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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

I have never heard of a raid on a munch. I do find it curious tho that the "wood shed" is fine with photography yet your casual dress "munch" would forbid such a thing, when right on the woodshed website I read full nudity. I can only presume these same individuals that go to the munch would show up at the "woodshed" here. Tho I have a hard time believing parading the chief of police through the place and the chief saying oh you are fine. I would LOVE to see that statement on record.watch the woodshed I expect a raid to be coming within a years time or less.

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric
I have never heard of a raid on a munch. I do find it curious tho that the "wood shed" is fine with photography yet your casual dress "munch" would forbid such a thing, when right on the woodshed website I read full nudity. I can only presume these same individuals that go to the munch would show up at the "woodshed" here. Tho I have a hard time believing parading the chief of police through the place and the chief saying oh you are fine. I would LOVE to see that statement on record.watch the woodshed I expect a raid to be coming within a years time or less.

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ORIGINAL: BoiJen

NO CELL PHONES, CAMERAS, VIDEO EQUIPMENT OR RECORDING DEVICES OF
ANY KIND ARE BEING USED OR ALLOWED TO BE USED WITHIN THE CONFINES
OF THE WOODSHED FACILITY.
If someone violates this rule:
• The offender will be removed from the event without refund.
• The offender will be required to erase or otherwise destroy all images immediately. Should
the offender refuse erasure of any visual or auditory recording, the offender relinquishes
rights of ownership of any recording device to The Woodshed and its agents.
• The offender will be prohibited from any distribution of the images.
• All violations of this policy will be reviewed by the Manager and one (1) additional member
on a case-by-case basis.

http://thewoodshedorlando.com/images/docs/the-woodshed-bylaws.pdf

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric
I see the numbers of bad experiences have been staggering.

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

Now you are nit picking my words......when you begin to convey your meaning perfectly every single time you speak then start disecting mine....I asumed it was a given that ALL the time would not be taken literally or that would be every second of everyday that is absurd and  you know it "Every Club"  I will correct that error for you Every Club I have been to has had both swinger and BDSM hours. Is that better for you now that I have  explained in better detail? Lets just go with no there has never been a raid on any BDSM club in the history of BDSM and anyone who has told you this has occured is wrong including myself. there you go.( tho it has happened)

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

Now you are nit picking my words......when you begin to convey your meaning perfectly every single time you speak then start disecting mine....I asumed it was a given that ALL the time would not be taken literally or that would be every second of everyday that is absurd and  you know it "Every Club"  I will correct that error for you Every Club I have been to has had both swinger and BDSM hours. Is that better for you now that I have  explained in better detail? Lets just go with no there has never been a raid on any BDSM club in the history of BDSM and anyone who has told you this has occured is wrong including myself. there you go.( tho it has happened)

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

Now you are nit picking my words......when you begin to convey your meaning perfectly every single time you speak then start disecting mine....I asumed it was a given that ALL the time would not be taken literally or that would be every second of everyday that is absurd and  you know it "Every Club"  I will correct that error for you Every Club I have been to has had both swinger and BDSM hours. Is that better for you now that I have  explained in better detail? Lets just go with no there has never been a raid on any BDSM club in the history of BDSM and anyone who has told you this has occured is wrong including myself. there you go.( tho it has happened)

How many clubs have you actually been to?

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric
I have never heard of a raid on a munch. I do find it curious tho that the "wood shed" is fine with photography yet your casual dress "munch" would forbid such a thing, when right on the woodshed website I read full nudity. I can only presume these same individuals that go to the munch would show up at the "woodshed" here. Tho I have a hard time believing parading the chief of police through the place and the chief saying oh you are fine. I would LOVE to see that statement on record.watch the woodshed I expect a raid to be coming within a years time or less.

Are you specifically misreading what has been posted here from the Wood Shed's website?  They do not say they are 'fine with photography' during public hours.  What they say is, if you rent the club privately, during off hours, you are welcome to do photo shoots at that time.  That's not all that unusual.  Anybody who has seen the pics on My profile can tell that half of them were taken at 1763 during off hours.  Two of them were specifically taken the afternoon before the Interrogation and Role play demo that I mentioned earlier in the thread.  The same goes for the fire play pic.

Now, if you want to continue siting sources where raids are being done due to prostitution and swinging, please feel free to continue.  The thread has gone way off topic because that is the way you have gone.  Not any of that has to do with munches.

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric
I see the numbers of bad experiences have been staggering.

Then along with not being able to read, you're also not able to count.  There were twenty one people who responded positively to their experiences with munches.  (I counted Wyldheart because I know her answer from personal experience, even though she only said "gigglesnort".)  At least six of us have organized either munches or events that are on this thread alone.  There are others on the site that do so that you can find in their posting history.

Eleven people on the thread said they didn't like their experience.  In that, I'm counting one person who complained about having to wear fetish gear.  (Which isn't the case.)  One person who had difficulty due to a disability.  Also there was one person who didn't like the munches because people already knew each other, which was kind of silly to Me.  (Sorry Red, but people are going to know each other at a munch they have attended for years.)

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

I avoid the restaurant ones, though, because I'd rather not HAVE to order food.

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ORIGINAL: MstrPBK

I would like to attend a Munchie ... but I am finding that nothing in the Minneapolis or St. Paul area is not quite accessible. [pause]
Accessible in this case means: Bathrooms on the same floor as the meal (stairs can slow me down a lot; very very few restaurants have elevators.); and being in acceptable distance from a bus stop.

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

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ORIGINAL: ShaharThorne

I know, TFB...It is hard to find a munch locally that is ADA accessible.  Heck its hard to find one period.

As much time as I am in Austin, I still cannot find a group in that area.  I know that there is a swinger's club (personal experince, they are not good to overweight folks), but I cannot find one for BDSM, yet I know one is there.

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

If you can find one post that has ever been written by Me with the "I'm a Goddess" theory, I'd probably fall out of My chair laughing.

It was you that turned your own thread into a debate on the outlandish possibilities on what could happen at a munch.  (I seriously laughed at the button camera bit ala James Bond to infiltrate a munch and get pictures.)  The problem, I think, is that you wanted to come here and hold a negative opinion of kink establishments and groups.  Sorry, but it didn't turn out that way.

The fact that you had to stoop to name calling and rudeness didn't help your hope of showing how terrible us munch attending types are.  By the way, the folks who said they don't attend munches are "forum regulars" too.  How come it was only a problem that we were regulars when we didn't agree with you?

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ORIGINAL: ShaharThorne

I know, TFB...It is hard to find a munch locally that is ADA accessible.  Heck its hard to find one period.

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It's a shame, more hosts should host their event at handicapped or special needs accessible locations. As it is, even if they are a location that is handicapped friendly most the time, their bathrooms are still difficult to get into if you're for example a wheel chair, or on crutches, and the bathrooms are still either strictly male, or strictly female. Places need more family oriented bathrooms, where any gender can walk into the bathroom with any gender, if they require assistance in getting into the bathroom, or what goes on in the bathroom.