I am in the category of 'exhaustion so have not rejoined the real world yet' plus catching up with family/friends and those awful chores around the garden/house that I do my best to forget until someone visits!!. I live about 55 minutes drive away so it is not fair on my FHS to sub us to stay overnight on the Friday, I do not mind the early start but it is the lugging of "stuff" from the car to the show that is the killer - I had a trolley but the pavement by the hall is so uneven that one load fell off and went everywhere and in all 4 long trips had to be made from where we could park the car (not that late at 7.55am but not early enough as all the parking spaces by that time had been taken). What I would like PLEASE is for the road to be kept clear of people parking (from the Friday night/early Saturday morning and I know that they are asked not to but the cars I saw did not move!!!) so that unloading can take place as near the door as possible and then I am happy to park as we did 1/4 mile away. Moan over. Yes I did enjoy the show from about 10.30 onwards after setting up the stall and having my first coffee. I love meeting people, both old friends and catching up on their news plus the new acquaintances that I have now made. Hopefully we have also helped a number of people with their Family History either by selling them an index, book, CD etc or just talking to them and pointing them in a direction to go. Can someone let us know how many people passed thru the doors and also how did the numbers compare with previous years? Thanks to all the organisers who did such a good job IN the hall and also prior to the event. Gillian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Watts" <ml@ctwatts.plus.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:27 AM Subject: [SoG] Report from planet Zog! > This is the SoG mailing list, isn't it? > > The Society's flagship Show and beginners conference took place last > weekend, didn't it? > > Well I saw no mention of it beforehand, even in the deepest bowels of the > most esoteric message . So didn't any list subscribers think it important > enough to mention? > > Can I presume that no list members went? Well that's not true as I saw some > of you there. > So how come no comment. Was it so unbelievably bad that it did not deserve > any comment? Or was it so good that you are in a such state of aphoria or > exhaustion that you have not rejoined the real world yet? > > Well there is clearly no point in asking if any of you enjoyed it, so I will > simply ask what the weather is like on your planet - plant Zog?. > > Chris Watts > > PS I went, I spent, I enjoyed and I will return next year. > >