<VV> Convention disappointment!

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Funnily enough, I have an American friend that is in England on a gambling 
trip at the moment (they have just deregulated it here so that the 
government can take lots of money in tax revenues (sorry - what can I be 
thinking of - so that the people can have a jolly nice time!).

However, my twin problems are a) I have no money to gamble with (although 
the prospect of the cheap hotel rooms beckons, if I could have the 
self-discipline to stay away from the tables!); and b) it would have to be a 
long weekend trip, out the day before the convention started and back the 
day it finished.

That's what makes it hard, really - even doing it like that you really lose 
two days each way, because the trip itself takes a day or a night, you lose 
8 hours time and you are 100% jetlagged the next day!

Cheers

Alan

www.xtraspecialsevens.co.uk
Lotus 7 S2 and S3 spares and restoration specialists
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Campbell" <deltainc@grm.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Convention disappointment!


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu@roava.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Convention disappointment!
>
>
>> At 10:49 hours 01/11/2005 +0000, Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
>> >Having had suggestions from a Mr Wall as well as Mr Hubbell that I try 
>> >to
>> >come out to the Convention in Portland (which for some reason is in the
>> >school holidays this year - why isn't it always??),
> ************
> Wonder if he should try a week or 10 trip to Las Vegas " gambling special"
> then take a hop and skip flight to Oregon for the week, return to Las 
> Vegas
> and then home .
>
> Haven't looked lately, but flights to SinCity used to be available for $50
> or nothing for those who asked.
>
> He might even call some of the casinos in Las Vegas and ask if there are 
> any
> special deals going, We used to do that in our toy car racing career, we
> could get into the Tropicana Honeymoon suites for $35 a night if we told
> them we were ready to rock and roll at the tables.
>
> I talked to a couple of folkds about a year ago that had a special deal
> flight from Eee-ngLand for a gambling trip to L.Vegas ...  I didn't ask 
> them
> any details, however.
>
> just a thought.... Ken Campbell
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