Thanks Bob,
I finally acquiesced and built a new component for my footprint, added a DIL8 component to which I associated a DIP-8_W7 footprint and finally created the net list. I must have ended up with my footprint stored in a half-dozen libraries; still can't figure out if there is an application wide scheme to library management. I'm sure there is, but I've yet to discover the key.
Ending up spending a load of time marrying a component designed in inches with another designed in metric; those traces just would not 'snap' into place. That was compounded by my use of varying grid sizes. Whoooeee, that was fun to figure out.
Still, the board is off to OSH Park; I'll be getting 6 adapters for $2.50 delivered. Are those guys going to remain viable giving things away like that?
All in all, when some guy who doesn't know anything about a PCB except that it has a top, a bottom and whole bunch of stuff soldered on it, the experience wasn't bad at all.