TOASTMASTERS CLUB 1841
FRIDAY <> JANUARY 27, 2012 KISSIMMEE UTILITY AUTHORITY
CALL TO ORDER: RON SZASZ
TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY – NEIL ALLEN
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THEME: “REMEMBER WHEN!
TOASTMASTER – SHON COLEMAN
There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain and the human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consists of at least 60% fat
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT, HEATHER SZASZ
WELCOME TO ALL…
- · 17 PEOPLE PRESENT; ONE GUEST – WANDA BOEIRO (RETURN GUEST)
- · MARISSA ATHERLEY JOINED LAST WEEK… CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME!
- · SEMI-ANNUAL PARTY- VALENTINE’S MONTH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012- 6:00 P.M.; DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUCNED. MARY LEE GILL HAS OPENED HER HOME TO US FOR THE EVENT.
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INSPIRATION AND PLEDGE – MARY GUIDONE
“Put a smile on your face; it’s contagious! Bring a little sunshine into someone else’s life by giving away a smile!”
Anonymous
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WORD OF THE WEEK – PATRICIA VILLAREAL
“OBSEQUIOUS”
ob-sec’-qui-us
1-Servile compliance or deference- fawning
Example: Eddie Haskell (from Leave It To Beaver) demonstrated obsequious behavior.
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FIRST SPEAKER – MARY LEE GILL
SPEECH # n/a – (6-8MINUTES) – N/A
“PLAN B”
Plan B…. plan A is how we think our lives will go. We all think our lives are perfect and then change hits and you start living plan B, which is both scary and exciting. Plan B can be a great chapter in your life if you play your cards right. When I learned my friend Kitty was moving back up to Maryland, I called her to congratulate her on Plan B and to tell her that this could be one of the best chapters of your life. Plan B for me was when I met all of you. I joined a church to meet some sinners and found none there but I came here and found plenty of them in Club 1841. Since I hate old people, I resisted going to centers where they congregate. I did attend a Senior Center where widows were bragging about how many husbands they had buried, some of which were just napping. I can’t possibly top those people who have buried four husbands; I won’t be around that long. Both my husbands are taking a dirt nap. The only thing they both had in common is they both slept in the nude with a watch on. I always wanted to know “Who is going to ask you what time is it?” When I go on a dinner date now, I try to find out what the guy sleeps in. My friend Kitty has had so much plastic surgery done… when she blinks her eyes her toes curl up. She looks like a startled, hard-boiled egg! If that was the look you were going for, you hit it. If you can’t afford plastic surgery, go bra-less and it will pull the wrinkles out of your face. Someday, you will all start living Plan B… and it could very well be one of the best chapters of your life.
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SECOND SPEAKER –TONY MORELLI – (5-7 MINUTES)
SPEECH NUMBER 8 – GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH VISUAL AIDS
“RUNNING”
Do you like to have fun? How about having fun when you exercise? I do! I used to play handball, which is very similar to racquet ball except you use a hand instead of the racquet. As you get older and put on weight and your cholesterol gets higher, my doctor told me I needed to change my diet and exercise. My dad is 90 and I don’t want to die before him. RUNNING- what a terrible way to do something for fun! I joined Weight Watchers and started to run. My son got me involved in a 5-K run, dressed to kill, of course. 3.1 miles is a long way. After finishing the first mile, it was finally time to walk. Before I finished, I walked four different times between the running. An older gentlemen gave me some good advice- get running sneakers, not what you have on. These running sneakers (exhibit) have over 200 miles on them. If you log over 300 miles on a pair of shoes, they break down and you have not support. He also told me to get rid of the cotton shirt and replace it with a tech shirt (exhibit). I also have a winter shirt (exhibit) to provide warmth when it’s cold out. I have shorts but when it gets too cold, I got some nice long pants (exhibit) so that I can be comfortable. He also told me to get rid of the knee length sox and replace them with thick, tiny sox (exhibit) to allow my legs to breathe. When you’ve run a lot, you occasionally need spray (exhibit) and lights (exhibit) when it’s dark out. My friend suggested a series of different types of running, varying the cadence and length and speed. The day I had the most fun was when I did six miles, which takes about one hour to run. I run early in the morning. The idea is to keep your heartbeat up for a period of time. You have to be careful that the lactic acid that builds up in your body is exhausted as you build up your run. After I finished that day, I literally had a “runners high,” which was the first time that’s ever happened to me. Running can be fun!
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TIMER REPORT- MARY GUIDONE
ONLY MARY LEE QUALIFIED; TONY WENT OVER.
