I just got home from a thoroughly enjoyable evening meeting up with some board members.

Our Don, Geoff, plawrence, Turnbull, and fresh from California TIS and Saladbar met with me and my friend for dinner and drinks.

Did you ever spend an enjoyable evening with people that you felt you knew for your whole life? Tonight was one of those nights!

Conversation flowed freely (as did some alcoholic beverages) and sadly it ended too fast.

Pictures will follow (when the alcohol wears off and allows for figuring out how to download the pix).

You rude people, you didn't invite your Forum Asshole™?

It was a GREAT evening - and yes - ended way too soon (damn last bus for me leaves the city at 11:15pm )...!! SC is right... we talked like we had known each other forever... thoroughly enjoyable!!

Turnbull *does* know everything about the Mob - incredible what he's got stored in that head of his! TB, time to write a book!! Great meeting up with you!!

And it was GREAT meeting SB and TIS!! SB, sorry I had to leave in the middle of that conversation And TIS, I look forward to meeting up with you and SC Wednesday for the Sopranos tour!!

And Plaw and SC - always a pleasure, of course! If it was still Summer, I'd invite you down to Da Shaw. Perhaps we'll do AC sometime...

And Vercetti - What happened to your invitation?? Rude mo-fo standing us up like that!

all i can say is WOW! what an experience, all the bigwigs of the number One board in one evening. looking forward for the pics Fellas. . .

GoodFella

And babes...

We would have, but we figured Monday is a school day.

Sometime during the middle of our meal it was (wisely and soberly) decided we should memorialize the night by capturing a few moments on film. Here's the first of a few pics. Its all six of us members - (from left to right) Turnbull, SC, Saladbar, TIS, plawrence, Geoff.

You're not an asshole!

You're just amazingly annoying, unlikeable, stupid, immature, fucked up, irritating, and childish.

No, I'm just fucking with you man. That's not half of it.

Man, what a cruel mood I'm in.

You guys sound like you have so much fun. I'd love to do that sometime.

As I say in every thread like this, YOU RICH BASTARDS, COME DOWN HERE! It's about freaking time...

Brian DePalma had his "Untouchables":


Here's our board's version:
(from left to right) Geoff, Turnbull, SC, plawrence

Of course they invited me!! But I wasn't able to make it.

Hey, guys...I was thinking about your get together as last weekend drew near. Glad everyone had a good time!!

AppleOnYa

Looks like you went to Carmine's ? One of my favorites - wish I could have been there!

Lisa

Wow! This is awesome! Thanks for posting those pics, SC. Keep em, coming, please. I have a lot of friends in NY (one friend is doing a Master's at NYU, ex-girlfriend is doing hers at Columbia, another friend doing her neurology residency at Cornell, another doing his med school rotations in Coney Island, and another friend doing law school at Fordham), so if I ever come out, I'll have to drop some of you a line.

TIS and Salad - you two seem like best friends now! A trip all the way out to New York!

Just for the record, before someone notices: I was NOT trying to grab SB's boobs in that first shot! I was told to squeeze in

Geoff, pardon my bluntess....but you HAVE lost weight!

We shall call you Jarrod from now on

None one would blame you if you were Geoff

Yum, Carmines. Glad to see you had a enjoyable evening, despite the grabbing. Actually I just heard first hand from TIS and SB. I walked them over to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Ferry. I met them at the South Ferry 1&9 subway station, we had a cup of coffee at Au Bon Pain (not as cool as Carmines) and then through Battery Park to the ferry. They said the meeting of the Four Families and the Molinaris from West Coast was very cogenial; like you've been friends for a long time. Come to think of it, this board has a way of doing that. They are couple of great ladies. I'm sure they will enjoy the day.

Thanks for the update, my Kraut-Mick friend! I hope the weather holds out for them...

Dam, that looks like you guys had a lot of fun.
We have to get those picture lighten so we can see better. Seems to me it was the meeting of the OLDER part of the board!

Then again how may kids are going to head off to New York City and have the money to spend. NYC isn't Cheap that is for sure! Last time the old man took us there I think the rooms were $400.00 a night and dinner for six of us was almost a grand. Christ they even charge you for parking your car and that includes them going thru your stuff and stealing an item or two! and you are tipping them!

Next time maybe I could hit the old man up for some travel cash and attend! I'll tell him if would be a group study or something!
So glad to see things work out for everyone and they say that people are all nuts on the internet!

Done

Aw, you guys look like you had lots of fan. I wish I could be with you all. That makes me sad! Five of my favorite posters meeting in a restaurant.

Do you have more pictures? Did you only talked about Mafia and the GF?

You didn't gossip on the other posters did you ?

SC- You have an uncanny resemblence with Connery

Giorgio Luigi Gambino

There were 6 of us... I'm not one of your favorites??

Hell. I counted wrong. Yeah Don J you are the other one. I could count MaryCas too though he wasn't wityh you all in the restaurant.

How was the veal?

Giorgio Luigi Gambino

[SC]Oh it was to die for! [/SC]

Pictures look alot better now, Good Job!

How much crap did Pee-Lawrence give you guys about Fantasy baseball?

I've got to tell you, both Pee-Larewnce and Turnbull look different then the pictures in the members thread.

That's great! It's nice to know some folks here have the opportunity to actually meet and shoot the bull, thus putting more tangible personalities to these cyber nicknames, posts, etc. I envy y'all, but I'm glad for ya'll, too. If you're ever in Memphis....

Plenty.

It's the tan and mustache (which I had for 35 years, shaved off last year, and just grew back) for me.

For Turnbull, I think, it's just old age.

You all look a lot younger than the Members' thread. And the ladies? Well, they looked young anyway.

Turnbull, so you do exist! Glad you guys had a great time! Was there much talk about the BB? Were the four non-moderators giving tips as to how to run it? Yes? So, when am I becoming moderator?

Well done for organising what looks like a smashing meeting, guys! Looking forward to some more pics.

Mick

I'm glad to see you all had a good time. I myself am going to New York on Oct 11-13.

My birthday is October 12th. I'd love to go to New York then, and meet all you guys!

Mick

Looks like it was a lot of fun! I went to New York in the summer of 02 and I loved it. I hope I can go there again soon!

P.S. I also have an October birthday

Riley