Meeting Notes

Now you know, I learned something tonight. And what I learned is that I need to not predict the future and more importantly, not to pre-bitch.

That meeting was one of the most pleasant experiences you can imagine. There were nine people there including Ms. Lloyd and her daughter. And a man came from the Gulf Wind Chapter of the National Historic Society to talk about the train depot where our post office is located and I learned a lot. We've always thought that our depot was the second oldest train depot in the state but new evidence is showing that it may actually be the oldest.
Huh!
Not that I really care about things like that but it's nice to know.
And that what Gulf Wind wants to do is get the old depot to a good place and hand it over to Lloyd to use as a community center and it will have some artifacts and pictures and displays about the history of the railroad. And it is going to have plumbing and it has electricity!
Awesome.
Of course they need a LOT of money and work to get everything accomplished and the state funds have dried up but there are possible federal funds...
Anyway, it was interesting and informative and I brought up something I learned earlier today by cruising around the online Florida Photo Archives and found pictures of a train wreck which had occurred in Lloyd on Thanksgiving Day in 1937. The man from Gulf Wind knew exactly what I was talking about and a lively discussion got going on that subject. A train wreck! Right here! In my backyard, practically!

It turns out that someone donated $1,000 to the Lloyd Trust this year so we're flush with money and there was no talk about parades or hamburgers being grilled. None.
I was right about the store. It was discussed. A lot. And there is still no use designated for it. Ms. Lloyd sighed at one point and said that she might have to come off her idea of leaving it unwired and unplumbed.
Bless her heart.

I did bring up the grower's market idea and everyone liked it a lot and different approaches were discussed but NO ONE ASKED ME TO DO ANYTHING!

So there you go. I had a pleasant stroll down there and a pleasant stroll home and a fine time while I was there. I was one of the young people as was demonstrated by the fact that I only had to ask what the dues were once, as opposed to everyone else who had to ask at least four times apiece.

But anyway, I just wanted to say that I was wrong to dread the meeting and wrong to bitch about it.
When I'm wrong I'm wrong and I'm not afraid to admit it. Sometimes.

If you want to see more pictures of the Lloyd Train Wreck of 1937 you can go HERE and see several.

Signing off from Lloyd, Home Of The Oldest Train Depot In Florida.
Maybe.

Ms. Moon

P.S. There were cookies. A bag of gingersnaps. Which is funny because I have a bag of those here leftover from making the pies. And I NEVER buy gingersnaps. But I had two at the meeting anyway and they were quite tasty.