tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post8810567144755415693..comments2024-03-29T11:33:48.153-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Bottom Feeding Blogger Visits Saucon Valley Country ClubBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-45880292223685656462015-10-28T21:34:29.376-04:002015-10-28T21:34:29.376-04:00Hey, sorry I asked you to park my car. You looked...Hey, sorry I asked you to park my car. You looked like a .... well, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-84500038130521968572015-10-28T13:42:53.561-04:002015-10-28T13:42:53.561-04:00Gee, LVIA brings tourists to the Valley, Artsquest...Gee, LVIA brings tourists to the Valley, Artsquest benefits from that. It is likely they would have hosted the retreat at no or little charge. And the NCC Gates Center is conveniently located and is a perfect site for a retreat. Not as posh or isolated as SVCC though. And at least whatever fees that are charged go to a NFP organization v. a highly-private country club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-45187097869267141122015-10-28T13:23:10.375-04:002015-10-28T13:23:10.375-04:00The blogger forum brought together many of the gre...The blogger forum brought together many of the greatest minds in the Lehigh Valley. It was a high watermark for ArtsQuest. they were wise to host it gratis.<br />-King Allentown, JrKing Allentown, Jrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-13491406355613766722015-10-28T12:53:01.242-04:002015-10-28T12:53:01.242-04:00Wow - I've not only not heard that, I've s...Wow - I've not only not heard that, I've seen they are very pricey.<br /><br />Have to keep that in mind.<br /><br />The BankerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19222120559907950252015-10-28T12:34:13.299-04:002015-10-28T12:34:13.299-04:00Sometimes they do, Banker. I know they allowed ET ...Sometimes they do, Banker. I know they allowed ET to host a blogger forum at no charge a few years ago. Maybe that policy changed. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-56918089343172394952015-10-28T12:18:32.225-04:002015-10-28T12:18:32.225-04:00Artsquest doesn't do anything for free!
Berni...Artsquest doesn't do anything for free!<br /><br />Bernie thanks for getting on this, more ridiculousness. It's getting tiring.<br /><br />The BankerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-85215134942370627132015-10-28T11:16:32.081-04:002015-10-28T11:16:32.081-04:00Don, I think I heard Troutman tell Everett, "...Don, I think I heard Troutman tell Everett, "It's a good thing we're not Jews." The club has a history of discrimination, although I'm sure that's no longer true. In my father's time, membership was pretty much limited to WASPs (White Anglo Saxon pricks). It was a strange choice as a public meeting place. If they wanted to have a retreat, they could have rented a room at NCC for $50. Artsquest might have let them meet at no cost. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-49898695284113339142015-10-28T11:06:31.927-04:002015-10-28T11:06:31.927-04:00"What do the board members get paid for these...<em>"What do the board members get paid for these type meetings? What is the annual pay?"</em><br /><br />As you likely know, they get no salary. I assume most are doing it out of some sense of service, and i reminded them of that yesterday when I said they should never meet at a prviate facility. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-23965276398799335022015-10-28T10:40:07.198-04:002015-10-28T10:40:07.198-04:00Bernie,
Back in the late '70's when I was ...Bernie,<br />Back in the late '70's when I was a new attorney, the Northampton County Bar Association had its meeting for the first time at Saucon Valley Country Club (when it was still the rural venue for Bethlehem Steel execs). I found myself walking up the front steps with the terrific trial attorney, Mark Refowich. I said to Mark as we entered, "You know, Mark, its a great country when an Irish Mic like me and a nice Jewish boy like you are finally allowed into this place." Mark growled back, "Well, f**k them and the limo they rode in on."<br />What a bizarre spot to hold a meeting of a public authority.<br />- Dondonmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262231700912730143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4522168155466892682015-10-28T09:12:44.668-04:002015-10-28T09:12:44.668-04:00You would think the members of Saucon could afford...You would think the members of Saucon could afford new curtains! Those curtains look 100 years old. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33130321662651344402015-10-28T08:59:43.841-04:002015-10-28T08:59:43.841-04:00What do the board members get paid for these type ...What do the board members get paid for these type meetings? What is the annual pay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-86122389446377790222015-10-28T08:43:44.381-04:002015-10-28T08:43:44.381-04:00Jeff Matskin.Jeff Matskin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-84589937220855247952015-10-28T01:32:38.012-04:002015-10-28T01:32:38.012-04:00"A quick nine holes"? Doughnut holes of..."A quick nine holes"? Doughnut holes off the buffant table? lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com