Found someone to split the room with, so that's okay then.
Next dilemma: wedding gift!
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 6:05:56 pm PDT #2907 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
sarameg - Aug 30, 2005 6:06:24 pm PDT #2908 of 10002
Dana, I'm glad you've heard from them.
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 6:08:04 pm PDT #2909 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Also, are you a member of studentuniverse.com?
Nope. Is it likely to be lower than $130?
NoiseDesign - Aug 30, 2005 6:10:02 pm PDT #2910 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
Just caught up reading on CNN about how badly the gulf coast has been hit.
My heart goes out to everyone that has been touched by this.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2005 6:14:19 pm PDT #2911 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nope. Is it likely to be lower than $130?
I dunno, but it's worth a look -- you have to prove you're a student to actually buy a ticket, but you can search the site for free. (Edit: Not that it costs money to join, but you have to fax them your ID and stuff.) Which reminds me I need to get my Thanksgiving ticket.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2005 6:23:06 pm PDT #2912 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I were just going for a weekend, I'd probably fly, just because Amtrak is so ridiculously expensive these days.
Not to mention last year they jacked up their internet publicized price for the Boston-DC trip from $83 to $117 when I actually got to the station and bought a ticket. Oh, and the dining car won't accept credit cards.
askye - Aug 30, 2005 6:24:28 pm PDT #2913 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I was checking the local paper to see how they covered Katrina. They had some information about Pensacola, I know they closed some bridges. Also the work that had been started to restore the beaches (mostly moving the sand from roadways and parking lots back to the beach) was all undone by Katrina.
There was a quote from a man who had evacuated from Louisana to this hotel in Pensacola and the hotel took some minor damaage from Katrina.
Nutty - Aug 30, 2005 6:25:14 pm PDT #2914 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have done Alexandria-to-Boston in 7.5 hours, but my foot is like unto lead, and also, they weren't enforcing the limit on the Garden State Parkway back then. Ed has reported of late that the Tappan Zee traffic is pretty bad, although I don't know in which direction (or both).
If the wedding is in Old Town Alex, and the hotel is in same, then public transit will work. If one is in Old Town and the other is in Arlandria, different story. Then again, there is always day-of carpooling at weddings, right? I am always doing that.
I used up a lot of shoe leather, walking from Braddock Road station into and around Old Town.
Emily - Aug 30, 2005 6:26:01 pm PDT #2915 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The prices on studentuniverse were really high, actually, but that may be particular to this trip. Also, I lost my student ID with my credit cards (although of course I'll replace it just as soon as I remember).
Jesse - Aug 30, 2005 6:36:41 pm PDT #2916 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The prices on studentuniverse were really high, actually, but that may be particular to this trip.
I think the deal with them is that you can get good prices, but only wicked far ahead of time. Last Thanksgiving, I flew home for $100, but bought the tickets around this time of year.
Not to mention last year they jacked up their internet publicized price for the Boston-DC trip from $83 to $117 when I actually got to the station and bought a ticket.
Different prices for buying ahead of time online as opposed to day-of at the station are pretty common.