tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post8737692434826541609..comments2024-03-28T08:26:58.108-04:00Comments on Our Odyssey: Sleeping inLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-88322592540139710282008-08-13T00:47:00.000-04:002008-08-13T00:47:00.000-04:00Sean & Louise,Taking this thread off your blog...Sean & Louise,<BR/>Taking this thread off your blog.<BR/>I'll email to the email addresses I got from you then.<BR/>bobbpenickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395014179427480322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-24495612695148946622008-08-12T09:56:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:56:00.000-04:00@Bob,We do remember you, very clearly. We don't fo...@Bob,<BR/><BR/>We do remember you, very clearly. We don't forget the smart, competent people :-) I'm pretty sure we still have your business card somewhere and that you wrote your personal email on the back. <BR/><BR/>I'm suprised, too, that we haven't worked with you since 2005. Perhaps later this season. Two more investigation areas hanging out in the Atlantic may bring us all to the east coast soon. <BR/><BR/>This job was the first time we've seen Gene Miller again since Katrina; he was RNT in Baton Rouge and Manager here. Do you remember him? He's a great manager, easy to work for.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for being a loyal reader and hopefully we'll see you soon!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-76099034916479194072008-08-12T00:18:00.000-04:002008-08-12T00:18:00.000-04:00Sean,My paper must have clipped the AP article so ...Sean,<BR/>My paper must have clipped the AP article so much that the info you have was not provided in the short blurb I read.<BR/>I've been following your travels for almost 3 years. I worked with you and Louise in RTT (now DST) back in Baton Rouge after Katrina. I got my tour of Odyssey out in the K-Mart parking lot. I can understand if you don't remember me. I think we had a team of about 40 there at the time. <BR/>I've gone on to work on about 12 DRs since then. Hoped we would cross paths again sometime. But, the ARC hasn't sent me any farther west than San Antonio last July, and the two of you haven't been to the east coast for anything that I'm aware of.<BR/>Take Care,<BR/>bobbpenickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395014179427480322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-34603632557866588952008-08-11T09:46:00.000-04:002008-08-11T09:46:00.000-04:00Bob,That article was posted by the Associated Pres...Bob,<BR/><BR/>That article was posted by the Associated Press and widely picked up by local papers. Amusingly, many east coast papers ran it.<BR/><BR/>The article discussed the fact that Ciudad Acuna is cracking down on this -- one border city, not the whole country. The claim is that it is in response to fuel "shortages" there, but, if I know my Mexican officials, it's more likely about filling the city coffers, or perhaps lining the pockets of the "officials" involved.<BR/><BR/>Also, the issue in question is specifically folks filling up drums, cans, or auxilliary tanks in the beds of pickup trucks -- filling the vehicle's stock fuel tank is permitted.<BR/><BR/>So this issue will not affect us, even if it starts spreading to other border towns. (Most of whom, BTW, are happy to have Americans cross over and spend money there for any reason at all -- it's the federal government, not the cities, that is subsidizing the fuel).<BR/><BR/>Thanks for thinking of us, though, when you saw it. We might well have missed it, buried in a relief operation as we were. I only caught it because someone had posted it on one of the RV boards we monitor.<BR/><BR/>-SeanSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930398671280529448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-32894673885300310812008-08-11T00:10:00.000-04:002008-08-11T00:10:00.000-04:00Sean,FYI,There was an article in our paper today a...Sean,<BR/>FYI,<BR/>There was an article in our paper today about the "authorities" in Mexico impounding the vehicles and imposing fines on Americans coming across the border just to fill up with "large" amounts of diesel. The article was quite sketchy so take this for what it is. Free advice.<BR/>Take Care,<BR/>bobbpenickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395014179427480322noreply@blogger.com