Mad over Fifties Club

[ladyalex]

The Club is now Open. (if a little late...)

Good Evening and welcome to all.

The house feels rather empty now that everyone has gone away after the Christmas/New Year break, but that will soon be remedied when Club Members arrive.

Please feel free to eat up the remaining cake etc as it is already out of date.
However, do not offer any to lordalex or Uncle Joe, as they have decided to restrict their intake of cake for a few weeks. (Trouble with their bottom waistcoat buttons they say.)

As there are several rollover raffle prizes languishing in the boot room, there is no need for Members to bring contributions this week ...unless, of course, they would like to contribute to the building fund or the garden fund or the animal feed fund or the holiday fund.....Mamyalynne will show you the Direct Debit forms in the Upper Study.


New members are always welcome. Qualifications and certifications may be presented to any Committee member for scrutiny.

[Mamyalynne]

Milady so sorry for my tardiness was busy gathering the paperwork for when the floodgates open for DD forms, it is nice though to have some peace after all festivities.

Still a party a week cannot harm can it.

Will away to brew a vat of tailcocks and retrieve the sausage rolls from the Aga.

[ladyalex]

WOnderful to see you , Mamya. As you can see I too was a trifle late.
But what's 11 minutes between friends ?

Still on cloud nine with the new one ?

[Mamyalynne]

Oh yes indeed and Petal has joined the Granny club too LOL

[ladyalex]

Well done to Petal. Hope she drops in tonight.

[starone]

(Deep curtsy) Greetings ladyalex, and to you of course mamya - keep the tailcocks coming. I know how lordalex feels. I bought some tops before Christmas and it seems that overnight they have shrunk two sizes. I blame the spirit of Christmas present for making the festivities too great.

[Mamyalynne]

Tailcocks aplenty Star and nibbles too, I think garments are less roomy these days.

[ladyalex]

Clothes definitely shrink in the wardrobe..and even sometimes in the bag on the way home I find....a sign of the times I feel.

Welcome Starbucky and do get up off the floor, dear. You'll do yourself a mischief down there.

[alexanderd]

Hello all sorry to be late had to get to the DFS sale, it ends tomorrow you know

[starone]

Thankyou ladyalex, it is very kind of you but what more can you expect from a real lady. I think I overdid the deepness of that curtsy. Perhaps alex could give me a hand, or two if possible.

[scotman]

Point of etiquette M'lady. Gentlemen never fasten the bottom button. Possibly you mean the second bottom one! :-)

[ladyalex]

Gosh, you just made it there in time then, alexanderd.....
Just think if you had waited until next week...or not, it doesn't bear thinking of.

Quiet here tonight.
Pass the tailcocks, all the more for us!

[Mamyalynne]

Good evening Alex and Scotman, Oh I do like a man in a waistcoat very dignified, have a penchant for braces too!

[ladyalex]

Welcome, scotman and thank you very much for your point of etiquette.
I try not to enquire too closely into lordalex 's apparel. (And as for Uncle joe, well, I'll have words to say to Miss Meg if she ever turns up about the state of his "smalls" )

May I call you Scottie, by the way ?

[alexanderd]

Glad to help Starbuck but I dont like bending over when Matron is around, we had an accident with a needle once before

[ladyalex]

A pendant on braces ?
Surely some mistake, Mamya ?
A fob, perhaps, but never a pendant.....

[starone]

Thanks alex, you are very brave, especially when matron is so handy with her needle.

[scotman]

You can if you wish but I am intrigued as to why you would want to call me 'Scottie by the way'

[ladyalex]

We are all very grateful to Matron and her needle. She has saved us all many times with her tapisserial skills. What happened to Alexanderd was pure mischance.

[alexanderd]

Perhaps she wants "Beaming Up "

[starone]

Perhaps alex should watch where he is sitting.