Re: Thank you Steve & Ann Stegmann

[Steve Stegmann <stegmann@domain.elided>]

Tom H.

I just read your post.  I have been reading the digest a bit this week 
but being in class has cramped my style a bit.

We had a great time.  I've had the opportunity to meet you and Elza, John 
H. & Wanda, Tom Mandera, & the McFarlings.  It has always been a 
wonderful experience.  You're right, these are the nicest folks I've 
met.  Just like family.  This has to be an above average group of folks.

We walked into the restaurant and looked around, and I saw you and Elza
watching the game.  We had just spent a half hour on the San Mateo bridge
waiting for the traffic to move.  Then, of course, looking for a
commercial address in an unfamiliar city in some traffic.  I spotted the
restaurant out of the corner of my eye and made a bat-turn & screeched to
a halt in the parking lane.  Then we went in, you didn't seem to pay any
attention, (I didn't know you were looking for a beard).  I checked my 
watch, 6:50, hmm....  Anne said you had phoned you were leaving around 
4:30 she thought....  So I was getting a bit frustrated.  Sorry 'bout 
that.  All in all it was pretty funny.

Anyway, it was a great evening.  Let me know if you are every near St. Louis.

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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Tom Harais wrote:

> Harvesters:
> 
> You know, I've been so busy lately that I sometimes don't remember which
> way to turn. I spend a lot of time making lists and a lot of time
> loosing those lists. The worst part is when I get so many priorities,
> that I forget a few and the opportunity passes me by.
> 
> Well, that just happened. I forgot to let you all know how a recent
> meeting of Digesters from different sides of the country went.
> 
> I live out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Steve Stegmann and his
> wife Ann were out here from St. Louis for some software training Steve
> must take, as well as to celebrate their anniversary (29th I believe) in
> the most romantic city in the U.S.
> 
> My fiancé and I got the chance to have dinner with the Stegmann's on
> Tuesday night. I picked a place at random halfway between my home in
> Antioch and Steve's motel in Mountain View. Elza and I got there first
> and were watching the Giant's game in the bar. Being female, Elza wanted
> to know how I was going to know who Steve and Ann were. She didn't think
> much of how I arranged this little meet. I told here I had no idea but
> Hofstetter had told me Steve had a beard (he lied to confuse me!).
> 
> Well, the appointed hour of seven came and went and lots of people had
> come and gone from the restaurant and still no Steve. Then, I heard a
> man say to a woman, "I have no idea what he looks like!". I realized it
> must be Steve and he was getting the same flak from Ann that I was
> getting from Elza.
> 
> Well, we had a great dinner and we talked for a couple of hours. They
> are truly great folks! The time just flew by and as 9:30 approached we
> parted ways.
> 
> This is the third or fourth time I have gone out and about to meet a
> fellow Digester that I didn't know from Adam and had a great time. Like
> many of you, I got a lot of flak from family and friends when I tell
> them I'm going off to have dinner with, or that someone is stopping by
> that, I only know from the internet. My friends and family think I'm
> nuts and that I could wind up dead or something. But, as long as they
> are members of this IHC Digest community I do not worry. I have met some
> of the nicest people I've met in a long time right off this bulletin
> board. And, I've had a lot of fun.
> 
> I encourage all of you to set up similar meets if the opportunity
> presents itself. It's a lot of fun and you have nothing to loose.
> 
> Thank you Steve and Ann and happy anniversary.
> 
> Tom H.
> 
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