[rec.arts.sf.fandom] Re: A quiet afternoon
Michael Stemper
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@KeithLynch.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Organization: United Individualist
David Friedman <dd...@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com> wrote:
> For a more extreme example outside of fandom, consider the Tucson
> gem and mineral show, which I believe is the largest such in the
> world. As far as I can tell, it occupies all of a convention
> center, plus most motels for some miles around--with dealers renting
> second floor rooms to stay in, first floor rooms underneath them to
> deal from.
How do they handle security? I wouldn't store lots of valuable gems in
an ordinary hotel room, especially if late at night I was sleeping in
a different hotel room, leaving the room with the gems was unoccupied.
Especially since it would be widely known that the gems were there.
> It makes Pennsic look small. And, as I discovered to my surprise
> when I went to a worldcon, Pennsic is much bigger than a Worldcon.
You should have seen the Obama inauguration. That's the largest
event I've ever been to. People had to go indoors because the
outdoors was full.
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