Into November

55º here in La Feria, TX at 8:30 Friday morning.  Overcast, but to be sunny and high of 78º later on.

I finally combined all the videos we took while at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque in October and you can see them here:  CLICK HERE for videos we made at Balloon Fiesta in October

 On Halloween day we, and several from Kenwood RV Park, went down to the La Feria Fire Department and joined them and the La Feria Police, and several city officials, pass out candy to the throng of people.  Started at 4 pm and ran out of candy before 5 pm, but more was bought and even the Firemen gave us some of theirs so we lasted until 6:45 pm when it was all gone.  Looked to me like a huge training place for socialist democrats -- everyone was looking for free stuff!

Here are some pictures off Facebook of my brother Roger's great granddaughter, Emma, dressed for Halloween.

And, of course, need to add some pictures of our Great Granddaughter Jessica (and her parents)


Left our Clarinda home on Sunday September 30th, got here at our La Feria home on Tuesday October 16th.  Phyllis started working, again, as Activity Director on October 25th.  And, now, we are into November.  Activities will be picking up for Phyllis as more people are arriving in the park on a daily basis.  She has an Activity Director's Welcome Home RGV Connection Fair, November 6 .. 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the McAllen Convention Center which is on the same day I start back to practice for the Magic Valley Men of A-chord  barbershop chorus so will ride together.

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

"There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane..."

Pilot - "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land ... it's a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern."

And, after landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express.  We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice comes over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced: "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as Hell everything is going to fall out."

From a Southwest Airlines employee.... "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more.

Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive.

Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest 
Airlines."

"As you exit the plane, please make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses." "Last one off the plane must clean it."

And from the pilot during his welcome message: "We are pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry.  Unfortunately none of them are on this flight!!

Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City: The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump and I know what ya'll are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendants' fault.....it was the asphalt!"

Another flight Attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the Flight Attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt up against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal.

Part of a Flight Attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways."
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Later, Lynn