FA Get Together 2009 - July 31st

[Fuse]

Can he pay for a stop in Bloomington, too?
Also, for the sake of moral I say instead of calling him "boyfriend" you switch to something else. Maybe "uncle" or "dad"?

[Lits]

Sorry Damnit! I won't use the B word!

And funnily enough, Fuse... it's actually MORE expensive to fly to Chicago from here *shrug*

[Tbone]

So Lits is on board. Surely that should get more of you to show up!

[NoCry]

lol;) pirus is going to come out of the woodwork;)

[Fuse]

I have been convinced to go, so long that I am not taking my car or paying for airfare. Already cleared it with the wife, and no one has shown any interest in comming to my place for it.

So if anyone is driving through Illinois (Adad, I'm looking your way) and is willing to offer a ride, please let me know?

[Fuse]

One more thing... I'll only go if Broin goes.

[Adad]

Not sure if I'd be driving, but I'll let you know.

[Anamodiel]

Not sure if I'd be driving, but I'll let you know.

Well, if we drove, Adad, you wouldn't have to worry about needing a laptop and that would simplify everything. We could pack our desktops in the back of the car and save money on airfare. If we all share a car, there's no way that we would individually spend $200 on gas. From Milwaukee, WI, it would cost about $100 dollars in gas, according to Mapquest, assuming a 23 MPG highway car to go one way (so (100 x 2)/3=$67, giving you $133 in money for hotel expenses).

Once Adad gets to Chicago, you'd hook up with Fuse near Joliet (assuming that he can get dropped off there by his wife), and then you guys would drive I-80 towards DC. I would meet you in Fremont, where I-80 and I-69 meet, right in Indiana near Ohio. From there, we would continue on I-80 to I-76 to I-70, which would bring us most of the way there.

Mapquest link

The first dot represents where you would meet Fuse (approximately), while the second dot represents where you will meet me.

My car gets 19 MPG Highway. Once we get to Fremont, we could take over driving with my car, or we could keep Adad's and I could park mine in a parking lot somewhere where it won't get towed.

[Fuse]

Actually I would bring my SRT to my parents house which is about 2 miles off 80 on the IL/IN border (Glenwood) - so it's directly on the way. I'm just not comfortable driving my SRT all the way to DC. Plus the 19 MPG kind of sucks.

I also considered beinging my desktop, but I would have to also bring my 2 monitors - so it would really depend on the vehicle. Otherwise my laptop will have to do. It plays mxo, just a bit choppy.


No pressure though. And as I mentioned before, my place is still an option.

[Lits]

You know if you guys roomed at a hotel it'd be cheaper as well. Get a double and rotate who gets to camp out on the floor.

[Broin]

You know if you     roomed at a hotel it'd be cheaper as well.

With this in mind there may be one way I'd definatley show up...  :p

[Fuse]

I have a friend's place I'd want to stay at, but not sure how that would work with rides and stuff. =/

[Lits]

Broin would come?

[Adad]

I think he was joking, he doesn't really like us much.

[Fuse]

I've spent about $600 mroe than I should have the past two weeks so am unsure about DC now even if I could get a ride. =/ booooooooooo