Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
We formally inducted our newest member into our Club. Welcome TM Maria!!
DTM Jim brought up interesting table topics regarding travel and its joys and challenges. We discovered that...
* TM Pam has experienced the transition from white gloves for air travel to the next person's foot on your armrest and no, thank you. It's teleportation for a devout Zoomer like her.
* TM BeckyJo is a sideseat driver and has mistaught a whole generation of foreign students that in America it's the law to curse and scream at bad drivers. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Tom miraculously survived driver's ed to his 4 children but his gray hair and shot nerves are the remnants of that traumatic experience.
* DTM Mary Helen misses her teenage years when 20 kids piled up into a Volkswagen bug and go to a drive-in movie. Ah the days of the Wild West!!
* TM Val gets panic-stricken at the thought of her niece getting home on a self-driving car, let alone flying on a pilotless plane. That will be a no, thank you very much!
* TM Jim G.'s motto is always go forward in travel - with panache, especially because it's hard to drive RVs in reverse.
* Returning TM Astrid fondly recalled her outlaw, maskless drive from NYC to Miami at the start of the pandemic with her good friend and having an absolute blast!!
In the area of prepared speeches...
* TM Emmanuel inspired us to achieve success by exercising patience and avoiding impulsive decisions while moving to Sweden, the most patient country in the world.
* TM Aleta gave us a roadmap for 2023 to start our day drinking water and stretching and writing a Gratitude Journal which will increase our blessings awareness. She Won Best Speaker Award.
As far as evaluations go...
* TM BeckyJo asked TM Emmanuel to give us clear examples of "before and after", ie, cursing at other drivers versus enjoying a nice drive to work. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
* TM Marie praised TM Aleta for her timely topic and her exquisite use of hand gestures and polifacetic props.
The Word of the Day was
PANACHE, noun
Energy, spirit and style
Flamboyant confidence of style or manner
Plume worn in a headdress or a hat
Example: Many of our EarlyBird Toastmasters exhibit great panache in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Here's the link to the recording.
See you next week!
Ana
Recap Writer
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