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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (66487)	7/20/2006 12:24:18 PM
From: damainman	Respond to of 110194

"how about free snacks at costco" Ha,lol....someday they will count those free snacks in the Cpi.

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (66487)	7/20/2006 3:35:07 PM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Publix used to have free coffee here - they still have the free food samples 5 times a day - hehe - sams has the free samples too and then you got the free samples at the mall - I can still eat well but that means getting up too much and leaving the house - hehe. Starting to get too hot to do that in the day time - 105 degree weather ouch! I was going to stay at the marriot marquis in atlanta again for dragoncon this year - one of the most unique architectural designs in the entire south east - a couple years ago I got the room for 100 a night - this year it is around 230 - looks like I will be camping in the van again. Thank goodness I can still stay at some walmarts free and don't have to pay a 200 a night parking fee. Really I don't know how a bunch of poor geeks are affording that other than going into credit card or heloc debt. Russ winter is a 20 year ex broker with millions and balks at 250 a night hotels - how does a poor computer geek that hasn't earned an income in over 5 years since the indian took his job? I ran the nice hotels for the clearwater area - outside of don cesar you have the westin innisbrook and a few others - I just don't see how they are making 200-250 a night. The van by the river is free. These hotels have went way up over the past couple years - Bernanke must not be staying in the hotels I am pricing - his hedonics must substitute them with living in vans by the river - hehe. Rates for weekday!: Marriott Suites Clearwater Beach on Sand Key $229.00 Sheraton Sand Key Resort $222.00 Renaissance Tampa International Plaza $219.00 Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay $219.00 Marriott - Tampa (Airport) $209.00 Wyndham Westshore - Tampa $198.00 Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club $189.00 Sunset Vistas Beachfront Suites $189.00 Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort $170.00 In 2000 a turkey sandwich at the atlantis hotel in the bahamas cost 16 bucks - I wondered how people afforded it then.