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1. How much harassment would I need to expect from the regulars?
We're pretty tame...the worst that will happen is that you'll have to eat a shrimp that someone found on the ground</font>
I'm delighted that I could play such a key role in a bit of FT lore at my first FT event.
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3. How will I recognize anyone? The directions that I think I could almost follow would be:
Go north until it is cold and west until it's rainy/cloudy and look for the nearest beer place and look for the boisterous people.
That is correct 
We'll have nametags as well. Or just ask for the group with the 32 page bar tab.</font>
At Sea Doo III, I was wandering around the lounge at Gordon Biersch, not knowing anybody, not knowing where to find anybody. Finally, it occurred to me. What would a bunch of people interested in stuff like hotel status and mileage runs and the best seats on 767-200s look like? They'd be dorks like me. Sure enough, I found 'em on the first try.
In ANC in December,
eastwest had a good idea--he just sat at a table with a FlyerTalk luggage tag prominently displayed.
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