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TABLE TOPICS – ANNIE YAN
Michael Aun… Blah, blah, blah…
Patricia Villareal… The book I read over and over as a child was “Black Beauty” which was a story about a horse who had Plan A and Plan B. I have two older brothers who knew not to bother me when I was reading “Black Beauty” because I would always be crying.
Mary Guidone… Turning 30 was okay for me. The only thing that changed was my parents who recently retired and purchased a home in Merritt Island. They’re thinking about selling the house that I grew up in. I hate to see them move on because it’ll take me a while longer to visit, which is selfish for me. I’m excited for them!
Pam Leonard… I remember when I got the lead in the high school play, which was par for me because I loved to show off. The male lead in the show was popular but he was sort of boring. I look back on it now and wonder where he is today. When we graduated, I had to have crutches to go up and this male lead was to help me. When he failed to show up at our class reunion, we all got in our cars and went to his home to see why he didn’t show… but he wasn’t home.
Marisa Atherley… When I was younger, I used to visit Barbados where my family is from. I still visit twice a year. As a child, I was picky when it came to eating and I didn’t want island food; I wanted McDonalds. My grandfather told me to eat my eggs so I could have big “mus-kels.” That was our running joke until he passed away a few years ago.
Neil Allen… I don’t think my kids have been obsequious. My second son liked to run around and do the things that I did. He wanted to help mow the yard and had to pull the bars down, causing him to miss parts of the grass he missed. When Debbie came out and looked, she complimented Brandon on the good job and I returned to finish the rest of the yard.
Maira Duran… My first bicycle… I’m the youngest of six- four boys and two girls. My sister didn’t really want to play with me because I was so much younger. I used to play handball growing up in Brooklyn and I really didn’t have a bike of my own. I had a trike but I mostly played what my brothers played, hand ball or whatever. We had a giant playhouse in our back yard and we always played school and teacher. I eventually got a red bike which I shared with my cousins.
Ron Szasz… I was born and raised in Miami and there is a place called “Monkey Jungle.” We rarely went there. I was told there was an island down in the Keys where people experimented with monkeys and the joke was that these monkeys in “Monkey Jungle” were escapees from the island. You would never think of a monkey as a pet but many people do have them today.
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TIMERS REPORT: MARY GUIDONE
Everyone qualified except Priscilla, who was two seconds short.
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BREAK TIME
MASTER EVALUATOR – RON SZASZ
EVALUATING MARY LEE GILL- HEATHER SZASZ
Mary Lee’s presentation was great. When you have a great speaker like Mary Lee, it stretches you as an evaluator. Mary Lee sent me an e-mail and asked me to give her some thoughts about how to get to the next level. Your opening was terrific. But you only worked one side of the room predominantly. Had you used both sides to play off of one another, it could have reinforced your title Plan A versus Plan B. Mary Lee’s humor is wonderful. She took us down one road (playing Bridge) and we ended up learning about the people playing and how many husbands they had buried. You word pictures… i.e. “looked like a hard-boiled egg.” Lock in with audience members a tad more and don’t scan the eyes and move on too quickly. Despite distractions with the lights, your ending was practiced and perfect.
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EVALUATING TONY MORELLI – GWEN FIX
Tony’s presentation was wonderful… your smile is contagious and your laughter invites all of us to laugh with you. You do like to have fun; we can tell. We all have to watch our weight. Many of us don’t like to run or walk. You used your body as a visual aid and you showed us your running wardrobe in the form of exhibits. The only thing I could see was you tended to work one side of the room and our side didn’t always hear what you were saying. You explained to us how you built up your running and that’s great and informative. Try to stay on time next time because you ran a tad long. Great job on Speech Number Eight.
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TIMERS REPORT- MARY GUIDONE
BOTH EVALUATORS QUALIFIED
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AH / GRAMMARIAN – SANDY GEROUX
We had some of the following: you-know, like, so, and a lot of run-on sentences and paragraphs. Too many sentences were starting sentences with “and” and “so.” They are words that keynote run-on thoughts. Tony had some double-clutches. There were no grammatical problems today.
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WORD REPORT – PRISCILLA VILLAREAL
“OBSEQUIOUS”
ob-sec’-qui-us
1-Servile compliance or deference- fawning
Example: Eddie Haskell (from Leave It to Beaver) demonstrated obsequious behavior.
Michael, Neil and Sandy used the word for the day.
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JOKEMASTER
PAM LEONARD
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CLOSING AWARDS – HEATHER SZASZ
TABLE TOPICS WINNER: MARISA ATHERLY
BEST EVALUATOR: HEATHER SZASZ
BEST SPEAKER: MARY LEE GILL
