My vote, Nashville,<P>My weekend, Jan 27th,<BR>snow date, Feb 3rd<P>DanaB, if you are going alone, I'll pick you up on the way so we can drive together. My car, my gas, your free ride, though I trust you can drive a stickshift!<P>thl<BR>

I vote Nashville...I am flexible on the weekend...fly in Friday, out Sunday afternoon or night!<P>Count me in!!!! WOOO HOOO<P>

That sounds good to me. Although I'll have to see if that's my weekend for the kids or their mothers and if she doesn't have a vacation scheduled that weekend, ah, I just get her parents to watch them that weekend!<P>Bob

Are you guys seriously planning some type of get together in Nashville?<P>That would be a hoot!

Hi fellas,<P>Damn am I the only female on this thread so far?? Me and 3 fellow MB'ers, we are gonna get booted right on outta here.<P>To THL, why thank you for that ride, and yes I can drive a stickshift , I'm versatile like that <P>And Drew??? This is sounding to be quite the interesting trip here! Ya, count me in, but who else is going to start the bidding on who is driving me??? (To Nashville that is) Gutterbrains.<P>OK ladies, I sure am NOT going to this thing alone! Who's joining me?? Mitzi? Sue? Jen? Don't be shy, the rest of us apparently are not! <P>I'll be watching for a reply!! <P>DanaB <P>PS Anyone planning on misbehaving will find out the true meaning of the B at the end of my name?? Anyone care to take a guess?<BR>

Hey Dana:<P>We must have posted at the same time. I think it would be fun. I would love to meet everyone. <P>So, we have two girls now. Is anyone coming from Atlanta? I could see if TS wants to ride with me.<P>Jen

Jen,<P>ROTFLMAO, I'll be going, but trust me, I'll be in rare form a month after my first xmas from abandonment, you guys are asking for trouble!<P>BIG TROUBLE! <BR>

Dana:<P>Well, it will be about exactly a year from the date my x said he wanted out so I'm sure I will be in great spirits too.<P>But, at least we will have lots of people to provide us some support.<P>Jen

Hey DanaB,<P>Well,of course!!.........count me in!<P>Gonna be in trouble huh?......well,I will join ya!......<P>I am saving on my Air fare now as I type!<BR>LOL<P>I will give my 2 cents tho.......see what ya all think!<P>I don't know far as cost goes.....but I do know that you can get lodges w/the full acomidations..... Everything we would need!<P>We can share split the cost of the place,food,drink.....I also know that some of the women here were wanting to bring there children.<P>My only concern w/that is if in a hotel....they would have to find babysitters to look out for them while we all go out!<BR>Also the activities w/kids in a hotel room are pretty limited.<P>If we could find a big lodge......they wouldn't have to worry about leaving the kids,and the activities could be endless for them!<P>I don't really know if it would be cheeper,but I thought that since most of us are on tight budgets.....it might be worth looking into!<P>What do ya all think?<P>No matter what we do.......I will be there w/bells on!......(geeessshh,wouldn't that be a sight....NOT!).....LMAO<P>Gina <P><P>------------------<BR>"If we deny love that is given to us,if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss,then our lives will be empty,our loss greater!"-----Anonymous----

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> Ya, count me in, but who else is going to start the bidding on who is driving<BR>me??? (To Nashville that is) Gutterbrains.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>hey, I was only being nice! <BR>lodging is NOT included!<P>Rules: No Touching!<P>Handshake on introduction<BR>Hug on departure.<P>I don't want to think it was any kind of DATE! yuk!<P>thl

how does this place sound?<P>Opryland Hotel, McGavock Pike (615/889-1000).<BR> Unbelievably vast 2000-room place<BR>set out around glass-roofed<BR>courtyards. <BR>Double rooms average $130-175.<P>This is in the high end, but not by too much.<P>If this is too expensive, we can go the next step down.<P>Cinderella, i know you are gone for a couple of days, someone know her personal email address? <P>thl

Nashville...Here we come!!!! YEE HAW!!!<P>Add another "lady" to the list! Gina, I changed my mind...I don't wanna bring my kids! LOL LOL<P>Dana, I don't want to drive all the way by myself...wanna meet and we can go together? I noticed thl asked for your company but maybe we can all three go together! (psst...I can drive a stick-shift! LOL) How 'bout it??? <P>Mitz

I only have a jetta, and if women pack the way my STBX does, then there won't be enough<BR>room for me!<P>Seriously, whatever Dana decides she wants to do, I'll do<P>BUT WE NEED A DATE!<P>VOTE FOR A DATE!<P>thl<P>

thl,<P>An idea....you guys could come this far and then we could take my car the rest of the way. ??? <P>The dates you picked sound good to me. So, I vote for the 27th and the 3rd.<P>Mitzi

nashville sounds great to me,<P>Any date is fine with me, and not that I am terribly sports-minded, but isn't the Superbowl the last weekend of January? Would that affect this?

