Regretfully I cannot be with you all tonight. I couldn’t however let this opportunity go by without offering my sincere thanks and appreciation to David and Diana for their hospitality and very imaginative way of bringing together such a diverse group of interesting individuals.
My evenings with many of you always proved to be exhilarating and informative. I consider myself very fortunate to have been given the chance to meet you all and discuss such a wide scope of topics. Being new to Montreal when I joined the group, it was a great forum for me to get into the “beat” of what this great city is all about.
Once again, hats off to David & Diana for their dedication and community spirit in keeping this going – please raise your glasses on my behalf to them with the hope of many more “salons” to come.
Sorry I missed the landmark Wednesday night meeting. We have been working
with our technical crew here in St-Sauveur preparing for the 18th Gala Des
Étoiles on Sept. 6 at Place Des Arts. We are also working on our touring
schedule for early 2002 (Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan).
I still enjoy your wonderful website; keep up the great work. See our
updated website at: www.GalaDesEtoiles.com .
Pierre D'Amour
Dear David/Diana, thanks so much for the 1000th. Julia discovered her Daddy on
the cover of the Examiner with great joy.I am off with Lufthansa again on
Monday. Should be back for a day or two in July, to be followed by regular
attendance at McGill from Sep.1 on. Keep up the spirit! Tony
Mon 4/30/01 10:53 PM
Dearest Diana and David, my Mum and Dad,
Congratulations to the 1000th celebration of Wednesday Night! Though I can't
be present, my heart will be there with you celebrating!!
Here is a copy of my article about Wednesday-Night which will be appear on
the newspapers in Kunming and Singapore during this period(since this week
is the 7-days public holiday), will send you copies of the newspapers later
- my gift to the Millennium Celebration!!
Hope the celebration is a big success and full of joys!!
Love Anna
chen anna
click for the www.Wednesday-Night.com/Anna_Chen.htm article appeard in a China news paper
Tue 5/1/01 1:14 PM Dear David and Diana,
Just a quick note to wish you all the best for tomorrow evening and to send
my regrets that I'm still stuck up here in Kyrgyzstan and therefore unable
to attend. I can assure you, however, that I will be with you in my
thoughts and drink a toast to the event as I head back on the weekly
Thursday a.m. BA flight, which should be departing from Bishkek at just
about the same time you will be starting the festivities. In the meantime,
I hope you enjoy the little rhyme which follows.
Best of everything to both of you,
Sam S.J. STEIN
Every week on Wednesday night,
We come from the left and from the right,
From far and near and in between,
From high and low, to see and be seen,
To discourse with eloquence,
And expound with elegance.
We preach and argue and even squabble,
Yet never does the conversation wobble.
With David at the helm the course is true,
Even though the subject may be blue.
And when the pilot must be guided,
Diana makes sure he's not one-sided.
After one thousand nights the magic has just begun,
Like Sheherezade's Prince, we need a thousand and one.
Mon 5/14/01 2:18 PM David and Diana --- that was a wonderful picture of you two in the Westmount Examiner, as was the article. Something Diana said about fields that influence the economy caught my attention, as I have just finished reading Jane Jacobs' "The Nature of Economies" - fun *and* full of insights.
Best regards,
Peter Peter Dunn
Tue 5/8/01 11:24 AM Having finally reached the mature age of 1001, the evening may get
the respect it has long deserved and I shall do my best to make a
belated appearance, giuven an unusual dearth of competing events.
Des Morton Prof. Desmond Morton
You guys are crazy - I love you!
Josette Josette D. NORMANDEAU
Fri 5/4/01 11:08 PM Next trip, we will loosen up on our schedule and spend a less "compacted"
time. Thanks to you and your Wed night group, the collective IQ of this
region, not to mention, intellectual alertness, is raised every Wed.
Love, Dave/Terry Washington
see our David & Terry Jones pages with inside stories on Quebec, Canada
Dear David and Diana,
It must have been a great bash. We were really looking forward to being
there to help you celebrate, for 1000 sessions must be some sort of world
record. Not even Ed Sullivan could top that. But the gods were unkind. I
fell into a pothole, coming out of Reno's on Taschereau of all places, and
gave my ankle a bad sprain. I was hobbling around on crutches when
necessary, but most of the time just stretching out on the couch, nursing
the ankle and catching up on my reading as best I could. It's a slow
process; I'm still wearing a brace.
