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From: grogers@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: SIGGRAPH pet peeves
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Date: 28 Aug 89 16:48:00 GMT
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/* Written  8:41 am  Aug 25, 1989 by chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.graphics */

     I thought the meals were pretty good.  On Monday, they served gazpacho
and turkey salad croissants.  On Tuesday, we had some excellent clam chowder
and cold cuts.  I consider both far superior to peanut butter.  In general,
all the meals I've had at SIGGRAPH have been good, with the exception of
the cold peach soup in Atlanta.
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Hmmm, I think I had both of those lunches.  I don't think I'll be
eating the SIGGRAPH lunches again.

If I want cold cuts for lunch then I maybe I should just bring a
sandwich from home. 8^)  But seriously, just how much of our
registration went for those cold cuts?  Since the courses, and lunches,
are usually at the expensive hotels I would suspect the lunches cost
quite a bit.  Say, maybe $8? Personally, when I'm in Boston, or any
other large city, I would rather spend my $8 on some good food that I
can't get back home (Urbana, IL).  I did find one really excellent
Thai restaurant that had $5 lunches.  I also found a steak house near
the convention center where the service was so bad that we
eventually walked out without paying (we never did get our food, just
salad and some of our drinks). Our waiter actually disappeared
after taking our order.  We are still looking for his picture on the
backs of milk cartons.

Now for a serious suggestion concerning SIGGRAPH lunches.  Every year that
I have attended (3) I have seen several people ask if there is a vegetarian
plate.  There never has been.  This year the service people made a special
request and up from the kitchen came a plate loaded with fruits and vegetables.
Unfortunately, this took about 40 minutes.  When the plate arrived, everyone
at our table said "Boy, I wish I had that instead."  I think that speaks
for itself.

greg