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From: hakanson@orstcs.cs.ORST.EDU
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Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing in Phoenix
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Date: Tue, 23-Jun-87 13:59:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 23 13:59:00 1987
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Nf-From: orstcs.cs.ORST.EDU!hakanson    Jun 23 10:59:00 1987


Sure it was hot.  But I didn't spend much time out in the heat, being
the lily-pink Scandihoovian that I am.  Besides, I was busy going to
the technical sessions.  My only real objection to Phoenix was the fact
that there wasn't much in the way of food or things to look at if you
didn't have a car (and weren't adventurous enough to ride the city
bus).  Then again, I'm never very comfortable in large cities, and
that shouldn't reflect too harshly on the conference organizers.

I think I also had a good idea what Rawhide would be like before I went,
and I figured it would be as silly as it was.  It was only on the bus
riding back into town that it occurred to me that the whole trip was
"so bad it was good."  I mean, how else can you look at the vision of
1600 people on buses wearing cowboy hats?  When I tell people about it,
they also think it was funny.  I have my hat on top of my terminal
at work right now.  I hope I'm not the only one who got a laugh out
of the Rawhide trip.

BTW, I thought the conference itself was well done.

Marion Hakanson         CSnet:  hakanson%oregon-state@relay.cs.net
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