Re: AIS: Club Meeting
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- Subject: Re: AIS: Club Meeting
- From: B* J* <l*@ipa.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:35:14 -0500
- References: <EDPOJBCEOODFAAAA@mailexcite.com>
From: Barb Johnson <lgjohnsn@ipa.net>
Rusty, I fixed your post in Drafts. -- Barb
Rusty Thornsburg wrote:
>
> From: "Rusty Thornsburg" <rtburg@mailexcite.com>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I couldn't figure out which subject heading to put this under... it's
> about Sunday's Guest Program/Auction at the Dallas group.
>
> First off, it was an orderly guest program... we had our numbers, by
> alphabetical order, and as they were drawn out of a hat, each of us
> was able to go and choose a guest. Yours Truly picked up THOR'S
> LIGHTNING BOLT, which prompted a strangling gesture from Joe Spears...
>
> He can wait a year.
>
> Then it was auction time, and after the Fort Worth Auction debacle
> (which occured at home, and therefore is another email entirely...),
> Rusty was not given money to spend. Anyway, I was the auctioneer
> instead. And anytime a cultivar wasn't "moving," all I had to say was
> "if no-one bids, I get it for free" and that was all it took for (a)
> certain member(s) to raise their bid paddles. <WG> This was the first
> time (that I can think of) that people applauded someone... for taking
> their money! When it was all said and done, we raised almost $800
> more than we'd projected, so I am very proud! In all due modesty.
>
> Rusty
> in
> too-sunny-to-have-that-many-leaves-on-the-driveway-and-what's-up-with-
> these-hyphens? Fort Worth, TX
> Where the High School Administration, in their infinite wisdom,
> scheduled Homecoming Week during the last week of the grading period
> and I *still* managed to pull a 97 in Chemistry AP.
>
> Back to lurking...
>
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