[Magdalen] INTRO

[Grace Cangialosi]

Hi, Lesley! Yes, I remember those shirts! That was back when the list was called St. Sam's after Samuel Scherechewsky (so?), who translated the Bible into Wenli even after he was only able to type with one finger. Hence the "Sit, Stand, Kneel, Type" slogan.
Eventually that list became increasingly snarky, and some folks left and started St. Bede's. After that list also descended into snark, this list was formed, and a friend invited me into it. It was to have the atmosphere if a kind of pub, which is why we often greet newcomers with an invitation to pull up to the table and have a glass of their favorite beverage. So far we've managed to be mostly civil, though the publicans have had to rein us in from time to time...

> On Jun 28, 2015, at 1:37 AM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all, I was about to point Martin in the direction of the 'pub rules'(just search for herberthouse.org and you will find it, Martin, although I would have thought that's where you would have started)  and associated arcana, when I realised that I myself have not posted an INTRO as requested upon joining.  I first heard of the big A from a friend  (now deceased) in Canberra, who had one of those t-shirts with  kneel-pray-sit-type ( is that right? It's been a long time....) on it.  I read the list after hours thanks to some public servant friends, but did not join up for some years. I was in those years a single mother, running my own farm during the week and playing the pipe organ mostly at weekends in a regional city.  I would sometimes chip in with a view from down under, but enjoyed the fellowship offered by many people in distant lands. Some time after Magdalen  was created, Tony Clavier suggested that I come and enjoy life in a more welcoming atmosphere and I have been here ever since. I have now given up farming, but not the pipe organ, so life is slightly less complicated than    used to be. While travelling overseas I have been welcomed by listmembers and have had the joyous privilege of showing others  some of the delights of my country.