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    The parties announced in this file will be open to all members of
    the womannotes community. From time to time however, we may wish
    to hold woman-only gatherings*. Those parties will be announced by
    VAXmail; to that end, Liz Augustine and I keep a distribution list
    of those women who would like to be notified of these events. If
    you'd like to be added to or removed from the list, please contact
    me at ULTRA::ZURKO.
	Mez

    *If community members would like to hold men-only gatherings, feel
    free to make a similar announcement.

	Anyone wishing to join Lorna St.Hilaire and me for
	me lunch

	*tomorrow*  Friday, at 11:30 (table will be in Lorna's name)

	@ Rusty Scupper, in Acton (on Rt. 2A and 119)

	
	Send mail to give us an idea of what table size to hold
	for everyone, or just be spontaneous ;).

	We are celebrating the fact that it's Friday ;-).

						nancy b.

    There will be a party to say goodby to Steve Mallett July 27th
    at the home of David Wittenberg in Hudson Mass. Please sign up
    for that party in note 221.*. (That note got a bit confused
    please have patience with it.
    
    There will also be a dinner Wednesday July 25th for Doug Olson and
    Charles Haynes. See note 32.36 or write to nancy ranger::bittle for
    information.
    
    Bonnie

	A WomanNotes gathering will be held 

		Wednesday, July 25, 1990
		6:00 pm
		Horsefeathers in Marlboro

	to welcome a couple of Californians, Doug Olson and 
	Charles Haynes,  to Massachusetts!

	Please RSVP to me if you plan on attending.

	Directions:

	From 495, take the Rt. 20 WEST exit (#24b).  

	Soon after you are off the exit ramp, you will see 
	a Shell station on your right.  Horsefeathers is 
	located after the Shell station. 

    I sent Doug the pictures taken by Steve Lionel and Hugh Thomas at the
    Colorado party in May. He's bringing them out for eveyone to look at!
    This gives you a chance to check out us Colorado noters. liesl :*)

>    I sent Doug the pictures taken by Steve Lionel and Hugh Thomas at the
>    Colorado party in May. 

He did, thanks.  unfortunately, most of the pictures were not labelled, and 
therefore I have names and I have faces, but still no connection between the
two!  :-)

D!

>He did, thanks.  unfortunately, most of the pictures were not labelled, and 
>therefore I have names and I have faces, but still no connection between the
>two!  :-)


I saw the pictures and can identify almost everyone in them, so if he
brings them on Friday, I'll play "narrator."

kath

	Hear ye, Hear ye!

	Let it be known to all that when the conversation at the
	Californian-welcoming party turned to that which could be
	interpreted as demeaning to men, that one PEGGY LEEDBERG
	abruptly rose, chastized us women for taking part in such
	conversation, and exited with ketchup bottle in hand.

	Ms. Leedberg, we stand corrected.

	Also for the record are the following responses to the latest
	rumor going around about some of the men in attendance:
	(who started this rumor was not revealed)...


	Rumor:  The "politically correct" men in =wn= only say those 
	-----	things so that they will get laid.

	Answers:
        -------

	[Charles]  	   Hey, it works for me.

	[John Heffernan]   I'm going to say a lot of PC things tonight.

	[DougO]      {gosh, I just can't remember his response .... :-}

	[Joe White]  {wasn't there, but did make the list of those duly
		      accused.  Joe, what do you say? :-}	


	All in all, I found the evening most enjoyable.   I liked the 
	room we were in -- there was lots of space to move around and 
	mingle.  It was heartwarming to watch everyone communing with
	each other.  It must be cuz it's summertime - everyone had an
	extra sparkle about them.  Ann Broomhead, I hope your camera
	captured that!

	Margaret Russel, you were right -- polyandry would have been
	the only solution :-).  I just wanted to take them all home 
	and ...  umm... [sigh]... 

						nancy b.

    
    said with my usual look of bewilderment:
    
    "well, of course..."
    

    Nancy's been  leaving  me  off  her lists for a while now. I'm not
    sure if I should be offended, or realize that she's protecting me.
    As  a  scientist,  I  asked  the only question with a quantifiable
    answer: not "why do they say PC things?", but "Does it work?"

    Great party, and a good warm up for tommorow night.

--David

    David,
    
    I was about to add your remark, :-)
    
    Bonnie

    
    	David, as I explained BEFORE, the person who originally
    	stated that DougO, John Heffernan, Joe White, Charles
    	Haynes, etc(?), said PC things in order to get laid
    	DID NOT include you on THEIR list.  So this person must
    	not have thought that that is your motivation.  OK?
    	It was not ME who left you off the list.  CAPICHE!!??!!
    
    					nancy b.
    

    Tim, when asked, "Are you a feminist man just to get laid?",
    obligingly replied with the line he'd heard at the dinner:
    
    "Laid by whom?  Other feminist men?  Oh! By feminist women.
    [Then,] of course."
    
