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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:22:04 -0600
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
- Subject: Re: outerbanks prices
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- On Wed, 27 Jan 1993 CROSEN@bgsuopie.bitnet wrote:
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- > Sorry these prices stun you. They seem reasonable to me in view of the fact
- > these places will comfortably sleep 8-10 folks or at least 4 duos sharing
- > a room. Thus, each duo is out about 250 for the week for lodging. Is this
- > out of line? Am I a spendthrift? Say it ain't so, bwp.
-
- OK, Marty, laugh, but big numbers scare me. I saw that 4-digit thing and
- didn't even stop for a minute to calculate the individual cost. But if
- it's $1K, wouldn't the per-person work out to $125? That's doable.
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- You're not a spendthrift, I'm just <cheap>.
-
- -abh
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