-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-10-19  07:19 <=-

 > Hmmmm... hopefully I still have his contact info somewhere...  
 > Haven't actually been in contact with him for quite a while now....

 JM> I better drop him another line and remind him.

Just got a cc of his reply to you... so now I have both your phone and
his numbers... 
 
 > Will you be keeping up with the echo while you are on your road 
 > trip...?

 JM> Off and on.
 JM> When I hit NYC and Syracuse I'll probably be too busy.  
 JM> Its bad form to sit in the corner when visiting guests playing on 
 JM> the laptop.  

Unless they are similarly occupied... 

 JM> Once I hit Syracuse I'll have a more definite arrival day and time.

Where do you head after Rochester....?

 JM> I discovered by accident I can get driving time between cities with 
 JM> Google.
 JM> I had been using a ruler and measuring distance, factoring in 
 JM> speed, and adding time for unexpected events, etc.  Then putting that 
 JM> to paper.
 JM> Now I just give from here to there then cut and paste that average 
 JM> to a text file.  So no trying to figure out when the writing is cold 
 JM> "what does this mean?"  
 JM> The only problem is Google uses interstate travel and I want to 
 JM> avoid them as much as possible.  Thus, adding time.  
 JM> Ex: Driving distance with Google from Syracuse to Rochester is 
 JM> around 90 minutes.  I figure with my speed, road, etc. I'd give 
 JM> myself two hours to be on the safe side.

My experience has been that often I can make as good, or at least almost
as good, time using the back roads... sometimes, actually better.... But
allowing extra time is a good idea, even when one is using interstates
and/or the toll roads....  

 > Or will the only way to reach you be by phone....?

 JM> I'll drop an e-mail saying something like "I plan to arrive on X 
 JM> day", following with one saying at such-and-such time asking the best 
 JM> place to meet.  I would like to time the meetings around lunch or 
 JM> early afternoon.

Ah, so you'll still be checking your email on the trip...   

 JM> This general principle applies also to Daryl, Ed and Mark (Mike, 
 JM> Mick, Mork, whoever <g? in Frankfort.
 
 > Plotting that out on my calendar puts your arrival dangerously 
 > close to when I'm going out of town 

 JM> Seems almost everyone on my trip is planning on leaving town when I 
 JM> plan to be in their area...  Hmmm...
 JM> My dates are subject to change.  I may stay two days in NYC and 
 JM> Syracuse or I may stay three.  Instead of one day going up the Hudson 
 JM> it might be two.  Depends on what catches my eye.

Just grist for your mill...  It looks as though either the 22nd (Wed) or
the 27th (Memorial Day/Monday) work best for me for your Rochester stop...
or possibly the next day in the afternoon... I do have to be out of town
for a meeting (I'm treasurer, have to be there) on that Saturday (25th),
will be driving up on Friday, coming back by probably 8pm on Saturday...
Hopefully there will be lots to detain you in the meantime.... <G>

 JM> I was thinking of adding Waukeegan, IL to my trip to visit the home 
 JM> town of Jack Benny, my role model in money management.  But from what 
 JM> I've read there is really nothing there to see other than a high 
 JM> school named after him and a statue in a park.  I may or may not go 
 JM> there, but that's long after seeing you and Jim.

Depends on whether or not you want to genuflect at his statue.... <G>

ttyl       neb

... If life gives you lemons, keep them, because hey, free lemons.

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