# PragueDope! Oct. 22-24 Final preps and info. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789 "2004-10-12T06:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/61 "2004-10-20T10:40:17Z")
“Nafta” sounds like “naphtha” and from [m-w.com](http://m-w.com): > [@](#): > > Pronunciation: 'naf-th&, ÷’nap- > Function: noun > Etymology: Latin, from Greek, of Iranian origin; akin to Persian neft naphtha > 1 : any of various volatile often flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and diluents So not that weird after all. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/62 "2004-10-20T12:05:19Z")
Are you going to be a wiseass all weekend, Kent? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/63 "2004-10-20T14:53:30Z")
Ooh! Another question, if you please, TC. Since this is a party weekend, we’re allowed to indulge in some vices. What’s a 20-pack of a premium brand do in CZ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/64 "2004-10-20T18:47:30Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > Are you going to be a wiseass all weekend, Kent? 😃 It’s not often us uniglots (monoglots?) get to take the piss out of a polyglot over a foreign word. > [@Coldfire](#): > > What’s a 20-pack of a premium brand do in CZ? I thought condoms where the same everywhere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/65 "2004-10-21T06:26:29Z")
20 nails in your coffin will set you back 55Kc, about 2 euros. But I haven’t bought cigarettes in a while, when I abuse, I use leaf. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/66 "2004-10-21T06:45:39Z")
Suh-weet. I love the Czech Republic. That’s, like, half price, dude. 🙂 **kferr** , if it’s any consolation, my Czech’s probably just as bad as yours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/67 "2004-10-21T08:11:10Z")
Hey, y’all should call the pension owner, Filip, and work out how to get keys (when you will arrive, etc). I can also get the keys and meet you Friday afternoon. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/68 "2004-10-21T08:53:17Z")
Well, if we arrive late in the afternoon, that gives us plenty of time to get the key issue arranged when we get there, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/69 "2004-10-21T09:41:05Z")
Sure, but I would call Filip…He might be picking someone up at the airport or buying food for breakfast or ??? It is a pension, not a hotel with 24/7 receptiondesk service. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/70 "2004-10-21T10:09:06Z")
I’ll just put the phone number in my cell, and call him when we cross the border, to give him an idea of when we will arrive. That ought to work, right? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/71 "2004-10-21T21:47:29Z")
OK, about 6 hours of sleep, and then it’s time to fire up the Coldfirewagon to head down to Liège to pick up wolfstu. Then, it’s Eastbound, direction Praha! Woohoo! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789.md?page=3)