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 Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone.  I hope you found suitable ways to celebrate.  A friend and I celebrated by going to a fish fry at St. Aloysius Church and school.  The dinner was held in the gym/lunch room of the school which was spacious enough to hold several rows of long tables end to end, all covered with bright green plastic table cloths.  The event started at 4:30 and we decided to arrive at least by 5:00 to beat the crowd.  Well, evidently everyone else also thought that was a fine idea.  We found a parking place and got to the right door by following a couple who looked like they knew where they were going.  Once we were in the gym we got into a short line to pay for our meals, only to be kindly told that we were in the line for carry out, and pointed to the line for those wanting to dine in, which we did.  That line stretched around three sides of the room.  We moved forward slowly but surely, as the line grew ever longer behind us.  After twenty-five minutes we had paid for our meals, selected our yummy deserts, were served with fish, scalloped potatoes, coleslaw and a drink, and found seats at one of the long tables.  The food was delicious, really good fish, and we were served with second helpings.  As I ate, and chatted with others at the table, I heard one person comment that they had gone to the fish dinner at St, Vincent's last Friday, then someone else commented on another fish dinner two Fridays ago.  It took me a minute to figure out that fish fry dinners were more about Lent than St. Patrick's Day.  All in all, it's an admirable way to enjoy fish on Fridays.