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Happy Halloween from Men's Social Network
The Latest News
From the Communications Team --
15th year vol. five October 20, 2009 |
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We are rapidly approaching the busy holiday season with something for everyone. It seems that it really gets its kick off with Halloween on October 31st. From there well - - - - - - lets take a quick look - - - - -
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): November 1
All Saint's Day: November 1
All Soul's Day: November 2
Veterans Day: November 11
Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i holiday): November 12
Thanksgiving Day (US): Thursday, November 26
Eid al-Adha: November 27 (Depends on the sighting of the moon in North America)
Winter'2009
World Aids Day: December 01
Day Without Art: December 01
Bodhi Day: December 08
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: December 08
Chanukah (Begins at Sundown*): December 11
Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra - 1431AH): December 18 (Depends on the sighting of the moon in North America)
Christmas Day: December 25
Kwanzaa: December 26 - January 01, 2010
Boxing Day: December 26
(*Because the Jewish day begins and ends at sundown, holidays begin at sundown.)
and if these are not enough excuses to have a party or to celebrate a special day with family and friends - - try adding these to your celebrations - - - - - (NOTE: any that are underlined have links to a web site that might give you some interesting info about that day just click and go to the site!!!)
November 14 is . Operation Room Nurse Day
November 24 is . Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
Now, with all of those niceities and fun things mentioned and out of the way -- make room on your calendar for our many M.S.N. events:
Upcoming Events
Date Time Event
10/22/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Richard Ober
10/22/2009 1:00 pm Bowling - contact Merle Hudson 888-7264
10/22/2009 7:00 pm BRIDGE NIGHT call Ike @207-6264
10/22/2009 7:00 pm Triangle Tribe - for topic details call Lee or Merlin @207-5336
10/23/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Colin Phillips
10/23/2009 5:30 pm OASIS SOCIAL GROUP call Davis Palmer @ 325-4754 for details
10/23/2009 7:30 pm Theater OUT Night - Live Theatre Workshop - call Lee @ 207-5336
10/24/2009 7:00 pm Pinochle Steve @ 664-2076
10/25/2009 6:30 pm Dinner Out - Shere Punjab, 853 E. Grant Rd Contact Ken @ 294-6606 or Davis @ 325-4754
10/26/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Jerry Belvo
10/26/2009 10:00 am Bowling - contact Merle Hudson 888-7264
10/27/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Thom Goodrich
10/28/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Randy Hird
10/28/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Russell Simbari
10/28/2009 7:00 pm Hand and Foot -- PLEASE CALL AHEAD -- LIMITED SEATING Merlin or Lee @ 207-5336
10/28/2009 7:00 pm Join the Bear's (BOTOP) for Coffee at Raging Sage Coffee Roasters
10/30/2009 10:00 am Titan Missle Museum Day Trip - Reservations call Thom 908-6160
10/31/2009 All Day HAPPY HALLOWEEN
11/1/2009 6:30 pm Dinner Out - China A Super Buffet, 75 W. River Rd., call Ken @ 294-6606 or Davis @ 325-4754
11/2/2009 7:00 pm Scrabble @ Lee & Merlins call 207-5336 - Limited space
11/3/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Paul Whittington
11/3/2009 7:00 pm UNO HAS BEEN CANCELLED -- SORRY (If you would like to host UNO or any other card or board game, contact Davis @ 325-4754 you HOME HOST and your REFRESHMENTS ARE PAID FOR BY M.S.N.)
