<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My stay at Chicago's cost me = $31.00</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>per night for the days of the = convention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do this three other techs had to = give up a little creature comfort for 4 nights that we roomed = together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Three had to give up more than = one due to the noise level caused by the chain saw that was being used to fell giant = Ponderosa pine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The next nites were fine as all used = noise reduction devices to block the evidence that one of us was still alive = and breathing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although the lack of sleep resulted in = my becomming susceptable to the bronko bug,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I count this convention as one of the = most rememorable to date. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The last day ( Sunday ) I roomed with = another tech at reduced rates, $43.00 for my part sr. cit. There are some advantages = to being an old ----</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt = arial"> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>