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Post by eCat » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:12 am

yea I didn't consider the hurricane - remote but would kill the event of course.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Post by hedge » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:14 am

April is the cruelest month...
I want someone's ass blistered in the middle of Thanksgiving Square.

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Post by Saint » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:03 pm

...especially for fatty.

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Post by Dr. Nostron » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:46 pm

New Orleans = casino, strip clubs, great food, great music, great culture.

Only US city I would consider going to a conference instead of NOLA would be Vegas.

Plus in Sept you might hit a Saints or LSU game.

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Post by AlabamAlum » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:55 pm

Obviously, you've never been to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:08 pm

I hear the Mexican food is to die for.

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Post by AlabamAlum » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:42 pm

That's Birmingham!
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Post by 10ac » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:38 pm

I stole RU's cell phone in Montgomery.
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Post by hedge » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:59 pm

"Obviously, you've never been to Montgomery, Alabama."

Sadly, I spent almost 3 years there...
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Post by aTm » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:12 pm

Condolences
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Post by hedge » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:18 pm

Glad your aunt isn't suffering anymore, Rat, and still got my fingers crossed for the newbies. Sounds like they're going to make it. If they can survive this, they might even be able to survive having you as a close relative...
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Post by DooKSucks » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:23 pm

Rat, like Hedge said, at least your aunt is no longer suffering. The suffering is far worse than the actual death. My condolences to your family. I aml glad to hear that the twins are doing better. Godspeed
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Post by sardis » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:30 pm

Rat, your family is in my prayers.

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Post by Jungle Rat » Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:51 pm

Thanks. Them babies are very strong.

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Post by BigRedMan » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:08 am

Yeah sorry about the loss and hope the twins get stronger everyday.
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Post by Jungle Rat » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:17 am

Thanks

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Post by eCat » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:24 pm

one thing we do at this event is a dine around where we take groups of 100 or so to the nicer places in town and negotiate fixed menu deals

I'm pushing for New Orleans, so I've found an event planner that already has a dine around deal established with Brennan's, Antoines, Arnaud's, Court of Two Sisters, Commander's Palace, Broussards and Tujagues.

The big boss is still pushing for Phoenix because its a J.W. Marriott connected to a PGA golf course. It does have a water park which is kinda cool but its so remote we'd never see the city unless we hired buses.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Post by sardis » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:38 pm

Nothing more than a conference attendee hates is getting on a bus to go out to dinner. I was in San Fran in December at a conference and they did this. We were smack dab in the middle of the city and we choose a restaurant 3 miles away! It took a charter bus 30 minutes to navigate 3 miles through SF streets. It was awful.

Dine at restaurants near the hotel, I say. People have the flexibility to leave at their own time if need be.

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Post by AlabamAlum » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:54 pm

There are some okay golf courses in NOLA.

There is also a JW Marriott, or was his only connection to that the golf course?
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Post by eCat » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:58 pm

We've kind of peaked with the J.W.'s so I guess they don't want to risk staying at another place, but we've waited so late in the year that the J.W.'s in many cities are booked as the case in New Orleans. The Hilton Riverfront is the hotel we'd choose in N.O.. The golf course isn't really part of it anything we'd care about.

I just called the Natchez steam boat people and they could pull the boat up to the hotel, pick us up and take us to Mardi Gras World for a catered dinner and then have an open bar 2 hour cruise for half of what it cost us to rent Lucas Oil Stadium.

New Orleans just sells itself.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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