Text 4550, 50 rader
Skriven 2010-12-04 23:00:39 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 4466 av BURTON FORD (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Picnic
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-=> Quoting BURTON FORD to NANCY BACKUS on 03 Dec 10  00:08:46 <=-

 BF> We will not be attending the Picnic in 2011.   It's much to far ahead
 BF> for us to plan.  We aren't sure how we will be in a month, much less
 BF> that far ahead.   I miss the days when we could just say sure, we'll be
 BF> there. 

Understood.  If we get our critical mass so that it's on... you can
always change your mind and come... I don't need to know final numbers,
just whether or not it will fly.  :)

 BF> Also, I'm not sure about driving that far next year.  I sure hope I
 BF> can. 
 BF> My health is good.   Our life is excellent, I've just slowed down a
 BF> bit.  [g]

Even at my tender age, I'm slowing down some... ;)  Transportation could
be arranged, if necessary, though...

 BF> Shirley is still going strong.  And she's still my love.

Good on both counts.  :)

 BF> P.S.  I don't understand your statement about not getting the "minimum
 BF> number of people."  I thought the only minimum number was $700 to rent
 BF> the cottage for a week. Do they also need a minimum number of 7 people?
 BF> For three people that would be a total charge of $233 each for a weeks
 BF> rental.  If they stayed only 4 nights [as some do on picnics] that
 BF> would be only $58 a night each.

Can't fault your math there... ;)  No, the only hard and fast minimum
number is the $700, which could be covered by fewer people if they were
willing to fork over more than the $100/person for the time.  If we get
more than 7 people, she does want the $100/person, as more people put
more wear on the camp, use more water, etc...  It is, as you say, quite
reasonable in any case.  :)

 BF> And cooking every meal at the camp would sure be cheap enough.

Could well be.  One could still buy lots of expensive ingredients, I
reckon, but it's one of the things that I like about going up there for
vacations, the main thing I'm paying for is the gas to get there, as one
has to eat at home just the same.  ;)  (We own our own camp down the
way... it just doesn't have running water, and my friend's rental does.)

ttyl      neb

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