[Vision2020] As a resident of the Palouse

[Sunil Ramalingam]

As long as the bus has a necessary convenience located in the rear, there's 
no reason to cry...Now the bus trip my mom and I took from Bombay to Madras 
in '86, that was a tearjerker.

Sunil


>From: <pkraut at moscow.com>
>To: vision2020 at mail-gw.fsr.net
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] As a resident of the Palouse
>Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 03:48:57 GMT
>
>Probably, our airport is woefully inadequate. But what a bunch of babies!
>
>
>
> > LOL - what a bunch of whiners!
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know why, if they could charter a jet to fly to into 
>Spokane,
> > they couldn't fly into Pullman?  Is their chartered jet bigger than the
>jets
> > that are allowed to fly into Pullman or what?
> >
> >
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> >
> > Saundra
> > Moscow, ID
> >
> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to 
>do
> > nothing.
> > - Edmund Burke
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-
>bounces at moscow.com]
> > On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:58 AM
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] As a resident of the Palouse
> >
> >
> >
> > I found this amusing:
> >
> >
> > Cougars Notebook: Palouse trip portrayed as purgatory
> >
> >
> > Bruins, L.A. media complain about Pullman journey
> >
> >
> > By HOWIE STALWICK
> > SPECIAL TO THE P-I
> >
> > PULLMAN -- The UCLA Bruins were upset in Pullman in more ways than one
>last
> > weekend.
> > Los Angeles-area newspapers, aided and abetted by UCLA players, made the
> > Bruins' trip to Washington State sound only slightly less challenging
>than
> > the Bataan Death March. Interestingly, all this took place before UCLA's
> > 27-7 loss.
> > According to the Los Angeles Times, a trip to Pullman is a "long journey
>to
> > the middle of a vast nothingness called the Palouse, where fans have a
> > pitchforks-and-torches mentality."
> > For the record, UCLA's trip consisted of a 2 1/2-hour flight to Spokane
>in a
> > cushy charter jet, followed by a two-hour ride in cushy charter buses,
> > followed by an overnight stay in a cushy hotel 15 minutes from the
>stadium.
> > "That two-hour drive is a beast," offensive guard Shannon Tevega told 
>The
> > Riverside Press-Enterprise. "I woke up about three times asking if we
>were
> > there yet."
> > Tailback Chris Markey told the Los Angeles Daily News that games at
> > Washington State are "crazy. To me, it's one of the hardest places to
>play.
> > The crowd is so into the game, and every time they get a first down, you
> > hear, 'It's another Cougar first down.' That can get into a player's
>mind."
> > Wow. That is tough. Almost as tough as a two-hour drive ... to go 10
>miles
> > on an L.A. freeway.
> >
> >   _____
> >
> > Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! Get
> > <http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us>  'em!
> >
> >
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