11/4/2009 11:00 am Arm Chair Aerobics Class - contact Merle for details 888-7264
11/5/2009 7:00 pm BRIDGE NITE call Ike @ 207-6264
11/6/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Steve Peterson
11/6/2009 7:00 pm Charades -- call Lee or Merlin 207-5336 for details limited space
11/7/2009 7:00 pm OUR POTLUCK MOVED TO NEXT SATURDAY
11/8/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Marv Levison
11/8/2009 6:30 pm Dinner Out - Ruby Tuesday, 4811 N. Stone Ken @ 294-6606 or Davis @ 325-4754
11/9/2009 12:00 am Happy Birthday Jimmy Goodhue
11/9/2009 7:30 pm Trivial Pursuit--Call Lee or Merlin @ 207-5336
11/10/2009 All Day Happy Anniversary to Bob & Stew La Casce
11/11/2009 All Day Happy Anniversary to Terry Bellville & David Carter
11/13/2009 All Day Happy Birthday to Stuart Meinke
11/14/2009 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Holiday Potluck & Social - call 207-5336
11/15/2009 All Day Happy Birthday to Steve Jeton
11/15/2009 All Day Articles for e Newsletter for the 20th of the month - Submission deadline. email to: msn.newsletter15yrs@gmail.com
11/15/2009 6:30 pm Dinner Out - Furr's Family Dining, 432 N. Oracle call Ken @ 294-6606 or Davis @ 325-4754
11/16/2009 6:30 pm Gay Men's Book Club contact Stephen Reidy @ 307-6537
11/19/2009 7:00 pm BIRDGE NIGHT call Ike @ 207-6264
11/20/2009 All Day Happy Birthday Harris (Willy) Wilson
11/22/2009 All Day Happy Birthday to Lee Roden
11/22/2009 All Day Happy Anniversary Ted Pearson & Russ Simbari
11/22/2009 6:30 pm Dinner Out - Village Inn, 4245 E. Speedway Blvd. call Ken @ 294-6606 or Davis @ 325-4754
11/23/2009 All Day Happy Birthday to James Johnson
11/26/2009 All Day HAPPY THANKSGIVING
11/26/2009 1:00 pm Thanksgiving Picnic (Mixed group) - Davis @ 325-4754 for reservations
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THANKSGIVING PICNIC IN THE PARK
This annual Thanksgiving picnic has been hosted by friends for years. This is a family affair, a mix of friendly, liberal people, and we have been invited to join.
MSN will furnish a turkey as an organization. There will be at least two. We have never run out of food.
Each participant or couple is asked to bring a side dish to share and their own plates, cups, tools, and beverage.
The picnic begins at 1 pm Thanksgiving Day at Ramada 22 in Reid Park. It has been reserved for months. Ramada 22 is a large shelter with adequate parking and a washroom nearby.
To reach Ramada 22, take Country Club north from 22nd Street and take the second entrance to Reid Park. Turn left, go to the upper lot, and park near the washroom. Ramada 22, clearly marked, is the northern most shelter.
Please call Davis at 325-4754 or email him at wilcoxgay@gmail.com to find out what to bring, such as a salad, vegetable, or dessert. Please put "Thanksgiving Picnic" in the subject line. This is a pot luck with a menu! I have attended the past five years and always enjoyed it.
I hope to see many of you there. Let's have a good turnout and make this an annual tradition!
NOTE: We are publishing notice of this event well in advance in order to give all our members enough time to decide what their Thanksgiving plans will be AND if it is to join us in the park for this picnic, PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION WITH DAVIS. He will need to know how many will attend with you (i.e. partner or friend(s)).
This is a mixed gender event so all are welcome
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ARM CHAIR AEROBICS CLASS
THE TUCSON PRIME TIMERS ARE INVITING THE MSN GUYS TO JOIN THEM IN THE SILVER SNEAKERS "ARM CHAIR AEROBICS CLASS".
PLACE: PRO FITNESS AND HEALTH 1290 W. PRINCE RD. (ON THE CORNER OF FLOWING WELLS AND W. PRINCE)
TIME: WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 11AM UNTIL 12AM STARTING ON NOV. 4.
CHARGE: FOR SILVER SNEAKERS IT IS FREE. FOR OTHERS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUY A CARD GIVING YOU 20 VISITS FOR $20.
MERLE WILL NEED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE BUYING THE $20 CARD FOR THIS CLASS TO HAPPEN. WE WILL HAVE A MAN FOR OUR INSTRUCTOR.
