Well, I must say it has been very encouraging to hear from so many of you -- some who have never contacted me before, some who have been away for a very, very long time.Of course, no one had any suggestions, but...
I was particularly intrigued by the wide variety of excuses you all had for not coming to games.My favorite was the person who (I will name no names) claimed to have fallen into a shipping container of herring bound for Turkmenistan.When he got there, he smelled so bad, he wasn't allowed into the American Embassy for 16 weeks until the smell dispersed. By the time he was able to straighten out his situation, his wife had declared him dead and had re-married.
Well, amusing and creative as this story may be, it is an obvious fabrication, since when the exact same thing happened to me (yes, I fell into a shipping container, but it was not herring, it was sardines, and it was bound for Uzbekistan instead of Turkmenistan), I was able to get rid of the smell in only 2 weeks by bathing in a concoction of yak milk and cat urine.By the way, if you are ever in Uzbekistan, be sure to try the hot buttered goat custards.You just can't get them fresh anywhere else.
That being the case, I am hereby declaring a game for this Saturday, March 12 at the Books-A-Million here in Melbourne at the Post Commons shopping center, corner of Post and Wickham.It's going to be there because that happens to be very convenient for me.And it's my game and my club and I'm making the rules. If you don't like it, don't come.Since you don't anyway, it's no great hardship to me (haha, just kidding).Also, seems like one o'clock is just a tad early for you "regulars," so let's make it at 2:00 p.m. in the cafe'.For those of you who may actually be anticipating coming to this gala event, and don't know where it is, here's the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohist
ory=&searchtab=home&address=4100+n.+wickham+rd&city=Melbourne&state=FL&zipco
de=32935
You can click on "Driving Directions" to get a turn-by-turn description of how to get there from wherever you are. If you see the sign advertising upcoming attractions at the King Center, you've gone too far.Look back over your right shoulder.
So, that's the way it is.We'll have games whenever and I'll let you know and I'll wait for you and you won't show up. But, you know what? I don't care. I still love this game and some day when this club is flourishing and has thousands of members and its own building with a big, neon sign and I'm riding around in a new Corvette that I bought with all the membership dues, you can all think back on the olden days way back when...
george
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------