The "He didn't pick my venue" thread

[land_shark3]

But I even cleaned up all the dog crap out of my back yard. There is a little hill right behind the pond that would make a great stage. Ba$tard!

I guess I'll have to settle for some distant show since I probably won't make it down the road to see him in Charlotte.

[Mr Play]

But I even cleaned up all the dog crap out of my back yard. There is a little hill right behind the pond that would make a great stage. Ba$tard!

I guess I'll have to settle for some distant show since I probably won't make it down the road to see him in Charlotte.

I hear Frisco is nice around the end of April. Is the pond big enough for a jet ski?

[ragtopW]

My problem is the vast, vast quantity of weekday shows. I live in Cleveland, and I can never go anywhere but Chicago for these shows. This year I'm also making the trek to Philly for the Camden, NJ Saturday show. But with Detroit, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh tantalizingly close but impossible with the weeknight shows, it's pretty frustrating.

Yeah.. living in Boise I feel your pain..

[RinglingRingling]

My problem is the vast, vast quantity of weekday shows. I live in Cleveland, and I can never go anywhere but Chicago for these shows. This year I'm also making the trek to Philly for the Camden, NJ Saturday show. But with Detroit, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh tantalizingly close but impossible with the weeknight shows, it's pretty frustrating.

Yeah.. living in Boise I feel your pain..

ok.. I can accept that I am pretty lucky that I have the ability to hit the road and see shows as far away as Dallas, Raleigh, or points in between.. no kids and a decent wage do that.

what I don't understand is the whining when there are 3-4 venues within 4 hours. (and no, I am not talking about Boise, I am talking about the perennial grumbling/grumping/pi$$ing and whining when the tour is announced and Cleveland isn't on it, but Indy, Pittsburgh, and Cinci are. I have to travel to Cinci and I look forward to it every year. )

for those of you from CLV, quit. just quit. make the trip. once you get west of Chicago every year, the distance to a tour venue is pretty big. consider yourselves lucky a 3 hour drive is all you have to make if you want to see Buffett. S U C K it up and get in the car and drive. Boise is 6 hours from Dallas by plane, KW is 17 hours from Livingston, MT. Clevelanders come off as whiney little kids not getting their way with the usual posts.

[Tarheel Tail-Gator]

He not coming to Jacksonville but hey that's okay
We got the next best thing.......Kenny Chesney!!!!!!!!!

That puts Jacksonville and Hartford on the same level.

actually wait I'm wrong. Chesney ditched Hartford for the casino this year. Hartford is officially below jacksonville.

In more ways than one.

Not on a map!

[ph4ever]

My problem is the vast, vast quantity of weekday shows. I live in Cleveland, and I can never go anywhere but Chicago for these shows. This year I'm also making the trek to Philly for the Camden, NJ Saturday show. But with Detroit, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh tantalizingly close but impossible with the weeknight shows, it's pretty frustrating.

Yeah.. living in Boise I feel your pain..

YOU CAN MISS HUNTING ONE WEEKEND TO COME TO SEATTLE.


other than that I also need to replace my keyboard now

[Mr Play]

Never thought I'd say this, but wR2s

Besides - Traveling to see JB is a big part of the fun.

[Desdamona]

He not coming to Jacksonville but hey that's okay
We got the next best thing.......Kenny Chesney!!!!!!!!!

I dunno about that last part , but you have no idea what a relief it is
knowing that our local PHClub won't have to tackle the big party we'd need
to put together if Mr. Buffett was coming here again! whew!

[RinglingRingling]

Never thought I'd say this, but wR2s

Besides - Traveling to see JB is a big part of the fun.

I wouldn't know anything about flying into HOU, renting a car, and hitting the road at 930 on a Saturday morning to be in Dallas by 1215p and trying to find fun in Frisco...

[alphabits]

My problem is the vast, vast quantity of weekday shows. I live in Cleveland, and I can never go anywhere but Chicago for these shows. This year I'm also making the trek to Philly for the Camden, NJ Saturday show. But with Detroit, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh tantalizingly close but impossible with the weeknight shows, it's pretty frustrating.

