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Alanshouse
| Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 09:08 pm: |
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Can anyone refer me to a hotel in NYC that is easily accessible from JFK and a good price? I also need parking and will be staying 2 nights so would like to be able to get downtown easily. Thanks for any help! |
Jaimec
| Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 - 02:56 pm: |
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JFK is in Queens, and not exactly a hop skip and a jump away from downtown Manhattan. However, if you can forego the need for parking (you don't need a car with NYC Mass Transit, and you'll save yourself a LOT of aggravation if you skip a rental car) you can take the AirTrain to Jamaica Station, and from there catch a train to Penn Station and a subway to almost anywhere you want. That being said, see: http://tinyurl.com/juukk And here is a link to information on the Airtrain: http://world.nycsubway.org/us/airtrain/ Good luck! |
Blake
| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 01:42 am: |
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Henrik House in Queens is wonderful! |
Firemanjim
| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 03:12 am: |
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But currently under renovation--- |
Henrik
| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 01:31 pm: |
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From Jamaica Station, both the Long Island Railroad and the "screamin'" E-train is a good way of getting to Manhattan. A-train from Howard Beach is the longer way round. And renovations are in full swing again. Need to get the basement mostly done in the next couple of months Henrik |
Firemanjim
| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 08:36 pm: |
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Is that cuz you are expecting guests around dec. sometime?? |
Henrik
| Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 09:03 pm: |
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Yeah - that'd be it |
Blake
| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 03:31 am: |
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Got room for me and Michele? |
Firemanjim
| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 10:32 am: |
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Get in line,Blake. |
Road_thing
| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 06:38 pm: |
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Is there a firm date for the December pachanga yet? rt |
Blake
| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 10:35 pm: |
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I've made you jealous now have I Jim? |
Firemanjim
| Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 11:22 pm: |
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Yeah,you are sleeping with someone else now---- RT,I'd like some target dates to present to the HMFIC for launch code OK. |
Blake
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 12:26 pm: |
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The garage would make a nice guest house. Get on that would you Doc? |
Court
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 12:59 pm: |
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>>>The garage would make a nice guest house. Get on that would you Doc? Please don't lure him into another home improvement project or we'll never see him. |
Court
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 01:05 pm: |
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By the way . . I would NOT rent a car in NYC. A car here is a HUGE hinderence as I proved to a group of Buell employees last Friday night. The hotels around JFK are primarily "around major airport hotels" (DUH??) and set up to cater to seminars and so forth. If I had a choice and wanted to see the city, I'd opt for something like the Roosevelt. You're going to get a very SMALL room but it's an okay place at at $150 a night it's about half what the other "decent" places are. NYC has incredible public transportation. A rental car will cost you a boat load of money, figure $50 for overnight parking and once that rental decal is spotted in the back window, welcome to my world of $115 tickets. Get that baby towed, a fairly common occurance, and you'll see a side of NYC few (cause they don't rent cars) see.
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Road_thing
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 02:15 pm: |
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I would hope to get up that way while the tribes are gathered. The week of 12/25 (which is on a Monday) is pretty much out, so I'd like to see it targeted sometime early in the week of 12/18, or perhaps the weekend of 12/16-17. I understand that the Man from Oz will be in town that week, and I'd hate to miss the opportunity to nearly get arrested with Paul again... rt |
Blake
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 03:02 pm: |
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Court speaks God's own truth on the rental car issue. Had a rental car towed there once. I was against parking in the "restricted" zone next to central park, but my VP of Operations and corporate General Council who I was chaperoning assured me that it would be okay for just a half hour, just enough time to grab a hot dog and see a bit of Central Park. "Didn't we park here?" Amazingly, we still made our flight out, and I expensed the $280 cab/towing/parking-ticket fees. We still laugh about that. |
Henrik
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 05:01 pm: |
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... Please don't lure him into another home improvement project Too late - Operations Basement launched this weekend with a major clean-up, sorting and boxing of stuff. Next is demolition, wiring, rockin' etc. etc. etc. My garage will remain "squadder free area" Henrik |
Firemanjim
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:48 pm: |
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I just have to ask--what is a squadder?? Is it like a truckie as I know NYC fire has squads??? |
Court
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:23 pm: |
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I thought it was like squadder's rides. Those were the motorcycles ridden by the people who settled the West. |
Henrik
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 09:16 am: |
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OK, so maybe it should have been Squatter ...? Henrik |
CJXB
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 09:43 am: |
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Squadders Rides, OMG too funny !!! |