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http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~sivann/pub/swf/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf

Oh, and we still need to finish planning the bard dinner for Simucon. Location, anyone?

-Vaeldriil


"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay

>>Oh, and we still need to finish planning the bard dinner for Simucon. Location, anyone?

To the best of my knowledge, the last two attempts to do a Melting Pot dinner fell through, so maybe the third time's the charm?

Killing you softly with his song,
- Stormsinger Shavay

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"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"
- Arthur O'Shaughnessy

<<Does that not require a vehicle to get to?>>

How's that boat fund coming?

::ducks!::

-Vaeldriil


"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay

>>Does that not require a vehicle to get to?

I'll be driving to St. Louis, which means I can fit three others in a car with me. Four, if they're friendly. Five or more if they're REALLY friendly. Might be able to fit more in the trunk, but we'll have to move the bodies first. Anybody good with a shovel?

Killing you softly with his song,
- Stormsinger Shavay

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"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"
- Arthur O'Shaughnessy

nice

clap

it's a good feeling having someone close back from the brink. Hope he adjusts from the insanity ok... been in an older one so know what it's like

Me

::applauds!::

Glad he's home safely.

-Vaeldriil


"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay

My dearest friends, lovers, and yes even enemies,

I am heading on to greener pastures. I have finally begun to leave these lands. In order to expedite my departure, I have decided to walk the path less chosen in regards to getting rid of the fluffy stuff I have collected over the years. Some items will be given to Melissande as she and I designed them, and all of Bree's wedding times have been passed to her husband (oh wouldn't it be lovely to see Solondar in that wedding gown). When I get a chance to finally get into the Crossing, my items will be up for grabs.

Keep an eye out! I'd hate for you to miss something as old as I am.

-C, the player of Cai, Bree, et al.

::pokes prods nags and otherwise generally pesters::

Gonna miss ya, hurry back!

Deslah

Too right.

Get your tail-less tail back quick.

Daerri; the player of,

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"Tired of the eternal efforts to fight our way through raw matter, we chose another way and sought to embrace the infinite. We went inside ourselves and created a new world."
--- Henrik Steffens

I've taken Amtrak from Detroit to Chicago a couple times and liked it. It takes on a couple hours but you dont have to worry about anything. Another nice thing is it's pretty cool to be going down the rail checking out all the sites. If your son is into trains even a little bit I'm sure he'd love the ride.

Thanks,
Kleis

Heyo!

My father worked for the railroad for most of my life. One of the "perks" of working for the local railroad back in the old days was that family members were able to ride the passenger trains for free a certain number of times a year between Denver and Salt Lake City. During my wild and carefree High School years, I took full advantage of this little feature.

I loved travelling by train. Granted, I liked it far better before Amtrak took over, but there was nothing wrong with Amtrak, per se. More just a decline in the industry altother. You'll never beat airlines for speed, nor will you beat driving for freedom. You certainly aren't going to beat Greyhound for cheapness. So where does Amtrak fit in?

Comfort and experience, mostly. I never felt as crowded or cramped on the train as I do on an airplane, or, heaven forbid, the even more cramped Greyhound. If I get hungry, I can get up and walk down to the dining car and have dinner. I'm not sure if they still have them, but back when I was younger the California Zephyr had neat little observation decks upstairs designed specifically to give the best possible view of the scenery. Just being able to move around freely was a godsend. I hate how cramped I feel in planes and buses.

About the only downside to trains are they are a bit noisier, and they do have this tendancy to...er...vibrate. On the other hand, there's almost a charm to that as well once you get used to it. All in all, I recommend it. Of course, my train experience is a couple of decades in the past now. Who knows what they'd done to it since then. Frankly, though, I wish Amtrak would get their engines out of their caboose and try to make passenger trains a bit more competetive again. I'd take 'em every time over planes if it weren't for the fact they cost as much now, but don't get you there nearly as quick.


- GM Dartenian

"You ain't seen nothin' yet!" - Al Jolson

LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/dartenian/

Yeah, if you have the time my money is always on Trains... they do them better in almost every other part of the world then here but still the way to go.

As Dart said the best is the freedom to wander and the more open seating. One draw back I could see is if your child is very high energy and needs stimulation (of course car trips and plane rides would be bad too but... ) then the more relaxed train might not be as fun for them. My first train ride was 7/8 to a summer camp from LA to Phoenix... best memory of youth I have... the click-clack of the train, the small towns and open spaces going by, <sigh>...

Well there you go... which ever way you go have fun and enjoy the time with your kid, it will all go by too fast.

Whispersoft

There's also an auto-train that runs from somewhere around Virginia to Melbourne, Florida.. I live in Orlando and was working the summer at a camp in Pennsylvania (couldn't live without my car). I was very very comfy.. upgraded to a train with a bed so I could lie down.. had my own little room. There was a nice dining area and a smoking car (yeah, yeah, smoking's bad for you).. but the train was really accomodating and I felt very comfortable the entire time. Best part: after everything, I got to pick up my car outside and was on the road shortly after.

Soooo if you can't live without your car, but you want to save on wear-and-tear, gas money, and sanity.. drive on over to the auto-train. :)

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Acta est fabula, plaudite!

For trans-Atlantic, there's only one way to travel... Luxury cruise ships.

I'd give a few people's left arms for a full suite on the QM2. (After all, there's no use giving my own left arm with all these perfectly good ones going to waste now, is there.) And if you play your cards right, you can even have your own car waiting for you on the other side of the pond.

Now that's style.

Daerri; the player of,

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Don't write it if you can say it.
Don't say it if you can whisper it.
Don't whisper it if you can imply it.
Don't imply it if you can nudge it.
Don't nudge it if you can wink it.
Don't wink it if you can help it.

<<i get sea sick after a while...three or four days? i won't be feelin so good.

I hear they make something to treat that... It's called booze, comes in lots of friendly flavors and strengths. Take copiously, and the whole world sways anyway...

The voice in Deslah's head

I was pretty much horrified moving from England to Minnesota because of the lack of good public transportation. It's so convenient, economical, and environmentally conscious to ride a train, and yet everyone has at least two cars/SUVs over here. Not to mention you don't have to worry about sitting in traffic when you ride the train.

Tahra, player of Tashya

Ayup.

I am one of the two irish DR players. Me being from Cork, and according to that mao somebody did at some point there was also some loonatic from Dublin.

Go us!

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"What God abandonned, they defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay."

>>been living in northern illinois since i was 3.

Sheesh, where? I'm in the suburbs of Chicago! Nice to see there are a few more people local to me.

Killing you softly with his song,
- Stormsinger Shavay

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The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.

I'm not British, I'm American. But my father was in the Air Force and I lived all over the world growing up. It was quite the experience!

Oh, and Jae I'll be in Belvidere second week of June to visit my family. We should have a beer!

Tahra, player of Tashya