I didn't get much out of my short stint with the Boy Scouts but Be Prepared has been my motto since then. It just occurred to me that we need to discuss a contingency plan.

I was thinking of the wonderful nights in the YTB at Mystic and how they become lovely midnights and then lovely 2:00 AM's as the music and the beer flows. Then I had a vision of Barry's wife seriously contemplating divorce as a way to get the party to move out of her living room and the noise to subside.

I don't know about the rest of you but I don't want to see the thread, three days after the party, where Barry's looking for another place to live.

So how about this for a plan. There are a couple of motels close to Barry's house. If we can get two or three people to take rooms there we could adjourn to that location when Barry's children come weepy eyed to the door asking for the noise to go away so they can sleep. If we are sharp enough to see the signs of a disgruntled family we could save all kinds of legal hassles in the future. *BG*

Of course, this assumes that Mrs. Finn is not one of the instigators at 2:00 AM. For all I know Barry may go to Mystic just to get a chance to finally go to bed at 2:00 AM. But we may want to be on the safe side.

BTW, the reason I thought of 2 or 3 people getting rooms is so we could bracket the ongoing party with empty rooms and avoid a vist from the local constabulary. I'm sure they are nice guys and all but few of the policemen of my acquaintance truly enjoy the same kind of music we do.

So what do you think?