On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:22:39 -0700, Troia wrote:
> Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>
>> The reason I picked the four hour figure is that it's a reasonable
>> base for setting someone outside of their normal "home". Someone may
>> fret about work or how the babysitter is doing, but they're still
>> pretty much in the moment and place. If "home" is too close, then
>> the temptation to go there even "just for a while" gets powerful and
>> a good ****tion of what happens gets missed, and that's not really
>> recommendable especially for a first time. Dive in, head first.
>
> And thus the problem I had with C13, which I was delighted to find was
> "local", but then ... I had to work & all that ... so with or without
> the laminate, the time would have been botched for me.
'zactly. Whilst the distancing make it harder to attend, it also make
it, when possible to go, much harder for work to interfere. "It is my
VACATION. I cannot roll out updates to 100 Citrix server/come cover a
****ft/fix your presentation/resolve Lansing's connectivity issue/etc.
that weekend. I have non-refundable plane tickets, $50 invested in
event tickets, and committed to half a hotel room for four nights
next weekend, and you've had three business months to plan around my
unavailability for three business days. I'll be back Tuesday. Cope."
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Frankly, your argument wouldn't float were the sea composed of mercury.
-- Biff
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