Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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.
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So glad the meeting turned out much better than expected. The pre-bitch tells an important part of the story; I'm not sorry you took the time to share it.
ReplyDeletethis is the sweetest post ever.
ReplyDelete(ok maybe not sweeter than your Owen posts)
ReplyDeleteIt is odd how sometimes things we dread to attend turn out okay...glad your evening did! Plus you got some history you were not aware of...our old depot in our town was restored a number of years back...it is the town museum...quite small but the school kids go there every year and learn about our valley. The exhibits rotate as well...
ReplyDeleteMy shoulders are shaking reading this post -- with giggles.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that the meeting went well. Your post reminds me that expectations and projections are bad things for me. I will often project about something that hasn't happened, build up a resentment and most of the time, what I projected never occurs. It's a good reminder for me to stay in the day and moment.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm an exceptional pre-bitcher. And I'm not nearly as graceful being wrong. Glad the meeting surprised you, and that you enjoyed yourself. Gingersnaps seem appropriate somehow :)
ReplyDeleteOff I go to learn about the Lloyd train wreck.
ginger cookies always sweeten the deal.
ReplyDelete(and sometimes it's good to be wrong.)
I have found that happens to me a lot when I dread something so much and then it turns out not to be so bad. I'm going to check out those train wreck pics now!
ReplyDeleteCatching up with life in Lloyd...
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it anyway. I suppose after the way you were feeling before, it couldn't have gone worse.
firstofmany- It was an experience in progress, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteHa!
Maggie May- Well, it was a pretty sweet evening.
Ellen- And maybe, eventually, that could happen here, too.
Elizabeth- GOOD!
Syd- I knew you would see it that way. And you're right.
Mel- I can hardly imagine how that must have been- that train wreck right here in peaceful Lloyd. I hear there are pieces of it in my back yard. I would not doubt it.
Rebecca- Amen.
Lois- Aren't those amazing pictures? Wow.
Mwa- Exactly!
Remember what Uncle Gene said about the meeting at the VA? ALL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS asked the same thing over and OVER again, too. That shit is just not worth it. Maybe you should resign from the group. Or maybe you have WAY more patience than Gene and I do.
ReplyDeleteMs. B. B.- Hell, I just thought it was funny.
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