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<\/a>Happy Birthday Pete (Up in Big Bear this evening with some of our family)<\/p><\/div>\n
Horse racing? Well, it’s more like a controlled Chinese fire drill!\u00a0 Six people with hobby stick horses move forward along the race track depending upon the throw of the dice!<\/p>\n
Irene needs new shoes!<\/p><\/div>\n
We were there with the Branders, Irene and Pat, John and Linda, and Mike and Bridgette.\u00a0 We danced between races to the DJ and he did “OK”.<\/p>\n
We used our racing form\/cheet sheet to study the possibilities.\u00a0 We bet on every race, except the last one, and won $8… It took us $24 to “win” $8 but its for charity so who cares!<\/p>\n
<\/a>We had our racing forms at the ready<\/p><\/div>\n
There were almost 300 people in the lodge room so it got hot…\u00a0 We “dared…. no, double-dog-dared” Mike to fasten the fan to his tongue.\u00a0 He did.\u00a0 The fire Department came a few minutes later!<\/p>\n
<\/a>We “Double Dig Dared” Mike…<\/p><\/div>\n
John and Linda study the cheat sheet.<\/p>\n
<\/a>“What do you think… #2 or #4?”<\/p><\/div>\n
There off and running!<\/p>\n
<\/a>“Call To The Races”<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0Did You Know? At a horse race, it is a signal that all mounts should be at the paddock exit in order to proceed to the track to begin the post parade. The tune is usually sounded by a bugler five to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time of the race. The call serves a similar purpose in dog racing. When used for this purpose, the bugle call is usually referred to as the Call to the Post.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Roll those dice!<\/p><\/div>\n The dice rolls, the appropriate horse “races” forward… Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins!<\/p>\n The races are on!<\/p><\/div>\n …and they are off and walking…<\/p>\n Irene thinks about the next bet<\/p><\/div>\n Irene goes through many emotions before placing a $2 bet!<\/p><\/div>\n We had a great fried chicken dinner with salad, biscuits & gravy, macaroni and cheese, and rolls! … Best fried chick Paul has had in years and years!<\/p>\n We departed about 10:30 PM and headed home as the dancing (between races) finally go to Paul’s knee.<\/p>\n We watched three Frazier’s and crashed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We stayed around the house most of the morning with the exception of Paul fighting the pharmacy over an inhaler misunderstanding.\u00a0 All fixed now! We had a nice lunch and Sue paid the\u00a0 bills.\u00a0 Paul took a short nap in … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>