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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: Location and dates of May decus
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Date: 27 Sep 90 15:37:31 GMT
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In article <1990Sep26.213529@tgv.com>, mcmahon@tgv.com (John 'Fast-Eddie' McMahon) writes:
>#Because Atlanta was the most obviously dangerous city that many of us had ever
>#seen.  There were many reports of drug pushers within half a block of the hq
>#hotels, for example.  
>
>I heard several stories like that, the only one I can speak to is that walking
>from the Marriott (HQ hotel) to the Congress Center [past the infamous bus
>station] got a little scarier each day.  I ended up switching to the bus for
>all my trips back and forth.

I was down there for a Head Start convention 2 years ago and there was a
firefight late one evening in front of one of the conference hotels.

>#> Anyways, sorry if this isn't the right place to bring this up.  I think
>#> is would be a good idea for people to bring up the interesting things
>#> they've found in Atlanta so that we'll know next time we're there.
>#> How about comp.org.decus.blow-off...?
>
>Hmm... perhaps the symposium committee should draft a LUG in the area to write
>a "guide to neat things in Atlanta".  The same goes for Las Vegas, San
>Francisco, Argentina, Santa Cruz... wherever :-)

>It sure as hell won't make it into UPDATE.DAILY given the new and "improved"
>editorial nonsense.

There's always Cheetahs' Elite, right beside the Hilton...