Take care, Frank Kinnelly
May 2, 2001
To All the Gang at the 1000th Wednesday Night Salon!!!
Regretfully I cannot be with you all tonight. I couldn't however let this opportunity go by without offering my sincere thanks and appreciation to David and Diana for their hospitality and very imaginative way of bringing together such a diverse group of interesting individuals.
My evenings with many of you always proved to be exhilarating and informative. I consider myself very fortunate to have been given the chance to meet you all and discuss such a wide scope of topics. Being new to Montreal when I joined the group, it was a great forum for me to get into the "beat" of what this great city is all about.
Once again, hats off to David & Diana for their dedication and community spirit in keeping this going - please raise your glasses on my behalf to them with the hope of many more "salons" to come.
Sincerely, Robin
J. Robin Wohnsigl President, Air Canada Technical Services
2/May/2001 8:00 To David and Diana
Congratulations on the wonderful milestone of 1000 Wednesday night meetings.
Martin Barnes
click for a
card
Tue 5/1/01 4:00 PM
Dear David & Diana
Here's wishing you all the best for tomorrow night. I hope to be there. I'm
also making arrangements for our top Examiner photographer to drop by for a
few minutes---I'm sure you'll agree this is page 1 photo material.
Happy 1000th!
Congratulations and best wishes, Wayne
Wayne Larsen
Tue 5/1/01 1:14 PM Dear David and Diana,
Just a quick note to wish you all the best for tomorrow evening and to send
my regrets that I'm still stuck up here in Kyrgyzstan and therefore unable
to attend. I can assure you, however, that I will be with you in my
thoughts and drink a toast to the event as I head back on the weekly
Thursday a.m. BA flight, which should be departing from Bishkek at just
about the same time you will be starting the festivities. In the meantime,
I hope you enjoy the little rhyme which follows.
Best of everything to both of you,
Sam S.J. STEIN
Every week on Wednesday night,
We come from the left and from the right,
From far and near and in between,
From high and low, to see and be seen,
To discourse with eloquence,
And expound with elegance.
We preach and argue and even squabble,
Yet never does the conversation wobble.
With David at the helm the course is true,
Even though the subject may be blue.
And when the pilot must be guided,
Diana makes sure he's not one-sided.
After one thousand nights the magic has just begun,
Like Sheherezade's Prince, we need a thousand and one.
Tue 5/1/01 1:39 PM Kindly relay this message to the Nicholsons:
David and Diana --- I shall unfortunately be unable to attend the millenium celebration, as an old classmate from Bishop's University is in town. However, I shall drink to your health as your guests are raising a glass of bubbly to you. May Wednesday Night continue to thrive under your stewardship.
Kind regards, Peter
Peter Dunn Chairman of the Board Holdun Investment Management Inc. marie cormier
Tue 5/1/01 1:47 AM
Dear David and Diana,
Congratulations on your 1000th night and your very thought-provoking and
challenging evenings. Thank you for your invitation and I'm only sorry that
I'm too far away to accept. I did attend a very memorable one when I was in
Montreal.
With best wishes. Tulsi Mirchandaney
Tue 5/1/01 8:46 AM
Dear David:
Thank you so much for the wonderful and very interesting evening and it was great to hear that there still are some smart, successful and opinionated (in the good sense of the word) people around. Bombardier is indeed in good hands.
Good luck and CONGRATULATIONS on your 1000th! I can't help but think that one day, some luck historian will come across the tapes and the musty old notes from these meetings and a great whoop of delight will be heard. What a rich mine of information. By the way, you did a very good job controlling the conversation, just the right amount of cajoling and imperial dictums, but then again, after 999 tries, I suppose that practice does make perfect.
Please give my love to Di.
Cheers, John
John Angus
Mon 4/30/01 10:53 PM
Dearest Diana and David, my Mum and Dad,
Congratulations to the 1000th celebration of Wednesday Night! Though I can't
be present, my heart will be there with you celebrating!!
