Hi Tom,

We missed you too! Your attendance brings up our average height by at least 5 inches!!! :)

Oh, I just remembered. Chris Daley showed up last night too!! It was great to see him. (Apparently there is no work in the ColdFusion business either)

Hugh

>Hugh;
>
>Once again I had the intent to attend the meeting. However, that did not occur. At about 9 PM I was free and said to myself, "Self, you should go and join the end of meeting conversation"! I loved those sessions when we would stay until midnight and got kicked out! Well, perhaps next time I will be there! This time I was so close to attending. Getting up at 0430 to go to work is a "thrill"!
>
>What is amazing is when we lived in Minden, Nevada or Sacramento, I would never miss a meeting. Living in Sunnyvale, I guess I am just too close and need a challenge! :)
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>Tom
>
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>>Gee, I wish there was a way to change the title of this message.
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>>I started this thread to support Russ in his efforts and ended up creating a never-endiing thread with a title that suggests exactly the opposite of what I was hoping to convey! I think I've just become another victim of the "law of unintended consequences"!!!
>>
>>Oh well, such is life.
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>>Hi Tom,
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>>Last night's user group meeting was great!
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>>Carl Street talked about automating Excel and Word. Not just from the techie end of things but also why most departments would actually prefer that you did it that way. Fletcher Johnson chimed in with alternate ways of accomplishing the same thing in Word (that is the use of Word fields).
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>>After the meeting we had our obligatory "the tech industry sucks" bitch session.
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>>You should have been there!
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>>
>>Hugh
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>>>Bonnie;
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>>>Yes, I think Hugh missed that meeting. Drew Speedie will be at the February meeting. We have a local meeting at the Silicon Valley VFP users group tonight. Hugh keeps asking me to attend as I have not been there for some time. He drives from Napa and I live in Sunnyvale. Figures! It is just is too close for me! :)
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>>>Tom
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>>>>Hey Hugh,
>>>>
>>>>>>... but I've always wanted to meet that fox Lisa Slater! <<
>>>>
>>>>I guessed you must've missed the B.A.D.D. meeting several years ago when Lisa and Colin were the speakers. I remember her saying then that they had just moved back to the States from NZ.
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>>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>
>>>>>Hi Tamar,
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Besides, if you ever held a devcon in New Zealand I'd certainly consider going.
>>>>>>> Not only is New Zealand beautiful, but I've always wanted to
>>>>>>> meet that fox Lisa Slater!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>FWIW, Lisa doesn't live in New Zealand any more and hasn't for several years.
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh NO! Another dream shattered!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Hugh