[Paddlewise] Charleston Symposium report?

Hey, how about a Charleston Symposium report from those of you who
attended? (There has to be at least one amusing story/comment involving
an expert with a British accent you can share!)

Those of us who can't attend (and especially those of us who no longer
live near a symposium and who are now suffering from symposium
withdrawal syndrome) would appreciate it!

In an attempt to get things started:
A couple of years ago my wife and I attended the symposium. While she
was waiting in the breakfast line at the symposium campgrounds, she
overheard a conversation in which the cook was telling the people in
line that the eggs were not yet ready, but there was fruit available. A
man in line then replied loudly in his British accent, "Fruit? Fruit? Do
you think I climbed to the top of the food chain only to eat fruit?" The
cook just stood there dumbfounded. 

She then came over to me and told me she thought she had just met Derek
Hutchinson.

Frank
BTW, she was right.

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