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From: tosca@ihnp4.UUCP (lyn cole)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Chicago area-ish party
Message-ID: <644@ihnp4.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 15:09:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 15:09:31 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Sep-84 12:48:48 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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OK, you asked for it ...

I hereby offer my place for a Chicago-area-ish (net.singles?) party.

Since i am going to be holding my annual potluck picnic party the
weekend of September 15, i suggest we simply add a net.singles
(or net.social) subgroup of it.  Otherwise, i'm open to suggestions
for a subsequent date for a net-only party.  Details on the 9/15-16
party:

My place is 15 acres in the wilds of Plano, IL (about 60 miles west/
southwest of Chicago's Loop, accessible from I-5 or US 34).  I invite
people from where i now work (Bell Laboratories), where i used to
work (University of Chicago comp center), where i used to live (north
side of Chicago, Downers Grove) and other miscellaneous categories of
people.  These include young and old, married and single, even a few
dogs and kids (definitely not a singles-only crowd).

We feast on mundane beer and brats that i provide as well as on
gourmet, homemade picnic fare brought by guests (though some also
bring wine or other necessities).  We play volleyball (provided),
frisbees, and any other games anyone wants to bring (maybe boomerangs
this year if i can figure out a good non-dangerous place to throw them).
From 5 to 7, A Prairie Home Companion is aired so that addicts don't
have to suffer withdrawal pangs (or retreat to their cars to listen
to it).  People also bring acoustic instruments for informal jamming
and accompaniment for group singing.

Later, we retire to the back, to a huge bonfire (i could use help in
dragging wood back to build the fire!) to sing, gaze into the fire,
roast marshmallows, and whatever else one does around a bonfire.
No duct taping will be allowed, unless someone can catch those pesky
raccoons that have been making a mess of the feedroom in the barn :-).
Those who want to stay bed down by the fire overnight, and we usually
cook pancakes for breakfast in the morning.

Besides the typical 50-60 people expected, there will be cats, dogs,
and horses (including a four-month-old filly) on hand to mooch handouts.
I think we could absorb quite a few more people from the net audience.

If people would prefer a net.singles-only or a net-only party, we could
hold one later (though it may get cool later, and it would be nice to
have a full moon to light the way through the woods, back to the bonfire).
If we do the separate party, it will have to be a cooperative effort
on everything, since i'll be pooped from the former one.  Let me know
your preference by Friday, Sept. 7, if possible, so i can post the
results soon thereafter and order the proper amount of beer.  Maps are
available, of course.  Send questions, suggestions, and votes to:

	lyn cole (ihnp4!tosca)
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	IH 1C-233, (312) 979-2729