From: "lee gilliland" <leeandalexis at hotmail.com>
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fifth Friday
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:50:37 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I am going to add my own comments in full to what Erica has to say here.  As
the other regular Wsfa hostess, my own First Friday list is quite similar,
with one note:  Alexis does the food and food prep; all else is mine.  All
the rooms are cleaned, the walk gets shoveled, raked, or whatever, etc.,
etc.  I am luckyin that I have Alexis, andm therefore two people to break up
the work.

She has one.

Also, in the 27 years that Alexis has done this (18 with Dolly). we have
been thanked every single meeting by at least one WSFAn.  This we consider
lagnaippe; we do it because we like you guys.  But for some worm to sneer at
the efforts of both hasts is inappeopriate, rude, and VERY insightful of his
or her personality.

Ted, it just breaks my heart that you don't find Pepsi in WSFA coolers. If
you were ever to come to my house, which I don't believe you have, you could
come early in the day and watch me go through this checklist:

WSFA PREP LIST

Make ice
Inventory supplies
Food/drink run
Cat claws and fur
Fill soda refrigerator
Run and empty dishwasher
Check toilet paper
General pickup
Clear \223shred\224 box
Take out trash
Line trash cans
Tidy sitting room
Change kitty litter
Sweep
Put out hat and gavel
Bring out Lost and Found
Drinks into buckets
Ice into buckets
Lights on, door unlocked
Post house rules
Bring out recycling bins
Put out paper and plastic goods
Put out pretzels and chips
Prep fruits and vegetables
Prep cookies, crackers
Prep special food

In case you are unaware, and because I am really, really mad now, even after
going away from the computer for quite a while and trying to cool off, I'm
going to let you know what most of WSFA knows already. I have battled major
depression and serious and frequent migraine for many years. I have NEVER
let WSFA down at any time in the past 9 years, no matter how bad the pain or
how full of despair I felt. 3rd Friday this month came less than two weeks
after I was released from the hospital after a major destabilizing
medication interaction; my husband helped some in the prep, which he usually
doesn't. I try to accommodate varying tastes and a meeting size that varies
from 8 (Nov. 1994) to around 50. We store soda, paper goods, snacks and
leftovers, keep a lost and found box, a let anyone who wants to show up
come, hang out, and stay till all hours.

Bring your own goddamned Pepsi.

Erica

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted White [mailto:tedwhite at compusnet.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:19 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fifth Friday

Erica VD Ginter wrote:

 > I've found that these days people drink about equal amounts of diet and
 > regular soda. Having a selection of both caffienated and noncaffienated
in
 > both types is nice. Pepsi products will fossilize before they are
consumed
 > by WSFANs unless there is nothing else.

I protest!  Don't stock up for me, Keith, but I am a lifelong Pepsi drinker
(who
switched to Diet Pepsi when I discovered I was diabetic), who has long been
mildly annoyed by the total absense of Pepsis in the WSFA coolers.

--Ted White

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