Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
* Mike Jarvis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Piers Cawley wrote: Hmm. I assume group is cheaper, though. Well, of the list, I'd be surprised if that many dropped out, and I had stupidly forgotten Grep's interest, so that takes us up to 12. Which may be enough to guarantee a group. Aah, tricksy. Am I down as interested? If not, I am. Am I down as interesting? Er... I'll be taking the Accela up to see you guys. When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. but american hotels are so much better ... they have those giant 3-person size beds, almost all of them have minibars, decent showers and the staff give something those strange american chappies call ``customer service'', that would never catch on in the uk, oh no - we like to be treated like shit and squeezed into a single bed, needing to get up at some ridiculous time in the middle of the night just to guarantee warm water for the shower -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
Mike Jarvis wrote: David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:32:08PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. But the crack is *great*! Rooms actually in a crack house will be significantly more expensive. Depends - sometimes they don't charge you at all! (if you're selling alot of crack, say) It's the whorehouses that are always expensive. -- Steve Purkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Developer www.redhotchilli.com
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:48:36AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Mike Jarvis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Piers Cawley wrote: [snip] but american hotels are so much better ... they have those giant 3-person size beds, almost all of them have minibars, decent showers and the staff give something those strange american chappies call ``customer service'', that would never catch on in the uk, oh no - we like to be treated like shit and squeezed into a single bed, needing to get up at some ridiculous time in the middle of the night just to guarantee warm water for the shower If you want excellent customer service, I can really, really recommend the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. Not very handy for Manhattan though (although I see they have one opening in 2003). jp
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On 12/02/2001 at 18:55 +, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:44:04PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: talking of organisational skills, dave (ad) how would you fancy being a london.pm organiser for the london.pm trip to ny.pm? we seem to have problems getting anyone to take this to completion Well, what dates do you want to look at? That's probably the best starting point. After that, we can start talking about options. Ok, this is me semi-formally being stupid and taking this on. Although if Simon wants to stand by If not I'll have a crack at doing it. Or doing it jointly. Or whatever. [who has a vested interest in getting this done fast] I'll welcome the help. My ideal for dates would be either side of Easter, but fairly obviously not Easter itself. Leon suggested in the pub [0] 5 days is the optimum length, and I gather that would be over a Saturday for airfare reasons, so how about (rummage, cal) Wed 25 April - Mon 30 April? Either that, or the same days a week later. We could go for Wed 28 March to Mon 2 April instead; comments? Greg, if you send me the list of names and addresses I'd be chuffed. (Anyone who didn't email Greg, let me know). Given that sort of info, how much is this likely to cost? Dave? Dave? Dave? Bueller? [0] Where else? (Oh yeah, drugs are bad, m'kay?) -- :: paul :: blech on rhizomatic.net (heh heh heh) :: promised a trip to NY by a client who went bust :: while working for an agency that went bust
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:15:59PM +, Paul Mison wrote: We could go for Wed 28 March to Mon 2 April instead; comments? Greg, if you send me the list of names and addresses I'd be chuffed. (Anyone who didn't email Greg, let me know). Given that sort of info, how much is this likely to cost? Dave? Dave? Dave? Bueller? Well, now that you have something to work with, I can get the querying in motion... About how many people are we talking about? Any idea? dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ You can't set a generic cow. - Randal L. Schwartz
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
Paul Mison wrote: I'll welcome the help. Consider this me co-volunteering then. We could go for Wed 28 March to Mon 2 April instead; comments? London.pm does April Fools' in NY. Hmm. Distinct possibilities. Means I skip the flight home to go see my Dad on his birthday (also April 1 - explains a lot) but hey ho. Simon
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On 12/02/2001 at 19:36 +, Greg McCarroll wrote: David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, now that you have something to work with, I can get the querying in motion... About how many people are we talking about? Any idea? i just sent a list of about 8~10 people ( i think ) Yeah, 10 +- usual errors (people who didn't know and have changed their minds, people running out of cash, etc, etc). -- :: paul :: they don't come at you with guns :: they come at you with smiles
