Home is where my heart is and again today I'm keeping my butt here too. A free visit to the library might wiggle it out of here for a very short while but no further! Glenda on the other hand..........Well, she's going to Sam's Town for her free $5 slot play and she is taking my card to play mine too. I can't imagine her going there without sitting in the bingo parlor for an hour but we'll see. I'm going to sit here and meditate her a big win somewhere.
Hope your day turns out to be a winner too.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.-Antoine De Saint-Exupery
About Me
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
January 29
We received a message from a cousin who visited Las Vegas about a month ago. He typed that both he and his wife were slowly recovering from their trip. Coughing and hacking that turned into bronchitis for him. I say surly they didn't get the illness in Vegas because I know 'what you bring to Vegas stays in Vegas' is a given. That makes it very hard for me to believe that anyone can acquire anything at all in Vegas and keep it long enough to get it home. Other than the cheap gimmes of course.
We're doing great physically out here and our happiness still flourishes in spite of our usual gaming results. How can a person be happy when they give a casino five, seven or twenty then the casino gives you one? How can that 'one' be such a delight under such imbalanced circumstances? Hey wait a minute! That is about the way it goes in everyday life isn't it?
Today is going to be a special day here..............staying home is one of my favorite activities. Glenda would have a stutter in a statement like the aforetyped, so I'm not going to speculate on her today's activities.
Hope you enjoy your day!
Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true," it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth's cash-value in experiential terms?~William James
We're doing great physically out here and our happiness still flourishes in spite of our usual gaming results. How can a person be happy when they give a casino five, seven or twenty then the casino gives you one? How can that 'one' be such a delight under such imbalanced circumstances? Hey wait a minute! That is about the way it goes in everyday life isn't it?
Today is going to be a special day here..............staying home is one of my favorite activities. Glenda would have a stutter in a statement like the aforetyped, so I'm not going to speculate on her today's activities.
Hope you enjoy your day!
Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true," it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth's cash-value in experiential terms?~William James
January 28
We met the Krohn's at the Joker Poker Casino and they rode with us to Sam's Town where each of us picked up a free umbrella. We left there and stopped in at the Boulder Station casino to pick up four free mystery gifts which didn't amount to much. The stop was really worth it for Carl because he hit four deuces on a Three Pay Deuces Wild video poker machine which paid him $750.00. For your information Carl is what you would call a winner, period. Now that he is hitting those jackpots, that makes him a double winner.
The machines were kind to Glenda again yesterday. It's kinda like I have a deal with the casinos, they give Glenda some wins and I subsidize them for it. There are times when I can cheat a little and get away without helping them too much. Yesterday was like that. We all decided to take advantage of our free buffets at the Fiesta instead of going to the Jokers Wild to eat.
All the local relatives stopped by last evening for a few snacks and some visiting. Being as they were all here left us very little to gossip and talk about but it worked out okay.
This day, the lure to the Sunset Station is $5.00 free slot play and the come-on at the Fiesta is a free logo sweatshirt. Tho I have yet to be made privy of our plans for this day, I'm pretty sure we'll be going over the hill after while.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.~Ursula K. LeGuin
The machines were kind to Glenda again yesterday. It's kinda like I have a deal with the casinos, they give Glenda some wins and I subsidize them for it. There are times when I can cheat a little and get away without helping them too much. Yesterday was like that. We all decided to take advantage of our free buffets at the Fiesta instead of going to the Jokers Wild to eat.
All the local relatives stopped by last evening for a few snacks and some visiting. Being as they were all here left us very little to gossip and talk about but it worked out okay.
This day, the lure to the Sunset Station is $5.00 free slot play and the come-on at the Fiesta is a free logo sweatshirt. Tho I have yet to be made privy of our plans for this day, I'm pretty sure we'll be going over the hill after while.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.~Ursula K. LeGuin
January 26
Wow! I beat Glenda yesterday and didn't lay a hand on her............. I beat her in the winning department. I know, I usually beat her every day but only in the losing. A real help to have this come to pass was the early ride home provided by Uncle Carl. Leaving before I could lose what I won was like knowing when to fold them. A knowledge that seemed to have evaded Glenda.
