Friday

The wind she blow like hurricane.  What line is that from?  Anyway it was  windy day and cold night, but the sky at least cleared and was sunny.  Now you will know why we brag on the warm days down here in the desert.
  We went out to an estate sale today, but didn't find a great deal to attract us.  It must have been a single old lady as there was nothing of interest to me.  Marg saw a few things, but in the end only the porcelain roaster caught her fancy and came home with us.  There was another sale in the same park where the guy had his unit advertised for sale and was getting rid of stuff.  I did buy a soldering gun when his wife was looking after things and I was able to make a deal.  When he came back I was looking at something else, but ended up just walking away.  I think that was the only thing we picked up there.
  On the way back I stopped at circle K for fuel because they accept the Fry's discount points and got gas for $1.95 per gallon with it.  Fuel prices seem to be going up this month, which seems to be fairly normal here.  It generally tops out the day I fuel up to leave for home.  LOL
  We stopped in at the hardware store where I picked up a short piece of wire to help Kenny connect a spot light to his porch light tomorrow.  I was sort of looking for something at the sales, but resorted to buying a brand new piece of wire.  You know how it is with old folks, they are the ultimate in re-cylers, trying to always use some old stuff instead of new.  A guy spends a day looking for just the right thing, so he doesn't have to spend a buck.  Pretty funny.
  In the afternoon I played pool and all I can say is that I should have played this well yesterday in the pool tournament when we won 5 games and lost 13.  In some circles they would say we had our butts handed to us.  Today I was unbeatable when playing one on one.  When we were playing in teams I dropped one, but it was a fun day.  When we were playing teams one of the guys complained when he was shooting behind me, that I never leave him a shot.  The irony was that from that position he complained of, he sunk 5 consecutive balls.  Duh!  He is an older guy and is notorious for his whining and complaining as well he really gets owley if you hook/snooker him.  So after his turn where he made 5 balls, the next two turns he was snookered, by yours truly.  Everyone but him play that way here and it sure stopped the complaining.  LOL
  One of the ladies in the park went out in an ambulance this afternoon.  She had pneumonia or darn close to it.  She had been ill for several weeks and it got bad enough today that she was having respiratory problems.  The fire dep't are always the first on scene here and they do an excellent job of getting people stabile and transporting them.  Just one of the problems when you hang out with old folks who are away from home all winter in these parks I guess.  We had a telephone call with our banker today to sort out an issue that went bump and it seems sorted out now.  The account manager dropped the ball, but we got hold of Wanda, the assistant who makes everything right and it seems to be sorted out.
  We had a small group at happy hour today, it seems lots of folks were busy today.  Some of the group were going out to a new buffet tonight, but Marg had supper in the oven in the new roaster before we went for happy.  It was a nice roast of chicken breasts, potato, vegetables.
   For those of you participating in where is the opening line from - as best I recall it is "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner".  Have a great day!