Which I am, which means I could do Gamescom without spending all that much time amid the regular punters, in the booming main halls of the Koelnmesse, housing huge booths for countless big-budget games to come, from Fallout 4 to Star Wars: Battlefront via Mad Max and FIFA 16.
In the hundred years since the shake-up provoked by the People's Budget, countless blueprints for wholesale rationalisation have run up against ermine-trimmed facts on the ground.
Despite the years of planning and countless hours spent budgeting, rehearsing and finessing, no one seems quite sure how much all the diamond jubilee celebrations have cost – nor who will eventually have to foot the bill.
During 1770s wartime budget crises countless silver works in the Dresden collection were melted down.
In the sturm und drang leading up to last week's New York State budget vote, countless letters were written, phone calls made, and backroom deals negotiated regarding the new education policies Governor Andrew Cuomo had tied to approval of his financial plans.
Schools and public universities in Apple's home state (California) and across the nation are in serious trouble because of state budget cuts; countless social service agencies are in crisis because traditional philanthropies have had to cut-back and refocus grants as a result of the recession.
Add to that limited budgets and countless rules and regulations, and it's no wonder that wayfinding is notoriously difficult to get right.
These targets will influence the £1.6tn in development aid the OECD predicts will be needed by 2030 and countless trillions in national budgets – as well as set the tone for corporate green spending.
"Without a single Republican vote in the affirmative, after giving the Republicans what they said they wanted, regular order, countless votes and passage of a budget resolution, a strange thing happened: House Republicans did a complete 180," Mr. Reid fumed.
Carrier also aims to increase the international savvy of their scientists by presenting workshops on everything from putting together a simple budget to understanding the countless reporting systems encountered around the world.
