[Magdalen] Need chairs for nave!

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Jan 17 20:12:40 UTC 2015


Well, I guess that is a bit less troublesome than my "designated hitler"
misreading.

For months, the boilerplate in our church Sunday program requested prayers
"for bothers and sisters of our Latino congregation"

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lynn, I had the same response!
>
> > On Jan 17, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On the tiny screen of my phone on which I am reading this I "saw" the
> subject with the ! As an L and thought it read navel. LOL
> > Flying home later today and will be glad to be reading on my full screen
> tonight
> > Lynn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2015, at 4:08 AM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Roger says:
> > <Something I have known is to invite people to sponsor a chair, a
> > little plaque being placed on the back to indicate their sponsorship.>
> >
> > Our local cathedral in its wisdom got rid of its red cedar pews (>100
> > years old) last year and replaced them with moulded wood modular
> > chairs which make that horrible metallic grating sound when you try to
> > shift them unobtrusively. They are universally disliked, i.e. not one
> > person I have spoken to has had anything positive to say about them.
> > Despite their curves, they are not comfortable to sit in. Because they
> > are more readily moveable, they do  get moved more frequently, and the
> > verger has more work than previously! As well, I notice that the
> > plastic clips for holding them in rows are more fragile than expected.
> > I somehow think that there are few people in the congregation who
> > would appreciate having their name associated with this little effort.
> >
> > Regards
> > Lesley de Voil
>


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