OF ALL THE COMPETENT PEOPLE WHO DONATE TIME AND ENERGY TO SDP....ONE OF THE MOST QUIET COMPETENT PEOPLE WHO GOES UNNOTICED BUT WITHOUT WHOM WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL CALENDAR IS KITTY...THEY WILL BE SHOOTING SEVERAL SHOTS TODAY.. AND SHE HAS LINED UP WARDROBE, PROPS,PERSONELL , LOCATIONS PERMISSIONS,TRANSPORTATION AND OF COURSE...PHOTOGRAPHER.... WILLIAM ----BEFITTING OF ANY HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SHOT.. SHE CONCERNS HERSELF NOT ONLY WITH THE PICTURES ON THE WALL BEHIND THE DOG SHOTS, BUT THE SIZE OF THE STAPLES HOLDING THE CALENDAR TOGETHER.... ALL CHEERFULLY...
WE--- THANKFULLY--- HAVE A BUNCH OF "SPECIALISTS"
WHICH REMINDS ME..... OF A BOOK .. CALLED "THE SPECIALIST" BY CHIC SALES(?) QUITE A FUNNY HOUR LONG READ- ABOUT A GUY WHO SPECIALIZED IN BUILDING OUTHOUSES.. ONE WOULD NOT THINK SOMEONE........BUT HE GETS IN TO DETAILS LIKE CUTTING UNCOMFORTABLE SQUARE HOLES TO DISCOURAGE THE HELP FROM SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME IN THERE..
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WHICH ALSO REMINDS ME,, I HAVE TO ORDER 2 PORTAPOTTIES FOR DOGFEST....JUST ANOTHER DETAIL--- AND "EARLY SANDY" IS NOT TOO BAD EITHER AT PULLING "STUFF" TOGETHER...
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I HAVE HAD "FAMILY " AROUND FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS-- SISTER FRAN HER DAUGHTER DEB , HUSBANFD WARD, AND 2 BOYS ALMOST IDENTICAL AGE.... WARD AND WILL---- A HIGH ENERGY BUNCH- GENERATING CONCEPTIONAL CONVERSATIONS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO COME BY... THEY HAD WITH THEM A FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENT-- 5TH BOY IN A FAMILY WHICH GOT US INTO THE EUROPEAN ROALITY OF FIRST BORN MALE CHILD- WHICH MORPHED TO AMERICA -- AN ABSURD CUSTOM -- SPOKEN AS THE 3RD DAUGHTER..... BUT THERE DOES EXIST.. STILL... IN THIS COUNTRY XXXXXXXX ORGANIZATONS WHICH ARE "EXCLUSIVE" AND RESTRICTED TO ONLY FIRST BORN MALES..--- WHICH... WITH "THE TWINS" ---WARD AND WILL-- ONE IS 40 MINUTES OLDER THAN THE OTHER-- A DISTINCTION HARD TO OVERCOME.
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THEN THERE WAS DEBBIE'S COMPANY..WHICH RAN EVENTS... HUGE EVENTS IN THE WASHINGTON,DC AREA AND WE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS OF SIGNAGE TO ENABLE A CROWD TO MAKE ALL THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE .... SHE TOLD OF ONE EVENT WITH 50,000 PEOPLE ON WHICH HER COMPANY HAD SPENT $20,000 ON SIGNS PLACED HIGH ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE TO READ.... EXCEPT IT RAINED AND EVERYONE CARRIED UMBRELLAS SO NO ONE LOOKED UP, BUT STARED AND FOLLOWED THE FEET IN FRONT OF THEM LEAVING DEB AND HER STAFF TO RUN TO OUT FLANK THEM AND TRY AND TURN THIS HERD OF PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ACTIVITIES BEFORE THEY ALL TRUDGED OUT OF TOWN.
THE PARALLEL BETWEEN COWBOYS AND CATTLE WAS ALARMING...
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CONCEPTIONAL CONVERSATIONS COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM REALITY ARE GOOD INTELLECTUAL EXERCISES.... ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN HEAR THEM.. TO THAT END , I HAD TO LOAN FRAN MY LEFT HEARING AID WHILE I WORE THE RIGHT ONE... SO WE BOTH COULD PARTICIPATE..
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ONE PIECE OF THE SHED ROOF( THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE FROM THE CAMERAS) GOT PUT UP YESTERDAY... HOPEFULLY TNNER AND I CAN DO THINGS TODAY ... YESTERDAY'S WAS REALLY A PRACTICE RUN... WE ARE MORE EXPERIENCED NOW..... THE SHED IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A PERFECT RECTANGLE - AS TEH MANY PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT AND PUT IN THE POSTS HAD QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUAL IDEAS... IT REMINDS ME OF THE EXPRESSION " A CAMEL IS A HORSE DESIGNED BY A COMMITTEE" I HAD THOUGHT ALL THESE "A" TRUSSES WOULD BE EASIER--- BUT MAYBE THE T TENT'S RIDGEPOLE DESIGN WOULD BE ESAIER WITHOUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO HELP LIFT THOSE "A's"
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RE :USING NATURE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.... WE HAD A LOVELY ( MESSY) LOBSTER DINNER LAST NIGHT IN THE T TENT... AND SIMPLU MOVED ALL THE TABLES AND CHAIRS OUR TO BE RAINED ON OVERNIGHT... I HOPE NATURE ACCOMODATED US.... LOBSTER IS LOVELY... BUT.......MESSY.
WE WEERE NEARLY JOINED BY MO-- ONLY TANNER AND LAURA'S QUICK ACTION SAVED US... MO HAS DECIDED SHE LIKES SPRITE OUT OF A BOWL IN THE T TENT
THIS COULD BECOME AN 1800 POUND PROBLEM-- AND WE THOUGHT 750 POUND MARY WAS BAD !!
