T-Toasters Trivia Night and Post-Toasties

​Ken Canty ably “toastmastered” the 22 members and 2 guests with a theme of T-Toasters Trivia.  T-Toasters was chartered in June 1990.  We met at the old Citizens Trust and Sun Bank, the source of the “T” in T-Toasters, which became SunTrust.  We first achieved the President’s Distinguished Award in 2005 and haven’t looked back since.  Word of the day was myopic – distant objects appear blurred; lack of long range thinking and/or planning.
 
Jim was the first of four planned speeches with “Mi Casa, My Castle”.  Jim does not like announced and unwelcome visitors.  He told of an incident a few years back when he was “less” than gracious when called upon by some well-intentioned missionaries.  His message – think twice before knocking on someone’s door.  Beverly, the evening’s winner delivered “The Big Apple ain’t for Sissies”.  When riding the subway, standard protocol is that someone always wakes you at the last train stop.  Well, they didn’t follow protocol and there she was stuck in the train station.  As an intern, she also managed to lock herself outside behind the security gate of her office building and had to endure freezing temperatures for eight hours.  She solicited help from a passerby giving him her last quarter to make a payphone call which he took.  Her message – don’t give a quarter to someone with shoe polish hair and don’t go to work on Saturday.  Marcus was the penultimate speaker with “Buggin’ Out: Do it Yourself Pest Control”.  As a past pest control technician, he learned the ins and outs of the business.  He educated us on how to do it ourselves and save some money.  He covered the tools of the trade, the inspection process, the conducive conditions that attract pests, and how we can do it ourselves in 45 minutes to one hour every quarter.  Mitzi batted cleanup with “Dream a Little Dream of Me”.  She gave us a brief history of dreams, their interpretation, and the meanings that were ascribed to them.  She talked about the five stages of sleep, when dreams occur, and the difference between normal and lucid dreams.  Plenty of interesting information to chew on.
 
Carin directed Table Topics.  Greg selected his best picks for a trivia team from the members present.  Yours truly allowed as to how he is a “delicate flower”.  Jim, the evening’s winner reminded as all of Michelle and what a great mentor she was. 
 
Lori served as General Evaluator.  Lee assessed Jim, Theresa critiqued Beverly, Andrea, the evening’s winner reviewed Marcus, and Brice evaluated Mitzi.  Mary-Catherine covered the grammatical good, bad, and ugly, Ray delineated the timing, and Justin summarized the shillyshallies.
 
Open house for the building occupants on April 12th.  Don’t forget the Spring Conference on May 12th and 13th.