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Good Evening Box, greetings from the Westin Forrestal in Princeton. So much for being home this week. :rolleyes:

Actually it was my choice to stay down here instead of commuting from Hoboken all week. I'm conducting the training for our new contract trainers in our new digs in South Brunswick. The conference room here is bigger and it's cheaper to have 25 people stay down here rather than in NYC.

Hello from 10 minutes north of you.

mnmag

Apr 6, 2010 7:59 pm

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Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 13723320)

I stayed there once (late night flight into EWR followed by morning meeting nearby) and was upgraded into a club room -- for six hours. Hotel seemed nice enough. The nearby shopping center/office complex is deader than Holland Cruise Line's clientele.

Forrestal Village has been that way for years!:eek:

colpuck

Apr 6, 2010 7:59 pm

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Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13723286)

Never experienced it, but always thought it looked pretty :rolleyes:...

http://www.vornesitzen.de/upload/air...inebilder2.jpg

Nothing available on a UA 744?

:rolleyes: then, :rolleyes: now.

jrzyshawn

Apr 6, 2010 8:00 pm

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13723310)

Well, just asking -- hopefully she's resting!:)

Don't take it as me being :rolleyes:. I just feel bad that I am at work and she is home alone.

Trustguy

Apr 6, 2010 8:01 pm

Got home a little while ago from car dealer. They were able to take mine in right away, and the repair is complete. It saved me a rental car day and some time tomorrow. ^

mnmag

Apr 6, 2010 8:01 pm

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Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13723333)

Don't take it as me being :rolleyes:. I just feel bad that I am at work and she is home alone.

No no -- I totally understand!;) I'm not sure you could really be doing anything more for her, at this point!:(

Phudnik

Apr 6, 2010 8:01 pm

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13723331)

Forrestal Village has been that way for years!:eek:

I don't doubt it. I stopped there for lunch once on the way to or from a meeting and haven't made that same mistake a second time.

Steph3n

Apr 6, 2010 8:01 pm

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Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13723286)

Never experienced it, but always thought it looked pretty :rolleyes:...

http://www.vornesitzen.de/upload/air...inebilder2.jpg

Nothing available on a UA 744?

I had to skip UA itin to Asia and getting the 744 on the way back just because for any reasonable cost they would not route me on anything but a 777 out of ORD in C, i refused to take that.

Olton Hall

Apr 6, 2010 8:02 pm

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13723331)

Forrestal Village has been that way for years!:eek:

The place it's modeled after is way, way, way more successful. Quincy Market in Boston.

mnmag

Apr 6, 2010 8:02 pm

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Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 13723338)

Got home a little while ago from car dealer. They were able to take mine in right away, and the repair is complete. It saved me a rental car day and some time tomorrow. ^

Cool!^

mnmag

Apr 6, 2010 8:02 pm

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 13723346)

The place it's modeled after is way, way, way more successful. Quincy Market in Boston.

I know -- it's soo sad!:(

baglady

Apr 6, 2010 8:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 13722405)

Blue Cheese is desired this weekend, right?
:)

YES!!!!

monitor

Apr 6, 2010 8:04 pm

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13723302)

How long ago was that? Traffic these days is always :rolleyes:!

It was a while ago but nowadays I do it once in a while for meetings and it does not seem any better or worse. IMO, the EZ-Pass also makes quite a lot of difference.

You are going against the traffic and the Tpke moves nicely southbound in the AM rush. If you pop off onto Rte 1 at E. Brunswick you are fine since 1 is only heavy northbound thru S. Brunswick and W. Windsor in the AM and southbound in the PM.

In the PM rush the only bottleneck (unless you travel without EZ-Pass) is the 1/2 mile Rte 18 turnoff to the Tpke but if that is really bad you can move up 1 to 287 and jump on the NJT at exit 10.

adelauro

Apr 6, 2010 8:04 pm

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13720296)

There is no TOS-friendly way to express the hatred I have for NK. But, grudgingly I'll say this: to their credit, they have found a niche in the market and exploited the hell out of it. That niche is morons.

I once had a co-worker, the non-traveling type, who thought the $49 flights he was getting from ACY to Florida on NK were so wonderful. He was fond of commenting on how I and others in my department were "foolishly wasting" the company's money by flying CO, UA et al. OF course his enthusiasm for NK waned after he spent his vacation at ACY after NK CXLd his flight and were unable to reaccomodate him.

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Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13720458)

I am not posting from the chair and there was no drilling for me. Yay. Crown for an implant which is fun because it involves torque wrenches. :D

I had that procedure done a couple years ago. Definitely an interesting sensation, having someone banging away on your teeth like he's working under the hood of '73 Impala.

mnmag

Apr 6, 2010 8:06 pm

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Originally Posted by monitor (Post 13723357)

I hear what you're saying! I just think that for someone who is not used to commuting by car -- it would get 'old' very quickly to be having to do that drive -- even temporarily!:eek:

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