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<DIV>I'm afraid to try -- every time I've tried to go to a Worldcon since 1978,
something disastrous has happened en route and I've had to limp home. Six
times, now, I've headed for a Worldcon and never once made it. Sigh.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gerhardt</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/29/2004 7:06:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sk8maven@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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realize this is frightfully short notice and more or less off-topic, but my
chances of attending at all were nil until just recently, and even now sharing
driving and gas is the only reasonable way I could do
it.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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