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<p class=MsoNormal>With apologies and a real sense of “damn, THAT’S
bad timing”, I regret to inform you that as things stand at this instant
I will not be in attendance at Elfsea Defender this coming weekend due to a
very mundane problem. (Automotive engine self-destruction kinda changes
expectations.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This impacts at least two commitments I had
made. First, I had expected to be available to sit and help with a
Friday night gate shift – would someone please step forward to assist on
the 9p-Midnight shift?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Second, this does mean that I will not be able to lead the
intended A&S 50 Challenge session on Saturday. If there are any
Challengers who will be at Defender who still would like to “meet &
greet”, PLEASE talk amongst yourselves and work with the event steward to
find a time and place. (My suggestion is afternoon, after the primary
lysts have been completed.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m working on alternatives, just don’t count on
me at the present time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sadly, Amra<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OR, as I posted in one online journal:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:3.75pt;background:#F4F4F4'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Can Friday
get here soon enough?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Probably
not, at the rate portions of this week have been going.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I try not
to whine in public, but any Wednesday that includes a car engine
self-destructing should be subject to factory recall, or something. Know
what I'm doing in the morning...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hope y'all
are doing better, and ignore the slob in the distance for a few days -- he
probably won't be very good company until his "wheels" are back in
action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Adieu,
Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>SCA:
al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra, F.O.B, OSCA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Opinions?
I'm FULL of 'em <br>
Mike C. Baker / Kihe Blackeagle <br>
"Other": Reverend Kihe Blackeagle PULC (the DreamSinger Bard) <br>
alt. e-mail: <a href="mailto:KiheBard@hotmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>KiheBard@gmail.com</span></a>
<br>
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