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Re-activateKnow what I did after spending three exhausting days schlepping from one booth to another under the glaring fluorescent lights at the International Builders' Show? No, I didn't head to Disney World or lounge by the pool in sunny Orlando. I returned to the Orange County Convention Center to spend the better part of the day at the show with my husband, who had escaped the frigid New York City temperatures to join me. Consider us crazy—or ideally suited to each other.
When I mentioned that spouses of press attendants could attend the show, my husband jumped at the chance to check out the toilets, showers, faucets, appliances, windows, doors, and tools. And then more tools. Did I mention that my husband loves tools and construction equipment? The large trucks, drilling, hammering, and construction noises emanating from the exhibition booths reeled him in. Hours later, when he'd finally had his fill and I'd finished my work for Consumer Reports, we left the cavernous convention center. "Wow! This show is huge—my feet ache," he exclaimed.
I thought to myself, Now he knows how I feel.—Celia Kuperszmid Lehrman
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