Flowers

[IED0DXM%OAC.UCLA.EDU@mitvma.mit.edu]

 To: Loe-Hounds
 From: Andrew Marvick (IED)
 Subject: Flowers

     Well, IED went ahead and ordered the flowers, taking the extreme
liberty of using everyone's "extra" 50 cents from their now-probably-
aborted-or-at-least-temporarily-suspended-tape-project money, plus
another ten bucks of his own money. IED believes the flowers worked
out pretty well, considering.
     After shopping around at more than half a dozen florists' shops
here in L.A., IED found a florists' international _directory_, and
sure enough--there's a florist's _in_Welling_ that takes American
Express orders by phone! The most logical solution all along. Anyway,
the other great thing about doing it on IED's own, by phone, is that
it costs _much_ less money. The total cost was 12.50 Pounds per dozen,
with no surcharges--so IED went ahead and blew the entire $78.00 from
the tape project "surplus", plus an additional $10 (and the $6 phone-
call) on _four_dozen_white_roses_. The florist's in Welling (very nice
English-sounding lady--it was neat!) couldn't guarantee ivy, but they
said the white roses were no problem, and they'd intertwine them with
some kind of green leafy stuff if no ivy were obtainable. Also, they
couldn't deliver on the 30th (Sunday), so it'll go out on Saturday,
the 29th. IED figured these minor glitches were a small price to pay
to be able to get four times as many roses as expected.
     Let IED take this opportunity to thank Neil and several others in
the UK for their advice and/or generous offers to help with this project.
     Also, IED has made up a very snazzy-looking laser-printed
birthday card from all the people who contributed, and has mailed it
off to the florist's shop, with any luck to arrive by the 29th. (If
not, she took down IED's briefer card-inscriptions over the phone, but
chances are the real card will make it in time.)
     IED hopes he hasn't disappointed or offended anyone by taking this
liberty. Meanwhile he consoles himself by observing that nothing could
be a more fitting gift to Kate than flowers, in light of the title of
her new album--_The_Sensual_World_.

-- Andrew Marvick

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                                    very best wishes
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