Invisible wrote:


>>>
>>> There goes my Christmas shopping...
>>
>>
>> :-) for me
> 
> ....why? You gonna buy something from the UK? :-P

no, but it is similar to the euro - I do plan a trip next year.

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Gail wrote:
> Seattle. I'm attending and speaking at a conference there.

If you get a chance, check out Mount Rainier National Park or Olympia 
National Park. Both are within a couple hours drive of Seattle. Like, if 
you're there over the weekend or something. :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
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> Gail wrote:
>> Seattle. I'm attending and speaking at a conference there.
>
> If you get a chance, check out Mount Rainier National Park or Olympia 
> National Park. Both are within a couple hours drive of Seattle. Like, if 
> you're there over the weekend or something. :-)

Arriving on the saturday afternoon (badly jetlagged). Conference Mon-Fri. 
Leaving very early the following monday.

Have no car and no intention of driving in the US. Do you know if there are 
day tours (bus)? If so, I'll check one of them out. I don't think I have any 
plans for the 2nd weekend.
Mount Rainier could be interesting.

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On 27-Oct-08 21:57, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> You might say that the country as a whole is rich too (in goods at 
>> least, but also in debts). 
> 
> At least we have enough food for ourselves!  That's a big step forward. 
> :-) And plenty of vacant houses!  If we could get that whole 
> energy-independence thing going, we'd probably be OK.
> 
Probably. well, there are some minor things you still have to import, 
some metals, some minerals, some PhD's, but otherwise you may be fine.

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Gail wrote:
> Have no car and no intention of driving in the US. 

Are you on the wrong side down there? It freaked me out just being a 
passenger. :-)

> Do you know if there 
> are day tours (bus)? If so, I'll check one of them out. 

Offhand, I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's the sort of 
thing those places do. (I've seen tour busses in at least the Mt Rainier 
park, but I don't know if that's starting in Seattle or what.) I'd guess 
google would tell you, or if you have the hotel's phone number, you can 
ask them to arrange something before you get there.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
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> Gail wrote:
>> Have no car and no intention of driving in the US.
>
> Are you on the wrong side down there? It freaked me out just being a 
> passenger. :-)

We're on the correct side, you're on the wrong side. <grin>
I have enough trouble as a pedestrian in the US. I don't want to risk trying 
to drive. It's just asking for trouble

>> Do you know if there are day tours (bus)? If so, I'll check one of them 
>> out.
>
> Offhand, I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's the sort of thing 
> those places do.

Thanks. I'll check.

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Gail wrote:
> I have enough trouble as a pedestrian in the US. I don't want to risk 
> trying to drive. It's just asking for trouble

I can completely understand that. When I was a shotgun seat passenger in 
Kenya, I grabbed onto the dashboard every time he made a right turn just 
when there was traffic *right* *there*! :-)  I was sure I was gonna get 
walloped, except it was in the other lane. :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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Gail wrote:
> Seattle. I'm attending and speaking at a conference there.

If you have time and are so inclined, I also recommend taking a tour of 
the 3400 Phinney chocolate factory.  It's $5, but *well* worth it.  It's 
also pretty easy to get to by bus or taxi.  The main catch is that the 
tours sell out pretty quickly, so you should call and make a reservation 
soon if you're interested:

http://www.theochocolate.com/ (bottom half of page)

I also second Darren's recommendations, if you can manage 
transportation.  If weather is good Mt. Ranier is a simply spectacular 
place to go on a short hike, but this isn't quite the ideal time of year 
to visit so check that it won't be overcast / snowed in before you so 
do.  The Olympic National Park should be completely fine whatever the 
weather (if a bit cold and damp).

> Hope it doesn't snow.

It's unlikely, but I'd expect a cold light rain.

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Gail wrote:

> And how is the job hunt going?

I contacted an agency last week who seemed to think they had a graduate 
Java position on Warwick that they wanted to fill. They claim to have 
passed on my CV, but I've heard nothing since.

(They also mumbled something about somebody wanting Smalltalk 
experience, which I made it clear I have. But basically I haven't heard 
anything about that either.)

Other than that... it's a question of finding the time to sit down and 
actually spend time doing something which is futile and soul-destroying. 
It's difficult to find motivation for that.

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Now's a *great* time to invest.  If you actually have spare money.  If 
you're like me and have rode the market down...devil/deep blue sea 
situation.  So far, my finances have tanked $13,850...*since 01 Oct*.

In other words, I'm screwed.

--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

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