He can neither confirm nor deny that the included image pertains to the "mount" or the "dismount." Use your own judgement, and make up your own story for all I care! This was taken during the TREPAC fundraiser last night in Fort Worth. Everyone had a good time...there was line dancing, corn-holing, mechanical bull riding, auction bidding, food and beverage, but mostly there was a lot of fun being had by a lot of great friends and colleagues from across the state. This morning was a pretty early start; packing, breakfasting, meeting, driving, catching up, and getting ready for the coming week.Backstairs -- Adjective. 1. secret, furtive. 2. sordid, scandalous. "During the protracted balloting,...backstairs talks began, aimed at stopping Jackson, according to operatives." Jeff E. Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 22, 2013
Did You Know? When Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, wrote in 1654 about leading someone "down a back-stairs," he wasn't referring to anything scandalous. He simply meant "down a secondary set of stairs at the back of a house." However, Boyle's contemporary, Sir Edward Dering, had used the phrase "going up the back-stairs" to suggest an approach that was not entirely honest. The figurative use likely arose from the notion that the stairs at the rear of a building are less visible and thus allow for a degree of sneakiness. By 1663, backstairs was also being used adjectivally to describe something done furtively, often with an underhanded or sinister connotation.
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