Yeah.. living in Boise I feel your pain..

ok.. I can accept that I am pretty lucky that I have the ability to hit the road and see shows as far away as Dallas, Raleigh, or points in between.. no kids and a decent wage do that.

what I don't understand is the whining when there are 3-4 venues within 4 hours. (and no, I am not talking about Boise, I am talking about the perennial grumbling/grumping/pi$$ing and whining when the tour is announced and Cleveland isn't on it, but Indy, Pittsburgh, and Cinci are. I have to travel to Cinci and I look forward to it every year. )

for those of you from CLV, quit. just quit. make the trip. once you get west of Chicago every year, the distance to a tour venue is pretty big. consider yourselves lucky a 3 hour drive is all you have to make if you want to see Buffett. S U C K it up and get in the car and drive. Boise is 6 hours from Dallas by plane, KW is 17 hours from Livingston, MT. Clevelanders come off as whiney little kids not getting their way with the usual posts.

What the f*** are you talking about? One post from a "Clevelander" and it had nothing to do with the crap you trotted out.

[RinglingRingling]

I should clarify:

this was directed to the posters from Cleveland every year who come on the board and complain that Buffett doesn't show them any respect by not scheduling a stop in CLV when there are usually several stops on the tour within easy travel distance. It wasn't directed at the gentleman who actually does travel for shows; the sentiments are for the folks who seem to think that unless he is their backyard/home venue, Buffett somehow slighted them without thinking they're not the only ones who aren't graced with a stop.

and the thread itself has wandered from the original intent: consolidating all the "he doesn't respect his fans because Jimmy didn't schedule a show less than 30 miles away from my house" threads into one place.

That said, I am done.

[alphabits]

[Finsupinfla]

All this Cincinnatti/Cleveland stuff made me remember this!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7M3S87wHj4

Of all the things to remember!

[popcornjack]

and the thread itself has wandered from the original intent: consolidating all the "he doesn't respect his fans because Jimmy didn't schedule a show less than 30 miles away from my house" threads into one place.

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!! A thread on Buffettnews drifted from it's original intent? Who'da thunk it??

[land_shark3]

I hear Frisco is nice around the end of April. Is the pond big enough for a jet ski?

I heard that as well. The wife is taking a girls' trip in May, maybe I can make a guys' trip in April.

And yes, the pond would be big enough until you fired up the jet ski. One blip of the throttle and my pond would then be empty.

[ragtopW]

Never thought I'd say this, but wR2s

Besides - Traveling to see JB is a big part of the fun.

Oh Darn Right.. in the four years since I first made a Dallas show
(that was my first east of Denver.. and out of my own timezone)
I have made trips for
Dallas
Houston
Greatwoods
Frisco, TX.
Vegas
New York

non show trips
Key West
Houston (Wedding)
Austin TX. Jerry Jeff Walker.


a great time is had!!

[Wino you know]

People in Nome, Alaska must be devastated because Jimmy is skipping their town yet again.

[pema]

and the thread itself has wandered from the original intent: consolidating all the "he doesn't respect his fans because Jimmy didn't schedule a show less than 30 miles away from my house" threads into one place.

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!! A thread on Buffettnews drifted from it's original intent? Who'da thunk it??

[Dr.Corona]

All this Cincinnatti/Cleveland stuff made me remember this!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7M3S87wHj4

Of all the things to remember!

[seminolegrl06]

ok. I'll bite.

I am sad to see that jimmy did not do some sort of gulf coast venue, somewhere in alabama maybe?

Tampa is close enough to drive to. Atlanta is a bit of a trek. Forget raleigh and charlotte. The only reason NC was on for last year was because I had family in the area. I won't be doing the 10 hour drive again though.

With the exception of tampa (which is a 4 hour drive) there are no others on the ENTIRE schedule within a comfortable drive.

I am glad to see jimmy is doing some west coast dates as I feel that the west coast has been slighted in recent years.

But so is the south.

All the shows are within a week of each other but way too far for roadtrips. more than half the shows are on weeknights AND if you are going to one... basically you can't go to the others because of driving with the proximity of dates. virginia, north carolina, ohio, the entire north east, new york, the midwest... all get SEVERAL dates.

The entire south gets two spaced 9 hours (driving time) apart.