On Mar 27, 8:43 pm, "Karl Johanson" <karljohan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Andre Lieven" <andrelie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
> > On Mar 26, 11:37 pm, "Karl Johanson" <karljohan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> >> > Andre Lieven <andrelie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >> You have, OTOH, spoken of doing cons on the very cheap, like not
> >> >> getting a room, or eating at restaurants, ...
>
> >> > True. I don't go to cons to eat or sleep; I go to cons to have
> >> > interesting conversations.
>
> >> I like to eat while conversing at cons (between bites I mean).
>
> > Indeed. Theres a good reason that using a shared meal as a social
> > shared gathering is a common human pattern. We're social life forms,
> > and we both like to and need to eat.
>
> > Well, most of us, anyway... :-)
>
> >> I'm told I rarely talk in my sleep.
>
> > Well, theres also a difference between quality of conversation and
> > just quantity...
>
> Quite so, but there are many people who talk as if they think they're
> being paid by the word.
Well, if they're interesting enough... IMO, Charlie Pellegrino, Harlan
Ellison, JMS, and David Gerrold can usually make that cut...
Though, I seriously doubt that any of them want to spend several
nights
in a row sans sleep...
> (Glad I never do that.)
<g> I have some memory of my having, on occasion, done similar, in
my younger days. But, I learned better since. Now, I leave that to the
wife... :-)
Andre
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