Bummer, I'll be in town for 5 full days this week and I still miss the D.C. Happy Hour

Sam - you dill .... you are supposed to go there and WIN. ;)

Put $150 on RED on the next spin of the roulette wheel -- trust me ... you'll be line ball in one spin. ^

(Rider. Do NOT place it on RED when you know "0" will come up.

Rider 2 - do not place on RED when you know BLACK will come up.)

Apart from those rules you simply canot lose. Gambling is dead easy to master I have found. :D

So, has George pulled a geo on this event yet???

I think we all know which "rock" Marion Barry can be found in close proximity to. ;)

Lynn and I will be in the Caribbean for a week or so from Friday. Four VERY generous FT'ers have just upgraded us both ways to San Juan from oz with expiring UA SWU's. If any of those folks are around DC then, the drinks are DEFINITELY on us. ^

We have no laptop, so I will only very seldom see this thread to update, except via web cafés, until we arrive in IAD for the lunch on Saturday Jan 29th.

If someone might be able to swing by Sheraton Reston around middayish on that Saturday to grab us, would be greatly appreciated. :D

Please add a thread note if you are able, and I'll know who to look out for. Thanks. :cool:

oz, you oughtta be here NOW.... it's snowing like MAD! We were supposed to get just an inch or two in the late afternoon, but it's been snowing pretty hardily since 10 am or so. Between that and all the inauguration stuff, the next couple of days are going to be interesting around here... who knows what it'll be like when you arrive. Better put some extra tread on your flip-flops! (or slippers, as you may call them) :p

Hey - since I am tentatively certain :D of making it to the lunch I can pick you up!

Enjoy the carribbean - while we relish the driving with morons on the snow! Today on my way to the bank I had a dude - INTENTIONALLY doing 180s on the road! What a smart ...! :rolleyes:

Though the white blanket on the parking lot does look pretty nice!

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I'm very happy for you! I wish you a lifetime of happiness. :)

OzStamps,

I wish I could pick you up but I wrecked my car today while doing 180's in the snow. :D

Huh? I thought those John Deere's were pretty much indestructible????

So have you booked a Limo then, for our classy trip back TO the airport? :D

If you make us miss our plane to SYD, we are camping at your ranch for a few days. :cool:

Thanks pranu -- look forward to meeting you around midday at the Sheraton Reston. ^

And what is this "snow" stuff Gator Gal? Isn't that only found in Switzerland and those places?

Heck, as I type it is 30ºC (or about 90ºF) and far too sunny to go outside :

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This is a minute by minute update.

Be nice. If you were to show up I *would* buy you a drink. :p

But for some reason I fear I'll not see you. :(

That said, I'm looking forward to the 29th! :D

Wow -- I can actually make this one!! Putting in in my calendar right now...

Woo hoo!!!

Of course, like everything in my life, this is subject to change... but looking forward to meeting all of you!

Snowed in at Dulles. :mad:

Our bags made it this am to Puerto Rico, but Lynn and I did not. Due to insane amounts of folks at IAD after the inauguation, all flying out, and elite check in and secuirty lines a mile long.

Anyway, we are stuck here in the snow til tomorrow. Anyone around the Dulles area that wants to catch up for a drink or dinner this afternoon/evening please give me a call - Glen Stephens, room 220, Sheraton Reston, phone 703 620 9000. We got a suite and are well dug in here now with a few bottles of bubbly. :)

February DC Dinner?
 

Any details on a date yet? Just trying to fill in my calendar....

I think we're pretty open to suggestions - what works best for you? I will be out of town the weekend of the 4th & Presidents Day weekend, but other than that, I should be around. I'm guessing later in the month may be better since our March one I think is tentatively scheduled for later in the month & we're about to have one this Saturday to.