Stood up at the meetup?

September 6, 2007 11:06 PM

What happened, Tucson?

As Snyder has already noted, we showed up at the Red Garter at 7ish today and never saw a sign of any other Mefites. Was there another group that we somehow missed? While I think we had a pretty damned good conversation, a two-person meetup is not exactly an inspiring turnout.

posted by crinklebat to MetaFilter Gatherings at 11:06 PM (28 comments total)

Oh, I'm so embarrassed. I got home, got ready, had 20 minutes to kill, sat down with a book, and fell asleep. I woke up fully dressed just a few minutes ago. I'm sorry!
posted by carsonb at 11:36 PM on September 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

Two outta four 'aint bad! How many were you expecting?
posted by brautigan at 2:09 AM on September 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

Like I've always said, you just can't trust people from Tucson. Lyin' scumbags, each and every one of 'em!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:57 AM on September 7, 2007

Sorry, I was pulling a rig from Tuscon to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:07 AM on September 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

Aw, carsonb, it's okay. I guess we really only did have four solid-looking yesses, so two really isn't too disappointing. We were just worried there were other people there that we didn't see.

Cheers, Snyder! Metafilter Tucson: a somewhat resounding success!
posted by crinklebat at 7:08 AM on September 7, 2007

Whaddya expect? It's "Two", son. It ain't Fourcson.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:09 AM on September 7, 2007 [5 favorites]

Devil's Rancher, I love you. I always wondered what that friggin' line was in Willing. Now I know!
posted by misha at 8:23 AM on September 7, 2007

Maybe they made that wrong turn at Albuquerque.
I know. Wrong State.
posted by frecklefaerie at 8:44 AM on September 7, 2007

What happened, Tucson? You used to be cool.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:30 AM on September 7, 2007 [3 favorites]

Hey, at least you were two. I was all alone at my Paris meetup.
posted by timeistight at 9:46 AM on September 7, 2007

Hey, this happened to me and gsteff in DC! Except for that two other mefites actually did show up but we didn't have a big enough sign...
posted by footnote at 10:02 AM on September 7, 2007

I was alone in Chicago, too.

sadness.
posted by misha at 10:45 AM on September 7, 2007

I'm all about the somewhat resounding successes! I'm just glad there wasn't a comical sitcom mix-up of the "You were there? But we were there! Doh!" proportions.

Maybe we should have another metup, we can report growth of 50% or more.
posted by Snyder at 11:26 AM on September 7, 2007

But yeah, it was not a waste of time. A good time was had by all, so that's why I'd be up for another at some point.
posted by Snyder at 12:47 PM on September 7, 2007

I'm so sorry I didn't make it. I tried to finish work in time to go, but I didn't get done until around 8:30. I figured that would have been too late.
posted by Four-Eyed Girl at 1:39 PM on September 7, 2007

Just two of us made it to the Albuquerque meetup, as well. With these mid-sized cities, there's usually just not quite enough mefites to have a decent meetup. A regional meetup might work (though not for Albuquerque, I guess, as the other large cities nearby aren't nearby), but those are hard to organize and there's limited interest in going to so much effort, anyway.

One thing that might work is planning and scheduling a meetup far in advance that is a "Metafilter event" that also works, functionally, like a regional meetup with those in the region being the most inclined to participate.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 1:51 PM on September 7, 2007

Devils Rancher, your head is looking a little stoved in, but I'm glad to see you are still on your feet.
posted by madamjujujive at 2:23 PM on September 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

Sorry 'bout the derail, but is that not simply the greatest country song ever? I can't not sing along, and it always makes me well up just a little.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:39 PM on September 7, 2007

I had family emergency; sorry. I was planning on being here, though. Please arrange another one!
posted by parilous at 3:05 PM on September 7, 2007

Jojo wasn't there becase he left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass.
posted by evilcolonel at 3:38 PM on September 7, 2007

aw--that sucks that people don't show.
posted by amberglow at 4:35 PM on September 7, 2007

If you do it on a Saturday, I'd probably drive down from Phoenicia Tempe.
posted by !Jim at 6:51 PM on September 7, 2007

Bummer! I don't know how I missed that there was a meetup tonight, I've gotta check MeTa more often... I guess I probably couldn't have gotten off of work anyway -- but here's one more Tucosn mefite. Next time.
posted by diocletian at 1:23 AM on September 8, 2007

(Tucson)
posted by diocletian at 1:23 AM on September 8, 2007

I totally missed the post...or I would have been there. Next one okay?
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