[Coco] VCF Southwest

[Boisy G. Pitre]

Cloud-9 will be attending this event:  http://mit-a.com/VCF2.shtml

Is anyone from the area (or beyond) thinking of attending?

On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:27 AM, John Donaldson wrote:

> BTW, It has been confirmed that Houston has the worst traffic in the whole 
> state. One of the main reasons wife and I left Houston.
> 
> John Donaldson
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> From: Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, June 24, 2011 9:55:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCF Southwest
> 
> At 08:09 PM 6/24/2011, you wrote:
>> On Friday, June 24, 2011 09:04:39 PM Boisy G. Pitre did opine:
>> 
>>> I'm thinking of going to this event... anybody else nearby game on
>>> coming and sharing a booth with me?
>>> 
>>> http://mit-a.com/VCF2.shtml
>> 
>> I'll pass.  The last time I was in TX, it was open season on out of state
>> plates.  Not by the fuzz, but by the guys who stage a minor accident, then
> 
> haha!! It's open season here for in-state plates as well!  We have the rudest 
> drivers anywhere in the country.  I've seen 70 year old grandmas fly around me 
> doing 90 in a 70 because I was only doing 75.  I had a woman and her child the 
> other day fly up behind me while I was waiting to turn left into the school 
> road, I had a car coming towards me so it's not like I could just turn and hit 
> them.  The lady hit her brakes right at my bumper and started throwing her hands 
> in the hair and I saw her lips say "WHAT???" and he had a questioned look on her 
> face.  So I put my window down and yelled, I'm trying to turn LEFT <---- LEFT!! 
> and pointed my arm to the left and waved it around a bit.  She was on a cell 
> phone.  Driving for UPS is even worse.  The extreme red necks (I'm just a 
> regular one, mind you), will try to drag race you from the red lights and put 
> you in a serious cloud of black diesel soot.  East Texas.  When I first moved 
> here my first words were, "you gotta be kidding me!"
> 
> If you come through this area on I-20, just turn your rearview mirror to one 
> side so you can't see through it.  Pan your side mirrors out just enough so you 
> can't see the pickup trucks behind you that will certainly give you hell during 
> your entire I-20 experience.  You can make it if you ignore the road hate.
> 
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