Great idea!

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I'd be very interested in attending/helping out anyway I can. Based on your "Can't keep up" post I'm thinking you may need some assistance.

I'd be interested as well.

matt.redsquirrel's picture

I'd be interested as well. Email me with proposed details and whatever. I haven't been checking in here too much lately.

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In also . . .

AMR's picture

Absolutely. If there were four, fourteen or twenty-four of us, I think it would be informative and fun. We NC dads have it pretty good (climate, things to do) and pretty bad (some slow thinkin' folks 'round here). We'd have a lot to talk about.

Also . . .

AMR's picture

would this mean the cookout would be in your "Back 40"? Suh-weet.

ok, it's settled...

matt.redsquirrel's picture

greg has the house, amr brings the beer, jonmcp brings the 20 oz steaks, and I bring my do-rag. Sound good to everyone?

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Sorry...

JonMcP's picture

Vegetarian.... how about tofu?? Yum!

Tofu??

AMR's picture

I'll settle for a boca burger if necessary!

But I will happily bring the beer!

veggies

oh i can grill up some veggies and pineapple and banana and god's knows what else... (bread!! i love grillin' bread!)

anyway, email me: and we can get the ball rolling. hey, even if it's coming to town with the family and ditching out at my yard for a few hours or skipping out for a night, it's time for the NC dads to unite!!!

(um, er, that sounded kinda, well, uh...)

I love my family

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But man, I need at least one night away from them.

possible date

saturday may 31 - the weekend after memorial day?

yeah?
nay?

May 31

matt.redsquirrel's picture

May 31

matt.redsquirrel's picture

Yeah

JonMcP's picture

That date works for me.

Works for me . . .

AMR's picture

as well. Good date.

Sorry for the delay in response -- family emergency that may not end for a long time. Got back at 2am from a 40 hour trip to LV (not for fun). I'm not hunting for sympathy or anything here, but, outside of my kids (playing here in front of me) and my wife, my life is brutally stressful right now.

Know that I will supply/help/deliver/produce whatever is asked of me (but I can't bake).
Arron

well

do what you gotta do and what's best for you and your family

what i'm planning is two months off at best - and as parents things can change in an instant so i understand - i expect this to be a low-key, by-the-seat-of-the-pants thing.

i'll clear the weekend and provide the hospitality... but if nobody could attend, a night alone wouldn't be so bad.

5/31 Dad Summit

my backyard.

come cook, chill, camp and complain.

yer invited.

hotel rates ($$$), registration* ($) and campground fees (.25) negotiable

*there is no registration fee

rsvp:

Hate to..

JonMcP's picture

Hate to say it, but I'm going to have to miss this one. My folks are taking the family to the beach (free trip and babysitting from the grandparents? Hell Yea!) over the week of Memorial Day. We'll be driving through the area on Saturday on our way back, but I don't think it would fly for my wife to drop me off at Greg's house while she continues on to Charlotte solo.

might need to change the date then

i'll keep it open for now

abd start to brainstorm an alternative time/date.

maybe sometime in the summer when we are all at our wits end from kids 24/7, seven days a week.

Cool

JonMcP's picture

But don't feel like you all have to change it for me. I blundered originally when I said that the weekend was free for me.

sorry for the delay . . .

AMR's picture

that week will do but I'd be in for changing so Jon can attend as well.

okay jon

cough up some dates yer available

for real this time ;-)

Alright

JonMcP's picture

Dude- that's whats so fucked up about this- I literally do nothing. I'm free the week after that, 6/7, or really any other time. I'm only not available 5/24 (leaving for beach) or 5/31 (back from beach). No shit- any other time and I am there.

june 7

anyone?

anyone?

pushed the NC Dad Summit date back a week so jon could come (which AMR would come). cynical dad is a possibility. red squirrel don't think he can as his wife works on weekends but maybe. i've got a couple of locals lads as well so i'm looking at somewhere between 6 to 10. backyard tenting and couch space available and i might be able to get a cheap hotel rate at my wife's hotel for those who like to powder their balls in private.

Now Greg . . .

AMR's picture

I like Jon, but I don't liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike Jon. I would probably check "no" were he to ask in school boy letter form whether or not spooning is an option at this thing.

I'd come the week before or on the 7th. I'd tent in the backyard happily (but am such an amateur that someone would likely have to help me set my tent up).

don't ask, don't tell

that's my policy

unless of course you're pregnant man in which case i'd have all kinds of questions to ask you about the state of your mind.

I'm in

JonMcP's picture

Alright fellas I'm in for June 7. I'll probably get a hotel room, no smoking, no dude spooning. Looking forward to it- thanks for bumping the date out for me. I'm such a blast that you will really be glad you did. Yep. You will say, "man, that was a great decision".

Greg, what kind of help do you need??

I can't

matt.redsquirrel's picture

do Juno 7. The wife is working AND it's my 10th wedding anniversary that weekend. It sounds like most of you like the date, so stick with it and I'll catch you guys on the flipside.

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HI I'm new here need some

HI I'm new here need some help figuring it all out. I live in Harmony. Give me some pointers. Thanks Tony

Harmony . . .

AMR's picture

20-30 minutes from where I live, 30-40 from MRS. Pointers? Hell, I take it one day at a time.

Hey Tony

matt.redsquirrel's picture

Get yourself to Statesville. That's only 15-20 minutes from you. (That's where I'm at). How old is your kid? I've got 2. One's almost 3 and the other is almost 1. The first thing to figure out is, don't stay in the house!! Get out and do anything, even if it's just a nice walk (that's actually our favorite activity). So get yourself to Statesville and we'll take the kids out to lunch, or picnic in our enormous new backyard. There are a couple of other dad's around here too.

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Hi Matt,My kids are 14,10,9

Hi Matt,My kids are 14,10,9 and 4 month old.I'm disabled.So all I do is stay at home.Mess around with trucks and tractor to keep from going crazy LOL.I cant do much like walk,standing and etc.But im not going to give up.I just do what I can but sometime I do push myself then I pay for it.

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