<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Before people begin to get the impression that Atlantia has lost all sense of
<BR>courtesy, let me just relate that at Sacred Stone's Baronial Birthday this
<BR>weekend, I had to make several long trips from my cabin to the hall, my cabin
<BR>to the parking lot, etc, for many reasons. Carrying books for the heraldic
<BR>consult table, carrying feast gear, carrying instruments and music for the
<BR>bardic cirlce, and just many other things that we need in the SCA. Each time
<BR>I made such a trek, even if I was only carrying one or two items, I was asked
<BR>at least once if I needed help. Usually this person would be a stranger to
<BR>me, and I was asked even if it was obvious that I was only carrying one small
<BR>thing.
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<BR>I haven't been to an event in a long time where I have recieved so many
<BR>offers of assistance.
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<BR>As for the ladies who were not offered assistance, yes, someone probably
<BR>should have noticed them and offered to help. If I was one of the gentles
<BR>who walked by and did not offer my services, I am sorry.
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<BR>But I don't want the many courteous people who did help out, and have helped
<BR>out at countless events in the past, to be forgotten about when we discuss
<BR>courtesy in this Kingdom. For all of you, I say "Vivat!"
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<BR>Aye,
<BR>Eogan Og
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<BR>Tighearn Eoghan Og mac Labhrainn, CP
<BR>http://www.albanach.org
<BR>Sacred Stone Pursuivant
<BR>Web Master et A&S Minister for the Canton of Hawkwood
<BR>"Checky Or & Vert, two lions combatant, tails knowed, in base a mouse
<BR>couchant, all within an orle of roundels, Argent."</FONT></HTML>