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Callahan's August 1998 Bar Rag!In this issue: Opening Toast - Manager's Corner - Conference News - Joke - Riddlers - Poem - Pun - Closing Quote - Editor's Note - Joining Callahan's | ||||
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To five years of Callahan's Saloon on Delphi Internet. -- Ken CRSCOMP 7/12/98 Hi all.. July 1998 is a special month for me.. In addition to being the fifth year anniversary of Callahan's Saloon on Delphi Internet, it is my fourth year anniversary here and my first year anniversary as host of the place. I look back on this first year with great pride. We've had good times and bad - lost some good friends and gained more good friends - and we've grown. We have a vibrant and caring message board, ten scheduled conferences each week and a substantial and growing Website/Library. While these are good indicators of our success, they are not the most important indicators. Our success is really in providing a safe, caring environment for friends and strangers to meet and interact - to share. We have been successful in this, too. While Shady, Mitzi, all our tenders and I can take great pride in this success, it's our patrons who ultimately make the difference between Callahan's and other web communities. It is our patrons who first feel the magic here - then contribute to it - and finally create it. I believe that Callahan's has become a more caring place during this past year and I am deeply grateful to each of you who has made it so. Lou The big news this month was our 5 year Anniversary Party! Over 50 patrons turned out for the event including some we haven't seen for a long time! We didn't announce it in advance but staff decided to give every fifth person who entered the room a door prize. Therefore 10 Spider Robinson books, from our bookstore were offered. Also, Ken was awarded a "Tender of the Indeterminate Timespan" plaque which was supposed to be accompanied by a waxing.. Somehow things went wrong.. and someone *else* got the waxing. Sorry, Ken..:) Selena, Sharon, Sammie and Rissatoo have recently become Callahan's tenders and are already sharing the magic in conferences. Selena is doing a Saturday morning (eastern time) Poetry and Whatnot conference from Ireland; and Sharon is doing a Manic Monday conference on Monday nights, and Sammie has picked up alternate Thursday nights as Doc has become gainfully employed during that time slot. Don't you just *hate* when that happens..? Rissatoo has already been very helpful in several conferences and promises to continue to be so..:) Thanks Doc, for many great conferences! Dan, Jay, Rissatoo and Jamie were the first four solvers of our July 1998 Riddle. See our August 1998 Riddle for your chance to win a prize from our bookstore! Did you hear the police are looking for a dwarf with ESP that escaped from prison last week? They're looking for a small medium at large. -- Gina GHOLUB [Editor's note: The following poem contains many references to past (and present) patrons, tenders and staff of Callahan's Saloon on Delphi Internet over the past 5 years.] Happy Birthday Callahan's!
The candles flicker brightly,
We passed the dish of peanuts,
We tasted all the shrimp kebob,
Birdies flew and Docs revealed
The Angel sang the sweetest song,
Then there is the Lady sipping
The bar is quite Kinetic,
Brats will even love you,
Blue Devils in a pitcher,
When all is said and done, my friend, -- Kathy KATHYC Mary Poppins was traveling home, but due to worsening weather, she decided to stop at a hotel for the night. She approached the receptionist and asked for a room for the night. "Certainly madam", he replied courteously. "Is the restaurant still open?" inquired Mary. "Sorry, no," came the reply, "but room service is available all night. Would you care to select something from this menu?" Mary smiled and took the menu and perused it. "Hmm, I would like cauliflower cheese please," said Mary. "Certainly madam," he replied. "And can I have breakfast in bed?" asked Mary politely. The receptionist nodded and smiled. "In that case, I would love a couple of eggs please... poached" Mary mused. After confirming the order, Mary signed in and went up to her room for the night. The night passed uneventfully and next morning Mary came down early to check out. The same guy was still on the desk. "Morning madam ... sleep well?" "Yes, thank you," Mary replied. "Food to your liking?" "Well, I have to say the cauliflower cheese was exceptional, I don't think I have had better. Shame about the eggs though. They really weren't that nice at all," replied Mary truthfully. "Oh, well perhaps you could contribute these thoughts to our Guest Comments Book. We are always looking to improve our service and would value your opinion," said the receptionist. "OK I will. Thanks," replied Mary, who then checked out, paused awhile, then scribbled a comment into the book. Waving, she left to continue her journey. Curious, the receptionist picked up the book to see the comment Mary had written: "Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious!!!!" -- Submitted by Oky OKYOKY 7/98
To our near and dear; -- Jim Crowley 7/14/98 Joining Delphi is easy and FREE. The easiest way is to click on My Delphi and you'll automatically be sent to the registration screen. Then you can post on our message boards and join in our conferences. Membership is absolutely FREE!!! No gimmicks!!! Come visit us!!! 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, please send your email to me. If you wish to be added to or removed from our text version Bar Rag mailing list, please send a note to Lou. |