Re: NAQT thoughts...

• From: grapesmoker <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:24:04 -0000
• Message-ID: <aosihk+92kr_at_...>

Why not Lawrence Livermore Labs, located in the scenic town of 
Livermore? And it's only half an hour from the bustling metropolis 
that is Oakland!

And for sex appeal, you can't beat San Onofre, the power plant with 
the biggest breasts in the West.

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., lone1c <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In quizbowl_at_y..., cooterchekov <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > 
> > > (Of course, if ACF sponsored a high school national 
tournament, it 
> > > would probably be held in CERN or something...)
> > 
> > CERN's in the Swiss Alps, remember. Very scenic. Cold Spring 
Harbor 
> > is pretty too -- somewhere around I have (disturbing) photos of 
> > Salvador Luria in a speedo. Oak Ridge is right close to 
Chattanooga, 
> > so that's not that inaccessible, plus it can be nice down there 
in 
> > the spring.
> > 
> > LANL, now, THAT's in the middle of goddamn nowhere.
> 
> It's about a 1:45 drive in good traffic to Chattanooga, as I 
actually
> did it for Muck Masters this year. [And back, leaving after 
midnight
> after dinner at Provino's!]
> 
> However, both Oak Ridge, and the oh-so-lovely town of Knoxville, 
are
> prototypical "one-street towns": think thirty to forty miles of
> Breezewood, PA (or your own personal favorite suburban strip mall 
from
> hell), combine it with the tackiness of signage from Las Vegas, and
> you have a rough idea of what life is like in those two towns.
> 
> Not the easiest sell for a tournament. :-)
> 
> And I'd suggest that Pacific Northwest Lab is even worse. LANL is 
at
> least just two hours from Albuquerque. PN(N)L is four hours east of
> *Spokane*.
> 
> --AEI