[Lnc-business] New Orleans - early arrival for a River tour?

[Joshua Katz]

Unfortunately, I doubt I will have the extra day, but it's possible. Make
me a maybe.
On Aug 7, 2014 2:58 PM, "Daniel Wiener" <wiener at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Oops, my bad, ignore my previous message.  I was thinking of my plane
> reservation to D.C.  I haven't done anything for the December meeting.
>
> Dan Wiener
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Daniel Wiener <wiener at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Although it sounds like fun, I already have a plane reservation for
>> Friday.  And I have to be careful about burning too many vacation days at
>> work.
>>
>> Dan Wiener
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am currently talking to our Louisiana LNC members to see if it is
>>> possible to arrange a trip to Port Eads.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Where the heck is Port Eads?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Go to  http://mapcarta.com/21021362
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And then zoom out enough so that you can see where it is in relationship
>>> to New Orleans.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Because you need a boat to get there, if we pull this off it is going to
>>> be a full day trip.   It would probably have to happen on the Thursday
>>> before our probable LNC Session in New Orleans.  The bad news is that
>>> it means arriving in New Orleans on Wednesday.  The good news is that
>>> you would have all day on Friday to tour New Orleans.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The attraction of this trip would be
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.      Getting to see a section of the Mississippi River that very few
>>> tourists ever get to see.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2.      You would probably get to see a few alligators
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can read about the destination here      http://www.porteads.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our negotiations with the various vendors are very preliminary right
>>> now.  I am going to try to get the transportation cost from New Orleans
>>> to Port Eads and back down to the $100 to $200 per person range.  (1)  I
>>> know that sounds steep, but remember that this would be a full day trip –
>>> probably leaving New Orleans at 7am and returning around 6pm.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At this point, I just want to let you know we are working on this, in
>>> case it piques your interest.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Needless to say, this trip would also be open to any LP of Louisiana
>>> members.
>>>
>>>
>>>   Scott Lieberman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.  The price I have been quoted is $650 round trip for a boat.   And
>>> that is from the end of the road in Venice, LA to Port Eads, and back.
>>> But – if we can get enough people to attend, I hope we can knock the per
>>> person price down to $100 or so.
>>>
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>>
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>> -- Richard Feynman
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we
> guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we
> compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if
> this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare
> the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or
> experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it
> disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key
> to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it
> doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is.
> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”*
> -- Richard Feynman
>
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