A splendid time was had by all.
Faces were assigned to anonymous monikers that existed only in virtual space, and those faces were stuffed with first-class BBQ fare put out by Rick and the lovely Marie for all to enjoy.
While "the boys" talked audio, music, sports (well, some, anyway) the ladies occupied themselves inside talking about whatever it is they talk about. Mrs W did let on later that they derived more than a few giggles watching us going on and on amongst ourselves about minutiae of the hobby that they ffind infinitely boring.
Later, whe the ladies moved outside, "the boys" invaded the inner sanctum of Ricks multiple listening rooms and Alex brought out wonder after wonder from his magic bag of tricks so we could strip bare the weakness of any and all systems that dared play them. Gotta say, Rick's systems did pretty durn well her and came away unscathed.
We had a lot of great food and drink, a lot of laughs, shared many ideas, much knowledge (not to mention some pretty weird stories) and just generally wrung every good thing that could be had from those few, short hours.
Again, thanks to Rick and Marie for putting up with us and throwing a great get-to-gether.
