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  1. “Several of the new attendees told me that the warm inviting qualities of the Forum posts were the reason they came out!”

    Clearly: (A) none of them were in the Forum selling overpriced book shelves, bar stools or used mattresses; and Second, it’s a good thing PLUSAs don’t spend more time in the Forum.

  2. Big thanks to Cobble and Snappy for another amazing job in organizing a fantastic gathering. It was tons of fun.

    And big thanks too to CGar who also put out [no homo] a huge effort to get people to show up. And who also helped make me look so suave and debonair as I sat down drinking beer and shoving his delicious brownies in my mouth [re-write] at one point.

  3. I have jessi’s handcuffs (jb, I’ll give them back to you next time we go to The Dungeon), DH’s gift bag (Napoleon Dynamite clock included), and ET’s whip (ET, you left it at my house).

    Glad you all liked the brownies, even though someone smoked one of the ingredients before I could mix it into the batter. Thanks. m4l emailed me at 1:15am that, rather than sleep, he and his wife were “power eating” the brownies he won in our bet.

    I was NOT the last man standing. That distinction goes to etson and jester who went on to another bar after the diner to continue celebrating jester’s birthday. (And many of us did get to see jester do “The Worm” on the sidewalk in front of Bell Boy.)

    lechecal, we left Bell Hop at 1am, so we literally missed you by a matter of minutes. Very sorry, I thought you were going to come back by midnight and wanted me to let you know if we left before then.

    I don’t know about SC, Arkady, but the waitress at the diner thought we were crazy. First she had a table full of Snappy, Kens and *rob*, followed by etson, jester and me! Poor woman!

  4. I planted a lot last year and most of them came up. My problem with the squirrels ids the beautiful golden delicious apple tree. I’m going to net it this year.

    They arrive primarily on the top of my wood fence. I got to find something to put up there to keep them off. I got some garlic oil powdered “small critter repellant” to shake on the ground.

    I AM GOING TO HAVE THOSE F&%^ING APPLES NEXT YEAR

  5. Sorry I’m late! Just finished a call with our Japanese office and am ready to commit Hari Kiri.

    Can someone remove all sharp objects from my office?
    (I guess that means I can stay)

    Please confirm.

  6. On the 3rd day of December
    Brownstoner gave to me
    Twelve Forte rentals
    Eleven Viking ranges
    Ten bitter renters
    Nine Fedders houses
    Eight brand new bike lanes
    Seven stop work orders
    Six Park Slope strollers
    FIIIIIIVE LOGIN NAAAAAMES!
    Four funny pics
    Three silly gifts
    Two stiff drinks
    And a really swanky party 🙂

    HOORAY!!!

  7. I think the daffodils are probably only ones safe from the effing squirrels, Dave. Although they might just dig up to annoy you. I have a few tulip bulbs to plant but will have to put something over them or for sure squirrels will steal.

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