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[scary_lady]

I'm not very good at this journal thing. My entries are infrequent at best, and even when I actually open a new entry I wonder what the hell I have to say

Comments

[smokingboot]

Nothing wrong with your journal! Reading it = breath of fresh air.

Enjoy WI tonight, and say hello to Em for me:-)

[november_girl]

What do you do at the WI? I've always wondered. The public image is that you sit around and knit, but I'm sure there's more to it than that.

[scary_lady]

It's intensely archaic. You always start by singing Jerusalem (which Em & I quite like), and the minutes of the last meeting are read and the chairlady asks if she can sign them as a true and accurate record. Then the notices are read out, which tends to be various activities that are being run or organised that the members may want to take part in. There is a Treasurers report, and then we break for tea and coffee. After the break there is a raffle which you would have been mugged for when you arrive, and then a pre-arranged speaker. Speakers vary a lot. Some are really interesting, like the elderly archeologist lady who gave us a talk on the Piltdown Man, and some are bloody awful, like the guy who brought about 1500 slides of his walking tour