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Callahan's December 2004 Bar Rag!

"To Callahan's Warmth
Wherever You May Be!"

In this issue:

Opening Toast - Manager's Corner
Conference News - Board News
Birthdays/Calliversaries
Joke - Pun - Poem - Pun
Closing Quote - Editor's Note


Opening Toast

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:
"it goes on."

- Robert Frost

To Life!

*** Smash! ***


Manager's Corner

"Intolerance"

Hi all..

More proof that God is an Iron:

Callahans Saloon on DelphiForums is a place with a mission. Aside from our formal Mission Statement about having fun in a safe environment, we try to grow tolerance among ourselves.

We have 'tools' to help us. We ask everyone to be respectful when chatting or posting. Respectful to all people, especially public figures. This flies in the face of Spider's Crosstime Saloon where a dart board with a local politician's photo hangs.

To help us grow tolerance among ourselves we have a folder on our board called R.I.P. It stands for Politics, Issues and Religion - in that order.

In other words, the initials are backwards. This is because the folder is not actually about those things, it's about learning to speak to each other in friendship. It's about learning from each other.. exploring the thoughts of those who don't think like we do. Of recognizing and respecting our common humanity..:)

In short, it's about growing tolerance. Which is almost never easy. Discussing issues without making the character of a fellow human being the issue can be difficult. For some, it's impossible.

I believe the culture of Callahans became more tense in 2004. Some patrons got swept along with political issues associated with the American election and forgot our community values. I'd like for everyone to try hard to remember the implied friendship you have with those who believe differently from you.

There are those who have told us seeking this is unrealistic. There are those who have suggested we have a political agenda. There are those who feel our insistence on respect and civility to all at all times is stifling, or arrogant.

There are those who feel we are intolerant.

We understand these things. But this is who we are. We value civil discussion over free discussion. We do not make judgements on what other communities or people do. And we think our little corner of cyberspace can be tolerated.. and should be respected..:)

Lou                


Conference News

A Conference/Chat report from JayJ:

After much ado, the 2004 American election finally came to a conclusion and we hope to move forward. Life goes on.

In the month of November, there were some tense times as Fuzzy underwent yet another bypass surgery. His presence was missed by all of us. We have learned that Andrea replaced her own hard drive in her computer. We now hope she is ready to move up to a very high paying job and take care of the rest of us..:)

Dropping into Sunday morning chat with Carol (Ladylaughing) I found several people already enjoying themselves. JP was there and for some unknown reason, was placed on the Auction block for sale. It was really difficult getting a good price until Carol added Chris (Emmetman) into the deal and I believe we ended up with U.S. $2.50.

There was also a very talented person in chat by the name of June (Jallenecs.) She does some beautiful hand-made lace that is by far the most unique I have ever seen. She entered a piece in a contest and won a hand-carved lap top desk - whatever *that* is. Way to go June..:)


Message Board News

From Bits:

November 2004 Theme: Body, Mind, & Spirit: Nourishment

"The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment."
~Johannes Kepler

Our writers discussed ways to Nourish the Writer this month..:)

Jennielyn asked: When you eat... and cut food, do you hold your fork with your left hand and cut with your right? Do you then continue to eat with the fork in the left hand? Do you switch your fork to your right hand to eat?”

In Drink to your Health, hot cocoa seemed to be the favorite, check out the recipes.

And lastly, Andrea asked, "What are making for the holiday season? in Holiday Goodies

Humor Folder:

Songbirdie's camping trip, where "Joke apnea" reigned, an Acapella Karoke group was conceived, and a certain Great Mountain bird soared..:)

TheCrayonNibbler (jennielyn811) provided us with a fowl Thanksgiving joke...

And Dave (FlatbushSkp) posted "Curl up and Dye ~ Hair Salon (from the Blues Brothers,) TimInBC (THICKS15) added "Acme Plumbing - where a flush beats a full house" along with many other entries in Funny Business Names.

