I just checked my hotel reservation for later. It indicates that we are upgraded to a suite. Thanks SPG. :cool:

Sitting at EWR is still more exciting than ALB.;)

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Driving to Cooperstown tomorrow morning with my dad. Albany is just a stop on the journey.

Route 20 is a beautiful drive, as is the drive into Cooperstown.

Smart move.:D Going to Ommegang?

I don't know about that, but around 1990 I had an Audi 80. Put the back seat center armrest down, and it had a ski condom that stretched back into the trunk, so skis could ride with the tips up on the dash and the tails all the way back in the trunk.

It was actually a pretty nice car, suspension ahead of its time (one of the first quattro drives), thermostatically controlled seat heaters, and even, as my somewhat learning disabled cousin used to say, a rear window defrogger.

To the Houstonians in the Box: what sort of home would $350,000 buy me down there?

Is everyone moving to teh Pit?:eek:

I'm not a Houstonian, but I'm pretty sure the credited response is:

A big one.

Not me! :-:

From what we've seen in the $350-400k range inside the loop, you can get a 3BR townhouse or single family home with very nice finishes or a pretty nicely restored craftsman style home. Check MLS areas 9, 16 and 17 on har.com.

Go outside of the loop and, in some areas, you can get a 5-6BR home on a few acres.

Are you thinking of moving to Houston?

me neither. I don't like festering.

Thinking about that Audi reminds me of a Colo connection trivia question posted the other day regarding a plate "EX-ZG." No one responded, and it's slow here, so here's the (hey, it is travel-related) answer.

Until about 2000, CO had county specific license plates. Beginning of the alphabet was Denver and surrounding, but many rural counties (and also rental cars) started with Z. Pitkin Co, Aspen, was ZG. To this day you can still buy tea shirts and such with ZG on them in Aspen, as well as on those silly European-style country code ovals that ruin your car's paint.

And, since, like CA, you can transfer a plate if in continuous use, there are still SUV's driving around with plates like ZG-347. See one of those, and you know they've been around Pitkin for a very long time.

Edit: For instance...

^

Or a nice downtown loft.