No Need to be Poor and Look Poor...

This is a great expression that dad says every now and then - On the surface it sounds like - the addage "Fake it until you make it" when I think of it it is more of an attitude adjustment. I guess it could mean that it doesn't matter where you come from, you should act like you belong where you are.

I'm taking it with me out west Tomorrow, The Loyalists are ready to rumble, and we have worked hard to get where we are going and we will make the most of the opportunity that we have earned. We have been doing lots of fundraising, as the $30000 price tag to compete for the national title is quite steep. We have almost all of our big boys on board - we are missing a couple to Work (Wally and Eagers) and a couple to injury (Cammy and Dusty) - but we are also welcoming a few Loyalists of Old back into the fold - Fudgey, Thorpe, Kelso and MJ. So it evens out.

Reminds me of a Tennyson Poem as well...

Tho' much is taken, much abides;

and tho'We are not now that strength which in the old days

Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;

One equal-temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

So now the Loyalists are heading out west all polished up - we don't look poor and we won't act poorly - we are expecting big things from ourselves...