[Magdalen] election day

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 22:51:50 UTC 2016


We have had cookie sales going on in the voting areas, but lately I seem to
notice less of this. Perhaps someone complained..... <DGMS>

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Claudine Chionh <anglican at claudinec.net>
wrote:

> Because Australians vote on a Saturday and many polling places are schools
> and church halls, we have a grand tradition of the "democracy sausage" -
> volunteers selling hot dogs, burgers and cakes to raise funds for the local
> school or church. Get a sausage, stand in line and vote. Does this happen
> in the US or do you have to just wait and get hungry?
>
> Claudine
>
> On 9 Nov. 2016, 5:14 AM +1100, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us>, wrote:
> > On Tuesday, November 08, 2016 04:23:40 PM Arthur Laurent wrote:
> > > In and out in 5 minutes. No line, Outnumbered by chatty poll workers.
> Maybe
> > > next time the can have chauffeur/valet
> >
> > In and out quickly but not that quickly, no wait for voting machines.
> > And a great sense of relief ensued.
> >
> > --
> > Bob Rea
> > www.petard.us
> > www.petard.us/blog
> >
> > America, it was a wonderful country
> > Til they took it private
> > and made it a theme park of itself
> >
>


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