Editor; Bruce Pelz

Uncorrected from the Original Publication

QUERIES AND ANSWERS: If a wit and a half - take a minute and a half to think up a put down, how long will it take Steve Fink to do so? A minute and a half longer than it takes him to find a wit to help him.

2. If Don Fitch turns down his hearing aid one-decibel (from its high point of 10 decibels) each minute over five minutes that he is stuck listening to someone, how long will Neal Clark Reynolds be able to talk to him? Indefinitely, as it does not matter to Neal if anyone is listening.
3. If Dwain Kaiser can buy votes, to a limit of six, at the rate of 30 pages free publishing of dittozines per vote, and Don Fitch can buy votes, to a limit of six, at the rate of one photo-offset cover per vote, who wins the election when 13 people (including Kaiser and Fitch) show up? Kathi Keith, of course, by a 7-6 majority. (Fitch wouldn't buy votes that way -- he wouldn't think them worthwhile. So DK would buy his six votes, but Pelz would doublecross him and vote for Kathi anyway. Who needs dittozine publishing?)

(Later in the Issue)

QUITE A GOOD TURNOUT at the meeting at my place last time, and even reasonable behavior, ValSFA can probably meet at the Tower again some time if it wants to -- but remember to ask first, huh?

Pointdexter, did you have to go barefoot for the last two weeks?

Bruce Pelz's apt, the Tower, was in Santa Monica. A fairly long trip for some of the ValSFAns but a quite enjoyable meeting. I think I came out a few bucks ahead in the poker game that evening.

This gives a taste of the ongoing (for the entire history of ValSFA) feuding going on among members. Some of these "feuds to the death" lasted for one meeting, some for years. Some boiled hot; some were like vocansios, extremely active for a short while, then doment. We all had strong views, we expressed them strongly, and we disagreed strongly. Also true of personalities, there were a lot of cooks fixing the pot of soup called ValSFA. Strangely enough this feuding didn't effect our friendships as much as one might think, as much as we fought we still found each other's company more interesting, more worthwhile, than any dozen mundanes outside of the club (or often even that of other fans).

I can only speak for myself but I enjoyed the company of the club members. I feuded with Bruce Pelz more than just about anybody. I always felt that it had something to do with our Leo personalities, we were doomed to crash. However as much as I might disagree with him concerning fandom/fanzines/fans I always admired his depth of knowledge of fandom and fanzines (damn, what a collection, rows and rows and cases of bound fanzines! ). His taste and knowledge of music and literature impressed me. His indexing impressed me. Last, but not least, he was a hell of a poker player. And nobody who can play poker that good can be all-bad.