Did You Know? American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were Fed by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that were 27 feet (9 yards) long. If the pilot used up all his ammo, he was said to have given it the whole nine yards.
It’s 4:00 AM and guess who is up and about? For whatever reason, Sue was bright-eyed, and bushy-tailed at 4:00 AM wanted a cup of hot tea. Paul fell out of bed, crawled into the kitchen, and made tea, wondering the whole time if boiling water would be dropped on the floor as he prepared the tea with half an eye open? We had our tea and back to bed, we went. Ah, sleep, precious sleep.
OMG! What is that sound at 6:00 AM, it’s Sue getting up and wanting some more tea! Tell me it isn’t so! Indeed, we are up for the day! What will happen in five hours of sleep? Nothing!
The closets are nearly done, so Paul attacked the two half-sized filing cabinets! First things first! Instruction books, operating manuals, and other paperwork for the “appliances.” They are all organized now into their own Pendaflex folders! OMG, Paul can find the TV manual now and, more importantly the TV remote control manual! He did throw out about ten manuals of things long since gone. It was an excellent exercise. Paul went to Staples and got a clear plastic file box, just the right size for the collection of manuals! Into the closet, the file container went, and now they are easy to find!
We decided to go to the monthly Old Ranch dinner dance as Sue was missing our friends, and our friends wanted to see how she was doing. We decided to start getting ready at 2:30 PM so Sue would have plenty of time. Yep! Nope!
At 1:00 PM, she was stepping into the shower, and by 2:00 PM we were ready to go to a 4:00 PM meeting… What to do? Paul decided an excellent tour of Sunset Beach, Seal Beach, and South Long Beach would be in order! We finally arrived at Old Ranch about 4:00 PM and met up with our golf friends James and Linda Cathey. We now take a bottle of non-alcoholic wine with us where ever we go, and you know, it’s lovely!
It’s now 5:00 PM and time to dance… Well, we don’t dance these days, but our friends certainly did! It was nice to see Holly and Bill from Starlighters!
Bernie joins the band! 96 and going strong!
Did you Know? Maraca (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)), sometimes called rumba shaker, loser-shac, and various other names, is a rattle that appears in many genres of the Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair.
Maracas, also known as tamaracas, were rattles of divination, an oracle of the Brazilian Tupinamba Indians, found also with other Indian tribes (Garifuna, Guarani), and on the Orinoco and in Florida. Rattles made from gourds (Lagenaria) are being shaken by the natural grip, while the round calabash (Crescentia) fruits are fitted to a handle.
Human hair is sometimes fastened on the top, and a slit is cut in it to represent a mouth, through which their shamans (payes) made it utter its responses. A few pebbles are inserted to make it rattle, and it is crowned with the red feathers of the Goaraz. Modern maraca balls are also made of leather, wood, or plastic.
Holly and Bill, always fun!
So Holly? Is Bill a pilot? (Inside joke!)
Another closet maraca player
Dang, a musical talent we did NOT know about. Neal did ask for some human hair to attach tot he maraca, and then he looked at Paul and decided that would NOT be a good idea!
Sue was feeling pretty good today, although the prediction is, she will crash tomorrow! LOVE THAT SMILE!
Enjoying the festivities
We stayed until the end (all of 9:00 PM) and then headed for home where we watched a little TV before crashing at 11:00 PM. That early morning tea was too much. We both slept like the proverbial rock!
