[Electronics-talk] ford museum tour

[Baracco, Andrew W]

$150?  That's crazy!

Andy
 

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hi,

ok, so i stand corrected, a cars list was created.
nobody can be on every list.
i still feel that with the obvious connection and no other tour
arranged, the cars group should have jumped on this one.

Bryan Schulz
The BEST Solution
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Subject: [Electronics-talk] ford museum tour


> hi,
>
> excuse the cross post.
>
> I have seen several people asking about what tour would be possible to

> experience so i called the Henry Ford museum.
>
> I learned that especially if you are mostly or completely blind, you 
> will not likely enjoy the ford museum if you go by yourself as they do

> not have assistant workers that walk around and answer questions and 
> you can't touch the cars.
> The lady who answered the phone said you could easily spend about 
> three hours just in the autos section.
>
> It seems that the cars division should have already made the 
> contact/collected the information but there doesn't seem to be a list 
> for that group and nothing happens between conventions.
>
> I plan to schedule my return flight later in the day so i can stop at 
> the ford museum which is half way between the marriott and the
airport.
>
> i explained that there will be 2,500 to 3,000 people at the convention

> and didn't know how many would be looking to take a tour and we have a

> antiques and hot rods group and they have provided cloth gloves in the

> past so we could feel parts of the cars that were displayed.
>
> the lady will call me back next week after she does some research 
> which will also give people some time to consider this plan; email me 
> if you want to be part of a group tour of 15 to 25 people which will 
> cost $150.
> we will be provided with a guide that will tell us details about what 
> we're looking at like model, year, features, history, etc. and the 
> guide will assist us for 90 minutes.
> After that time, you can explore more on your own or possibly pay 
> again for another session.
>
> the proposed time would be somewhere between 12:00p and 3:00p so you 
> could have time to check out, eat lunch, then travel to the museum.
>
> Bryan Schulz
> The BEST Solution
> www.best-acts.com
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