FYI- 2015 Net54baseball Dinner at the National
 

The Net54baseball Dinner at the National will be revived this year. It will be on Friday, July 31st, the week of the National. There will be more details as we get closer but I want to give members an early heads up as I know people plan for things far in advance. (*not me, but some people actually do). I hope to see everyone there that can make it. Most likely we will have it an hour later (maybe 7:30pm) as we are thinking of not doing a regular dinner but doing horse duvers :) and an open bar. And isn't the open bar really the key? I am looking forward to it already!!

Hors d'oeuvres. :)

I see you were joking. I fell for it.

It's all good Barry. I always call them Horse Duvers. It's easier to spell incorrectly.

How many duvers can a person get from the average horse?

Not an easy word to spell. I call veal parmigiana veal with pajamas on. Kind of the same thing.

It really doesn't matter as long as you divvy up your duvers fairly.;)

Two for drinks, please, Leon. :D:D

Is a duver-ectomy generally successful? Do they regenerate?

Yes, you do not want to be a duver hoover.:D

Horse Duvers
 

Considered a delicacy in Mongolia

Now that's funny.

Ha!, my dad used to call Eggplant Parmesan "Eggplant Farmer's John" :D

I am looking forward to this dinner and putting faces to names while hopefully avoiding eating anything with horse meat in it. I hope that the open bar is stocked with Johnny Walker blue but I will settle for MacCallan 18 :D

As a newer Net54 member can I ask what type of event this is? I have heard that there might even be speakers.

Sorry to be so picky, but isn't it "horses duvers," the plural form since we will have more than one? Looking forward.

Cheers, Mike

Leon has Adrian lined up for a lecture on the importance of having a consistent & easy-to-remember ID.

YAY! The net54 dinner is the highlight of the national for me. Assigned seats this year? Can I be at the T206 table please?!

They're all t206 tables.

Nominee for funniest post of the year.

I hope I could make it to the National and this dinner. Keeping my figures crossed I get a job in the sports card industry or if that doesn't work out I have time off to go.

-Nick

Chicago..... I had to look it up....

I'm probably skipping. There are some people on the internet who want to beat me up, and I'm kind of wetting my pants.

I'll wait for Cleveland to roll back around - much safer place.

Follow your own advice. I'll be there.:eek::eek::D

Frank, it was kind of scary meeting you the last time I was in Chicago - not sure I've gotten over that yet.

In all sincerity - not getting to talk with you more is one of the things I regret about that trip. 2015 would require an immediate turn-around from a 2-week North Carolina trip, including getting my inventory to Chicago. Not sure it's logistically possible. If I miss it, will you be my second?

This dinner is the closest thing to the old school hospitality rooms which used to be a hobby staple.

Horse Duvers
 

This was always how my great grandfather pronounced it. My mom to this day still calls them that and laughs every time the menu says it.

The Net54 dinner is the highlight of the National experience !!!http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...atdrink004.gif

I may wait till 2016 when it's on the east coast. Closer for me but hopefully the dinner will be going on in Atlantic city

Yah, hopefully there will still be a Atlantic City:eek:

Capital Idea Ole Bean:D

Paul your right. It may not be haha. I just know next year I won't be able to make it out there. Oh well.

Jesse. I'm on Long Island. I though about taking the LIRR toward Manhattan and grabbing one of those cheap busses that ferry folks direct to the casinos.:D

We should do another National Best Pickup thread contest like we did in 2010 at Baltimore. I know I had a great time that yr;)

Leon, is there any truth to the rumor that you will be putting on a separate, but concurrent, gourmet, 10-course dinner for the NON-T206 collectors? :D
Val

A card table should suffice for seating.;)

Both of you?:eek::D

This is great news!

I always enjoy the Net54 Dinner.

Just need to ask a favor though. If there is a photographer at the dinner, would he please not stand behind me when he takes any photographs.

That's me in the bottom left corner. Depressing photo :( ;)

Across the hobby, we are genetic oddities, still growing at such advanced ages. Some of us are getting too tall for our hair.:D

I'd be honored to share a table with Leon! :)
Val

From one type card collector to another, Thanks Val!! It's always my pleasure when we can get together and talk cards in person.

If this is open to all members, I would love to join the fun.

It's open and free to all members. There will be an RSVP and information thread approximately 3 weeks before the event.