[Coco] CoCoFest Unwind

[Frank Pittel]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:28:19PM -0500, Roger Taylor wrote:
> At 11:44 PM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
>> People
>>     Well after driving another 14 hrs straight I made  it
>> home in one piece.    I met some new people and old
>> friends.    Picked up a lot of coco stuff and sold out
>> of converters.    There seemed to be a lot going on
>> this year.   Mark stayed busy with a soldering iron
>> and a pair of jewelers magnifiers on his head.
>> His significant other  he kept busy carrying,
>> filing and organizing boxes of stuff as he "worked".
>> (I wish I had one of those!! :)  )
>>
>> We had a great time going through the boxes
>> I delivered on behalf of a fellow in Richmond VA.
>> There were lots of new old stock still in shrink
>> wrap or sealed boxes and never been used.
>>
>> I picked up some DVD's of sci fi movies I remember from
>> my childhood along with a couple of T shirts of course.
>>
>> Oh and ate some good food.   I do believe I had the
>> best hamburger of my life for lunch at the Hotel
>> sunday.   Beat the hell out of a big Mac I know that.
>>
>> Allen caught most of this on camera including me
>> stuffing my face with food and talking with a heavy
>> southern accent.   I try to control it but it comes
>> out when I get excited and am having a good time.
>> Also when I get angry like when I have to drive
>> through a Chicago rush hour traffic jam with a bunch of
>> uncivilized yankees.....
>
> Down south somebody throwing fingers or cussing at a red light to an  
> innocent driver usually gets instant payback.  I'd love to watch a  
> yankee spend a weekend in lunch traffic down here.  Please somebody  
> record that for me... :)  Priceless.

I've driven in "lunch traffic" in the dallas/fort worth area as well as
houston and san antonio. If you think that's bad I'd like to see you on
some of the expressways here in the Chicago area during rush hour!!

Frank