[BLU/Officers] Schedule for next BLU BBQ

John Abreau abreauj at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 21:29:46 EDT 2015


Sometimes when I toss off a one-liner, I forget to delete the OEM litter.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:25 PM, <jc at trillian.mit.edu> wrote:

> OK, 3pm it is.  And the end time really is "whenever", but I  suppose
> it  might  be  better  to  give  an end time even if there will be no
> attempt to enforce it.
>
> As I recall, what really ended things last years was that due to  the
> damp  weather  we'd  had,  we  got  some mosquitoes showing up around
> sunset. This is unusual in our yard, due to the altitude and distance
> from  open  water.  We've noticed a few of the critters around sunset
> this year, too.  We've also been seeing  redwing  blackbirds  at  our
> feeder. That's another symptom of the recent damp weather, since they
> normally stick pretty close to the shores they like to nest near.
>
> Send from an iTerm window on my Macbook Pro,  ssh'd  to  trillian,  a
> FreeBSD machine at MIT, using the ancient mh mail package and the vim
> editor.  (Actually, I wonder how hard it would  be  to  automate  the
> calculation of this sort of parody of the ads that the mobile gadgets
> like to append to email.  ;-)
>
> John Abreau wrote:
> | Sure, 3:00pm is fine.=20
> |
> | Sent from my iPad
> |
> | On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> | > I'm comfortable with changing from 1PM to 3PM. I was actually going to
> sen=
> | d out the message today, but I'll wait until JABR chimes in.
> | >=20
> | > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:29 AM, <jc at trillian.mit.edu> wrote:
> | > Hi again.  Thought I'd mention that a couple of people  who  plan  to
> | > come  have  suggested that a somewhat later time than 1-6 pm would be
> | > better for them (because they're  both  in  a  band  doing  something
> | > earlier,  and  probably  won't get here until 4 or so).  The somewhat
> | > later time last year also worked pretty well. So maybe the time could
> | > be changed to 3-7 pm, with a plan of having the grill hot by 5.
> | >=20
> | > I'll be here all afternoon, so if anyone shows up early, I  can  just
> | > put them to work setting up.  ;-)
> | >=20
> | > | Great! Thanks, John. I've added it to the BLU calendar.
> | > |
> | > | On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:50 PM, <jc at trillian.mit.edu> wrote:
> | > |
> | > | > | Hi John,
> | > | > | Can we do Saturday, August 1. If not can you suggest any other
> date.=
> |
> | > | >
> | > | > Hi. I thought that Shelley had something planned in our back yard
> for
> | > | > that  day,  but it turned out to be just tentative.  She checked
> with
> | > | > some of the others  involved,  and  they  decided  (for  now  ;-)
> to
> | > | > schedule it for Aug 8.  So we can do the BLU picnic on the 1st if
> you
> | > | > like.  I have it pencilled in my calendar.
> | > | >
> | > | > One of the complaints I heard from a few people  has  been  that
> the
> | > | > last  few  years,  the  BLU  picnic  has been the same weekend as
> the
> | > | > Lowell Folk Festival.  It's July  24-26  this  year,  so  there's
> no
> | > | > conflict this time.
> | >=20
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> | >    +   <jc at trillian.mit.edu>
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> | >   | |
> | >=20
> | >=20
> | >=20
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> | > Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
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> | <html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Sure, 3:00pm is
> fine. <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:39
> AM, Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux at gmail.com">
> gaf.linux at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote
> type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"
> style="font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">I'm comfortable with changing
> from 1PM to 3PM. I was actually going to send out the message today, but
> I'll wait until JABR chimes in.<br></div></div><div
> class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at
> 8:29 AM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jc at trillian.mit.edu"
> target="_blank">jc at trillian.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote
> class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
> solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi again.  Thought I'd mention that a couple
> of people  who  plan  to<br>
> | come  have  suggested that a somewhat later time than 1-6 pm
> would be<br>
> | better for them (because they're  both  in  a 
> band  doing  something<br>
> | earlier,  and  probably  won't get here until 4 or
> so).  The somewhat<br>
> | later time last year also worked pretty well. So maybe the time could<br>
> | be changed to 3-7 pm, with a plan of having the grill hot by 5.<br>
> | <br>
> | I'll be here all afternoon, so if anyone shows up early, I 
> can  just<br>
> | put them to work setting up.  ;-)<br>
> | <span class=""><br>
> | | Great! Thanks, John. I've added it to the BLU calendar.<br>
> | |<br>
> | </span><span class="">| On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:50 PM, <<a
> href="mailto:jc at trillian.mit.edu">jc at trillian.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> | |<br>
> | | > | Hi John,<br>
> | | > | Can we do Saturday, August 1. If not can you suggest any other
> date.<br>
> | | ><br>
> | | > Hi. I thought that Shelley had something planned in our back yard
> for<br>
> | | > that  day,  but it turned out to be just
> tentative.  She checked with<br>
> | | > some of the others  involved,  and  they 
> decided  (for  now  ;-)  to<br>
> | | > schedule it for Aug 8.  So we can do the BLU picnic on the
> 1st if you<br>
> | | > like.  I have it pencilled in my calendar.<br>
> | | ><br>
> | | > One of the complaints I heard from a few people  has 
> been  that  the<br>
> | | > last  few  years,  the  BLU 
> picnic  has been the same weekend as the<br>
> | | > Lowell Folk Festival.  It's July  24-26 
> this  year,  so  there's  no<br>
> | | > conflict this time.<br>
> | <br>
> | </span><span class="">--<br>
> | ------------------------------------------------------<br>
> |    _'<br>
> |    O<br>
> |  <:#/>  John Chambers<br>
> | </span>   +   <<a href="mailto:
> jc at trillian.mit.edu">jc at trillian.mit.edu</a>><br>
> |   /#\  <<a href="mailto:jc1742 at gmail.com">jc1742 at gmail.com
> </a>><br>
> |   | |<br>
> | </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div
> class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a
> href="mailto:gaf.linux at gmail.com" target="_blank">gaf.linux at gmail.com</a>><br>Boston
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>   | |
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