St David's Day

A bank holiday in the UK; St David's day, to celebrate the patron saint of Wales. Now there is a saint I could get to like - LOL. For users of Google, you no doubt noticed their logo in the shape of a dragon today. Another nice day & we got up early & went to coffee & donuts. Sat with the Ohio bunch & our neighbours from BC. As luck would have it the table was drawn 2nd or 3rd out, so our - We're not last status - is still holding. Lots of people there this AM. They do birthdays & anniversaries for the month so Marg got up and announced that we were both having birthdays. One of our friends commented that it was a big one for me - you got that right; it's the one where I start to receive OLD AGE PENSION from the Canadian govt. When I told mother this was kind of a mixed blessing, she had a good laugh. They have a time when you can announce anything for the good of all at coffee. Harold from Nebraska got up to announce that he got a parking ticket - eh and tore it up eh. He is a retired highway patrolman, so went on to say he had narrowed the investigation down, eh! All the time looking right at me. Last week he was parked cross-wise, so I had hand written: "Parking Violation, penalty to be assessed" and put it under his wiper. Not sure how he worked out the guilty party, but it got a laugh. There were a few new people and some leaving today. There was quite a bit of turn-over this month, probably a dozen or better. They took a poll to see who was leaving at the end of March & about half the people there raised their hands. The end is in sight. After we went out and got money from the bank to pay the rent & power for March. After that we went over to the carwash and got my free wash. It's a big car wash just up on Signal Butte and I wanted to use it up as I get another free one on my birthday. The car was all dusty from the rain the other night. Played pool in the inter-park league today & we won 1 of our 3. Considering the team only lost 4 games today and I was on the pair that lost 2 of them, I think I may be something like the handicap. In fairness, the other guys were pretty good. I played with Mike, our team captain/organizer and didn't get kicked off - yet - LOL. Went to Kenny & Doris' park model where they had cocktails at 4. This is where Bill & Patti stayed when they were here. They had quite a crowd, about a dozen, I think. Marg took deviled eggs, they are always a hit. Jerry B had brought some sausage he made, called it German sausage & it was very good. He said it was his grandfather's recipe - so I asked if it was grandpa wurst. You know - the German word for sausage. Well they thought it was funny. By the time we finished snacking neither of us were very hungry, so just had a light supper. Some friends here from Alberta had to go to the hospital, Frank hurt his back. They x-rayed it, gave him a shot & painkillers. The bill was $2,000. It would have cost less to fly home to Calgary and get it looked at. Spend any time down here and you won't knock our medical system.