In article >, Becca >
wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> > One of these days Lin and I will get around to meeting more of the SF
> > area people. I'm always curious as to why someone would want to AVOID
> > meeting in person. Fear of failing to measure up to expectations?
> >
> > Bob
>
> A group of us met in Las Vegas for the annual soirée from
> alt.vacation.las-vegas, but one of the ladies who lives in Vegas did not
> show up. Many people wondered why she avoided us. She is also a
> cruiser, so I had seen met at a cruiser's get together. BTW, I cruised
> with 432 people who I met online in rec.travel.cruising. I went to a
> cook-in in 1997 and in 1999 and I met quite a few people there. A group
> of us from the newsgroup houston.eats would try out different
> restaurants in Houston. I went scuba diving with a group from rec.scuba
> and. I met someone at the nude beach at Sandy Hook in New Jersey, who I
> met in rec.nude; if I was afraid of meeting people in real life, I would
> have avoided that one for sure. lol
>
>
> Becca

I've met several of the local austin.food, r.f.c. and a.b.f people in
person at Ironworks BBQ in Austin. It was a lot of fun. :-) One of
these days I'd not mind meeting some at a South Texas cook-in... even if
it's just a potluck/BBQ at a public park.
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