cicerone imposter wrote:IFeelFree, As you can see, I'm one of the "old" folks here on a2k. In addition to getting suspended three times, I've been "active" in many of the threads in the Travel, Religion, and Politics Forums; those topics that are known for their controversy on every level.
A2K also has gatherings from place and place, and from time to time. I'm trying to organize one in San Francisco (our second one) for August and/or September, and some for next year. I've attended several, including two in Chicago (just completed one early this month), two in Austin, two in London, and one in Lippstadt, Germany. There have been gatherings in New Mexico, New York and Boston. Try to attend some; you'll get to meet some of the folks in person. Most are great people, even the ones we have disagreements with.
Thank you for the invitation. It would probably be premature for me to consider this, as I'm new at this site. I live and work full-time in Santa Barbara, CA, and I don't often travel that much these days (although I used to travel a lot when I was younger).
Not "premature" at all. I'm sure many old-timers on A2K will agree with me that better than 90% of the gatherings have been successful, and the first time with anything is fraught with anxiety, but a2k gatherings are quite a different animal. We had two new folks attend our Chicago gathering early this month, and I'm more than positive we all had a good time. A couple of them drove in from Ohio - a three hour drive - to participate on a Saturday for brunch and a Cub's game. joefromchicago got us box seat tickets, and we all had a ball with 40,200 fans. Our picture was even plastered on the internet on the Cub's fan web site.
When we visited Walter in Lippstadt, his hometown, he took us on a one day tour to Munster.
When I went to Russia last year in June, I met SerSo in Moscow, and we spent a day together. He wrote me last week to invite me back, and told me he'll show me more of Russia on my next trip.
What's not to like? It's a very good way to enrich one's life experiences.
A glass of red wine a night can reduce prostate cancer up to 87% due to chemicals in it that are also available in grapes, etc. Therefore, a glass of wine a night is actually, indeed, healthy.
