MC for the daily Meet-and-Greet

14 Dec, 2018; RoVers Roost RV Coop Park, Casa Grande, AZ

This is a very friendly park

Every day there is a meet-and-greet in the community hall to greet newcomers to the park, hear announcements, and share a few jokes.  The MC's are volunteers, or, in my case, newcomers who are arm-twisted and guilted into "volunteering".  It really was pretty easy - there is a script, the sound system is excellent and since everyone knows the routine, you really can't go wrong.

So, everything was fine until I had to find some one to MC for tomorrow.  Then I remember that statistically, people are more afraid of talking in front of groups than many other, really scary things.  I forget this and it was not easy finding a volunteer.  Finally, one of the old-timers (meaning, in this case, folks that have been at the park a long time and volunteer a lot) rescued me by volunteering to MC the next day.

A sure sign of Christmas

One of my childhood treats around the holidays was a segment of a 'chocolate orange'.  My Mom would ration out segments a tiny wedge at a time - I looked forward to them so much!  Now, they come in many flavors - but I still like the orange ones.

The part where you 'whack' the ball on the table to loosen up all the wedges reminds me of another childhood favorite - MacIntosh Toffee Bars - their tag line was to 'whack a Mac'.  Since we were in Canada, they were usually cold enough that a solid whack would fracture the bar into bite-sized pieces - way easier on one's teeth than trying to bite through the thick bar.  This picture shows new packaging.  It used to come in a box instead of a wrapper.  Nestle bought out the brand and there were a few years when they weren't made.  But, public demand eventually brought the tasty, but teeth endangering candy back to the market.