Your NOT going to HPWorld?

[doug mielke]

The 'loins ' reference was a typo that I decided to leave uncorrected, but don't tell my girlfriend.

No HP World for me. I try to take a week long motorcycle trip once a year, but this year it will be a shortened 5 day( silly day job interference)

So this weekend will be minor mechanical maintenance to get ready, and yardwork to mollify the neighbors.

And that 'naked costs extra' line seems to be the story of my life.

[Mike Fisher_5]

Trawling the WWW for Atlant info - I came across this
Useful if you're going, but I can't post to the OTHER thread :)

Anyway it's 2 hours to playtime & I thought I'd wish you all well
[All = those going & those not going]

Mike 'TGIF' Fisher

BTW: How do natives pronounce Ponce de Leon Avenue anyway?
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1] Atlanta is composed entirely of one-way streets

2] The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville, South Carolina

3] All directions start with, ???Go down Peachtree....???

4] Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end

5] Atlanta is home of Coca Cola
That???s all we drink here, so don???t ask for any other soft drink

6] Atlantans only know their way home and their way to work

7] Gate One at the Airport is 32 miles away from the Main Concourse

8] It???s impossible to go around a block and wind up on the street you started on
The Chamber of Commerce calls it a ???scenic drive???

9] The 8 a.m. rush hour is from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m

10] The 5 p.m. rush hour is from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m

11] Friday???s rush hour starts Thursday morning
Reversible lanes are not understood by anybody

12] ???Sir??? and ???Ma???am??? are used by the person speaking to you if there???s a remote possibility that you???re at least 30 minutes older than they are

13] Ponce de Leon Avenue can only be pronounced by a native, so do not attempt the Spanish pronunciation
People will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you

14] The falling of one rain drop causes all traffic to immediately cease;
so will daylight savings time and a girl applying eye shadow across the street, or a flat tire three lanes over

15] If you???re standing on a corner and a MARTA bus stops, you???re expected to get on and go somewhere

16] Construction on Peachtree Street is a way of life, and a permanent form of entertainment
Construction crews aren???t doing their job properly unless they close down all lanes except one during rush hour

17] Atlanta???s traffic is the friendliest around
The commuters spend hours mingling with each other twice a day

18] In fact, Atlanta???s traffic is rated number 1 in the country
You will often see people parked beside the road and engaged in lively discussions

19] Atlantans are very proud of our racetrack, known as Road Atlanta
It winds throughout the city on the interstates, hence its name

20] Georgia 400 is the southern equivalent of the Autobahn

21] You will rarely see a semi-truck on Georgia 400, because the truck drivers are intimidated by the oversized-SUV-wielding housewives racing home after a grueling day at the salon or the tennis match to meet their children at the school bus

[Mike Fisher_5]

Pack this joke before you leave home to catch the plane
I understand that there's a certain rivalry between The Braves & The Mets :)
Telling this joke in a sports bar in Atlanta ought to get you a drink on the house..
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A man from Atlanta moved to New York
As he wandered the streets he stopped at an antique shop and decided to go in
On looking around he noticed a very strange looking bronze cat which had a tag on it saying, "Bronze Cat $30.00, Story $150.00"

The man was very curious and asked the salesman to explain

"Well" said the man, "its just like it says, $30 for the cat and $150 for its story"
"I'll just take the cat," said the man

"Very well, but you will be back," said the salesman

The man left the shop with the cat in his pocket
As he walked down the street he heard a strange mewing sound
On turning around he noticed there were a couple of cats following him
The further he walked the more cats seemed to follow him
As he got to the Brooklyn Bridge he turned to see thousands of cats behind him
"Screw this!" he said to himself and threw the bronze cat into the river
All the cats jumped into the river too and were drowned

The man returned to the shop where he bought the cat

"I knew you would be back. $150.00 for the story," said the salesman
"Forget the story," said the man
"Have you got a bronze Mets fan?"

[Keith Bevan_1]

Im waiting to get a hat first !

Anyway, Im based in the uk and don't like swimming that much, so my hat would probably float.

Keith

[Jay Bollyn]

Mike the Bandit,

No, that is not my dog. I just grabbed that gif from the Internet. I was just looking for an unusual graphic, not obviously copyrighted. It will change soon.

:-) Jay

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran]

Hi all,

No, I'm not comming... I guess money issues...

[Steven E. Protter]

He Mike,

sprotter@investmenttool.com
stevenprotter@juf.org

I will be infrequently checking my mail the next two weeks.

Gonna have more fund than anyone going to Atlanta.

Got my wife, my kids and her with me.

http://www.investmenttool.com/people/littlegirl.jpg

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