Birches: Friends Report on Oct 27

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Friends Report on Oct 27

Some of the readers of this blog , all of whom I greatly appreciate, are in France these days on a tour that takes them to Paris, then to Avignon on a bullet train, and then Nice. Under the BIRCHES we are jealous of the trip, but we had the chance to go and turned it down.

Eight people who ordinarily come to coffee club on Mondays were also absent, again because they are in France. This includes SPARTY, GIGI, SANDY and LINDA.

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PAT W - Is in the delicious throes of supervising her latest home improvement project. Her workmen are "Re-doing" a master bathroom.

LIAM - The swirl on the back of his head! :)

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SOME folks are already in Florida for the winter -- or for large chunks of it. This is where we under the BIRCHES are soon headed, but we expect to have frequent updates from there.I - have a new MacPro laptop which I'm taking to Florida with me.

MARSHA - is trying to unwind after homecoming weekend in Columbia. When you're the head of the Alumni Association, Homecoming is a chore! And that's even if you win, which SC did, beating Vanderbilt.

DASHMANN and SKUZZA - are packing up the cat and heading for Florida.

BILL J. - who has lots of friends in conservative circles, has forwarded this picture which claims to be Clinton's official portrait.

STEVE - is venturing into the job market, interviewing for a new job. He wants to move up, not just sideways, and has passed the first couple of interview stages. We are pulling for him.

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ALICE - says this is her latest favorite joke. It IS pretty funny.

A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic restaurant.

Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table. She said: "For being such an exemplary marrried couple and for being loving to each other all this time, I will grant you each a wish".

The wife answered, "Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband." The fairy waved her magic wand and poof!
Two tickets for the Queen Mary II appeared in her hands.

The husband thought for a monment: Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again. I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me."

The wife and the fairy were deeply disapointed, but a wish is a wish. So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof!
The husband became 92 years old.

The moral of this story: Men who are ungrateful bastards should remember fairies are female!