>>but I always felt that the attendees were there strictly because they were "into" this stuff more than me. Now I find out that they probably wouldn't go if it cost them personally. We're not so different after all... <g>
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>>Maybe you and Craig are not that different <s>. However, I paid my own way to several conferences even when I was a wage slave working for a wholly owned subsidiary of BF Goodrich. As a matter of fact, I paid my own way to the German DevCon in Frankfurt in 1998 where I have the distinction of being the first American to go to that conference as an attendee ( and not a speaker).
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>Now, that is what I thought they all did. You really were/are "into" this stuff more than me. <g>

It's not just about being "into" it, it's about what you learn and what you get out of it. Of course, Marcia got a lot more out of going to Frankfurt than most people get from a conference. Ultimately, she got a husband. <s>

Tamar