    						Ann B.

    Well, my answer to the question would be something along the lines
    of, "Well, sure, though it doesn't seem to have worked all that
    well for me." :-)
    
    And, of course, there are a lot less noble things that men do just
    to get laid.
    
    --- jerry

    Nancy recorded my replies almost exactly, but here's what I REALLY
    said.
    
    	Q: 	"Is it true that the 'sensitive' men in =WN= only say the
    		things they do in order to get laid?"
    	Me:	"But of course. [longish pause] By each other!" (Said with
    		eyebrows raised archly.)
    
    [Vile sexist multiple-entendre follows form feed.]
    
    and if you think I'm kidding... try me! :-) Besides, anyone who's slept
    with one knows that if you're trying to bed a feminist, the most important
    organ is your tongue - and a sensitive one at that... What I mean is that
    it's important to establish sensitive communication first, yeah, that's
    what I mean! Yep yep yep. ;-) I certainly wasn't trying to imply anything
    about "french kissing", much less activities which are still illegal in
    places DEC does business. Nope nope nope.
    
    I'm so sensitive I can't m*st*rb*t* unless I talk to myself first.
    
    	-- Charles

    Do you slap yourself when you get too fresh, too?
    
    -Jody
    

    Charles, thats only considered vile by the same folks who appreciate
    that its illegal. ;-).
    
    I counted twenty folks at the dinner Wednesday, maybe I can remember
    all the names....justme jacqi Gardener, Amos Hamburger, Joyce Lamotte, 
    Lorna StHilaire, Lisa Gassaway, Jonathan Ludgate, Tim (friend of Ann B), 
    Ellen Gugel, Bonnie Reinke, Mary Dougherty (probably misspelled, sorry),
    Pam Smith, Doug Olson, Peggy Leedberg, Ann Broomhead, Charles Haynes,
    D!ana Carroll, Barbara Miner, David Wittenberg, Nancy Bittle, and John
    Heffernan.  Well, that's 20, anyway, hope I didn't miss anyone.
    
    Does one say PC things only to get laid?  Spare me from idiotic
    premises, though I wasn't so ill-mannered as to say so to the people
    who posed me this question.  I gave what Witt called a suitably squishy
    answer, indicating that empathy to individuals and their concerns
    enhances my relationships enormously ;-).  'Sounds like a "yes" to me',
    Witt said.
    
    I had a wonderful time both at the dinner last Wednesday and the party
    last Friday, thanks to organizers and contributors.  I brought Liesl's
    copies of Steve Lionel's and Hugh Thomas' pictures of the May H-R party
    in Colorado Springs, featuring Liesl, Carla Blazek, Kathy Gallup,
    Carol, Evan, and Shelley DuBois, PJ and Vivian Sparrow, Jerry Gortmaker,
    Steve Lionel, Hugh Thomas, Dale Mynott, Skip Hogge, Abigail Davies, 
    Liesl's horse, Liesl's dog, Mike Zarlenga, Mike Valenza, Terza Zane,
    Nanci Van Fleet (did I spell that wrong?) and probably another couple
    of folks I can't remember, sorry.  The pictures made the rounds many,
    many times, at both gatherings.  I also had pictures Robin Aageson
    loaned me, which she took at an Indigo Girls concert six months ago.
    They were also appreciated...thanks, Robin and Liesl!  And Ann
    Broomhead had pictures from Inner Visions on Wednesday night, and D!
    brought hers out Friday night (from Inner Visions)...it was great fun.
    
    Oh, Dan D'eramo was in Liesl's pictures, too ;-).
    
    DougO

    dougO
    
    Pam Smith was at the wednesday night dinner, I know because she
    drove me there!
    
    bonnie

    My photographs from the Wednesday dinner are back.
    
    							Ann B.

    ***** ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT *****


This is to announce the "Let's Welcome Sunny Bader to New England" party!!

This party will be held at Chopsticks in the Searstown Mall in Leominster,
MA on Saturday, September 15th.  

The plan:  meet for dinner at 5:30 pm then forge (en masse) into the bar
afterwards for dinner and dancing.

Please send mail to me if you'd like to attend and whether or not you'll
be dining, dancing, or both.  Thanks!

-- Kristy

    Here are the list of attendees thusfar for Saturday's party.  If you're
    not on this list and you want to be, or you are on this list and you no
    longer want to be, send me mail at DSSDEV::KRISTY by Thursday, Sep 13.
    
CADSE::WONG 		! Benson Wong
DSSDEV::KRISTY		! Kristy Gleason
ELMAGO::JBADER 		! Sunny Bader (**Guest of honor**)
GUESS::DERAMO 		! Dan D'Eramo
ICS::TANNER       	! Wendy Tanner
KHEMIT::BRACK        	! Karl Brack
MVDS01::BELFORTI	! Mary-Lynn Belforti
PARITY::BERNSTEIN    	! Bill Bernstein
PARVAX::YANAGI 		! John Yanagi & Becky Rogers
PENUTS::JLAMOTTE     	! Joyce LaMotte
REGENT::MOZER		! Joe & Sue Mozer
WMOIS::B_REINKE		! Bonnie Reinke
WMOIS::H_TAYLOR     	! Holly Taylor

    There are three parties coming up in the next few weeks for
    the womannotes community. For those who aren't aware of them
    or have forgotten the details I'm going to summarize things here.
    
