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Conventions when you’re not 21 any more.
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Conventions when you’re not 21 any more.

Or even 41.

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Monalisa Foster
Feb 19, 2025
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There are several reasons I’ve cut back on con attendance. In no particular order, they are, costs, hotel beds, aches and pains from travel, costs, time, emotional toll, difficulty hearing in a bar or crowded room, costs, stuff not getting done at home while I’m gone, tax on productivity, and finally costs. [Yes, we’ve spend con-level money at Disneylan…

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