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Title: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: John Junk 2.0 on August 03, 2008, 01:31:23 PM
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Maybe we all need a break!   ;)
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Chris L on August 03, 2008, 01:47:00 PM
Oh, I need a vacation, but for unrelated reasons.  I'm even thinking of going to the beach, which I never do because how dare that riffraff gawk at my alabaster backfat. 
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Martin on August 03, 2008, 02:20:59 PM
I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: erika on August 03, 2008, 03:04:35 PM
I have 90+ hours of vacation time and no money.

So I'm staying home (in my new house) from work for a WHOLE WEEK at the end of the month. Naptime here I come!
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Andy on August 03, 2008, 03:17:55 PM
staycation.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Forrest on August 03, 2008, 03:19:34 PM
Logging.........out.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: buffcoat on August 03, 2008, 03:27:07 PM
Quote from: Martin on August 03, 2008, 02:20:59 PM
I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.

Blitz and London in the same sentence?  I thought the Swedes were neutral.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Martin on August 03, 2008, 03:38:25 PM
Quote from: buffcoat on August 03, 2008, 03:27:07 PM
Quote from: Martin on August 03, 2008, 02:20:59 PM
I'm going on a three-day blitz to London on Tuesday.

Blitz and London in the same sentence?  I thought the Swedes were neutral.

Hey, don't be a Messerschmidt. I'm a Patriot. No need to throw a Tomahawk at me. I'm only Scudding over there to have some fun. Working on a mixtape for the trip - I'm thinking Taurus Woman (Subterraneans), Sidewinder (Lee Morgan), B52s, and various Panzerfaust releases.

H-bomb.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: mokin on August 03, 2008, 04:03:42 PM
That's funny. Joanna is taking a hiatus from both this board and another she posts to (the PPK) until Sept 22. Apparently she can't stand when boards get meta and start talking about what's wrong with the board and how awesome the board used to be. And that's what's happening on both the message boards she posts to.

I'm sticking around, though.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: yesno on August 03, 2008, 04:05:30 PM
can anyone think of anywhere worthwhile to spend a day between nyc and Denver by car? My ladyfriend and I shall be doing that drive. Maybe STL?  I drive through there anyway. Or maybe Chicago. We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: masterofsparks on August 03, 2008, 05:30:51 PM
Quote from: yesno on August 03, 2008, 04:05:30 PM
can anyone think of anywhere worthwhile to spend a day between nyc and Denver by car? My ladyfriend and I shall be doing that drive. Maybe STL?  I drive through there anyway. Or maybe Chicago. We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Chicago is definitely worth a day.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Clint on August 03, 2008, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: yesno on August 03, 2008, 04:05:30 PM
We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Pre-Katrina I presume. Doesn't seem like there's alot to see there right now.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: yesno on August 03, 2008, 05:41:14 PM
Quote from: Clint on August 03, 2008, 05:36:07 PM
Quote from: yesno on August 03, 2008, 04:05:30 PM
We did new Orleans on a road trip between Georgia and Colorado once and it was so worth it, even for just 1 day.

Pre-Katrina I presume. Doesn't seem like there's alot to see there right now.

Yeah, maybe 6 months pre-Katrina.  "Lucky" I guess.

It's my understanding that the Old City/French Quarter area is largely unaffected.

I visited old town Alexandria today.   Good place to visit.  It's like the ultimate distillation of the charm of the DC area, at least architecturally.  Not a lot of shops or anything that I would be into.  Nice used bookstore.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: John Junk 2.0 on August 03, 2008, 10:03:46 PM
I'm either already back from my vacation after four hours, or I haven't started it yet.  I can't decide.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on August 03, 2008, 10:33:14 PM
I had a really nice vacation.  I went to AST for the first time, which is a great place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.  I went to some music blogs, a comic book message board, designed some custom Nikes but didn't buy them, clicked through Stumbleupon a few times, and oh yeah!!  Wrote twelve pages.  Forgot to bring my camera, though.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: AllisonLeGnome on August 03, 2008, 11:13:21 PM
I'm on kind of vacation (my grandmother is having surgery but it was our planned vacation week anyway) in Boston, where I'll be for school in two weeks. But I do have the internet, so it's not a FOT vacation.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Emily on August 04, 2008, 12:48:11 AM
Tomorrow I am going to the beach.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: samir on August 04, 2008, 11:07:23 AM
Quote from: Jason Grote on August 03, 2008, 10:33:14 PM
I went to some music blogs

i think i saw you there. you were on a computer, right?
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Gilly on August 04, 2008, 04:22:31 PM
I get 5 days of vacation a year and I have to use it to go up north and visit my in-laws on holidays.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Sarah on August 04, 2008, 05:10:48 PM
That's all?  That sucks.  Unless you love your job so much, you don't mind, I suppose.  Even then, though, it's disgraceful, and your bosses should be punished.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 04, 2008, 05:20:29 PM
ive got two weeks of vacation. im cashing in one week for a) enjoying (you guessed it) G-G-G-onerfest V and b) Kansas to visit my brother and my nephew.  and maybe give his girlfriend a piece of my mind. 


im not a fan. 
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Emily on August 04, 2008, 09:08:05 PM
After I use up my vacation days I plan on finding a new job with more vacation days.

Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on August 04, 2008, 09:24:02 PM
Quote from: samir on August 04, 2008, 11:07:23 AM
Quote from: Jason Grote on August 03, 2008, 10:33:14 PM
I went to some music blogs

i think i saw you there. you were on a computer, right?

That was totally me!  I think I was downloading some songs.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Gilly on August 04, 2008, 10:13:46 PM
Music blogs? I've heard of those places. It's like those places that make you sit and listen to them talk about time shares for a long time but you're just there for the free swag and don't pay attention. Right? Hope you had a good time anyway!
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: samir on August 05, 2008, 08:18:55 AM
Quote from: Gilly on August 04, 2008, 10:13:46 PM
Music blogs? I've heard of those places. It's like those places that make you sit and listen to them talk about time shares for a long time but you're just there for the free swag and don't pay attention. Right? Hope you had a good time anyway!

I hate my life.
http://areyougenehackman.blogspot.com
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Gagneaux on August 05, 2008, 08:37:29 AM
You FOTs need a vacation? Hows about checking out Mesa Verde National Park, CO? I think it's great, but I'm biased.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: yesno on August 05, 2008, 09:13:43 AM
Quote from: Gagneaux on August 05, 2008, 08:37:29 AM
You FOTs need a vacation? Hows about checking out Mesa Verde National Park, CO? I think it's great, but I'm biased.

I want to go there.  I've never been to the western slope.
Title: Re: Friends of Tom Vacation!
Post by: Gagneaux on August 05, 2008, 09:28:24 AM
do it!