On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:51:24 -0500, John Nitrox <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Dear NEDs,
>
>
>        I hope this is the right thread, but BK and I are planning to go
to the
>OZtek 2006 NEDfest in October 2006,

You two are the only two so far.  :-)))

RF> The response to Strike's OZ2006 NEDfest seems underwhelming.

DS> That's OK!  It'll be immediately after the OZteK Show and
DS> by that stage, I won't be in a fit state to mingle with
DS> real people again for another month or so!  :-)


>and I'm wondering about the comfort
>level of the liveaboard for my nds.  Should I take her along on the boat
or
>leave her on the mainland?  She doesn't need luxury, but she tends to lose
>her sweet disposition  if she gets thrown out of her bunk a couple of
>times.  Also the hammock and twenty roommates, even if they are NEDs,
>probably won't appeal to her now in her dotage.  :-)

I am sure Strike will give you the definitive answers.  My GUESS
would be this:

1.  Rough seas.  Depends on the liveaboard!  You and Brooxie weren't
    bothered by the Honeymoon Suite on the CAIV, she should be OK.
    One new member of the crew said he was sick just LOOKING at
    that cabin.  :-)  I resemble that remark.

2.  Coziness of communal living.  Depends on the liveaboard.  :-)

3.  Should you leave Brooxie on land?  Depends on the liveaboard. :-)


> BTW, is the
>liveaboard being planned for before OZtek or afterwards?

I think Strike said to Mika that he was beginning to put his
thinking cap on ... and that was before the underwhelming number
of hands raised -- I think it's zero.  :-)

Obligatory OT.  :-)   Sue and I are at the Regency Hyatt two-room
suite in Hotlanta now.  Your post reminded me of the suite we
stayed in Chicago when we were there a few years ago, and went
to Chinatown with you and BK, chauffeured by you.

The Summer National Bridge tournament is being held here for the
next 10 days.  I had booked the hotel for the duration, intending
to get back to a bit of bridge action until Sue's health made me
cancel EVERYTHING for 6 months.  But by cancelling the Hyatt
reservation, I would have to pay one night (penalty) anyway, so
we decided to come spend the night.  :-)   We hadn't left the
hotel all day, for fear of Sue catching more germs and viruses
than she already had.  But we are enjoying the free fruit basket
and champaign, free hors d'oeuvres at the concierge lounge,
and all the other amenities for having the same Diamond status
as we had when we stayed at the Chicago Hyatt.

We'll stay tomorrow at the Hilton for the LAST required stay to
get back on the Hilton Diamond status ... so that we can book our
freebie rooms in NZ and OZ at considerably discounted Hilton
POINTS.   It's a fun racket to play!  We even stayed at a Hilton
in Choo Choo, 5 miles from home this month, just to geta a needed
"stay" in.  That was a "first" though.  But I recall I never
convinced you to play those Frequent shis-'n-that games.  :-)

Come to the FEBRUARY 1-day mini-NEDfest at Strike's Reef some
time between Feb 1 and Feb 6.  Looks like at least Mika, Huw,
Sue, and me will be there ... not counting the OZ locals, for
the Phyco-Plonk Fest.

da Feeesh.