This was a fun, if sparsely attended meeting. Barney opened with a hilarious diatribe on pirating. Scott, as our Toastmaster, illustrated the concept of Pirating – he passed our bags of “Pirate’s Booty” (baked rice and corn puffs) (and they were good….). We even had the requisite “talk like a pirate” section.

We also had a change in the agenda – Richard will do an impromptu speech, based on one of the suggestions from the audience, and James will evaluate him (Richard was scheduled to be Evaluator # 1)

Mary had a very interesting discussion of Free Radicals. Protandim is a substance that makes a huge difference in the ability of the body to fight a variety of problems, ranging from arthritis to cancer. There are a number of studies in process, and the initial results are amazingly positive.

Richard talked about “The Pirate’s Code”. Surprisingly, the pirates had a better life and more freedom than the Navy. And they were paid better, to boot.

Table Topic Master Fred had some interesting questions…..and we had some interesting answers. Tall Tales, indeed!

General Evaluator Dale led an excellent evaluation team. Bill evaluated Mary, and James evaluated Richard. Dale had useful comments about the meeting as a whole – and about the Evaluators and how they did. Patrick gave a marvelous Grammarian’s report!

Toast of the Day went to Mary W, for NOT being rummy

Most Improved Speaker went to Mary W

Best Evaluator went to James

Best Table Topics went to Steve K

Meeting adjourned at 6:34