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[Bob Erdmann <bobe@xxxxxxxxx>]

I went a couple of years after they did that, and found out when I got 
back home, that I had missed a couple of really good displays/scopes 
that were hidden off in the far reaches of the woods - I've never gone 
back because the whole idea was to see what other ATMs were doing & chat 
with them, and I obviously wasn't very successful at it.  Why do the 
drive and spend the money to come away missing some of the good stuff.  
I could never really figure out why they did that.  I could always go 
pick up a copy of S&T and see what the commercial folks were up to - big 
deal!... but as my grandpappy told me "If at first you don't understand 
something, if the logic isn't at all obvious, just follow the money".

Along the same line of thought, I'd be willing to really support a good 
ATM conference in the western U.S. that centered around the actual ATM's 
and their scopes/ideas.  I really miss what RTMC used to be - pre 1988 
or so.  It's sad it turned out to be what it became - IMHO, of course.

/Bob



Stan Gorodenski wrote:
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> Bob, no they haven't changed it back which is too bad because the 
> telescope field was THE place to display. You may be correct that if it 
> was displayed it may have been set up in a more difficult place to find 
> in a prior year. It is too bad RTMC is more commercialized than it used 
> to be. I always enjoyed looking at the ideas other people have come up with.
> Stan
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