Oh my gosh...the hotel that UVic got for me is so fancy it's... embarrassing?
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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
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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 justifies room service, bon appétit
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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 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)
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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? :D
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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? :D
@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…