home around 2:30. Always a bit frosty this time of year, but Sat. was tno-shirt weather. Quite amazing when the weather changes 40^o in a couple of hours. I don't have internet access at home; so I couldn't get back 'till today.

[spunkets]

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[brewcrew]

Glad to hear you're safe and sound. Thanks for letting us know.

[brewcrew]

Here's something that just occurred to me: steveegg looks like he could be Jim Robinson's twin brother.

steveegg - don't let your head get big - JimRob is still one of my heroes.

[Mojo-jo-jo]

With all these Wisconsin posts, I'm starting to get the taste for CHEESE!

[WIMom]

Hi spunkets! We decided to have our next get together in January and you need to motorcycle over here again...LOL! It was great to meet you, and thanks for taking the time to travel to this part of the state.

[GeekDejure]

Hulloo dere, WImom . . . itz GeekDejure hear . . .

Hay . . . . . lemme no if'n y'all D sides t'half won uv yer FReeper fantazmatrons inda Mill Walk Key air E ahh !!! Den. . . if'n eye kin fine dur. . . eye mite burring my ol' West Bend gurl frend (Miss Anne Thracks) a long two !!!

[petuniasevan]

WIMom asked me to repeat here the Freepmail I sent concerning where to hold a FReeper get-together in the Fox Valley. Sorry I didn't get here sooner: worked late.

Here's what I wrote:
An AWESOME place to have the get-together would be at the Prime Quarter Steak House in Appleton. They specialize in "grill your own" steaks and Texas Toast. Hosting large groups is no problem for them; in fact, they do it all the time. My company had a "ladies' night" for us there and it was GREAT! There are 3 large open grills, all-you-can-eat salad bar, baked potatoes, and Texas Toast. Let me know what you think! Here's their web page: Prime Quarter

What DOES everyone think? Like the idea? Anywhere else sound better? Feedback, please.

[malakhi]

I've eaten there, and the steaks are fanastic. They'll prepare them for you, if you don't want to grill your own. Count me in!

[WIMom]

Fabulous! Count me in, now who in the Appleton area can coordinate everything? Also, why not post this on the WI page?

[afraidfortherepublic]

What DOES everyone think? Like the idea?

Sounds like fun. Would be an OK drive for us (about an hour or so) and we'd be willing to make the trek.

[afraidfortherepublic]

how frequent were these events in the past?

Blackhawk and Jessica Rabbit had the first get-together at their place in Butler (Menomonee Falls) in July or August of 2000. Gorush & Cultural Canary were there, as well as gnarledmaw and some others whose names I've forgotten. A lady came all the way from Illinois -- Zeno (I think).

And during the 2000 election campaign a group (The FreeRepublic Navy) Freeped Algore's trip down the Mississippi. I think spunkets was involved in that effort. I just read about it.