Time To Dance, Share, Laugh, Cry, and Smile!
Quotation To Remember: In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~Albert Schweitzer
NOTE: With this crowd we could burn to a crisp!!!
We just arrived from a day at the San Diego Fair. In fact, Paul changed clothes in the car before coming into the building.
A great Lodge with nice people! One of our favorites! We are associate members!
Time for friends
Jan and Brian live on hamburgers during their short stay in the States!
The question is: By hand or by fork???
Did You Know? - Hamburgers in America are eaten whole with one's hands. In some Commonwealth countries, it would not be unusual for a diner to remove the top half of the bun and eat the balance of the hamburger with a knife and fork. This is not so much at a fast food place such as McDonalds, but more you would see this at a fancier restaurant that serves burgers.
Also....
Apart from the fact the same foods are often called very different things, the style of eating between British English speakers and Americans differs vastly.
In the Commonwealth, one does NOT eat with just a fork… The knife remains in the right hand and the fork in the left. In the USA the knife is used to cut up the meat, after that, the knife is returned to the table, the fork placed in the right hand and the rest of the meal consumed with a fork only. In fact many meals such as salads are served with only a fork, very confusing for people used to using both implements for all meals.
In the Commonwealth the fork is held upside down, and food pushed onto the bottom side of the fork - which is now curving downwards (I know this doesn't make sense, but that's just the way it is!!)
We love these guys so much they can eat the burgers with chopsticks if they like!
Bob explains the concept of a wine glass....
For the cook! (Check the measurements carefully!)
Bob is prepared for the evening....
Bob knows he cannot levitate the glass but he is going to try anyway
Brian explains the finer points of burger eating to Del
Leon looks lonely... He needs to move!
Some serious giggling underway
Did You Know? - A link between laughter and healthy function of blood vessels was first reported in 2005 by researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center with the fact that laughter causes the dilatation of the inner lining of blood vessels, the endothelium, and increases blood flow.
Drs. Michael Miller (University of Maryland) and William Fry (Stanford), theorize that beta-endorphin like compounds released by the hypothalamus activate receptors on the endothelial surface to release nitric oxide, thereby resulting in dilation of vessels. Other cardioprotective properties of nitric oxide include reduction of inflammation and decreased platelet aggregation.
Laughter has also been shown to have beneficial effects on various other aspects of biochemistry. For example, laughter has been shown to lead to reductions in stress hormones such as cortisol and epinephrine. When laughing the brain also releases endorphins that can relieve some physical pain.
Laughter also boosts the number of antibody-producing cells and enhances the effectiveness of T-cells, leading to a stronger immune system
Bob explains the giggle theory...
Question: Is she buying the explanation???
"Did you hear what he said.... Dirty old man"
Get the oxygen bottle ready.... For Donna!!
"Your doing well Donna... You may want to speed up a little bit!"
"See I can do it without looking at my feet"
The band speeds up
Fantastic music...
Simply wonderful dance music...
"It's OK Donna... I will hold you up and get you to the table"
Returning to the table
Vicky will get the heart started again
OK... Back to normal
"So we got a brand new oven and I decided to cook a turkey in it, right?"
"We smelled smoke and found the oven instructions... burned up!
We forgot to move them out of the oven before firing it up!"
"After cooking the turkey, I called Mom and asked where are the giblets.... She said
in the plastic bag inside the turkey... Oh dear..."
"Now that there is funny!"
The stories that get told need to be recorded and played to our kids
Which story do you want tonight?
1) Aunt Donna and the new oven?
2) Aunt Vicky and the Girls Club Raffle?
3) Aunt Kathy looses her wheels?
4) Uncle Brian gets an oil bath at 35,000 feet?
5) Uncle Paul's Mommy runs away form home?
"I'll help you to your chair dear... We only danced six in a row!"
What is she thinking???
"More Polka???"
"No Donna... I do not want to wear you out!"
"Go away... I am attempting to get a good story from Jan!"
Friends are just the bestest things!
Del has the giggles now.... May be it is catching!?
My new goal... Get a story from everyone!