    1. Note 624 Happy Hour at the Rusty Scupper on January 23rd. A chance
       to meet out of town noter Andrea Abraham.
    
    2. Note 636 Happy Hour at the Rusty Scupper on January 25th. A chance
       to meet out of town noter Carla Blazek.
    
    3. Note 615 pot-luck(?) dinner at Laura Ervin's in Stow before a
       concert by Justine and Dale at the UU church.
    
    Hope we get a good turn out at all the events.
    
    Bonnie

    Hi -- I've gotta run and can't find the pointer to the note that I know
    is in here somewhere on directions to get to the Scupper in Acton.  At
    least one =wn=er I know is planning to come but needs directions.  I
    know it's on 2a(??) in Acton in the Nagog Woods Shopping Mall and I've
    gone to both recent parties but can't be any more specific...  Thnx,
    Dan

    Dan,
    
    I always think of the Scupper as being on 119, but  I think the
    two roads run together at that point. It has been a long time
    since I lived around there.
    
    If you are coming on rte 495 you would take the rte 119 Littleton
    Common (I think it also says Groton) exit. This is the second
    one past rte 2 if you are coming from the south or west as I am.
    
    Getting off 495 you turn left or south towards the center of
    Littleton.
    
    Continue on 119 through the trafffic light, about 10 minutes drive
    to the south to Nagog woods shopping mall. The Rusty Scupper is
    in the mall to the right.
    
    There are back ways to 119 for those coming up from Maynard so
    they need not have to go out to 495  but it has been much too
    long for me to remember properly.
    
    Bonnie

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    Andrea,
    
    I'd say that classic meeting place for Womannoters, The Rusty
    Scupper, is mid-way between Bedford and Marlboro.
    
    Directions:  Grab your instructor firmly by the lapels, and ask,
    "How do I get to Route 2A?"  Mate the explanation up with the
    diagram below, which I think is rather nice.
    
    						Ann B.
    \
     \   Route 495                    to Route 3
    --------------------------------------->
       \
        \
         \
    .............Border of Acton and Littleton
           \*
            \     /                  The * is The Rusty Scupper, in
             \   / Route 27          Nagog Woods Mall, at the lonely traffic
              \ /                    light, across from this huge pond.
               X
              / \
             /   \Route 2A and 119
    to 495  /     \ /                               | 2A joins 2 here
    <--------------O--------------------------------+-------------------
          /        |      Route 2                   |         Route 2A
         /         |                                |
                   | The O is the notorious         v to 128
                     Concord Rotary, just after
                     the prison (on your left).
    

    Well folks, it looks like after a derth of parties we have three
    get togethers in almost as many days. There is a chance to have
    dinner with Fredrick Ward and DougO on the 5th of September (see
    note 15.117), a party in Leominster sponsored by Liz Augustine
    and myself for David and Ivy Wales from Australia, Saturday the
    7th of September, and a dinner sponsored by D! for the Waleses
    on Monday the 9th of September.
    
    I hope we can get a good turn out.
    
    Bonnie

    How about planning a =wn= Halloween Party?  After reading
    some of the outfits for RHPS, I think it would be fun!
    
    HRH 

    She who proposes?...................

	Actually, I was thinking it might be time to start planning Inner
Visions II.

						--D

    So, Doug, do you want to make it for Halloween? We also have a visit
    from Cheyenne coming up if I am not mistaken
    
    Bonnie

	Hmmm...  let me check on my commitments around then and get back to you.


							--D

    Re .32....
    
    I would gladly host a Halloween Party at my house....
    However, as it would be at least a 45 min to 1 hour drive
    for most =wn= noters, in a costume, no less,(-; , I don't
    think anyone would want to make the trip..... 
    
    
      HRH  who_lives_in_the_hicks_down_near_the_Cape

    HRH,
    
    Are you *kidding*?!  I drove all the way to Hopkinton, RI, -- a 2 hour
    drive! -- dressed as a drug-addicted street walker!
    
    And I didn't know the way very well.
    
    And I *really* had to go to the bathroom!
    
    And I got lost in Providence!
    
    And I was sober!
    
    E Grace

    >>dressed as a drug-addicted street walker!
    >>And I was sober!
    
    Well, you know what they say, E?
    
    You spend the first 5 years collecting all your marbles...
    
    You spend the next 5 years learning how to play with them!
    
    Hugs!
    
    Laura_who_has_almost_finished_learning_how_to_play...
    <wink>  ;-)