> On Saturday 31 May 2003 02:51 am, Adam Walker wrote:
> > Well, the conference will be the 3rd-6th IIRC, but
> I
> > haven't bought my ticket or reserved a hotel room
> yet,
> > so I could plan to come in as early as the 1st. I
> > will have no transportation, but if St. Paul has
> good
> > busses I adapt quickly.
> Sadly, it doesn't. Public transportation
> here is horrible, at least to
> someone who has been spoiled by European and
> Japanese standards. My wife
> works in St. Paul, and we once figured out that it
> would take 90+ minutes,
> plus a transfer in Minneapolis, to get from our
> house to her workplace, when
> it takes only about 20-30 minutes to drive by car.
> For in-city travel, the
> buses aren't bad (see
>
http://www.metrocouncil.org/transit/index.htm/ for
> details), but once you leave the city, things become
> more difficult. If need
> be, however, I would not be adverse to giving you a
> ride.
> Shall we start setting a more firm date?
> Say, July 2nd?
> :Peter
>
> --
> Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word
> to conceive!