Jim Beaver wrote:
> "John Dean" <john-dean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Jim Beaver wrote:
>>> "John Dean" <john-dean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:667jhcF2il1ftU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> In your shoes, I'd stay on Park Lane. You can put the postcodes
>>>> into Google Earth and they'll show you where the places are and if
>>>> you tick the 'trans****tation' option you can see how close to the
>>>> Tube stations.
>>>
>>> Thanks, John! My friend who lives at Belsize Square looked at the
>>> list and said, "Hmm. Kensington. Not with an 11-foot pole." Now
>>> what do you think she meant by that?
>>
>> That she'd prolly tried avoiding it with a 10-foot pole but wasn't
>> successful?
>> I note that the hotel describes itself as being in the "heart of
>> Kensington" but is in very close proximity to Earls Court. And Earls
>> Court is notorious as 'Kangaroo Valley', home to Oz and Kiwi
>> students, transients, backpackers and expats.
>>
>>>
>>> Any chance of catching up with you while I'm gallivanting?
>>
>> Be delighted to see you. If you swing by Oxford I'll show you a
>> sight or two. And I can get to London easily. I can even get to
>> Birmingham though I try not to. Is your convention at the National
>> Exhibition Centre?
>
> It's at the Hotel Birmingham Metropole at the NEC, which I presume is
> indeed the National Exhibition Centre.
Uh huh
>
> Let's talk as we get closer. In the meantime, if you'll switch .net
> for .spam in my addy, we can exchange phone stuff.
>
Done
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John Dean
Oxford
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