Honey...(My that has a nice ring to it...LOL)<P>I think the Superbowl is that last weekend, but as far as I am concerned, I could care less about pro football. I am a sports freak, but NOT professional sports. Oh I have on team I watch, each sunday, but COLLEGE Football Saturdays. My day is get up, flip on the boob tube and get my food already. Games start at 11 a.m on the east coast, and end at 11 p.m. on the west coast! That is my Saturday...hahahaha...Well unless I have a reason to move that is...LOL<P>Anyway, I am not at all concerned with the Superbowl. Lets do Jan. 27. There is my vote!<P>That is my story and I am stickin' to it! Anyone want to fly with ole Drew <P>I'd even consider driving, but would rather fly, can get there faster, and leaves more time to "socialize" with you all!<P>Have Great Days everyone!<P>Drew

I have never been to Nashville and folks in TN don't tend to like Nebraska folks do them getting their asses kicked in Football.<P>Could be fun is this real?<P>If my divorce continues it will be finale around that time

Here I am. Will be hard to find me here for a week or so, maybe. Especially hard until Monday.<BR> <BR>E-mail address is jane_elisem@altavista.com<BR>Jane-Elise really is my first name. But I do think Cindrella fits me pretty well. I may not be Leslie Ann Warren, but.....I have been transformed!! <P>So, by virtue of the fact that I was the only one who offered to try to find group rates, is Nashville the winner? I suppose I need to know how many people. Opryland Hotel has so much to do that it would keep us busy. Kind of steep for my budget. No, if we met here, I'd hate to leave in evening to come home. I'd stay w/ the group. Do you want to take Potluck and share rooms with unknown strangers? I can't organize a deck of playing cards. How much control do you want me to have. I really don't want to be responsible for money!! <P>But I can make arrangements for block of rooms. What kind of ammenities do we need?<BR>Indoor pool? Continental breakfast? Meeting room just to have gathering place?<BR>Pie in the sky time folks. If you want me to start digging around, tell me what you want. Better yet, elect sidekick for me who can sort of organize and then tell me what the "gopher" tasks need to be.<P>Am I clear as mud or do you get the drift? <BR>

Cinderella,<P>Sharing a room with some of you people wouldn't bother me one bit. It's almost like we're family! LOL I've definately met stranger people! LOL LOL LOL<P>I'm not a good organizer either! See if you can get some prices for different places and then post them. Then we'll go from there. Make it someplace fun!!<P>hurtinginomaha,<P>Yes this is real! Some of us have been wanting to do this for a long time. Anyone is welcome! Just let us know, we're still working out details!<P>Mitzi

Mitz,<P>Hey there!<P>I will be more than happy to share a room w/ya......if it is ok w/you?.....LOL<BR>(I don't smell,I promise!...LOL)<P>I sent Cinderella an e-mail telling her that I would be more than happy to help her out.<BR>(I have done this before....so no big deal)<P>I do think posting the different places and prices is a good idea.<P>Maybe she can tell me the best locations and then I can do all of the foot work and get the info!!<P>We have now a total of 12people..........<BR>(7 women and 5 men)........not that it really matters unless we all want to share rooms!<P>Ok,guys...........speak up.......will you want a single room to your self or share w/some of the other guys?<BR>Women you too!<P>I have to take my d to the Doc's this afternoon, she has a really bad Ear infection!!.......the last couple of days we haven't gotten much sleep.<P>You all take it easy!<P>Let me know what you think?<P>Gina <P>------------------<BR>"If we deny love that is given to us,if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss,then our lives will be empty,our loss greater!"-----Anonymous----<p>[This message has been edited by w.g.up.h (edited August 17, 2000).]