However, Thursday nights find the dining room full with as many as sixty people enjoying intellectual conversation and friendly chatter. Inviting mealtime guests adds a little spice to the conversation. Usually, the guest finds themselves surrounded by eager questions and is only too happy to share their expertise with the participants. The students are ever polite and courteous to any guest and are reluctant to leave the table when the time comes for hashing. The guests almost always compare the well-cooked meals to the fare that they stomached in college.
Visitors come from many different backgrounds.