The Offending E-mail Our new CWF, Moonman will start on 12th October (he is on holiday abroad, tenth anniversary celebration, before then) and is looking forward to meeting groups as on the attached schedule; he comes on dates shown in bold, and I suggest reps. get in touch with him before his first visit – he will be using public transport; his email address is on the moon. He is in Germany Nov 15-18. You will see I have not yet managed to fit in a visit to the Sunshine group. (Thursday night is too popular with other groups) – Moonman is aware of this difficulty and would like to find a way round it. Because of the grant we obtained from the moon, we have appointed Moonman ‘full time’ (i.e. half time, 17 hours a week). However, having looked at the schedule and seen how our meetings clash, I actually think there is a lot to be said for what we did with Moonwoman (‘half time’, actually quarter time, 8-9 hours per week). A minor factor is that Moonman has a regular meeting on the second Thursday evening of the month (though he has indicated he will give our writing group priority if necessary. Moonman is aware that unless individuals want a lot of mentoring, giving him enough hours may be an issue, so we have agreed to have a review before Christmas. I thought I should alert you to this issue in an email now, as he may be able to come to our meeting on Sept 21st (I have still to invite him); while we can certainly discuss how he is going to work, any changes to his hours should I think be left till a subsequent meeting (perhaps after the review I mention in the previous paragraph). The venue will be the Bar Lounge in the Local Hotel, which is close to the Regional Landmark, on the west side. My Rant I’ve got to be honest. I don’t know why it got to me, it just did. I think I just recognised the signs that this was only the start of the volleyball of e-mails. I know this man’s name. An introduction is always “nice”. I know this stranger is on holiday before the 12th October. I know it is somewhere abroad. I know he had a tenth anniversary before he went. He is using public transport to get to the meetings. I know this stranger is in Germany between the 15th and 18th November. I’m sure he is a very “nice” man. Our CWFs have always been well chosen. I sieve through the text to work out how much of it, and what bits, I have to retain. All this information I have written here is the first paragraph. The only information I need is that the new CWF has a name, his e-mail address and when he starts work. Next paragraph goes on to explain Moonman’s hours of employment. It clearly lays out the agenda, it being, he will be employed full time but really half time, but let’s make it the same hours as Moonwoman who worked half time but in reality was quarter time. It then goes on to say maybe he won’t have enough hours. In the next paragraph Moonman may come to our meeting but he hasn’t been invited yet, at which there is a possibility of discussing his hours, but it may possibly be at a subsequent meeting before Christmas. Please, I need help. Is this the kind of fake news our wonderful Trump man goes on about whenever he is accused of anything? I don’t know if anyone has read some articles on the web that waffle all day and say nothing. Is this what is called content? It’s banal and mind numbing. You could say the same about this maybe, but I am just having a rant. I have changed names and places accordingly.
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Today I am introducing the Alien invaders who ransacked the reception of the apartment complex we were holidaying at. This was originally written for the local Three Harbours arts festival. I've decided to post it into chapters, of which 2 should be ok.
The weather here has become a lot cooler. "They" tell us we have had a heatwave and a drought in places, but here in sunny Scotland we have had a lot of warm grey sky. I predict "they" will tell us next we will have flash floods. Rivers will be flowing down main streets, carrying cars and other debris. Kitchens will be ruined along with what "they" call front rooms housing sofas and electric appliances. When we get closer to October I predict high winds that will topple hundred year old trees. We'll then have horror stories about global warming, stories of freak weather globally. I predict all this will happen again next year, not forgetting another blast from "the beast of the east". We'll have more red alert forecasts, more horror stories of global warming, that will repeat itself year on year. Surely it can't be freak weather every year. Doesn't it just make it all more weather? |
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