75º at 8:45 am Monday. Very humid. Was in the 90's over the weekend.
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Juan brought his wife and son Roger to the St. Patrick's Day
supper where he took photos of all people as they entered
the hall. |
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Roger was full of energy and running, hiding, and playing
before the residents started arriving. He even entertained
them while they were seated, waiting for the supper. |
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| Juan with his family and the backdrop used for photos. |
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| Roger hiding behind the tables. |
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| The cooking crew making final preparations |
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| The cooking crew making final preparations |
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| The cooking crew making final preparations |
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| Phyllis at table to check in people, with Linda and Cathy - heads of the group |
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| Lining up for pictures |
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| Mike, Cathy's husband at right. |
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| Servers, the Lyndal's, ready. |
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| Getting drinks, then plates, etc. |
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I didn't take photo of my plate, but they dished out 3 whole potatoes,
a big scoop of cooked, sliced carrots, couple pieces of corned-beef, and about
a fourth of a head of cooked cabbage to each. (that wanted it) Delicious. |
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| Cake was served. Linda slicing and Butch taking one. |
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Terri sang a special Sunday at church service
just for her husband, Don, but we all listened. |
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| Don was almost overcome. |
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| Ya' think it's time to take down Christmas lites? |
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Went shopping Saturday morning in Pharr, TX at Costco
and then at Sam's Club in McAllen. |
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Ed Stanger's wife Kay has been either in the hospital or
incapacitated in their trailer all winter. Thursday he flew
home with her to stay with their daughter near Kansas City, MO
and then he flew back to get the Pickup and trailer. We and
two other couples helped him get "unset" and hooked up. |
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Friday, when the crew were working on the St. Patrick's Day
supper, they "cleaned the kitchen" and made a stew and invited
Phyllis and myself. |
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| The St. Patrick's Supper crew |
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| Eating lunch with the St. Patrick's Supper crew. |
Wednesday night we played Pegs & Jokers with Bobi Raab, Harold & LaRhoda Neher and Butch Geisking at Neher's place
I have posted several videos of our Men of A-Chord men's barbershop singing.
While some of the pictures are not the best (was not done from a tripod) the sound does come through. The ones taken at the Music For All Ages on 3-2-18 has a whine in the background that came from the air-conditioner in that huge 1,200 seating place.
Park is really thinning out as the RV'ers pull out and head north. Last fall we watched them come in like a wave upon the beach and now the wave is going back out.
GROANER’S CORNER:(( "Hey, that's a pretty fancy watch!" exclaims the stranger. Jake brightens a little. "Yeah, it's not bad. Check this out" - and he shows him a time zone display not just for every time zone in the world, but for the 86 largest metropoli. He hits a few buttons and from somewhere on the watch a voice says "The time is eleven 'til six" in a very West Texas accent. A few more buttons and the same voice says something in Japanese. Jake continues "I've put in regional accents for each city". The display is unbelievably high quality and the voice is simply astounding. The stranger is struck dumb with admiration. "That's not all," says Jake. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very hi-resolution map of New York City appears on the display. "The flashing dot shows our location by satellite positioning," explains Jake. "View recede ten," Jake says, and the display changes to show eastern New York state. "I want to buy this watch!" says the stranger. "Oh, no, it's not ready for sale yet; I'm still working out the bugs," says the inventor. "But look at this," and he proceeds to demonstrate that the watch is also a very creditable little FM radio receiver with a digital tuner, a sonar device that can measure distances up to 125 meters, a pager with thermal paper printout and, most impressive of all, the capacity for voice recordings of up to 300 standard-size books," though I only have 32 of my favorites in there so far" says Jake. "I've got to have this watch!" says the stranger. "No, you don't understand; it's not ready." "I'll give you $1000 for it!" "Oh, no, I've already spent more than..." "I'll give you $5000 for it!" "But it's just not...." "I'll give you $15,000 for it!" And the stranger pulls out a checkbook. Jake stops to think. He's only put about $8500 into materials and development, and with $15 000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in only six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in front of him. "Here it is, ready to hand to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it." Jake abruptly makes his decision. "OK," he says, and peels off the watch. They make the exchange and the stranger starts happily away. "Hey, wait a minute," calls Jake after the stranger, who turns around warily. Jake points to the two suitcases he'd been trying to wrestle through the bus station. "Don't forget your batteries."
Later, Lynn
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