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<DIV><FONT size=2>I agree with Charles! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>When I'm there by myself, I never rent a car. Finding
parking is awful, awful, awful! And pretty much anywhere interesting that
is too far to walk has a convenient bus or tram running to it. Last
year I rented a car because I didn't get a hotel close enough to the convention
center for Becky & Claire to walk. But this year I didn't make that
mistake so we are going car-less. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Take care all -Gary G. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=CKlein@mn.rr.com href="mailto:CKlein@mn.rr.com">Charles L. Klein</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=groop@groo.com
href="mailto:groop@groo.com">groop@groo.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Groop]What did I
miss?</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=360503103-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>From
my experience last year (since I was by myself and didn't get any sight-seeing
in) I found I didn't even need the car at all. I had rented one, but I
only drove it from the airport to my hotel and back. In between my hotel
and the convention center were buses running all the time that were free (I
don't know if it'll be the same this year or not). I know that Scott has
a box he lugs around on his shoulder all day long, so I'm sure it's nice to
have the car parked close (as he gets there really early, he gets a spot), but
if you don't have a lot to carry, the shuttle buses are nice as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=360503103-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>That's my two kopins worth at least.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Bodhikt@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 14, 2003 6:28
PM<BR><B>To:</B> groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop]What did I
miss?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT">In a message dated 3/14/2003
12:13:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, mightyhero@mail.com writes:<BR><BR>
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face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">It looks like hotel
rates are higher this<BR>year. It might be a good idea to
reserve<BR>a room and rental car as soon as
possible.</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR>The hotels in
"Hotel Circle" are quite a bit cheaper than the ones downtown, and the HC
trolley station should be open by then. If not, it's not all that far to Old
Town, where there already is a trolley stn in operation. With parking at the
convention center up to $8/day, and gas prices over $2/gal already, the
trolley may be the cheaper option, unless you have a full carload of people,
and/or stuff you need to transport.... It's possible to get bus passes that
will allow you to ride whenever/however many times you need within a certain
time period-- check with <A
href="www.sdcommute.com">www.sdcommute.com</A> . <BR>Kaytee<BR><A
href="http://www.eclecticbeadery.com/simplexities.html">http://www.eclecticbeadery.com/simplexities.html</A><BR></FONT><FONT
lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><A
href="http://www.rubylane.com/shops/simplexities">http://www.rubylane.com/shops/simplexities</A>
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