Re: Re: [Harp-L] how much are you getting paid at your gigs?

["Cara Cooke" <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Tim.  The way our Capital Metro collects all of those tax dollars and
fails to find appropriate uses for them, they could afford to pay to build
the railroad, then let us poor Austinites travel back and forth on it for
free, just like they do their buses, now.  <wink>

On 7/27/06, Tim Moyer <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cara Cooke wrote:
> > It sounds like we really do need light rail -- between Austin and
> > Phoenix! I wonder if we would have to make special arrangements
> > for my bass fiddle in the bluegrass band?
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> Southwest airlines has 10 flights a day between Austin and Phoenix.
> Will that upright fit securely under the seat in front of you or in
> the overhead compartment?
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> Let's see, a $1200 gig, split four ways is $300 each.  The "internet
> special" pricing on the plane ticket is $150 each way, then there's
> the $30 cab fare to/from both airports, or $30/day to rent a car  plus
> gas plus parking your own car at the departure airport, an overnight
> hotel (unless you can bunk with a friend, or find a red-eye flight
> home).  Sounds to me like the net loss would only be a couple of
> hundred dollars.
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