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ConciergeMike Nov 30, 2009 11:57 am


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12899445)

Indeed I do. Now why the rest of the society strayed from the bandwagon in the first place is the mystery. ^^


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12899217)
Very handsome outfit!^:D


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12899485)
You look rather dapper in that suit.

Thanks. :D I lobbied the management for it and they actually listened. They stopped listening when I started lobbying for real fixes to the customer service process.


Originally Posted by kingalien (Post 12899810)
Oh just admit it, the hat was modified from a rifle case :D.

Haha. I wish I owned a nice rifle for distance competition shooting. I'm handy with a pistol and a shotgun, but have not yet conquered the rifle. Someday I'll get around to it.

Xyzzy Nov 30, 2009 12:01 pm


Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 12900248)
I think you can do 4 if they have a double double room. Our king room on the executive floor was decent size.

They only list rooms with two twin beds or one king. :rolleyes: I guess I need to call the hotel and ask...

Xyzzy Nov 30, 2009 12:09 pm


Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 12900230)
On the way home the news report was talking about a young man that had been speeding 90 mph, hit the back of a car killing all 4 in that car, which was then sent into another car causing those people to be taken to the hospital and the young man was currently on life support, brain dead.

Same young man.

I don't feel any grief at all for the irresponsible kid doing 70-90mph in a 55mph zone and who ran a traffic light:

...The family was traveling east on Highway 37 around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday when 19-year-old Steven Culbertson ran the light at the intersection with Lakeville Highway and smashed broadside into Maloney's van, according to Sloat.

The impact crushed the minivan and pushed it into a passing Mitsubishi Gallant, moderately injuring its three passengers.

Culbertson apparently lost control of his Mini Cooper after he clipped the rear of a Honda CR-V that was slowing down to stop at the intersection's traffic light. Culbertson had been traveling south on Lakeville at a speed of between 70 and 90 miles per hour - well over the 55-mile-an-hour speed limit...
I do feel extremely sad for his family, for the four innocent people whose lives he took, and for those in the third vehicle who ended up in the hospital.

MBM3 Nov 30, 2009 12:12 pm

Someone in RevMgmt needs to lay off of the pipe - I am checking for flights to SFO next week and they want $1079 for the nonstop during midweek. Same flights including short hops from ERI? $395 :confused:

sbm12 Nov 30, 2009 12:14 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12900340)
Indeed I do. Now why the rest of the society strayed from the bandwagon in the first place is the mystery. ^^

No mystery at all. It is, always has been and always will be about the money. If they think they are making more money because Christmas starts in August then so be it.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12900405)
I don't feel any grief at all for the irresponsible kid doing 70-90mph in a 55mph zone and who ran a traffic light:
I do feel extremely sad for his family, for the four innocent people whose lives he took, and for those in the third vehicle who ended up in the hospital.

Agreed.

Xyzzy Nov 30, 2009 12:16 pm


Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12900364)
They only list rooms with two twin beds or one king. :rolleyes: I guess I need to call the hotel and ask...

... a quick call reveals that there should be no problem with all four of us in a room ... but the web site won't allow me to list more than two people :( ... so I'll reserve and then call back!

ConciergeMike Nov 30, 2009 12:22 pm


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12900430)
No mystery at all. It is, always has been and always will be about the money. If they think they are making more money because Christmas starts in August then so be it.

Good point, but conversely one might think that with all the people who :rolleyes: upon seeing early holiday decorations that some of them might actually complain.

MBM3 Nov 30, 2009 12:23 pm


Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12900447)
... a quick call reveals that there should be no problem with all four of us in a room ... but the web site won't allow me to list more than two people :( ... so I'll reserve and then call back!

Awesome! It is a great property.

sbm12 Nov 30, 2009 12:27 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12900474)
Good point, but conversely one might think that with all the people who :rolleyes: upon seeing early holiday decorations that some of them might actually complain.

Apparently not enough to adversely affect the coffers.

Xyzzy Nov 30, 2009 12:28 pm


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12900430)
If they think they are making more money because Christmas starts in August then so be it.

Did someone mention Christmas in August? That was Crazy Eddie!

baglady Nov 30, 2009 12:29 pm

Good afternoon, Box! In from LAX and trying to stay awake all day. Hope all had safe travels and a great long weekend!

Mackieman Nov 30, 2009 12:34 pm


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12900499)
Apparently not enough to adversely affect the coffers.

I think there is also a large contingent of consumers who like to shop early and avoid all the silliness in stores during late November and December. It's supply and demand at that point.

Still hacks me off though. :o

PSU Mudder Nov 30, 2009 12:35 pm

Afternoon Box.

Does anyone else find it difficult to impossible to use CO for getting around the east coast in the evening (as in don't have to leave work early)?

The hublette doesn't have many flights, and the EWR connections are so padded with time with the last bank seemingly ending around 8pm that I have to start flying at 3pm to get anywhere with a connection.

(my specific anecdotal causing this frustration is a midweek attempt to fly PIT-MCO. CLE's got nuthin in the evening, and the lastest routing through EWR leaves at 3:20 pm. US, DL, and UA all have 6pm departures to hubs that connect to late flight banks)

icurhere2 Nov 30, 2009 12:43 pm


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12899881)
It seems with the recession, auto repair prices have gone way up.

Copa can explain that there's cross-elasticity - given a decrease in the purchase of new cars, there's more quantity demanded (as a result of demand functions) for repairs to pre-existing cars with a consistent supply of repair shops.

Xyzzy Nov 30, 2009 12:48 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12900474)
Good point, but conversely one might think that with all the people who :rolleyes: upon seeing early holiday decorations that some of them might actually complain.

I've complained. I'll admit it. Once, a person putting up decorations in a mall the day after Halloween once gave me lip about my complaint. He asked when I thought he should be putting up the Christmas decorations. My suggestion of a week before the event was met with extreme scorn. :)


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