Galaxies Geeks and Gadgets

Sandy (MISSS) learned how to mop up her flat screen, hopefully sneezy children and dust will not meet on it again. Chris (Emettman) battled a balky computer, and Dawn (D_Gray) wrestled with TV and DVR cables, inputs and outputs.

Cortland (KA5S) reported on the Intelsat Americas satellite failure...which affected some broadband services. Cyberapto wondered why video games aren't funny, while Rachel saw the humor in the Sims.

DK shared his favorite weather link, Thaytor reminded us to look up for the shooting stars, and we really must send wishes for clear skies to Mouser (greymaus1)!

Ace was able to tie a chat discussion about "crackers and cheese" to Wallace and Gromit... and provided a link for the uneducated.


Birthdays Last Month

Birthday Greetings were heartily extended to:

Ron   SOUTHRON2   November 5
Bee   LADYGEEZA   November 9
Richard   SEAMUSTHEDOG   November 9
Noelle   PRETTYDARK   November 10
Tami   TAMMYLYNMEDIC   November 11
Ace   ACEWILKING   November 11
Jim   CROWLEY   November 16
7CROWS   7CROWS   November 17
Val   VALARLTD   November 17
Nick   NICKFY2K   November 18
KnightinGale   KNIGHTINGALE   November 19
TStorm   TSTORM2000   November 21
Mike   ARCHANGEL   November 27
Drummer   DFRNTDRUMMR   November 28
Bob   GREYLENSMAN   November 30

Calliversaries Last Month

Tami   TAMILYNMEDIC   November 9, 1999
DG   DREAMGIRL   November 10, 2001
Andrea   HIANDREA   November 10, 2002
Ostinato   OSTINATO   November 11, 1999
Cy   CYCLOPSGIRL   November 13, 2001
Shane   SHANE   November 14, 1996
Mike   DRAGONWINGM   November 16, 1999
Noelle   PRETTYDARK   November 19, 2000
Jenn   DEVILSGIRL3   November 19, 2002
Cortland   KA5S   November 19, 1994
Pye   PYEWACKET   November 22, 1997
Tracy   DOVE21   November 23, 1998
Ostinato   OSTINATO   November 11, 1999
Diane   BERTIE2U   November 24, 2001
Laurie   LGANDY   November 28, 2002

Joke of The Month

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued,

"May I ask what the turkey did?"

- Jennie JENNIELYN811 November 21, 2004


Pun of the Month

Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, all the league records were destroyed in a fire.

Thus... .
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"we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled."

- November xx, 2004


Poem of the Month -
"The Traditional Thanksgiving Day Prayer"

So when they gathered there,
Seeing that the harvest was complete,
Enough to feed them all;
Then they did decide to meet each Fall
And offer thanks to Providence
That these few, earnest pioneers,
Their storerooms full, need fear
No hardship through the Winter’s months.

Now we too gather, on the same day,
More or less, And celebrate
The same thing, so we say,
And on our tables still we see
The turkey, breads and puddings,
Fruits and sweets,
Some that those colonists would marvel at,
And wines and meats.
Then we eat,
As much as we can bear,
And move into an easy chair,
From where we cast a bilious gaze
On Nature's majesty,
Portrayed in color, on TV.

But lest our forbears think we have forgot
The Source of all these blessings:
We have not.
For, once we have consumed all of the fare
Set out upon the table, then our prayer
From the whole country rises to the sky:
"My God! What a meal... I think I'll die!"

-- Cortland (KA5S) November 21, 2004


Closing Quote

Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed.

- Gordon B. Hinckley
- courtesy Sue (SUEMO) November 9, 2004


Editor's Note

We hope you find the Bar Rag entertaining and informative. We can always use good pieces and writers here. If you have something you would like to submit, or have a comment, good or bad, about the newsletter, simply send us a note.

And a reminder: we urge everyone to use our website as a gateway into Callahans on Delphi Forums. You will find prominent links to our Message Board and Conference rooms there but also if we ever have technical trouble at Delphi, we can easily let you know and redirect you to a backup site if the trouble is truly serious. And besides - our website itself is special..:)

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