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Skriven 2008-05-04 19:58:00 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: picnic
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 Hi, Janis,

 > Just thought I might mention that one of the main
 > reasons you want an approximate head-count is that
 > it gives you an appropriate "butt-count"!

 JK> Oh yeah, that's definitely something we're watching.. just to know :)
 JK> Obviously, we can't know for sure, but it will help to have a general
 JK> idea.
 >In other
 > words, it helps to have enough lawn chairs! For
 > the Picnic in Quebec some years back (I think it
 > was) our Hostess suggested people bring a few
 > collapsible lawnchairs if they had them handy, which
 > helped avoid a game of "musical chairs". That isn't
 > a bad suggestion for most Picnics, in fact, unless
 > one is using a public park with fixed picnic tables,
 > and even then not a bad idea.

 JK> It IS a good idea :)  While we'll have plenty of chairs, they may not
 JK> be so comfortable for outdoor relaxing :) We also have some outdoor
 JK> chairs (maybe a dozen), but right now we don't have the chaise-lounge

 No problem, they are hard to eat from anyway!

 JK> type.. I expect we'll get some extras before the picnic too.. not to
 JK> worry about us buying some of that stuff too, we can certainly use them
 JK> with other family get-togethers; but if some people have one and bring
 JK> them along, that would help too :)
 JK> We have a picnic table with benches, but you know how those are.. I
 JK> think you can comfortable sit maybe 6 people? I forget really.. will

 Two people with lawn chairs can make use of the ends!

 Ha! I had one of my messiest moments at a group picnic,
 not Echo, when I was in a group of people involved in
 computer stuff having a picnic in someone's backyard.
 I found myself on one side of a table with a few
 old-timers faced with the offspring of a board member
 who had wandered away. When they both sprang up to look
 for seconds, the whole table was overbalanced and
 turned over, letting the whole picnic table turn up
 and dump me and the oldtimers on our backs with all
 the plates on the table all over us! No fault here,
 just amusement that we didn't see this coming until
 we were on our backs with food garbage all over us!

 JK> have to look at it :) I also figure to take my sewing work-table
 JK> outside to use for an outdoor table.. it's a huge oak table that has a
 JK> removeable top so it's easy to move in and out of doors. That one
 JK> should seat another 8 or 10 people.. then I have a few kitchen tables
 JK> that we can take outside.. they have leaves to extend to seat 6 or 8
 JK> people :) That's if we want to be outdoors (smile)

 Yeah, we might be squeezed into the kitchen with
 pounding rain outside! We adapt well, because we
 love each other in a sense! Burt should know we
 all enjoyed what he calls the Newark Flyfest in
 spite of the flies, because it was a chance to
 meet and share. The flies gave it a memorable
 definition.

 Joan
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