PLEASE CONTACT MERLE
at 888-7264 OR stitchit2@cox.net
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Introducing myself to the group
(Note: Back in July of this year, we started receiving communications from a couple that are moving here from Guadalajara in the very near future - the communications mainly have been on our Yahoo communications group site: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/menssocialnetwork2/
many have communicated directly with them. Feel free to communicate with them and give them a warm M.S.N. Tucson Welcome)
Greetings,
My partner (and I) are retired and currently live in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. We have lived in Mexico for the past nine years; the past five in Guadalajara.
I am a retired library media specialist and my partner retired from corporate sales. We have been together for over 21 years and have gone through three house renovations, a move to another country, and the construction of one house
in Mexico and its subsequent sale. So the odds are pretty good that we are permanently, wonderfully stuck with one another!
We are considering relocating to Tucson within the next few months. We have a couple of friends who live there. We have visited several times and have put it in the number one spot of possible places for our relocation.
One friend in Oklahoma says she does not know why we would want to leave 'paradise'. Not all is 'paradisical' anywhere. But next year I will be eligible for my Medicare coverage and would like to opt for the plan available via AARP. Medicare is no good in Mexico and I do not qualify for the Mexican national health care plan.
Also, the situation of real estate looks to be developing such that it will likely be a good opportunity for us to buy in the States again.
More than enough for now. Hope to get to know some of you via the web and perhaps soon in person.
Have a great day.
Joseph
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HAVE A GREAT DAY.
JOSEPH
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mohandas Gandhi
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YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!
Greetings,
We have had a wonderful response from several of you guys of MSN following my introductory note. We have received private messages that make us even more anxious to come to Tucson and check out the area.
We have visited the area several times but as tourists and VFR. (Sorry, that is travel agent-eze I picked up. It means Visiting Friends and Relatives.) This trip we will be staying with a friend who will be showing us the metro area with the intent of seeing possible places to live. One looks at things entirely differently when seeing it as a relocation.
I am making a list of things/places we must do/see. Otherwise, we will miss something important. But, we bought tickets yesterday for our flight to Hermosillo. We will fly there 05AUG, then take the Tufesa first class bus to Tucson. Our friend will pick us up at the terminal.
Will see you soon.
Have a great day.
Joseph
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Temporary cell phone service
Greetings,
When we are visiting Tucson, we would like to have cell service. Since we do not live in the States, we have no U. S. cell phone plan, etc. In Guadalajara, one buys a prepaid card, dials a company computer number, inputs a code number from the prepaid card when prompted and the computer system activates the time for your cell phone number. (Of course one can have a plan, we just have never bothered since the cell phone is an convenience, not a necessity.)
Many folks who come to visit GDL bring their cell phone with them, buy a SIM card for a hundred pesos, replace the SIM card in their phone with the local one. This gives them a local number while they are here. Usually the sales folk make the call to TELCEL to get the number activated for you. When the number is activated in the computer system, one can then add time to the number using the process for a prepaid time card, mentioned above.
Now the question. Can I buy a SIM card for my phone in Tucson, prepay time and have a local number while I am there for two week? I have tried finding this information via Google, to no avail. T-mobile and Click want me to buy a new phone to get the prepaid time. I already have three cell phones that are relatively new, with features I will never use. It would be a waste of money to buy another phone.
Suggestions welcome.
Have a great day.
Joseph
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Moving up the date
Hi Guys,
We are looking into moving forward our moving date to Tucson from Guadalajara. We have been in contact with a moving company here in Guadalajara and found an acceptable price for moving our stuff to Tucson.
We are aiming for a (tentative) delivery date of December 1, for our goods. We have not settled on a place yet but that will work itself out. There are many options and we will likely have to make another trip to Tucson to finalize a year lease on a place. NOTE: We are very open to suggestions. Remember that we do have a third member in our family--Chadwick, who is a ten-year-old Whippet. So dogs being acceptable is a must.
Will keep you advised as progress is made.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
JOSEPH
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Maya Angelou
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Home sweet home found
We have found a house to lease!!! When visiting Tucson, our hostess introduced us to a friend who just happened to be in the process of finishing the renovation on one of his properties. We contacted him and it is still available, so we will shortly be signing the lease.
We will be near Trader Joe's on Grant (four blocks south and one block west of Swan) in the Marven Garden area. It is a three bdrm/1.5 bath house with new central AC, new huge refri with icemaker, walled yard, two storage sheds, Arizona room. It is about 1200 sf. So it will do fine for the three of us.
