Yesterday, the lovely went for a run, and I checked in on my students online. And, in between, grading papers and posting a few questions for them, I did search eBay. I know, you all are shocked by this behavior.
As it happened, there was a barset with corkscrew listed with a buy it now–not revised, just listed that way from the start. I hesitated for a moment, and then pounced.
After the lovely returned, and I finished my appointed duties, we got ready for the next leg of the journey. And, we headed toward Burlington, VT.
Taking the backroads, we got to enjoy the colors of fall in Vermont.
Soon enough we were rolling through Burlington, and found ourselves at our hotel, and met up with several of the ICCAers.
The evening started with the Right’s reception, which featured an interesting tulip shaped corkscrew.
This was followed by dinner which featured a “screw off” between Fred, Don and Paul. Fred ultimately won the screw off, however Paul was certainly more entertaining–it should be noted, that inserting a bottle of wine into one’s loafer, and proceeding to bang it repeatedly (and loudly) against a hotel door jamb will not only garner amused laughter and interest from the ICCA’ers, it has the potential to land you in the hoosegow.
Fortunately for Paul, he stopped the banging of the aforementioned loafer and bottle of wine before the staff called the authorities.
Dinner was great and the conversation (and wine) flowed.
josef@vintagecorkscrews.com 