Re: Philcon is in New Jersey (!) this year

On Mar 10, 11:33=A0pm, Just.A.New...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Mar 10, 10:44 pm, Andre Lieven <andrelie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 10, 9:21 am, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <elee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > Just.A.New...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > > > On Mar 9, 10:23 pm, Petrea Mitchell
<pr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=

> > > > wrote:
> > > >> At 23 Feb 2008 15:16:13 -0500,
> > > >> Keith F. Lynch <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> strode forth and proclaimed:
>
> > > >>> Philcon will be in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 21-23, the
> > > >>> weekend before Thanksgiving.
> > > >> Whyever would they do a silly thing like that?
>
> > > > Probably no where else to go?
>
> > > How about the fact that downtown Philadelphia is not really a great
> > > place for a weekend convention? =A0The Sunday morning restaurant
situa=
tion
> > > is pathetic but even at other times, the latest hotel was several
bloc=
ks
> > > away from anyplace good to eat dinner. =A0(Not to mention that the
hot=
el
> > > itself had a ton of problems.) =A0In other words, walking to meals
is =
a
> > > definite problem.
>
> > Well, it surely was more of a issue than when Philcon was by the
> > Redding Terminal Market.
>
> Reading Terminal.

Well, I was close... I might have asked my wife, but she was napping.

> Or as it sez on the Monopoly card "Take a ride on the Reading - if you
> pass Go collect $200".

If I still have a copy of Monopoly, it is some 2,400 km away...

Andre