The KlatschMeister was otherwise engaged this time (more later), so Lawrence stepped up to the plate and provided this excellent account of the Klatsch: There was a small turnout at Coffee on Oct. 10, 2007 @ Heartland NW. Regulars were either away or ill. Mary and I opted for Cappuccinos. (When I asked for a refill of café ordinaire, one of the gals politely said that they don’t offer freebee refills for cappuccinos, but she was happy to give me the ½ cup I requested as a compromise. Had her boss been in -- "the big guy" she called him -- she said she wouldn’t have been able to do that.) The Kid’s store next door had a teddy bear at its entrance that Mary thought looked like Walter Mathau (he did!), plus some very colourful clothing and stuffed animals. We ended up buying a birthday card for a young tyke we know. On the wall beside us were various reproductions. The Lady of Shalott was definitely a Victorian work, based on a poem -- Mary thought it was a Browning work, I thought it was Tennysonian. There was what appeared to be a Rembrandt -- perhaps a philosopher or a saint in his study. Nothing much to say about this one: the chiaroscuro was so pronounced that hardly anything was visible. Which brings us to the lack of something from one of those clickers that reproduce images viewed through a lens: the chiaroscuro was so pronounced that the result was all Black. Speaking of clickers that produce images through a lens, the KlatschMeister -- perhaps giving in to an uncontrollable urge which overtakes him in the middle of Wednesday afternoons -- got out one of his clickers where he happened to be and set its timer. Where was he? In Sparwood, British Columbia. And, after setting the self-timer, scampered over (as is his wont) to get in the photo. On this particular occasion he scampered over to get in this photo of The World's Biggest Truck!