VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 NOV 5-6

[Hans Franke]

Am 7 Sep 2005 10:10 meinte Vintage Computer Festival:

> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 07 September 2005 09:18, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > > Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > > >  \__/|     * VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 *     |
> > > Hmm, how far is California from deepest Minnesota? I'll still be in
> > > the right country then at least ;-) Could well be road trip time...

> > Google says 2300mi from Hibbing, MN to Mountain View.  Plane tickets
> > would be a 'better idea'.  At 30mpg and $3/gal, that's $230 each way
> > for gas alone.

> I don't want to discourage Jules from trying, but any plane trip out of
> MN is going to cost at least as much as driving (jet fuel prices are going
> through the roof).  The trade-off is (if by plane) you get there faster
> or, (if by car) you get to see a lot of America.

And you're not as much restricted in buying new old crap at
the VCF as with a plane ... I mean, you always can fill up
the car boot, the passenger seats (if theres a passanger buy
him/her a one way ticket, still cheaper than over baggage
charges), the roof, below your legs, anf on your lap. Man,
belive me, a car can be pritty much filled up to max with
old computers :))

> I wish the airline industry in the States would finally just collapse and
> then rebuild itself into something more viable.

Hey, all you need to do is to abolish the stupid law, that
US airlines can only be owned by US citicens/companies. By
now United is basicly owned by lufthansa, Northwest is, if
I'm correct, KLM/Air France, and was it Delta where the Brits
had their hands on? By abolishing that law, the airspace
would be quite fast reordered.

> I'm trying to get a flight to Vienna and prices are all over
> the place...above $2,000! Ridiculous.  I had an opportunity
> to get a flight for under $750 yesterday and got distratcted.
> When I came back to do it again today it's now under
> $800 but with a 14 hour stopover in Madrid.  It would be fine if it was
> during the day but it would be at night, I'd have to get a hotel,

Waitamoment, if you're booking a flight, and you'll have a
mandatory stop over with a nights stay, the holtel room
should be included. at least that was the law, last time I
checked

> the Euro kills the dollar (Hans, I am drinking heartily
> from the Euro mug),

Naa, Your government is on a suicidal amok run, and the Buck
is just the third victim (after the truth and a whole lot of
your people)

> and I
> just don't have time (as much as I'd love to walk around Madrid for the 8
> hours or so I would be afforded after sleep).

> Sorry for the rant.

:) contact me off list.

Hans
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