On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:57:47 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 9/23/2016 7:06 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:45:18 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/23/2016 5:39 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Bugs Bunny - a common joke in classic Looney Toons cartoons was Bugs
>>>> saying "I knew I should've taken that left turn at Albequerque!".
>>>>
>>>> I thought those made it overseas - perhaps not.:)
>>>
>>>
>>> Indeed it did and you remind me of it.
>>> And to us, Albuquerque (Mr. Google says you spelt it wrong ^^) was as
>>> remote and exotic as Timbuktu.
>>
>> Yeah, I did misspell it.  Shame on me. :)
>>
>>
> Well in your defence I thought it might have been an original spelling.
> But then, who am I to criticise spelling.

Well, it was an original spelling - but it was an incorrect one. :)

>>> The little I saw of the city was positive.
>>
>> :)
>>
>>
> It was. It looked attractive and the people I spoke to at the interval
> seemed very surprised and pleased that anyone would drive 300 miles to
> see a Pinter play. But then I bet they had never spent a weekend in
> Hobbs. ;)

Probably not at that.  It's like the new guy on my team - he's going to 
be in Denver for the first time in his life (he's up in Nova Scotia), so 
he's going to probably take a day of vacation while he's there and 
explore.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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