Hi Everyone, apologies for my disappearance for the phpBB Weekly podcast episode #023.
As you know, that episode was recorded live on Saturday, 7-7-07, and here in Nashville Tennessee USA, there was a large convention taking place on that day at LP field (The Titans Stadium), probably the biggest convention Nashville has ever had. Every hotel within 45 minutes of Nashville was booked up solid for the whole week.
Well over 40,000 people traveled from different parts of the Country came to meet at “The Call”. I was involved in some of the preparations for the pre-convention gatherings all day Friday, and the convention itself lasted from 7am to 10pm on Saturday, so I’m still trying to recover from 13 hours in the hot humid sun with sparse amounts of water barely enough to keep me alive and jumping up and down for all 13 hours.
I had forgotten that the Convention landed on the same day as phpBB Weekly, and I had to provide lodging for a large group of people from Walla Walla Washington as they were unsuccessful in locating a hotel, so I was unable to notify Douglas that I would not be able to make it to the show.
This Convention was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I could not miss, but it was a rare occasion, and do plan on joining Douglas on the next episode of phpBB Weekly.
Thanks to all those who did call in or join in the phpBB Weekly live, hopefully you will call in again on our next show.

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