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September 15, 2005
Geographic ignorance
Setting up some conference stuff today for a potential attendance next month in the US of A, in some steamy southern crappy city with fat bankers.
I'm emailing the twit in New York about the detials and I get a note, copying some other potential participants, saying "Although Mr. Lounsbury has been indicating the conference is in Charleston, SC, it is in fact in Charlotte, NC. I just wanted to avoid confusion. I’m sure this was just a typo as we’ve discussed this more than a few times."
Ah. The shame. Well two bloody cities in the Carolinas both start with C. What can I say?
My reply was quite simple: "Bother, two bloody cities in the bloody Carolinas, all the bloody same to me."
Nevertheless, I was amused. In fact I always confuse the two. Might as well be the same city to me.
Posted by The Lounsbury at September 15, 2005 06:26 PM
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Ah well, better than the FEMA evac plane that went to the wrong Charleston, I think it was.
Posted by: Tom Scudder at September 23, 2005 03:09 PM
My current boss is from Charleston, which is actually a neat little town, kind of a miniature Manhattan. Charlotte, OTOH, is bigger and actually has aspirations to becoming a major city. We had a guy leave here recently to go to work in Charlotte. Lots of new jobs there.
Posted by: pantom at September 26, 2005 05:35 PM
Eh. All the same to me. Southern US.
Posted by: lounsbury at September 26, 2005 05:41 PM
