"Paul Dow (Remove Caps in mail address)" wrote in
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D'oh! I can't seem to type anything without offending someone.

YOu didn't see the smiley face?

Of
course you're going to be around for a long, long time yet.

Hm. For the first time since I turned 63, I felt my age last week diving
for a hot grounder over the bag that would have gone for extra bases. Ten
years ago I'd have come up with that sucker and beat the runner to the base;
all I could do this time was knock it down and keep it in the infield.

We've got
to get your presentation over to Pavilion #7. That way you won't have the
competition. It's all about marketing too. The Rutans and VanGrunsven
have got people talking about them.

Hell, I always know when I'm speaking. I just look at the schedule for
either Rutan or Machado; I'm always against one or the other of them. For
about five years running, Machado and I had a running joke because I was
ALWAYS in the same tent just ahead of him like an opening act.


We got to get some sexy
babes to generate some buzz around the grounds for your talks. Just like
those cell phone companies hire good looking people to hang around bars
with their latest gadgets in order to generate interest.

Gee, I sort of like Gail, Margy and Mary hanging around. That's "babe"
enough for me.



I was surprised to see the demand for presentations has gotten so large
that some talks started at 7 PM. A couple of those were quite interesting
because the put the truly fringe experimental topics at the late times.


Is that 7 AM or 7 PM???

Jim