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Last week, I was at a conference in London, and the hotel was stuck between the Waterloo station railways and the Thames.

And my room (@£210 per night) was on the third floor, overlooking the rail...

There's about 2 trains per minute passing there (including the eurostars, for now) from 5am till midnight. In fact, it's frequent enough that it's almost a permanent noise and thus makes it easier to get alseep with.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 05:33:07 PM EST
210 pounds. That more than my studio costs (chambre really) for one month in Paris.
I recently had some rich cousins from LA visit Paris for a few nights. They stayed at the Renaissance Hotel at a tariff of over 700 euros a night. That's a lot of money to pay just to have some uniformed people open some doors for you.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Oct 8th, 2007 at 05:19:27 AM EST
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I suppose that's what Republicans would call "trickle down economics."

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Oct 8th, 2007 at 06:06:33 AM EST
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are pretty outrageous indeed. I guess it's a deserved part of "success."

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Oct 8th, 2007 at 06:25:54 PM EST
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