stranger in our town - the gun club

after several years as a missionary in the north west of england, i returned (despite my best efforts) to the town i'd grown up in.

through a string of preposterous circumstances (and with the assistance of someone as eccentric as myself) two weeks after arriving, i found myself setting up - and running - a second munch there.

as i was told, it's not rocket science - even for a stranger in town. and, they were right!

my original response was to refuse - i didn't know anyone here. nor did i know of any suitable pubs.

put on the spot, i decided on a date & time and took suggestions on where it should be held.

now, the received wisdom states that munches should be promoted with serious and informative posts on ic and fetlife. no-nonsense statements of fact that don't stick out, make waves or actually attract attention.

this might work fine in an area where one is a known face, but from a perfect stranger's point of view, why should a/anybody turn up at an event where they may not know anyone.

in the first instance, we had seven (including me).

so, me being me, i turned the dada up to eleven. i quoted monty python, which always works!

at the second iteration, numbers had doubled. and, i was advised to dump the dada - aye right! i've got this far without making sense - i'm buggered if i'm resorting to reasonable behaviour at this stage in the game!