OT: ISD Sale & Theresa's adventure

From: "Rusty Thornsburg" <rtburg@hotmail.com>


Theresa accidentally posted to the list, which I'm sure some of you *do* 
mind but it was a great relief to hear from her for those of us who were 
worried.

You see, the Iris Society of Dallas held its first sale of the year today, 
outside (thankfully in the shade) at a local nursery.  I arrived at about 
7:45 am to find Theresa already waiting.  She'd made the long drive from 
Wolfe City (I have NO IDEA where it is, except that it's not part of the 
metroplex...) to come to our sale.  I was impressed.

Folks, it got up to and past 100 degrees (the high was supposed to be 105) 
and Theresa stuck with us up to the closing moments of the sale, and for 
good reason-- she joined the Iris Society of Dallas today!  She even helped 
tear down afterwards.

I don't know how we did fiscally, but as far as recruiting went, we scored.  
I personally signed up 2 new members and a family.  For the Dalls club.  AIS 
next...

Anyway, after it was all said and done, we headed off to our respective cars 
and I was just about to drive off when I remembered something I needed to 
tell our Prez-- so I rushed across the parking lot to catch her before she 
drove off.  And here comes Theresa.  She has a flat tire.  And not a flat 
that you can fill up with air and get to the nearest service station.  She 
had a flat that left the bottom of her tire's rim somewhere right UNDER the 
kalichi rocks in the parking lot.

Having blown out one of my own tires recently (at 11:30 pm on a two-lane 
rural road, no less), I was happy (maybe prepared would be a better word) to 
help.  We recruited Seann Perry (the only other under-35 member of the club 
present) and, under proper adult supervision, we changed that tire in what 
had to have been an olympic speed record.  For those of you who aren't 
familiar with the heat retention properties of kalichi, well, count your 
blessings.

So we sent Theresa on her way (after giving her my cell phone # in case her 
SPARE went flat) and I anxiously waited to make sure that our new member 
made it back safely.  So I, for one, was relieved when she posted to let 
y'all know she's alive.  And after the sale this morning, that's something 
to celebrate.  If we weren't so darn tired.

Rusty
A book I never read: "The Attention Deficit Disorder Association Presents 
The Wildlife of Amer-- hey, what's that over there?"





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