Re: Kansas Highlights
Did someone say, "high murder rate"? --- Andrew Ford <aford@networkip.net> wrote: > This Kansas City video shows people drinking, > smoking, listening to music, > eating massive amounts of food, gambling and riding > fake bulls. > > http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=entertainment_nightlife.html > > This Kansas City video opens with a water show that > looks to rival the > Bellagio, more animals than a couple of white > tigers, roller coasters and a > water park. > > http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=unique_discoveries.html > > > See, Kansas City is just like Vegas but without that > funky smell and high > murder rate. > > > Seriously, if a city has a NFL team, a MLB team, a > MLS club, art museums, a > zoo, 2 million people in the area, a visit from > Wheel of Fortune > (http://www.visitkc.com/meeting_planner/book_your_meeting/index.cfm?page=kansas_city_video_wof.htm) > > and most importantly 5 casinos, there is more going > on in that city than > growing grass and browning apples. > > This will be a great conference with more Informix > developer involvement > than ever before and I don't think Kansas City will > disappoint anyone (you > know you're just going to go to the hotel bar after > a long day of > conferencing anyway.) > > Andrew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy Lichtenauer - IIUG Board" > <cindy@iiug.org> > To: <indeep@indeep.com>; <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: Kansas Highlights > > > > > > > > Come on folks. We are not talking about "Great > Bend" Kansas, out in the > > middle of the prairies! > > > > Lenexa and Overland Park are suburbs of Kansas > City, Missouri - which is a > > metropolitan area of about 2 million people. > > > > There ARE things to do in KC including museums, > Art Galleries, Shopping > > and > > great restaurants. > > > > http://www.visitkc.com/ > > > > > > Don't be so narrow minded. I personally, have been > to WAY too many tech > > conferences in Las Vegas and don't care if I ever > go back. > > > > > > > > On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:14:23 -0800, InDeep wrote > >> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> > InDeep said: > >> > > >> >> Las Vegas would be fun, and a lot more > memorable than Kansas, and in > > many > >> >> ways probably cheaper than Kansas simply > because of a lot of > >> >> promotional > >> >> opportunities there. In the future, if you > time it right, Vegas would > > be > >> >> good for techies simply because other tech > venues can happen at the > >> >> same > >> >> time > >> >> and allow you to slip over to other events. > Kansas is great for > > watching > >> >> the > >> >> grass grow, apples turning brown, that kind of > thing. Of course > >> >> there's > >> >> no > >> >> reason why you can't have it somewhere else > outside the US, maybe > >> >> Mexico > >> >> would > >> >> be good too, lots of nice resorts with cheap > accommodations and it's > > WARM > >> >> there too. > >> > > >> > There's only one problem with Las Vegas: it's a > shithole. > >> > > >> > >> Just about every major tech venue has been put on > at Vegas. Not > >> that it's the only place to put on a conference. > But I just can't > >> imagine booking a flight to Kansas City for a > conference of any kind, > >> it's just not something I would make time for, > especially since > >> getting time off is already a challenge. I have > to look at > >> something optional like a tech conference as also > a mini-vacation, > >> so Vegas would still be more desirable than > Kansas City. ( geez, who > >> picked that one? ) > >> > >> BTW If you think Vegas is a shithole, you should > drive through El > >> Paso Texas, now THERE is a shithole. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Informix-list mailing list > >> Informix-list@iiug.org > >> > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > > > Cindy Lichtenauer > > International Informix User Group - Board of > Directors > > http://www.iiug.org > > E-mail: cindy@iiug.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs