WEEKLY REPORT

WEEKLY REPORT
I played bridge Monday afternoon, across the street, in their Community Center. Lousy cards, but I enjoy being with other people so it wasn’t a total loss. I blame my poor performance on low cards. Perhaps, my lack of concentration (I didn’t trump my partner’s ace!), didn’t help. We had three tables - four at each table. We play six hands, and the low partners move to the next table, and have different partners. We each chip in a dollar and this is split up into prize money. I probably was in the running for the booby prize, but I was too embarrassed to stick around until everyone had finished, and the scores were tabulated.”
The card room isn’t very large. I would catch myself “tuning in” on the bidding, and or, conversations at the other two tables. I’ve got to work on this distraction.
Wednesday, I ate dinner with Marie at Laurel Creek. On the way over, I stopped at the putting green, and played a couple of balls around the nine holes. Again, at dinner, my mind wandered. A volunteer was quizzing the occupants at a table near ours. (Why would she be doing this when people are trying to eat?) I couldn’t help but listen. It sounded interesting. I don’t think that I was a very good dinner companion, although Marie didn’t complain. A few of her questions follow:
Who wrote “Poor Richard’s Almanac?
What was the date, when our astronauts landed on the moon?
Where was “Check Point Charlie?
Who was the Sultan of Swat?
Who delivered the “Fireside Chats”?
What percent of the earth is water?
Which city had the first subway?
Hearst’s Castle is located in which city?
Which is the worlds’ fastest dog?
What is the longest river in the world?
What coin was used in the first slot machine?
What is the national flower of Austria?
“As Time Goes By” - the song - was in which movie?
I am glad that I wasn’t taking her test. But, I could have handled the last one. I saw the movie “Casablanca” IN Casablanca, on an October evening in 1943. I was waiting to be assigned transportation back to the good old USA., after completing my 50 combat missions. Is it any wonder that this is still my favorite movie?
Bocce .
We won our game today, 12-4. I rolled fairly well, thanks to the practice game that Bill, John and I played yesterday. This is a brand new court. Our game was the first one after the dedication this morning. Carpeting was laid on top of cement. Of course this surface is quite a bit faster than the old crushed -oyster shells. I think that the contract price of $14,500 was about right. The court still has a slight camber in the middle, just as the old court did. I asked someone about it, and they said it was laser-leveled!
The former court was built by the residents, a few years ago. That would have really been labor intensive!
RCL - 8/7/09.