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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2023 13:03:54 GMT -5
Normally only at home, I live like a Hobbit. DubipR , you did remind me of something else though with your hotel comment. Every so often I have to take a business trip back to NYC for a conference and I'm traveling with Ohio co-workers. As the NY native in the group, they always want me to take them out in the evening, but they just want to go drinking and I don't drink. So I give them some spots to check out, and then tell them I'm visiting family and can't join them. Then I head to Midtown Comics and grab some reading, swing by McDonalds to bring some food back to the hotel (I can't bond with food at fancier hotel restaurants, it just never seems natural to me), and hang out in my room reading my little comics (usually an old Silver Age or Bronze Age collection or two). I'd still rather be home, but if I have to travel, that routine gets me through it.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 11, 2023 14:01:12 GMT -5
Normally only at home, I live like a Hobbit. DubipR , you did remind me of something else though with your hotel comment. Every so often I have to take a business trip back to NYC for a conference and I'm traveling with Ohio co-workers. As the NY native in the group, they always want me to take them out in the evening, but they just want to go drinking and I don't drink. So I give them some spots to check out, and then tell them I'm visiting family and can't join them. Then I head to Midtown Comics and grab some reading, swing by McDonalds to bring some food back to the hotel (I can't bond with food at fancier hotel restaurants, it just never seems natural to me), and hang out in my room reading my little comics (usually an old Silver Age or Bronze Age collection or two). I'd still rather be home, but if I have to travel, that routine gets me through it. when I used to travel for work finding the local comic store or used book store was always priority one. I caught a couple out of town library book sales and other things. The best part was since I was selling books, I could always ship my stuff back home
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