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Old Timer Drinking Club

Y'all, I'm feeling awful wistful and nostalgic these days.

For a bit, I thought I missed the old days of Austin on Rails but, just between you and me, I just miss y'all. I miss spending an evening at the pub with you folks, dishing that hot goss and planning schemes and dreaming big dreams.

It's no secret what happened - life and kids and work and shifts in priority. I get it. We all get it.

You can't step into the same river twice, said Heraclitus. I say we prove that jerk wrong.

Let's get together and sit and drink and talk and think and scheme and dream - add a comment if you're interested along with dates and times that work for you. This ain't a democracy but we can do our best to accomodate the most we can. This also ain't exclusionary - if you're reading this and don't feel like you were a part of the OG AoR scene but for some reason want to join us, you're heckin invited too. I've got a drink and a smile for all y'all.

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mando commented Sep 8, 2025

@jackweinbender and @nhessler both??? hell yeah, gonna be great to see y'all tonight!

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Steve commented Sep 8, 2025 via email

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mando commented Sep 8, 2025

@Steve we'll miss you, buddy ❤️ Next time you're in town, drinks are on me :)

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Steve commented Sep 8, 2025

@mando 👍 ❤️

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mswain commented Sep 8, 2025

Wish I could be there, but I can't tonight. We should do another one soon! Sorry I'll miss you @marcusmateus !

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mando commented Sep 8, 2025

we'll miss you tonight @mswain :(

i'm en route, should be there around 5:40 or so

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masonhale commented Sep 8, 2025 via email

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manton commented Sep 8, 2025

I can’t make it tonight, hope to catch up with y’all next time! 🍻

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@mswain, sorry to miss you amigo!

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mando commented Oct 20, 2025

hey friends, i know its pretty late notice, AND i know not all of us are writing ruby these days, but Jim Remsik (aka @bigtiger) is bringing XO Ruby to town this weekend (https://www.xoruby.com/event/austin/) and it would be really lovely to see some of y'all there (it's always lovely to see y'all, tbh).

i know @nmeans is speaking, so he's gotta be there, but i really hope to see some of the rest of y'all there, and if not there, hopefully soon at the Draughthouse :)

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I'll be there as well. volunteering and speaking.

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mando commented Oct 21, 2025

@nhessler !!!! dude that's awesome, i must've missed the announcement :)

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i’m in town wednesday through sunday afternoon for ExMex— anybody got time for a meeting of the minds?

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damon commented Nov 2, 2025 via email

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mando commented Nov 3, 2025

Thurs works best for me too! How's 6pm this Thursday (11/6) at the Draughthouse for those who can make it?
again, sorry for the late notice everyone

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schneems commented Nov 4, 2025

6pm this Thursday (11/6) at the Draughthouse

I'm down.

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mando commented Nov 5, 2025

hell yeah @schneems ❤️ See you tomorrow!!!

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Darn it, I'm going to be out of town tomorrow night and will miss this one. Next time!

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mando commented Nov 5, 2025

adding @bbwharris FINALLY!

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mando commented Nov 5, 2025

aw @masonhale we'll miss you amigo! next time for sure

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schneems commented Nov 5, 2025

He can't make it tomorrow, but dropping a CC to a true OG of the larger community, @steveklabnik. Hopefully, he can make it out to a future drink-up.

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mando commented Nov 5, 2025

oh yeah for real! I owe that dude at least a beer for turning me on to jj :)

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mando commented Nov 6, 2025

today's the day!!!!!

can't wait to see y'all this afternoon at the Draughthouse https://www.draughthouse.com

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schneems commented Nov 6, 2025

ETA looking like 6:30 for me

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mando commented Nov 6, 2025

right on @schneems no rush, if history is any indication we'll be here a while 😆

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Hey all, I hope you don't mind me doing a little promo work in this thread. I won't do it again if anyone is opposed. And even if no one minds, I'll keep it to the bare minimum. I promise. With that said...

I just opened the CFP for RBQ 2026. Enjoyed hanging with many of you during XO Ruby and would love to get y'all out for this event if you're interested. tickets will be going on sale soon as well.

Finally, The last austinrb event of 2025 is coming up on Dec, 9th. It's sponsored and we'd love to have y'all come out if you can. we'll have apps, pizza and maybe some drinks as well.

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mando commented Nov 26, 2025 via email

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nhessler commented Dec 4, 2025

@mando sorry for the delayed response. had to figure out our timeline a bit. with the holidays coming up, we're going to extend things a bit and accept submissions until early January. currently looking at the 7th as our last day for submissions.

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schneems commented Dec 5, 2025

I posted on Reddit people have similar questions, can you help answer there? https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1pekzlh/rbq_conference_cfp_now_open/

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nhessler commented Dec 5, 2025

I posted on Reddit people have similar questions, can you help answer there? https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1pekzlh/rbq_conference_cfp_now_open/

on it. thanks for the heads up!

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