-=> Daryl Stout wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 JA{at}> Oh wow! PT&P to you!

 DS>   Excuse my ignorance, but what is PT&P??

Postitive Thoughts and Prayers

 JA{at}> You gonna try and make it to Bartlett for the Hamfest this year?

 DS>   I rarely go to out of state hamfests anymore for 4 reasons:

 DS> 1) I don't have the money (especially with all the upcoming medical
 DS> bills). 2) It's too long a ride or drive, and my legs spasm and cramp
 DS> on me. 3) It's a madhouse on the freeway, with no one obeying the speed
 DS> limits, plus all the construction zones.
 DS> 4) Bad weather considerations this time of year.

 DS>   The one EXCEPTION is the Shreveport Hamfest. For my birthday last
 DS> month, my Mom bought the train/bus ticket, and paid for the hotel. I'll
 DS> take Amtrak from Little Rock, Arkansas to Longview, Texas...then switch
 DS> to a "Thruway Bus" for the trip to Shreveport. It's about
5 1/2 hours
 DS> by rail, then a 1 hour bus ride. But, someone else is doing the
 DS> driving...which is beneficial if the weather is bad.

Yeah - you mentioned that one to me... We are saving our traveling money
to go to our sons's during his wife's pregnancy and then the birth. :-)

 DS>   Obviously, I'm at the train stations in Little Rock and Longview, but
 DS> the dropoff point in Shreveport is in front of the Baggage Claim area
 DS> at the airport. But, the hotel where I'll stay provides a shuttle, and
 DS> they have an in hotel restaurant for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Nice!

 DS>   They should also have a shuttle to/from the fairgrounds for the
 DS> hamfest come August. Since it's the 2017 ARRL Delta Division
 DS> Convention, it'll be a Friday night, Saturday Day event, and because of
 DS> the huge demand for dealer and flea market tables, there won't be a
 DS> separate one for the Arklatex D-Star setup, which is what I manned last
 DS> year. So, I'll probably feed my face at the food court...

LOL

 DS>    although I
 DS> will buy a few prize tickets. However, I'm not that lucky to winning
 DS> stuff...but if I did get lucky for a big prize, I'd either request the
 DS> cash equivalent there, or have it shipped back here, and sell it.

Understood! If I won a 'big prize' I'd want to trade it for several small
things that I actually need right now to expand. :-)


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