Yes! I was wondering that too. (Which goes to show I have been procrastinating
doing something productive this morning.)
:-)
Barb
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> On Jun 16, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Katherine Arens <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> also a question: how can the duffel weigh 100 lbs with no camping gear?
> just asking why you’re transporting rocks . . .
>
>> On Jun 16, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Barb <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> David, you could have flown on southwest and camped for less than you are
>> probably going to end up paying now- if you plan ahead. But it seems you
>> hate that. Btw, you can also cancel flights on SW with no penalty and then
>> rebook for the next year's convention if plans get screwy. Just saying.
>> Barb Coons
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 16, 2019, at 8:17 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> From David Locklear
>>>
>>> My Craigslist chauffeur lived up to his end of the deal.
>>>
>>> I had no idea what to expect, but was assuming Dr. Lecter. He
>>> arranged to meet Saturday morning for breakfast at his cheap hotel
>>> in southwest Houston. I was not going to pry into his agenda,
>>> and told him I would be there. This location allowed me to leave
>>> the Sequoia at my apartment. I wasted an hour trying to find a ride,
>>> to his hotel, and then tried to bum a ride off my neighbors. In
>>> hindsight,
>>> I should have just walked a 1/4 mile to the bus stop, as the bus allegedly
>>> runs every 30 minutes on Saturday. ( I had only rode it once before a long
>>> time ago, and lacked the time to study the bus routes ).
>>>
>>> Anyways, my duffle-bag back weighed 100 lbs, and only had a shoulder strap,
>>> and I was wearing
>>> flip-flops. I was drenching in sweat by the time the bus arrived.
>>> The bus
>>> dropped me off a mile from his hotel and I had to walk it Mixtecan-style
>>> with
>>> my duffle-bag on my head. I was in a dangerous part of town to be alone,
>>> and
>>> had all my trip funds on me as cash, which is something I would not have
>>> done
>>> had I had time to prepare for the trip.
>>>
>>> By the time I got to his hotel, I was an hour late, but he didn't seem to
>>> mind. I was
>>> drenching in sweat, and exhausted when I met him, so that was not a way to
>>> make
>>> a good first impression. He let me shower and change clothes, so once
>>> we got
>>> on the road, I felt better.
>>>
>>> To my surprise, my first impression of my new Craigslist chauffeur was not
>>> Dr. Lecter,
>>> but instead Mr. Wan Kuok-koi, leader
>>> of the 14K Triad syndicate in China. But that seemed better than what I
>>> was
>>> assuming he would be. He had already finished breakfast, but let
>>> me eat while he packed up his room. He drove non-stop to Texarkana,
>>> and I took
>>> over and drove non-stop to Nashville. There I convinced him to drive me
>>> to Cookeville
>>> and get a motel and we would split it, even though Nashville and Cookeville
>>> were off his
>>> main route of travel to Detroit. All in all that, cost me $ 175, money
>>> I really should have
>>> spent going to the dentist.
>>>
>>> We made the trip in a new Chevy Equinox. It had integrated into the
>>> side-mirrors a tiny
>>> yellow symbol to warn you of a car in your blind spot. That feature
>>> would be worthless in
>>> Houston, as you always have a car in your blind-spot, and so the light
>>> would be very
>>> annoying. You would have to cover it with black tape.
>>>
>>> My Craigslist chauffeur, claimed his name was Barry. He listened to that
>>> confounded National
>>> Propaganda Radio, for 15 hours, driving me fr*ckin nuts. He hardly
>>> uttered a single word for 15 hours, even though he
>>> spoke perfect English. ( He claimed he was originally from Maine and had
>>> been in the Coast Guard
>>> briefly ) I tried my best to find a topic we could converse, but he was
>>> either an introvert or an
>>> underworld fugitive, or there was a remote chance he figured I was crazy as
>>> a loon, or most likely all
>>> three of those.
>>>
>>> I am now in Room 301, Sunday morning. I plan to sleep until noon, if
>>> the hotel will let me.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what I am going to do this afternoon. I really don't
>>> have the funds to be up here, and I really
>>> have a ton of chores waiting on me back in Houston. I have not been
>>> able to find a ride home
>>> yet, but there is a shuttle bus back to Nashville. I assume I won't
>>> have to hard of a problem getting
>>> back to Nashville.
>>>
>>> I will likely only purchase a 1-Day Pass for the NSS Convention. Maybe
>>> a 2-Day Pass.
>>>
>>> I am going to pretend for the next 24 hours that I am on my summer
>>> vacation, but after that, I have to face
>>> my reality, and start pondering how to get back to my apartment, so that I
>>> can get back to work.
>>>
>>> P.S. The pool is broken at The Quality Inn, and the breakfast is lame.
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