GATHERING GROUND REPORT - October 9, 2024
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| You guessed it: no photo submitted, so we had to find a suitable facsimile. Jo-Ann with (in no particular order) Bill, Bart, and Chet |
Today there were four of us in attendance. Bill, Jo-Ann, Bart and Chet. Jerry Kimble is still on vacation in the north west territory and Norm and his son Roger were also absent.
Chet was first to arrive, walking with a pronounced limp. He was at the BIG E on opening day, and fell. He said one second he was fine, and the next second he was on the ground! He landed on his knees and fell forward. Lots of people helped him up and he was on his way. I guess it was just a senior moment? But he looks and sounds OK.
Chet and I talked about raking leaves in the fall. We both have enough space at our houses to store them, and watch them turn into compost. No need to bag them.
Bart and his wife Gerry, will be leaving CT for FLA on the 22nd of this month. They have a place in Delray Beach where they spend the winter. (Snow Birds). They keep a car there so they don't have to drive back and forth (they fly) When they did drive, it would take a couple of days. Now, Bart will avoid any long distance driving. New Jersey is as far as he's willing to go now.
Bart is also suffering with a torn Rotator Cuff . He's scheduled for an operation in Florida, and looking forward to the 6 month recovery period. In the meantime, no golf or tennis. The consensus was that he will be awake for the operation, that it will be done orthoscopicly, and will be given 'Happy pills' while they operate. Good luck Bart.
We talked about the upcoming hurricane in Florida. Everybody knows someone there. Bart is not worried, he's south of he hurricane's path. My nieces and nephews all live in the Tampa area, and they were prepared. They all came out with minimum damages to their homes. Jo-Ann's brother lives directly in its path and had quite a bit of damage from the last one and is worried about this one.
Jo-Ann also said that the AT (Appellation trail) took a beating with the last hurricane. Over 800 miles of the roughly the 2100 miles were damaged. Trials were washed away, while bridges collapsed. It will take volunteers a long time to restore it.
Chet was asking for vacation advice or suggestions. He is looking for an adventure, near Lumberton NC. We suggested a VRBO or another rental agency for the Villages in North Carolina. Good luck Chet.
The last subject was lobster rolls. I had my first one last week and was amazed how expensive they are. A regular one was $28 and a large one was $54 from a food truck. I was not impressed with it and will probably never order one again. (Especially the large one!) I'm told there are small, ($25) medium ($35) and large ($45) in Florida. What a bargain!
Your Temporary Scribe,
Bill Wills
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| Lobster Rolls: Yay or Nay? |