Thanks to family that congregated at the Fiesta for lunch with us yesterday, the light visiting lessened the heavy eating, at least for me. Glenda and I enjoyed it and still didn't leave hungry!
Today South Coast is beckoning and I'm sure it won't be ignored. The beckoning really should probably be beaconing, as in be-a-coning. As usual the compelling idea, inspired by hope and a memory of a past win that we might be able to slip in under the screen and escape with all of our money plus some of theirs, is neigh impossible to overcome.
"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape." -John Lancaster Spalding
Thanks to family that congregated at the Fiesta for lunch with us yesterday, the light visiting lessened the heavy eating, at least for me. Glenda and I enjoyed it and still didn't leave hungry!
Today South Coast is beckoning and I'm sure it won't be ignored. The beckoning really should probably be beaconing, as in be-a-coning. As usual the compelling idea, inspired by hope and a memory of a past win that we might be able to slip in under the screen and escape with all of our money plus some of theirs, is neigh impossible to overcome.
"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape." -John Lancaster Spalding
January 25
Well, yesterday we did eat free and did pick up two free book lights but I'm not going any father into the real cost except say that bingo was six dollars each and we didn't win. I may go one more step and say that I lost more than Glenda won. To top the day off the batteries didn't come with the lights!
This day there is a two for one at the Fiesta buffet that we have enough points to make it another one of those free meals. Free only meaning no cash outlay to eat other than a tip. It's just too bad there isn't an entrance that by-passes all of those ding, ding, damn, damn machines. What is life without hope? We're full of hope! It is all that hope that causes us to respond to the lure of the ding, ding. You've just got to have faith. Faith, hope and the casinos as charities.
With the perverse logic of a degenerate gambler he figured God was testing his faith.~-Mario Puzo
This day there is a two for one at the Fiesta buffet that we have enough points to make it another one of those free meals. Free only meaning no cash outlay to eat other than a tip. It's just too bad there isn't an entrance that by-passes all of those ding, ding, damn, damn machines. What is life without hope? We're full of hope! It is all that hope that causes us to respond to the lure of the ding, ding. You've just got to have faith. Faith, hope and the casinos as charities.
With the perverse logic of a degenerate gambler he figured God was testing his faith.~-Mario Puzo
January 24
Another common very windy day here with lots of sunshine. 37* with a real feel temperature of 39*. Not bad at all. Now if we could make winning a common occurrence we'd be in business. Nah, that's only possible by being a good cheater, something we don't know how to do. These many million or billion dollar casinos would not be possible if people won. Why do people think they can slip in, take a chunk and get out of the building with it? The free meals should ring the first warning bell but with all the other noisy banging bells and sounds I guess a person just doesn't hear the warnings. WHAT AN EXCITING WAY TO LOSE YOUR CASH!
Today we plan to play a bingo game at Sam's Town so we can get a couple free book lamps. Pretty good looking lamps. If things work out, they may pay us to take them. Either way we'll probably partake of one of their free buffets.
Not a day of life passes without several gambles. Some like to spice it up a little by investing lots of money, or some like us, just a tad of extra spice by sticking a little buck or two in a machine betting on a come.
"Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts."-Virgil
Today we plan to play a bingo game at Sam's Town so we can get a couple free book lamps. Pretty good looking lamps. If things work out, they may pay us to take them. Either way we'll probably partake of one of their free buffets.
Not a day of life passes without several gambles. Some like to spice it up a little by investing lots of money, or some like us, just a tad of extra spice by sticking a little buck or two in a machine betting on a come.
"Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts."-Virgil
January 23
Got a whole lot shaking here this morning with the wind blowing eight plus miles per hour. All the palm trees and other bushes are doing quite a dance. No tighter than the windows are in this place we're doing a little bit of shaking too. Some of which is caused by the chill but mostly caused by the worry of the heat bill that we're going to receive.
