You need to hear about the boondoggle the guys I had in class figured out. They
work for Danish National Broadcasting, recently our european customers
discovered that for the same price as going to our UK training center they
could come to the US and in the US they get the "Master Instructor", thats
me.So these guys arrange to come to the US for class, though it turns out
theres a reseller right next door that can run the same class. Now we have two
options for class in the US, snowy and cold MA or sunny and warm CA, they
obviously pick the latter. There are only 2 direct direct flights a week from
Copenhagen to LAX, one gets in Saturday which is no good, class starts Monday
and they'll be fighting 9 hours of jet lag. So they get in Tuesday the week
before class. They decide to drive up to San Francisco and end up in Santa
Cruz. They decide the best way to get on west coast time is to stay up late and
the best way to do that is to get stinking drunk...
One of the two guys went back to Denmark right after class, the other brought
his wife over and is staying for like a month of vacation...
We started calling it "the junket"
-Curt
From: WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
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Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] My florida tour has come to an end
ATTABOY! In the USAF, we called that a Boondoggle. Sometimes work begins
to seem like more play than work, doesn't it? When it does, THAT'S a
Boondoggle.
Wilton
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From: "Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 5:14 PM
Subject: [MBZ] My florida tour has come to an end
> I've been down in Florida since last Monday for work. We did a test drive
> for work, driving a loop around most of the state: Jacksonville ->
> Daytona
> Beach (during bike week) -> St. Petersburg -> Naples -> Miami Beach ->
> Cocoa Beach -> Jacksonville.
>
> Highlights of the trip were visiting folks along the way. Had a great
> dinner with Dan Penoff and his son Stu, and got to treat them to a ride in
> a Maybach. Dan and I haven't seen each other since the days of the Rusty
> Qs and it was great to catch up and share stories.
>
> Next up was Miami Beach for four nights, which meant visiting with Gary
> Hurst. We shared a few meals and drove around quite a bit. Gary in
> person, for those who haven't met him, is great experience. I always look
> forward to seeing him.
>
> And finally I had dinner with Pierre Hedary and his sister Marie on
> Tuesday, followed by a visit to his shop on Wednesday with the Germans.
> They're both gracious hosts and we had a great time. I could hang out
> there for a week I think. His shop holds many treasures, including a 1967
> 300SEL, very similar to my car.
>
> I'm a bit surprised by my busy social calendar over the trip... its a
> reminder of what kind of community our hobby can create.
>
> Jaime
>
>
>
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