Wow. All my life I had this dream, going all the way back to the CompuServe days, that I would start a thread conversation that was so amazing it would spawn many messages. While I had envisioned it as a result of my massive VFP skills, instead it came as the result of a throw away remark!

I realize many people want to minimize missed work days, so I do not expect a change. I was just wistfully remarking. I did not expect much response, however most of the posters were correct; as an Orthodox Jew, I do not conduct business from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday in observance of the Sabbath. Saturday has always been a key day or even _the_ key day at the conference. To miss that, to make arrangements to be near a synagogue on that day, etc., seems not to practical of a way to get the most out of the conference.