In the midst of all this (and by the way, Fred has been found alive and well in Olympia, Washington; Elaine Switzman has a new grand-daughter; Mel's son Aaron is in Victoria and had Thanksgiving at Jimmy Allen's house; and Lizzie is finding that in retirement, she's just as busy as she ever was) there was much speculation and anticipation about next summer's Dumont reunion, and when we might expect the next official communique from the DUMOC consortium. Then we tried to remember who all was planning to attend.
Yes, and here we are having a little gathering of the Central Blogging Committee (CBC), which is often just an excuse for me and Bruce and Rosco to drink Cuban rum and feel productive and thoughtful, and sometimes Jan Stoody joins us on Skype, but misses out on the rum, which no doubt explains why she regularly turns up on my doorstep a few nights later, demanding wine. Jan couldn't make it tonight, as she's off sailing with her brother Chuck.
So, a new attempt to produce meaningful content, but then Bruce wrenches the laptop from my grasp (BRUCE WRITING HERE: I did not "wrench the laptop"... it was passed to me and I was encouraged to add to this post), clicks on a new tab, and loses the whole thing (BRUCE WRITING HERE AGAIN: Okay, I did screw it up, but Gary found it again right away...). This is collaborative editing at its finest! Fortunately, all has been retrieved (BWH: As I said!!!) and we can now go celebrate with a joint (or something white and pointy (RJB: Chalk?)), but then who's got matches these days (or chalk?). Pour another shot of good ol' Havana Club...
I chat periodically with a number of folks who have signed on to become blog contributors here, but at this point, Phil is well ahead of the pack (Go Phil!). Lizzie says the lack of participation is because of summer, and now the Toronto election. Bernadine apparently had a hard time finding the Sign In button. John Dufort never has time, even in his new state of retirement. John Koop doesn't think he can make it to the reunion anyway, and the rest of us should all go visit him in Newfoundland (almost made it in July). Bruce is dithering on whether to ditch his PC and go completely Mac. Rosco is caught in a Google abyss and now he and Bruce are trying to make their way home on Google Earth. I wonder what Notes is up to this fine autumn evening?... probably watching a baseball game.
Some of you may perhaps have noticed that our monthly Dumont Photo Contest has missed a few months. Please do not adjust your displays, this photo deficiency is merely temporary, we're just not sure exactly where the archive has ended up. Keep watching this space!
Gary says (SORRY, BRUCE WRITING AGAIN) that he's found a small stash of colour slides of a 1975 Dumont Ducks baseball extravaganza and can hardly wait to scan and show (Ooops,,, I gave away the year, probably the first contest question after the hiatus.). I can hardly wait!
Yes, and here we are having a little gathering of the Central Blogging Committee (CBC), which is often just an excuse for me and Bruce and Rosco to drink Cuban rum and feel productive and thoughtful, and sometimes Jan Stoody joins us on Skype, but misses out on the rum, which no doubt explains why she regularly turns up on my doorstep a few nights later, demanding wine. Jan couldn't make it tonight, as she's off sailing with her brother Chuck.
So, a new attempt to produce meaningful content, but then Bruce wrenches the laptop from my grasp (BRUCE WRITING HERE: I did not "wrench the laptop"... it was passed to me and I was encouraged to add to this post), clicks on a new tab, and loses the whole thing (BRUCE WRITING HERE AGAIN: Okay, I did screw it up, but Gary found it again right away...). This is collaborative editing at its finest! Fortunately, all has been retrieved (BWH: As I said!!!) and we can now go celebrate with a joint (or something white and pointy (RJB: Chalk?)), but then who's got matches these days (or chalk?). Pour another shot of good ol' Havana Club...
I chat periodically with a number of folks who have signed on to become blog contributors here, but at this point, Phil is well ahead of the pack (Go Phil!). Lizzie says the lack of participation is because of summer, and now the Toronto election. Bernadine apparently had a hard time finding the Sign In button. John Dufort never has time, even in his new state of retirement. John Koop doesn't think he can make it to the reunion anyway, and the rest of us should all go visit him in Newfoundland (almost made it in July). Bruce is dithering on whether to ditch his PC and go completely Mac. Rosco is caught in a Google abyss and now he and Bruce are trying to make their way home on Google Earth. I wonder what Notes is up to this fine autumn evening?... probably watching a baseball game.
Some of you may perhaps have noticed that our monthly Dumont Photo Contest has missed a few months. Please do not adjust your displays, this photo deficiency is merely temporary, we're just not sure exactly where the archive has ended up. Keep watching this space!
Gary says (SORRY, BRUCE WRITING AGAIN) that he's found a small stash of colour slides of a 1975 Dumont Ducks baseball extravaganza and can hardly wait to scan and show (Ooops,,, I gave away the year, probably the first contest question after the hiatus.). I can hardly wait!
Though of course really busy, I have to report that I too had Thanksgiving Dinner, only it was way back on October 2nd, at Judy McBride's place out there in Kings Langley, Hartfordshire, a touch outside London. She held it early because her daughter was going to some Intalian island for a vacation with her boyfriend (a fine fellow) that Judy described as "middle class", whatever that means...
ReplyDeleteAlert! Just before writing the last nine words, my computer suddenly closed down, and started putting updates on when it started up again... I thought my message was a gonner, but when I went to "drafts", there it was. Wow.
What was I saying... I don't feel my retirement has really started yet, as I have been away on "holidays" since the formal "last day" back in September. I understand there is a retirement party for me in late November, but I will only start working on that when I return to Regina October 26th. And of course, I'll be hopefully helping with the Dumont thing next summer.
Talk about busy, I just got back yesterday from two days in Paris, and I'm off tonight to stay with friends who live in a castle in the very northern part of Scotland. Back in Montreal October 19th, where life will resume some sort of normalicy, I hope.
Cheers! John (Dufort)