Thursday, May 16, 2024

True Grit, Board Bullies and Travelogs - an endearing morning at EarlyBirds!



Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

TM Aleta led us with True Grit in Table Topics.  We found out that...

* TM Gail got rewarded for her efforts to not let  life interfere with her goal to acquire super duper higher education.
* TM Marie has a cowboy husband and all she wants is to declutter the closet from cowboy accoutrements.  Sheesh....
* TM Jarrett steps forward first in order to back up properly, and mostly thanks the inventor of backup cameras in cars.  He Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM BeckyJo heard the best fairy tale for adults from a storyteller who only used a bandana as a prop.  Goes to show that less is more....
* I, Ana, shun activities that are injuries waiting to happen and focus on being content with my mostly sedentary daily life.
* TM Paolo looks back, depending on what he's looking at - the past is gone and done, the future is not here yet.  Welcome back, TM Paolo!
* TM Randolph doesn't keep a specific tool handy but is respectful of people's time and thus just keeps his entire toolbox handy at all times, as a precaution.

Along came the prepared speeches...

* TM The Tom made TM skills real by telling us how he spoke publicly in a cogent, cohesive, coherent way (where are you , TM Carmine, when your favorite alliterations are used?).  He Won Best Speaker Award.
* DTM Jim D. took us to Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, back to Bonn and ending up eating Black Forest Cake in the Black Forest.  All because of a single solitary travel brochure!

As far as evaluations go....

* TM Randolph honed in on the brief tidbits of TM The Tom's life.  He highly encourages TM Tom to sing us the song "In The Navy" by the Village People.  He Won Best Evaluator Award.
* TM Paolo praised DTM Jim D. for his pace, pitch, projection (again, TM Carmine?) and asked him to please look at the camera instead of at the next travel brochure.

The Word of the Day was

ENDEARING, adjective
Arousing feelings of affection or admiration
Displaying a charming attitude.

Example:  Our camaraderie at EarlyBirds is highly endearing

Here's the link to the recording


See you next week!

Ana I.
Endearing Recap Writer (methinks)

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