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Started by The Larch, August 18, 2009, 02:52:53 PM

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garbon

#30
August 18, 2009, 04:29:21 PM
Quote from: Fate on August 18, 2009, 04:01:54 PM
Coming from a person living in the financial shit hole that is California, this is rich.  :lol:

California is still a kickass place even though the state budget is messed up. :huh:
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garbon

#31
August 18, 2009, 04:30:20 PM
Essex county is not very interesting.
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Eddie Teach

#32
August 18, 2009, 04:50:28 PM
Houston sucks, can't really say much about the rest of Texas.
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#33
August 18, 2009, 04:51:17 PM
Vince and I are in Oneida County, not too far from Tompkins County.  There's... a little to do around here.  Cool brewery that gives tours and Ft. Stanwix/Schuyler.
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grumbler

#34
August 18, 2009, 05:09:16 PM
If the timing works out, stop for half a day in Bawlmer* to see the aquarium.

If things work out timing-wise, I will try to drive into DC to visit with you.  Maybe Seedy can come down from Bawlmer as well.  Too bad I no longer have my sailboat - October is a great sailing month on the Chesapeake Bay.


* (spelled Baltimore)
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citizen k

#35
August 18, 2009, 05:12:01 PM
Quote from: The Larch on August 18, 2009, 02:52:53 PMI'll be glad to have a beer with any of you that may be nearby. :cheers:

All the cool Languishites are on the West coast.  :contract:

Fate

#36
August 18, 2009, 05:13:59 PM

citizen k

#37
August 18, 2009, 05:18:19 PM
Quote from: Fate on August 18, 2009, 05:13:59 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 18, 2009, 04:50:28 PM
Houston sucks

Incorrect.
Ask any Texan if they would rather live in Houston or Austin/Hill Country and nine times out of ten they say Austin.

garbon

#38
August 18, 2009, 05:20:08 PM
Quote from: citizen k on August 18, 2009, 05:12:01 PM
All the cool Languishites are on the West coast.  :contract:

:yes:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

MadImmortalMan

#39
August 18, 2009, 05:23:27 PM
Quote from: Fate on August 18, 2009, 05:13:59 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 18, 2009, 04:50:28 PM
Houston sucks

Incorrect.

Everything about Houston is awesome except the climate, landscape, humidity, the swamp, the climate, humidity, hurricanes, wildlife, humidity, lack of any defining terrain features except bug-infested cypress swamp, humidity making fog every morning that leaves a thick layer of pollen all over everything when it burns off, bugs, sweating all the time for no reason, rain that physically hurts when it falls on you, 108% humidity when it's not raining, old people dying if they don't have air conditioning, and everything flooding out if more than an inch of rain falls (which is every day). I really do mean everything else is awesome too.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

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The Larch

#40
August 18, 2009, 05:30:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on August 18, 2009, 05:09:16 PM
If the timing works out, stop for half a day in Bawlmer* to see the aquarium.

If things work out timing-wise, I will try to drive into DC to visit with you.  Maybe Seedy can come down from Bawlmer as well.  Too bad I no longer have my sailboat - October is a great sailing month on the Chesapeake Bay.


* (spelled Baltimore)

I have Bawlmer amongst my other possible destinations, given that it's right next to Washington and close to Philly, and I intended to go to the area for sure. Then again I don't want to be killed for my tennis shoes.  :P Is there really some part of the city that is safe?  :ph34r:

Pity about the boat, the sailing sounded great. Regarding the timing for DC, I guess that I'd spend there at least 2-3 days, but I don't know if it'd be on a weekend, which I guess would be the easier time to meet people from out of town. Let's see how the calendar works out.  :)

Barrister

#41
August 18, 2009, 05:30:46 PM
Quote from: citizen k on August 18, 2009, 05:12:01 PM
Quote from: The Larch on August 18, 2009, 02:52:53 PMI'll be glad to have a beer with any of you that may be nearby. :cheers:

All the cool Languishites are on the West coast.  :contract:

I do believe all the really cool Languishites are in the North.   ;)
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MadImmortalMan

#42
August 18, 2009, 05:33:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 18, 2009, 05:30:46 PM
I do believe all the really cool Languishites are in the North.   ;)

You're such a literalist.  :P
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Admiral Yi

#43
August 18, 2009, 05:34:31 PM
What will be your mode of transportation?

If you go stare at the Amish you could do a twofer and see Gettysburg.

The Larch

#44
August 18, 2009, 05:36:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 18, 2009, 05:34:31 PM
What will be your mode of transportation?

If you go stare at the Amish you could do a twofer and see Gettysburg.

I'm thinking seriously about renting a car for the second week. I've been told it is affordable, and that there aren't good public transport options for some of the trips I want to do.
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