We are looking forward to getting our stuff delivered the first of December, or as close to that as the movers can do.
Will keep you posted as the adventure goes on.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
JOSEPH
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Symphony and theatre attire
HI,
We are looking forward to performances by the symphony in Tucson, after we get moved 01DEC.
What is appropriate attire for the performances? In Guadalajara, there are almost always two performances. One is Friday evening and the other is at 12:30 PM on Sunday. We usually attend the Sunday performances because traffic and parking is so much lighter. Sunday performances are also less 'dressy'. We usually just wear Docker type pants and a long sleeved shirt, sans tie or jacket. I have frequently seen others in jeans.
I suspect performances are a bit more dress-up for Tucson. Advice, experiences, etc.? Time to get my ties out of storage?
TIA
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
JOSEPH
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers
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Re: [Men's Social Network - Open Forum] Symphony and theatre attire
Hi Jos,
It's pretty much like everywhere else these days, some people dress up, others don't. Tucson is very casual in general.
I wore a tie the other weekend at a happy hour event in an upscale restaurant for a change and I was the only one, ditto for my last two trips to live theater, at least I got favorable comments on my choice of tie :-)
Rob
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Re: [Men's Social Network - Open Forum] Symphony and theatre attire
Here's my two cent's worth: I think that neckties are an oppressive, uncomfortable, distracting, anti-male garment and refuse to wear them at all. As an alternative, when I feel pressured to be "dressy" I wear a polo shirt buttoned all the way up with a sport coat. I've even seen men interviewed on TV with this outfit, and I, myself, even successfully testified at U.S. Congress so dressed. More recently, for a wedding, I managed to locate "banded-collar" shirts, which are dress shirts sans the two collar "points" and are not worn with a tie. I got mine at JC Penney as well as the San Francisco Rag Company men's clothing store at the Tucson Mall. But I normally opt for "business casual" (polo shirt and slacks).
Scott H.
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Editors Comment: "YOU GUYS ARE GREAT" kind of says it all about our M.S.N. "family."
Looks like this couple is well on their way to a warm welcome from our "family". This is as it should be for all of our present, future and former "family" members, however, just as in a normal biological or adoptive family -- we all usually seek the "friendship" of our siblings and of course it goes without saying some days are not quite as "friendly" as others!!! BUT if each person puts a friendly effort forward it hopefully will receive a friendly response!! Don't pre-judge anyone until you have walked in their shoes!!
Big Hugs to all,
Thom
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Hate crimes bill passed
This just in from H.R.C. (Human Rights Campaign)
Dear Thomas,
I have some amazing news: after a Senate vote today, the inclusive hate crimes bill has crossed its last hurdle in Congress! President Obama has vowed to sign it by the end of this month.
Today's victory marks a truly pivotal moment in our fight for LGBT equality. It happened because of the dedication of people like you and the families of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., for whom the bill is named.
And with bills seeking to end workplace and military discrimination coming up for debate in Congress, today's victory could be just the first of many if we can keep up our momentum.
Check out our Love Conquers Hate site - celebrate this victory and send a note of thanks to the Shepard and Byrd families for their years of hard work!
Courageous lawmakers are continuing to hear from right-wing groups falsely claiming their vote will end free speech, criminalize anti-gay thoughts, and open the door to jailing pastors for their sermons.
One recent right-wing article said passing this bill would "shred America's Judeo-Christian value system."
That's what we're up against.
It's clear that we can't afford to sit back and hope for the best.
But we've proved today that if we continue to fight with the passion and persistence that paved the way for today's hate crimes victory - we can fulfill the promise of this moment, despite our anti-equality opposition.
I hope you'll take one moment today to celebrate this turning point and send your message of support for the families whose dedication helped pass this law: http://www.LoveConquersHate.org
Thank you again for everything you've done to help make this possible.
Warmly,
Joe Solmonese
President
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Have a Safe and Fun
Holiday Season
Sincerely,
Thomas Goodrich, Editor pro tem
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