Walter
11-03-2011, 06:30 PM
Today, in front of a few dozen retired teachers, I was supposed to give a power point presentation on desert plant and animal adaptations--What it takes for their survival in the desert.
The free lunch went well. We moved the group to a meeting room for the presentation. I didn't know I was supposed to provide the projector. After all, shouldn't retired school teachers have one as part of their organization? So a very nice lady that lived locally had her husband bring his down from the hospital where he uses on for his presentations as a trainer. We couldn't get it to work and the host thought the show was going to be a failure. I told him not to worry, that I had a plan 'B'.
So I got up and told stupid desert stories for half an hour. Some of the good stories that people laughed at last month in Palm Springs worked even better. Probably because all these retired teachers were from the same area that these -tales- occurred in. Maybe because I told them better. Anyway, I got them laughing so hard I was asked to tell an encore story, and I was asked to come back next year and tell some more. Also, a couple from the local art council asked where I'd been the last year, that my photography has been missed. He also asked me to speak there and at another social group he and his wife are members of.
Discovering I like to talk in front of groups- what a heck of a thing to find out at my age.
So what I need to do is buy a projector.
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The free lunch went well. We moved the group to a meeting room for the presentation. I didn't know I was supposed to provide the projector. After all, shouldn't retired school teachers have one as part of their organization? So a very nice lady that lived locally had her husband bring his down from the hospital where he uses on for his presentations as a trainer. We couldn't get it to work and the host thought the show was going to be a failure. I told him not to worry, that I had a plan 'B'.
So I got up and told stupid desert stories for half an hour. Some of the good stories that people laughed at last month in Palm Springs worked even better. Probably because all these retired teachers were from the same area that these -tales- occurred in. Maybe because I told them better. Anyway, I got them laughing so hard I was asked to tell an encore story, and I was asked to come back next year and tell some more. Also, a couple from the local art council asked where I'd been the last year, that my photography has been missed. He also asked me to speak there and at another social group he and his wife are members of.
Discovering I like to talk in front of groups- what a heck of a thing to find out at my age.
So what I need to do is buy a projector.
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