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
* Paul Mison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Yeah, 10 +- usual errors (people who didn't know and have changed their minds, people running out of cash, etc, etc). there is even someone saying that they are hoping to get Oven to send them to NY at some stage ;-) Greg (remember Ron and I may be up for the trip once some other variables fall into place) -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:37:14PM +, Paul Mison wrote: On 12/02/2001 at 19:36 +, Greg McCarroll wrote: David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, now that you have something to work with, I can get the querying in motion... About how many people are we talking about? Any idea? i just sent a list of about 8~10 people ( i think ) Yeah, 10 +- usual errors (people who didn't know and have changed their minds, people running out of cash, etc, etc). FWIW, 10 is commonly the minimum for a "group". A group rate isn't the only way to go, but it's one option... dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Perl can certainly be used as a first computer language, but it was really designed to be a *last* computer language. - Larry Wall
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On 12/02/2001 at 19:59 +, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:37:14PM +, Paul Mison wrote: On 12/02/2001 at 19:36 +, Greg McCarroll wrote: David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, now that you have something to work with, I can get the querying in motion... About how many people are we talking about? Any idea? i just sent a list of about 8~10 people ( i think ) Yeah, 10 +- usual errors (people who didn't know and have changed their minds, people running out of cash, etc, etc). FWIW, 10 is commonly the minimum for a "group". A group rate isn't the only way to go, but it's one option... Hmm. I assume group is cheaper, though. Well, of the list, I'd be surprised if that many dropped out, and I had stupidly forgotten Grep's interest, so that takes us up to 12. Which may be enough to guarantee a group. Aah, tricksy. How much work is it to look at both options? -- :: paul :: join us in creating excellence
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 12/02/2001 at 19:59 +, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:37:14PM +, Paul Mison wrote: On 12/02/2001 at 19:36 +, Greg McCarroll wrote: David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, now that you have something to work with, I can get the querying in motion... About how many people are we talking about? Any idea? i just sent a list of about 8~10 people ( i think ) Yeah, 10 +- usual errors (people who didn't know and have changed their minds, people running out of cash, etc, etc). FWIW, 10 is commonly the minimum for a "group". A group rate isn't the only way to go, but it's one option... Hmm. I assume group is cheaper, though. Well, of the list, I'd be surprised if that many dropped out, and I had stupidly forgotten Grep's interest, so that takes us up to 12. Which may be enough to guarantee a group. Aah, tricksy. Am I down as interested? If not, I am. Am I down as interesting? Er... -- Piers
RE: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
Piers Cawley wrote: Hmm. I assume group is cheaper, though. Well, of the list, I'd be surprised if that many dropped out, and I had stupidly forgotten Grep's interest, so that takes us up to 12. Which may be enough to guarantee a group. Aah, tricksy. Am I down as interested? If not, I am. Am I down as interesting? Er... I'll be taking the Accela up to see you guys. When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. I know a few places that are decent and resonable. Whoever is playing Julie the cruise director can contact me off list for recommendations. Airfares are pretty good right now. A colleague of mine got a round trip NY-London for US$400 with only 7 day advance on Virgin. That was economy class, but even economy class on Virgin is pretty good. My round trip train fare from Washington will run me about $280. -- mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:32:08PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. But the crack is *great*! :-) -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ Linguists don't know much, but they do know that nobody can succeed in telling people at large how to speak. - Larry Wall
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:36:56PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:32:08PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. But the crack is *great*! Not to mention, er, more traditional forms of paid-for entertainment. Paul, referring to pay-per-sc^H^Hview
Re: NY invasion, was Re: Conway Hall
"Mike Jarvis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:32:08PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: When looking at cost, remember what hotel rates in NYC are like (almost as bad as London). You can easily pay US$250/night for a room that you would swear is in a crack house. But the crack is *great*! Rooms actually in a crack house will be significantly more expensive. But possibly safer too...
