Time To Parr-Tee At The Elks!
Yes.... It is that time of the week when we join up on the harbor at the Newport Harbor Elks, a friendly lodge! The officers and people there are very nice and always stop by to say hello! We occupy a table off the west side of the dance floor and away from the band so we can talk (actually laugh and giggle).
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We got here first as we leave right after church!
We phone ahead and let the lodge know how many are coming today!
Yes.... There will be eight of us today!
The gambling get's underway! It Brian going to us a knife and fork or his hands today??
Did You Know? - Lieutenant Colonel Jack Churchill held the unusual distinction of being the only British soldier in WWII on record as having killed an enemy soldier with a longbow. ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill insisted on going into battle armed not only with the medieval bow, but also a claymore sword.
Gene DeValle Was Playing today... That Means Excellent Music
...and the jokes are terrific....
Super sounds against a super backdrop!
This is where we drop the winning tickets!
Enjoying the view
...and a beautful view it was
Meanwhile Back At The Table
Deep in discussion.... Yeah!
Did You Know? - In case you’ve ever wondered what the name ‘Häagen-Dazs’ means, the answer is… nothing. It was just a pair of vaguely Scandinavian-sounding nonsense words (although they don’t actually conform to any Scandinavian spelling norms) invented by the ice cream’s Polish-American creator Reuben Mattus to give it an exotic Danish feel. Apparently, he simply sat at home saying nonsense words until he found a combination he liked.
It's dance time
Turning and turning... As long as Sue gets a glimpse of the golf standings....
Brian and Jan....
"No hugs today.... I am fighting a cold!"
We had some suggestions but Kerstin decided it would be too hard to dance
"All is OK... Tiger is ahead by three strokes"
Did You Know? - You might think that graffiti is a relatively new urban movement – but the act actually dates back thousands of years. Messages such as ‘Staphylus was here’, ‘Phileros is a eunuch!’ and ‘I screwed the barmaid’ were written on walls in the Italian city of Pompeii and preserved when it was buried by volcanic ash. The word ‘grafitti’ comes from the Italian ‘graffiato’, meaning scratched.
They are running at 80% giggle at this point
Sandy joins the fun! In this group laughing is a requirement
Giggle level approaching 96%
Oh dear!
Giggles also are know to cure colds
Goof stuff... Made in 1906 of who knows what!
"Just looking at the advertisement is making we feel better already"
"It's magic... I am well"
Frank And Liz Membrila Joined The Dancing (Facebook)
Liz and Frank Membrila
(Grandfather to his two grandson’s Mateo & Daniel)
Did You Know? - The legions of couch-potatoes out there can be particularly thankful to Zenith. In 1950, Zenith created the world’s first ever television remote control, called ‘Lazy Bones.’
"Hello there.... Notice, the burger is gone!"
"I won the pot! I thought you would get it with your hands!"
Did You Know? - America’s world famous and highly romanticised highway Route 66, synonymous with notions of the open road and rugged American motors, started out as a camel trail.On the back of the mid 19th Century’s Californian gold rush, Congress commissioned LT. Ned Beale to survey and establish a road, which wagons could use, linking the Colorado River to New Mexico.Beale dutifully went about his business using camels and not the customary horse as his means of transport on his pioneering expedition.
"Please... No more old cold remedies"
"This is my serious look!"
"All cured! I found out we are going to Catalina!!"
Did You Know? - It is against the law to sing off-key in North Carolina. A number of bizarre laws are still in place in America, though rarely enforced. It is also illegal to have sex in a churchyard or to use elephants to plough cotton fields.
"Good news is always better than medicines"
Giggle level approaching 100%
"See you next week...."
Did You Know? - The longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters. Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine is the chemical name of the largest known protein titin. Lexicographers have argued however that chemical compounds should not count. The largest non-technical word is antidisestablishmentarianism, with a mere 28 letters.
"Good afternoon all"
