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thompnickson2

Re: winter party

Hi, George,

Thanks for your very kind offer.

I haven’t dropped the ball, but I have been juggling it a bit. We agreed on Saturday the 15^th, right?

SO: What TIME do you want. Last year, at Johns, we arrived in the daylight and left in the dark

Could you send me your address, directions, and perhaps some number they can call when they get lost?

. I will bring a huge salad, and perhaps an entrée if, others don’t look like stepping up. We’ll see. In my view, the host of a potluck part should be responsible only for opening the door before the party and shutting it afterwards.

Let me know.

Nick

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Based on my experience at LANL, Marcus’s assessments are correct. Indeed much of LANL activity involves basic science that most of us would find quite laudable. And many in its technical staff are our neighbors.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 8:33 PM Marcus Daniels <[hidden email]> wrote:

< There are many powerful people in Washington who know LANL specializes in taxpayer ripoffs. >

I am confident the use of such a property would be for science, administration, and outreach & training functions, not secure national work. It would probably make a lot of LANL employees happy, as many of them live in Santa Fe. Anyway, get real, if it wasn't for all the federal money, cities in New Mexico would collapse, there would be no SFI, etc.

Marcus
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