“Ramada will be sold at auction” is an item from the Beloit Daily News that I found interesting. The new GM even got some press:

Reaz Chowdhury, general manager of the Ramada Inn of Greater Beloit, said rumors the hotel is closing because of the auction are not true.

“I want to stress the fact the hotel is not closing,” Chowdhury said. “That’s what people are saying. I think they misunderstand the word auction. Someone buys it and will keep it open.”

“Business is improving,” Chowdhury said. “The books are looking better. We’re just getting out of the winter, but we’re heading for the summer, which will be better for us.”

The statement “the hotel was being sold as a whole, not as a property to be redeveloped” has me baffled though. Here’s the Auction Page again. I guess I find out on or after April 30th what’s going on.

“S. Beloit Ramada heads to auction” is a news article from the Rockford Register Star that make mention of the poor hotel I work at.

On the 3rd I talked about how I was pretty sure I fooled at least one person on the first. Here’s the confirmation I was looking for that caused me to burst out in loud maniacal laughter here at work:

Name: ross
Date: April 16, 2002
Time: 03:35 PM

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I know its a few weeks late but yes you got me. Man that fucked me all up! I couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on. let me know when you got the weekend off. we’ll set something up!

Man I needed that laugh. Did I mention I’m off Mountain Dew and smokes? That doesn’t figure in with the topic, but it seemed like a good place to blurt it out. been off the smokes for a month. Mountain Dew a few days.

Anyway as soon as my days off swing around again I will let you know. I really need a vacation. Maybe on or after the 30th of this month I may have an extended vacation like in 98.

Here’s the newest member of the United States Marine Corps checking in at the GuestBook:

Name: mike D
Where: From u
Date: April 17, 2002
Time: 08:02 AM

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HEY BIG GUY JUST SITTING GETTING MY DRINK ON AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING. LOVE THE SITE HAVEN’T SEEN IT FOR A WHILE LOOKS GOOD. JUST TELLING YOU THAT PASSED ALL MY TEST AND I’LL BE LEAVING FOR BOOTCAMP SOME TIME IN LATE SEPT. OR EARLY OCT. SO I’LL MISS ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WORKED WITH NOT FOR, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I WILL REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT GETTING MY ASS BLOWN OFF AND I PROMISE I’LL KEEP IT IN CHECK. SPEAKING OF THAT (CHECKS) I’LL BE GETTING PAID MORE JUST IN BOOTCAMP THEN A GOOD CHECK FROM THIS PLACE BY ABOUT 800$ EVERY 2 WEEKS BUT RM @ BOARD IS PAID AND FOOD IS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE JOB THAT I GOT WAS MOTOR “T” OPERATOR THE DRIVER. THEY WILL EVEN GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DRIVE WHEN I’M ON LEAVE.. IT SUCKS THAT I’LL BE IN BOOT DURING X-MASS AND MY FIRST 21ST NEW YEARS BUTT SHIT HAPPENS RIGHT. WELL I GIVE YOU THE EMAIL ADDRESS AND ALL THAT SHIT RIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE SO YOU CAN WATCH THE EXPERIENCE THAT I GET OUT OF THIS AND WHEN I GET SETTLED I’LL WRITE YA ALL THE TIME I’LL SEE YA SOME TIME BUD. P.S. YOU SHOULD STOP IN ON FRI. IF YOU ARE NOT TO BUSY I’LL TELL YOU HOW MILWAUKEE GOES AND WHAT THE RIGHT DATE IS THAT I LEAVE…. I WON’T FOR GET YOU BIG GUY. YOUR FRIEND AND AUDITOR MRD

Yeah I’ll stop in on Friday man. I was going to come in last week to hold conference except I got lazy and sat doing nothing. We have some events to coordinate if you are leaving the hotel in September or October. Yes plans to be made. Heh Heh. Well that is if the place is open still.

Saddler (one of my high school friends) had this to say about young Mike joining the Marines in the GuestBook:

Name: saddler
Where: 6 toed lesbian hooker
Date: April 18, 2002
Time: 06:29 PM

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good luck mike d……hoooooooooooooaaaaahhhh its always nice to see another join the ranks and serve his country….have fun..watch you ass….and always be on time words to live by while in basic…hey winds whats up im just sitting here cleaning some of my toys….and i thought i’d check in talk to you later….

Saddler is also one of my former military guys. I have a few of you guys, at least that I know of. Saddler was in the Army. And with Mike I have two Marines.

Well those crafty goons at Sheldon’s have a new page up that has info on the auction of the hotel. Now I don’t want to call anyone a liar but this statement from the Beloit Daily News article “Ramada will be sold at auction” makes me want to:

“I want to stress the fact the hotel is not closing,” Chowdhury said. “That’s what people are saying. I think they misunderstand the word auction. Someone buys it and will keep it open.”

Well yes it does appear that people misunderstand the word auction. Here is a blurb found on the auction page:

ATTENTION BUYERS! This property is also an excellent alternative use candidate that could offer untold upside potential. The hotel could easily be converted to a senior or assisted living facility, or utilized as low income housing. Please check the local zoning ordinance to determine which alternative uses conform to the current zoning.

Plus the fact that a header right after the date says “An Outstanding Hotel/Alternative Use property!” The exclamation point is theirs folks. This makes me think that the bank doesn’t give a shit who buys us for what.

So maybe Hotelblues.com will one day close up. No hotel no website. My muse is the hotel. I realized that a long time ago. Well if it does close I say a party is in order.

Those crazy kids from the Coleman Posse stopped by and signed the GuestBook again. And the countdown to the auction has started. Seven days to go. Any way, here is what they had to say:

Name: GP
Where: On my site, lol
Date: April 23, 2002
Time: 06:44 PM

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Just checking in and seeing what is new with the Hotel. Some pretty good stuff on here. Well Hope to see some of you on our site or in our forum? Hotel Blues, thanks for everything!

Their Forums are a cool place to hang out. A thread called Star Wars or Spider-Man? is of particular interest to my readers. And I want to reiterate in more colorful language “Fuck Spider-Man!”