MN Trip Was Re: VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 8.0 NOV 5-6

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote: I don't want to discourage Jules from trying, but any plane trip out of MN is going to cost at least as much as driving (jet fuel prices are going through the roof). The trade-off is (if by plane) you get there faster or, (if by car) you get to see a lot of America. I wish the airline industry in the States would finally just collapse and then rebuild itself into something more viable. I'm trying to get a flight to Vienna and prices are all over the place...above $2,000! Ridiculous. I had an opportunity to get a flight for under $750 yesterday and got distratcted. When I came back to do it again today it's now under $800 but with a 14 hour stopover in Madrid. It would be fine if it was during the day but it would be at night, I'd have to get a hotel, the Euro kills the dollar (Hans, I am drinking heartily from the Euro mug), and I just don't have time (as much as I'd love to walk around Madrid for the 8 hours or so I would be afforded after sleep). Sorry for the rant. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage mputers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]