An interesting couple of recollections re the Atlanta meeting.
Due to family commitments(Wife) I wasn't going. Lusk called and said he had an extra ticket due to his Wife not being to make it. I said no but I mentioned it to my Wife who postponed her plans and told me to go. So Bob xferred the ticket to my name.
When we got to the Airport check in area Bob and Mike went through first with no problem. I showed my ID which is in my real name Samuel Zeno Davidson Jr. That doesn't match up with Dave and it appears that Dave Davidson is on the no fly/bad guy/ terrorist list. This was in the early days of the TSA. The check in guy spent about 5 minutes on the computer and then told me probably no big deal but that he would have to go upstairs to get more info. He was gone about 20 minutes and came back with an OK. However, during that whole time my smartass buddies, Bob and Mike, were enjoying my discomfort by making loud comments about dangerous, suspicious looking characters, Ayrab terrorists, etc. Gotta admit I was getting just a wee bit nervous and Bob and Mike didn't do much to make me feel good about this whole thing. I'd have given anything for a pocketful of rocks to nail them with.
We got to the meeting at a nice clubhouse, surrounded by expensive homes, next to a beautiful lake that Greg was managing. Mike and I agreed that we needed to be on our best behavior at a place like this. At the first break I headed to the mens room. When I came out Mike said, in a really loud voice, "Dave, did you wash your hands? You know what your Wife said.". All eyes turned to me and you could have heard a pin drop. Mikey has an evil sense of humor and once again there were no rocks anywhere.
