Is he on the "no fly" list. the train ride from Melbourne is very long.

Hi Katie,

Thanks for the books. I won "The Complete African Safari Planner." I'm looking forward to reading more in-depth when I have time.

TR

Thanks to Bob and Andy for organizing such a fun gathering. I missed last year's and I regretted it. I can't believe we've been meeting for 5 years. Amazing.

I'm not sure what more I can add to what's already been said. It was fun, wonderful, and a nice break from my homework! :) I enjoyed meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends.

Thanks to all for posting the links to their pictures.

Looking forward to next year's GTG.

TR

Send him the Scooby suit. Maybe he can slip in as someone's pet!

This all so flattering to wake up to. I'm undeserving.

Dogster, I note, is lapping up the praise. He's ordered 3,000 copies of his doppelganger picture and seems to stare for long hours at the picture of him and Patricia, howling at the moon and lost opportunity - but he's a NEEDY kinda pooch.

I'm going to have to get him spayed.

I'm sure by this time next year, assuming I haven't been slaughtered in foreign climes, you'll all be so sick of me the attendance figures will go DOWN.

just so there is no confusion....i knew the number of give aways that we had....i assigned numbers to name tags and i awarded the many prizes according to where i listed each prize with a number....it would be way toooooo difficult for andy to figure out...

btw, he did really well this year....did you notice that during his opening remarks, that when the ambulance went by, he hardly even blinked an eye....it must have been eating him up inside....another $25 lost...

We need to keep the substitute Dogster. He delights us each evening with his tales of Jimmys. His enunciation is a little slurred but he drinks a bit.

Eeeck! I've just now discovered this post (thanks to Lucy's "lcuy" post on the US board). I foolishly thought the Boston GTG might have been posted in the Lounge. I know. Silly me!

Anyway, I just wanted to add my thanks to all the organizers and to Fodors. And thanks Katie for the door prize. Mine was the book on Peru. I think it's an omen to get me away from Europe and the Caribbean!

It was indeed a good time and I only attended the Saturday brunch. I'm hoping to be able to attend more of the weekend events next year.

Special thanks to Lcuy. I just began to eat the chocolate biscottis that she gave me for my birthday. They're delicious.

Next year, Bob and I have both agreed to stop taking our medications twp weeks before the GTG. It should be fun.

biscotti, pls.

biscotti is the plural form: 1 biscotto, 2 biscotti.

Means twice(bis)-cooked(cotto), coz yuo roll out the dough, half-cook it once, cut the dough into the slices, then cook it a second time to get the final result.

Nnttm.

Is pedantic singular or plural?

Rather than twice-cooked, I seek half-baked. With a fair degree of success, I might add.

You should have all of your energy focused on tonight's game. Visualize Josh Beckett from last year's playoffs. That would do the trick. Further visualize james Shields so stuffed with biscotti that he can't move.

Pedantic, kinda like sayin' the last letter in them there gerund words?

Peggy Noonan, god bless her pompous heart, may be right about the dumbing down (dummin' down?) of the everything.

Sort of like people saying that professorial is a bad thing. Since when?

I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more. Furthermore,

Are there other picture links? I can't get the names to appear under any of the pics. I've tried the detaIl view, but that didn't so it either.

Where are the picture links? ((*))

This is the one I can't get the names to show even though I can tell they are there.
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...8BauXDJw2aqNng

Mimi also posted this link for Nikki's pics.
http://tinyurl.com/4cyb54

You're not small enough to be a gerund. No blleeping way!

Rizzutto's appearances in the pictures are excellent

<i>Rizzutto's</i>[sic] <i>appearances in the pictures are excellent</i>

Overwhelming, you might say.

kybourbon - &lt;I can't get the names to show even though I can tell they are there.&gt;

I just saw the Shutterfly pics. When I did the slideshow, I moved my cursor to the right upper area. There is an 'option' option, from which you can pick 'show titles' and 'show captions'.

Does that work for you? ((*))

&quot;t's', &quot;z's&quot; there's a bunch of them in some ridiculous order. Who cares? The Scooter is gone.

Jed, I just took your suggestion and the names came right up! Thanks!