Here is a copy of my article about Wednesday-Night which will be appeard on
the newspapers in Kunming and Singapore during this period(since this week
is the 7-days public holiday), will send you copies of the newspapers later
- my gift to the Millennium Celebration!!
Hope the celebration is a big success and full of joys!!
Love Anna
chen anna
click for the www.Wednesday-Night.com/Anna_Chen.htm article
April 25, 2001
Dear Madame Cormier,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your kind invitation to attend the Millennium Wednesday Night reception at the home of David and Diane Nicholson on Wednesday, May 2nd.
Regretfully, Susanne and I will be unable to attend as we will not be in Canada at that time. However, please assure everyone that we will be thinking of them that evening and that we will drink our own toast here in Bermuda to celebrate and mark that special occasion.
Fondly, David & Susanne Notman
Paget, Bermuda
Wed 4/25/01 2:22 PM
D&D:
I salute your progress toward infinity in the number of Wednesday nights you
have done over the years!
I realize that Wednesday nights are a direct descendant of the smoke-filled
policy debates in hallowed halls of yore which drove the engines of the
expanding British Empire a couple centuries ago. But it is time for
Wednesdays to enter the 21st century-- AKA "The Jetson Years" -- with some
upgraded technological savvy.
So, everyone retire to the computer room and look over David's shoulder as
he upgrades his computer with the attached new software and peripherals.
Rick Sindelar
(Star of the Academy-Awarding Winning movie, "The Consul")
rita.thegourmet.com/computers.html
Hey Pete,
How are you?
I told you I will let you know the site's name www.HollywoodBabes.com
where I bought that fish net lingerie and hot rubbing oil. There are so much stuff we can
have fun with. I want to try one of the vibrators. I am sure you will help me use it ;-)
I can't wait to see you this weekend. I still can't forget the Wednesday Evening, that was the best
sex ever.
Call me later tonight , maybe I will come over.
Lisa
Lisa
Dear Mr. Nicholson,
I was all excited about this incredible event [#999] and it was an honor for me to be invited. Iwas getting to ready to attend, but was announced today that
my wife will be induced on that same Wednesday. I am sure you understand
the importance for us of that obligation. So unless she delivers before
that date, which is very unlikely, I will unfortunately not be able to
attend, to my great regret.
Luc
(P.S.: Would you ever consider a very late arrival? The delivery might go
well, and I would most likely not sleep at the hospital...)
David and Diana
--- thank you for including me in the august group. However, I'm on the selection committee for the dean of student services at Bishop's University, and interviews begin at 9 a.m. Thursday in Lennoxville, so if you don't mind, ......
Best regards,
Peter
Peter Dunn
David
Many thanks for your kind invitation to the upcoming 1000th Meeting, a truly auspicious event! Unfortunately I will not be able to attend, but hopefully will be in Montreal in the next few weeks when we can meet up again.
Best wishes Malcolm
Malcolm Thomas
Hi
I can't tell you how sorry I am that I will be missing the event. I am sure
that it will be recorded and hope that I will at least be able to watch some
of the festivities after the fact.
I will, of course, be there in spirit.
Happy 1000th!!!
Love, H.
harriet solloway
Dear Diana and David,
Thanks so much for the invitation. The event sounds more than interesting and I am honoured to be invited. Right now I am in Kyrgyzstan, which is about as far from Rosemount Avenue as one can get so, unfortunately, I will not be able to be there.
Having just finished a day of hiking in the (foothills of the) Tien Shan range (the second highest mountain range in the world) and enjoyed a meal of roast yak, I can't complain. However, I do miss Wednesday night and hope that I can get back for the Millenium Event, although this is far from certain.
Look forward to seeing you soon, Sam
S.J. STEIN
Dear David and Diana,
1000 Wednesdays, what a feat! And what a wild thought for 1001 nights. I
wish I could be there to celebrate with you, but business (and eve monkey
business)is keeping me in Toronto. I send you my warmest greetings and
hearty congratulations. I hope you get 1000 people and the Estates of
Rosemount (a real hot time and ... off the record ... anything then goes!)
