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Mel B
26 Dec 2004, 04:36 PM
Hey, Glenwood, I'm thinking of starting a carpool for B'ham. Think there will be enough interest??



You could count me in. If i lived in the USA. :) :) :)
Glenwood Lane United
26 Dec 2004, 08:30 PM
Hey, Glenwood, I'm thinking of starting a carpool for B'ham. Think there will be enough interest??

Hard for me to say. It wouldn't hurt anything to post something on the Fire Board and the Fans and Travel board and gauge interest that way.

Personally, my plane would be to fly out Tuesday evening, arrive in BHam around 8:30, and then I'd rent a car. A flight out would arrive in Chicago by 10:00am Thursday, and I'm at work by 11. So I miss a day and a half of work, tops. Flight is about $215.

I just started a new job this past Monday, and I really don't have any idea what my critical dates are, whether I have to be in the office the 1st of every month, etc..

Mapquest has it as a 12 hour trip. I'd be more interested in pooling if it were a weekend.
Bilbao2Brooklyn
27 Dec 2004, 05:41 PM
300 miles

ny to columbus
jmsullivan
02 Jan 2005, 08:50 AM
Took a bus once from Brown U in Providence to UVA. 10 hr ride. Watch the game and 10 hrs home. Absolutely miserable. Providence to Birmingham drive is around 30 hrs. Flying is $200.
Maybe I'll pass over the carpool on the way. As long as the sides have settled of course. See "youse'all" there.
StartaRevolution
20 Jan 2005, 03:37 PM
When I was in Austin Texas on vacation I was thinking of driving to Dallas for the game but we thought better. Someday I will be inspired to make such a journey though especially if MLS Cup is say in NY.
nicodemus
20 Jan 2005, 04:13 PM
Providence to Birmingham drive is around 30 hrs. Surely you don't mean 30 hours one way? :confused: Because I've driven from Boston to Birmingham with it snowing part of the way in 20 hours.
jonam
20 Jan 2005, 05:06 PM
Btw, a friend of mine made the trip from Germany to Japan to the Toyota world club championship (or whatever it is called) in Tokyo. Borussia Dortmund played Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte on a December Tuesday or Wednesday (if I remember correctly) and won the club's world cup back in 1997.

Ok, he is a Lufthansa pilot and thus has only to pay 10% of the ticket's face value for a stand-by flight. ;-)