<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15406">Having gotten through one "holiday" here is a reminder of a modern event. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15446"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15554">THE White Elephant Sale is coming soon. It fills a warehouse that covers a city block in West Oakland. Nearby parking is limited. Some people actually park in Alameda and walk over the High Street Bridge. Details at: <a href="https://www.whiteelephantsale.org/" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15479">https://www.whiteelephantsale.org/</a> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15603"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15604">This is a fund raiser for the Oakland Museum of California <a href="http://museumca.org/" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15688">http://museumca.org/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15746"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15744"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15486"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15547"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15450"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15895" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15894"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15893"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15892"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15891" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15899"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518714564068_15898">From:</span></b> "olanna@gmail.com" <olanna@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tony Godshall <togo@of.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>; conspire <conspire@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:26 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] Seasonal observance<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5621031888"><div><div dir="ltr">And I was simply glad to be almost free from vertigo. :)</div><div class="yiv5621031888yqt5284538200" id="yiv5621031888yqt54245"><div class="yiv5621031888gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5621031888gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:46 AM, Tony Godshall <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:togo@of.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:togo@of.net">togo@of.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv5621031888gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">and don't forget to start with your salted mealcakes, prepared by the<br clear="none">
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> To better uphold tradition on this day of feasting and purification, you<br clear="none">
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> the obvious sacrificial feast, and cut the victims' skin into thongs,<br clear="none">
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> Many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down<br clear="none">
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> struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery,<br clear="none">
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