Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing?
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@sundogplanets Are you giving a talk at SFU while you are in the area or did you do that already? (I know UBC/UVic/SFU chemistry usually share speakers so they can split the costs of the flights and such)
@Canageek SFU on Friday!
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets Same room in the 'tourist season' (which I assume is Summer or Spring for Victoria) would be *suuuuper expensive* so I guess enjoy the fact that the weather is, for you, not bad?
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@Canageek SFU on Friday!
@sundogplanets If you send me details I'll pass it along to my old PI and friends in case his students are interested
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@sundogplanets Same room in the 'tourist season' (which I assume is Summer or Spring for Victoria) would be *suuuuper expensive* so I guess enjoy the fact that the weather is, for you, not bad?
@Challis2070 I've got the balcony door open right now! It is absolutely gorgeous out!! Must be like 10C!
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@Challis2070 I've got the balcony door open right now! It is absolutely gorgeous out!! Must be like 10C!
@sundogplanets That's like 50F I think and that would be fine for me! That was what it was when I was in Ireland, I think, and I was slowly melting in the jacket I had brought.
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@sundogplanets If you send me details I'll pass it along to my old PI and friends in case his students are interested
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets and you without your goats.
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@sundogplanets and you without your goats.
@geckzilla I don't have a lot of experience with fancy hotels, but I'm pretty sure they usually don't let you bring goats...
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@geckzilla I don't have a lot of experience with fancy hotels, but I'm pretty sure they usually don't let you bring goats...
@sundogplanets we live in unprecedented times
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@sundogplanets we live in unprecedented times
@geckzilla The very first goats I bought (back when I worked at a farm north of Victoria, the goats were for the farm owner), were from Saltspring Island. The guy I bought them from offered to meet me at the ferry with the 2 goats on leads, and just hand them to me so I could get right back on the ferry with goats and not have to pay for a vehicle. I really wish I had done it, in retrospect, but I just didn't know goats very well yet! If there's any ferry where this would work, it's that one.
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@geckzilla The very first goats I bought (back when I worked at a farm north of Victoria, the goats were for the farm owner), were from Saltspring Island. The guy I bought them from offered to meet me at the ferry with the 2 goats on leads, and just hand them to me so I could get right back on the ferry with goats and not have to pay for a vehicle. I really wish I had done it, in retrospect, but I just didn't know goats very well yet! If there's any ferry where this would work, it's that one.
@geckzilla So. I wasn't brave enough for the ferry. Maybe I can borrow a goat somewhere and test the waters at this hotel.
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets "Extra free" just blew my mind now it's going to take all night to come to grips with that.
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets live it up!
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
Wait wait wait wait... there are TWO GIANT TV's in this hotel room!! TWO! WHY ARE THERE TWO?!!
Ok time to go for a walk. This is too much for me.
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Wait wait wait wait... there are TWO GIANT TV's in this hotel room!! TWO! WHY ARE THERE TWO?!!
Ok time to go for a walk. This is too much for me.
@sundogplanets are they side-by-side for 3d viewing?
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Wait wait wait wait... there are TWO GIANT TV's in this hotel room!! TWO! WHY ARE THERE TWO?!!
Ok time to go for a walk. This is too much for me.
@sundogplanets you could go for a walk without leaving your suite!
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Wait wait wait wait... there are TWO GIANT TV's in this hotel room!! TWO! WHY ARE THERE TWO?!!
Ok time to go for a walk. This is too much for me.
@sundogplanets for the bed and the living room duh. I once got a fancy suite for being a speaker at a conference and felt similarly awkward. ended up inviting a bunch of people to my room for coffee to show them my heated nespresso cup drawer…
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Wait wait wait wait... there are TWO GIANT TV's in this hotel room!! TWO! WHY ARE THERE TWO?!!
Ok time to go for a walk. This is too much for me.
Sometimes people who book outside talent, whether for speaking or contracts, don't have the budget to reward you as well as you both think they should. However they do have accommodations/per-diem/etc. budgets from a different pool of money and knowledge of the local hotels, restaurants and so on. This sounds like one of those cases.
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets enjoy it. People are doing nice things for you because you do nice things for people and goats and that’s how karma works.
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Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing? Horrifying? I got a "free upgrade" (extra free because I didn't pay) to a suite and this is actually bigger than the ground floor of my farmhouse. And it's 10 stories up. And there's a balcony. This is... super weird. (It actually wasn't very expensive, either. I guess nobody wants to visit Victoria in winter, except people who live in Saskatchewan). #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets I used to travel for business and once got upgraded to a suite just because that’s all they had left. Enjoy!
