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Hey John,
I can't believe it - again, I just finished watching lefty lose a major. Oh well, someday he'll win I guess. There was some good golf though, especially on Saturday. So, if you haven't figured it out yet, it's me, the lefty from Canada. How are things? Sorry to bother you at work. I don't have your home email or new phone number in Houston. Anyhow, I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions about life in the US. Yes, I finally accepted a job, in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb community about 15 miles west of Washington. It is a multi-disciplinary design firm, and I am going to be starting in the first week of October. And the area seems to be really nice, great golf, not much winter, great pro sports, and hopefully lovely 'Americanan gals'!!! I think I have almost everything under control thus far, except I have a couple of questions that I wouldn't mind your opinion on. First, I want to select a bank just for simple personal banking, cheques, withdrawls , etc. In Fairfax, the predominant one seems to be Bank of America. They also have SunTrust and United. The other ones (like Fleet, First Union etc.) don't seem to be really located there much. I guess I'm looking for a major bank to start off with like the CIBC or Royal in Canada. Is Bank of America OK. What do you think? Secondly, (due to my Italian 'cheap' save money attitude), I am looking for a VISA that collects air miles. (In Canada here, I had CIBC Aerogold which was excellent for Air Canada reward travels). I guess I am looking for a gold/platinum card that is best for flight miles. I flew United when I went to the interview to Washington, and I understand that United has a Mileage Plus First Gold VISA. Also, I have found other cards including Delta Skymiles AMEX, US Air Dividend Miles Platinum, Continental Platinum and TWA Aviators Gold. I guess ideally am I looking for the best card that will allow me to accumulate points to fly from Washington to Toronto (since that's where most people I know live now). I am also not to sure which airlines are reputable that would fly into Toronto. Maybe you could tell me what card you guys have, or which ones might be worth looking into. Anyhow, I would really appreciate when you have a chance sometime to drop me a line or give me a ring (905)709-7970 with some of this info. As for now, have a great rest of day at work. Say 'hi' to Dina and Little 'Tiger'. Hope all is well with you guys. Maybe I will get to see you more now that it is not so far and so expensive to fly down there. Take care for now, JR. P.S. Yes there is another stadium in the world to see a ball game other than Wrigley. I saw Boston at Cambden Yards last weekend and it was awesome. What a classic modern baseball stadium design. And the Ripken mania stuff is nuts. The Ribs in Baltimore are amazing, just like wings in Buffalo. See you later. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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