Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:40:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 2007 Worldcon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Ted White wrote:

> From: "Jim Kling" <jkling at nasw.org>
>
> > Ted White wrote:
> >
> > >Despite it being called "the World Science Fiction Convention" or
> > >"Worldcon," it's mostly American (the majority of attendees -- even in
> > >foreign locations) and analogous to baseball's "World Series," which has
> > >*never* left the USA.   It's really the American national convention
> > >
> > Uh, I think the folks in Glasgow and Toronto would quibble with that.
>
> I doubt it.  Have you asked them?   (As far as Toronto goes, most Americans
> regard Canada as our 51st state.)

The airport bus, coming back from Torcon, advised that it accepted credit
cards, money, or American currency.  I liked that.

-- Dick Eney