New Orleans Roadie

[PhillyPhreak54]

Feva, if I was still at my old spot I would've had it off already. LIke the entire week. But I just started a new gig and I don't want to be asking for time off my first week there. I will plant the seed soon enough though.

[Feva]

Feva, if I was still at my old spot I would've had it off already. LIke the entire week. But I just started a new gig and I don't want to be asking for time off my first week there. I will plant the seed soon enough though.

Cool... I can understand that.  I'm on the other end of the spectrum.  I'm putting in for the time off even though I probably won't be here by the time the game rolls around.

look heads......we are all going its just a matter of for how long...its april and its still so on its not even funny...moloko if youre for real pm me and gimme your number of tix youre down for...

Me and Moloko are pretty much in the same pool.  He's one of the tix I was counting.  There'll probably be a few more too.  If he doesn't get a PM to you I'll make sure he gets whatever info comes out.

[ice grillin you]

word feva...i have to put in my request on or around the 24th of this month...the final number is due then

[Feva]

yep.

[ice grillin you]

for the people here not on my email list here is an update i just sent out...

tickets- while i dont have the exact section as of yet...i can tell you that tickets are going to be $40...this is the only portion of the trip that is paid to me...due asap...if you even have a small interest in going on this trip i suggest paying for a ticket...consider it a $40 refundable deposit on going...if you end up not going selling the ticket wont be difficult...but at least youll have one if you do go...this is the time to let me know exactly how many tickets youll think you need as i will be placing the order in the next few weeks

send your money to:
havas
8219 brooktree st
laurel, md 20724

hotel - this be it http://www.hi-frenchquarter.com/
smack dab in the middle of the french quarter a block off bourbon street...starting this friday (april 21) you may call and reserve your room...504-529-7211...$129.00 per night....making the reservation is no different than any other hotel reservation youve ever made except to get the special rate when calling you must reference the HAVAS EAGLE GROUP...a credit card will be needed to reserve the room but you will not be charged until you check out...therefore i recommend reserving your room asap as there is a limited number of rooms at this rate and once those rooms are gone youre on your own...getting a quality hotel with a locale as good as this holiday inn at the price i obtained will be virtually impossible

transportation - as previously mentioned youre on your own here...ive been told airline tickets are currently going for around $250...


as always forward this email and/or mention this trip to anyone i have not included...just make sure to get back to me asap with the number of tickets you/they want

[Wingspan]

Yeah, I'm going ahead with it like I am going. If I cannot get the time off then I will sell off my ticket to someone who needs it.

what kind of work do you do that you cant request a day off 6 months in advance?

[Feva]

what kind of work do you do that you cant request a day off 6 months in advance?

Feva, if I was still at my old spot I would've had it off already. LIke the entire week. But I just started a new gig and I don't want to be asking for time off my first week there. I will plant the seed soon enough though.

[Philly_Crew]

My wife is expecting twins on October 4th.  Would I be the worst father in the world if I left for NO for a birds game 2 weeks later?

It probably isn't worth getting shot over.  I'm sure everyone will have fun down there.  I will try to make the game at Washington this year.

[Wingspan]

what kind of work do you do that you cant request a day off 6 months in advance?

Feva, if I was still at my old spot I would've had it off already. LIke the entire week. But I just started a new gig and I don't want to be asking for time off my first week there. I will plant the seed soon enough though.

yeah but i mean, he knows where he will be, i would think even if your just starting, a 6 month notice is pretty fair.

[reese125]

Id like to know what everyone in here does for a living? Interesting poll Id imagine

[PhillyPhreak54]

what kind of work do you do that you cant request a day off 6 months in advance?

Feva, if I was still at my old spot I would've had it off already. LIke the entire week. But I just started a new gig and I don't want to be asking for time off my first week there. I will plant the seed soon enough though.

yeah but i mean, he knows where he will be, i would think even if your just starting, a 6 month notice is pretty fair.

I hate asking for time off when starting a new job. It's like "Hey, thanks for hiring me. You don't really know me yet but how about letting me take about 4 days off in October".

I'll wait until I get my permanent shift assignment and then talk to my direct supervisor who handles the scheduling. Right now I am still "training" although I've done thi job before. So I will have to wait a few more weeks to start planting the seed.

[Feva]

Id like to know what everyone in here does for a living? Interesting poll Id imagine

Most of us are unemployed.

[phattymatty]

so i went down to new orleans from wednesday until sunday and now i'm more excited than ever for this roadie. 

the french quarter was barely hurt by katrina, bourbon street is just as crazy as it ever was.  people getting pass out drunk on hurricanes by noon.  and there are even more strip clubs than i remember the last time i was there in 2000.  a few restaurants and stores are still closed but most places have opened up.

but once you start going towards the edges of town there are blocks upon blocks of houses just totally demolished.  pretty amazing thing to see in a very sad way.  you can tell thats literally 1000s of people left right before the storm and just never came back. 

on my way to jazzfest there was about a 15 block stretch underneath an overpass that was just filled with ruined cars.  1000s of them.  i guess you have to put them somewhere.  its really a shame because you can tell that the nice houses were built on higher land and were spared the worst of it, and the poor houses got destroyed.  and there is hardly any grass anywhere.

anyway, it was a good place to be for the draft, with reggie bush falling into their lap and whatnot.  i think that made the place even crazier over the weekend.

[Father Demon]

Needed to gloat. 

My buddy and I won our tickets on eBay last week.  We'll be in New Orleans, and we are sitting in the section above the tunnel where the Eagles go in and out, in row 8.  Which is really row 1, because the tunnel is there and all.

And we only paid $10 over face value for them.

[phattymatty]

weird, i just sent IGY a message about 45 seconds ago asking when he needed the money for this by.