I heard an item on the radio this AM that Gen Xers (age 25-40) are out spending Boomers (40-60) on leisure travel by a margin of $2100 to $2000 (rough). It would be interesting to know if the Gen X folks are cruising more, too. Boomers still dominate in the aggregate because of their large population. But, the reporter said, the entire travel industry is taking notice of the trend. My perception of the economy (which is about the same as a blind man holding on to the left rear toenail of an elephant and trying to decide what he's got hold of) is that I'm having a much harder time finding engineers (telecomm, network, software) than I was three or four years ago. Back then a variety of "body shops" (temp hire folks) had large pools of good people. Now those pools are substantially diminished. I'm told the reason is that these engineers have found permanent work. I'm also finding college recruiting much more competitive than it ws a couple of years ago.