[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'T')his is like telling someone who enjoys star gazing to just go out and become an astronaut, in terms of difficulty.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I')'ll bet if you went to a peakoil.com convention

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I')'ll bet if you went to a peakoil.com convention

[Auntie_Cipation]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') see the freethinkers every month or two (the only "club" of sorts I belong to is a freethinker lunch group), but the pagans just this once a year.
Wow, writing about that makes me feel like quite the social butterfly, capable of hosting parties! But I can't really express how emotionally difficult it is. I get overwhelmed with anxiety. Anxiety disorder has nothing to do with reality.

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'W')ow, writing about that makes me feel like quite the social butterfly, capable of hosting parties! But I can't really express how emotionally difficult it is. I get overwhelmed with anxiety. Anxiety disorder has nothing to do with reality.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Byron100', 'S')ign me up! I've got some frequent flier miles I need to burn, so I'd be thrilled to come up on your way to a PO convention.

[Heineken]

Actually there is an old thread on the PO.com Convention subject, Engineer. The idea didn't get off the ground then, but maybe it would now?

Alaska is way too far for most of us to travel to (although I'd love to go there). A national convention would have to be centrally located---maybe something like Kansas City? Not too expensive and definitely central.

As the author of the original thread on the subject, I'm naturally very favorable to the idea. But as I recall there were plenty of practical objections (although I don't remember them specifically).

An option would be regional or state conventions, which would be much easier to get to but might not include the people you most want to meet.

I'm for a national convention. Do it right if you're going to do it at all.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')You're confusing ability with the written word with social skills. It is very different in person, I barely speak.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')I would also attend any PO convention held elsewhere, if that seemed to work better than Alaska, which of course is darn far from everyone.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'A')ctually there is an old thread on the PO.com Convention subject, Engineer. The idea didn't get off the ground then, but maybe it would now?

Alaska is way too far for most of us to travel to (although I'd love to go there). A national convention would have to be centrally located---maybe something like Kansas City? Not too expensive and definitely central.

As the author of the original thread on the subject, I'm naturally very favorable to the idea. But as I recall there were plenty of practical objections (although I don't remember them specifically).

An option would be regional or state conventions, which would be much easier to get to but might not include the people you most want to meet.

I'm for a national convention. Do it right if you're going to do it at all.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'F')or myself, the breadth of ideology that you see in peak oilers is a concern in a face to face meetup. Peak oil brings in a lot of people from different backgrounds and I really only see eye to eye with the hippie permaculture types. I would really have a hard time relating to people talking about guns and 911 and conspiracies and violent revolutions.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')
MonteQuest would really be a better person to do it.

Reverse Engineer

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')
MonteQuest would really be a better person to do it.

Reverse Engineer

[PrairieMule]

This is a fantastic thread. I think just believing what we do about oil and energy automatically makes every one here a loner. At least the type of person that goes against the grain.

My "work" requires me to very social so in my downtime I prefer solitude. Now I really can work a social gathering or address a crowd of 200 plus. Yet on the flip side sometimes I really need to disconnect from the over load of social stimuli. My second obsession, backpacking, is done solo 90% of the time . I just prefer the company of myself. I like to spend at least 2-3 days a year out in Caprock Canyon. The canyon is so quite and peaceful.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '
')So where would you place me in that pantheon of Peak Oiler types, Mos?

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'K')eep him on a short leash.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'S')o where would you place me in that pantheon of Peak Oiler types, Mos?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'A')re you like that even with people you already know? You can write emails to them but in person you freeze up?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'I')RL however, I am basically a pretty pleasant fellow..

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'S')o where would you place me in that pantheon of Peak Oiler types, Mos?