To the Imperious Ruler and his chief wife - Lo and behold a magic lamp
with... a party genie ... and a wish for many thousand more Wednesday
nights -- a unique Canadian ( oops Scheherazadian) event. Have a wild and
wonderful Wednesday; I shall be there in spirit.
All the best,
Fondly,
Eliane
Eliane Labendz
David:
Unfortunately I will be in San Diego that day, but if and as time allows, i will join you on a future Wednesday.
Thanks for thinking of me.
Jamie
Jamie McIntyre
From: Christopher Halsted
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:36 PM
To: NICHOLSON Diana;
Subject: Re: Wednesday Night reaches the Millennium
Mr & Mrs N
WOW blast from the past! What a milestone ! Congrats! Unfortunately I / we will be on a well deserved vacation in Jamaica during that time, but I do love the fact that I am still remembered. I have fond memories of Wednesday nights.
I thought you would like to peruse my son's website, .... yes that's right my son's web site. He is turning 18 months in a week, and we haven't had a vacation since he was born!
members.home.net/coles6063/Welcome.htm it changed ..gone
Hope all is well in Westmount, and I look forward to reading the update of the Millenium Night on the Site! Love to Mark!
-Chris
14/Apr/2001 9:05 d and d
Re: Wednesday Night Millennium
on the 1000 or 10001 je vais faire l'ecole buissoniere...(no translation that i know of )
thanks and best wishes..and hope we will have soon a spring or summer..whichever is first..is welcome.
.....sam totah. next
Mon 4/2/01 1:56 PM David
I don't know how you manage, not to say manage to find time, to find all
those items which you link to. Incredible. Congratulations.
David Mitchell
From: David Kayeri Lukalo
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:44 AM
Dear Diana,
It is good to hear from you and to know that Wednesday night is still
going strong. Congratulations on the 'Milleniunth' edition!
It is five weeks since I arrived in Brussels and I have busy trying to
settle in, which is why I'm now playing catch-up with my mail. We are both
well, Susan has now been seconded to Exxon-Mobil Europe as a project
co-ordinator and as always is hard at work. I have just started meeting
with prospective employers, but have not made any decisions as yet.
Thank you for your consideration in giving me Hubert Lissen's contact, I
have not called him but will do so probably early next week. Please pass
my regards to David and the 'Wednesday-Nighters'.
Warm regards, David.
David Kayeri Lukalo
Dear Diana and David
Cheers and Mabruk (congratulations) for achieving One Thousand Nights, from
the land of the Thousand Nights!
Thank you for thinking of me and for your kind invitation. I have fond
memories of Wednesday nights and wish I could be there. Believe it or not
but I am actually scheduled to arrive in Montreal on the 10th of May to
deliver my courses at Concordia. Regretfully I cannot drive the camels any
faster!
Once again congratulations and please extend my best wishes to one and all
and particularly to my old friends who I miss greatly.
Donald Bunker
Dubai
From: IRU Brussels
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:36 AM
Subject: Reaching the Millennium
Dear Diana,
I truly hope that you will see lots of people on the 1000th or 1001st
edition of Wednesday Night ! I met Mr. Lamoureux (French) who is the
Director General of The Europan Commission - Transport Affairs who talked to
me about you. He came to one of your Wednesday Nights about 3 years ago. It
must have made an impression as he still recalls the event.
Again Congratulations on your 1000th or 1001st Wednesday Night !
Love, Hubert
Sun 4/8/01 11:51 AM Dear David and Diana,
Congratulations and best wishes for your forthcoming Millennium celebration. You both deserve the highest of praise for your steadfastness, determination, patience, endurance and contribution to the world of knowledge and intellectual ideas that only very special people can lay claim.
We are sorry that we can not be in Montreal to celebrate the Millennium with you, but please be assured that we will be thinking of you and your loyal troupers especially on the nights of 2nd and 9th of May.
Bravo and best wishes to you, Diana and all the Wednesday night devotees.
Sincerely,
David and Susanne Notman Bermuda
14/Dec/2000
Hi Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson!
Just has a look at the site...wonderful!
Keep up the good work
Mireille Silcott
Wed #979
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