I've got a cold or a sinus problem and have opted to stay home again today but can't say the same for Glenda. I can imagine her stopping at a few places to play her new loved game of video keno mixed well in with a few others. She'll probably find a place to play a little bingo too.
I can only wish her luck as well as wish you luck for your day ahead too.
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.~Carl Sagan
I've got a cold or a sinus problem and have opted to stay home again today but can't say the same for Glenda. I can imagine her stopping at a few places to play her new loved game of video keno mixed well in with a few others. She'll probably find a place to play a little bingo too.
I can only wish her luck as well as wish you luck for your day ahead too.
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.~Carl Sagan
January 22
I finally got on-line wireless. I'm setting in the old recliner in the front room typing this message. I'm thinking that it slows the system down considerably but I'm not sure yet. Still have nothing to type but what's new? I do think it is easier to type on this than on the keyboard. And that is what Glenda said too.
No casino visit's today. Just sit around here and watch the football games. All our meals for the day will be home cooked too. The first one is behind us now, probably literally! Glenda made some low-carb pancakes from a box that she paid a dollar for and has had here for about a year. You might already be thinking bad? On the back of the box it said for 2 pancakes, use one tbs of oil, one egg and 1/2 cup of water. Down lower in the instructions is said pour in all the ingredients of the box. Glenda said she couldn't even stir the mixture. She ended up adding water till it seemed right and cooking up sixteen pancakes. With the low carb syrup on them they were pretty good tho we couldn't eat that many. Later, we found on the end of the box, a better set of directions. For what she cooked she should have used three more eggs and three more tbs of oil. The extra water that she had to use was correct.
I can hardly wait for supper. She has plans for a fresh chicken, baked and served on rice that is a new purchase too. I'm not privy to what else will be served but it already sounds pretty good.
"Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings."-George Will
No casino visit's today. Just sit around here and watch the football games. All our meals for the day will be home cooked too. The first one is behind us now, probably literally! Glenda made some low-carb pancakes from a box that she paid a dollar for and has had here for about a year. You might already be thinking bad? On the back of the box it said for 2 pancakes, use one tbs of oil, one egg and 1/2 cup of water. Down lower in the instructions is said pour in all the ingredients of the box. Glenda said she couldn't even stir the mixture. She ended up adding water till it seemed right and cooking up sixteen pancakes. With the low carb syrup on them they were pretty good tho we couldn't eat that many. Later, we found on the end of the box, a better set of directions. For what she cooked she should have used three more eggs and three more tbs of oil. The extra water that she had to use was correct.
I can hardly wait for supper. She has plans for a fresh chicken, baked and served on rice that is a new purchase too. I'm not privy to what else will be served but it already sounds pretty good.
"Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings."-George Will
Hot Flash
A losing day again yesterday but I didn't play all that much. We lost our free play money at the Sunset then lost it at the Fiesta too. So then after we had our free buffet, Carl dropped me off at the house leaving Glenda to play some and to take Ruby home. When you're hot you're hot and I was not!
Glenda did have a hot flash after I left and won $170.00 on a video keno machine while Ruby, sitting next to her hit $160 on the machine she was playing. I might give one of those machines another try one of these days. Nickels go pretty fast if you don't hit anything but that is the same no matter what you're playing. We play lots of penny machines but never play one penny at a time. It always takes at least nine and up to thirty to cover all the lines depending on the machine and that's all we do. You can't believe the people that play a buck or more at a time. Ooheee.
A new computer and I'm having problems with a program and I don't even know what it does. It is the Light Scribe Burn Watcher. Go figure!
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.~Albert Camus
Glenda did have a hot flash after I left and won $170.00 on a video keno machine while Ruby, sitting next to her hit $160 on the machine she was playing. I might give one of those machines another try one of these days. Nickels go pretty fast if you don't hit anything but that is the same no matter what you're playing. We play lots of penny machines but never play one penny at a time. It always takes at least nine and up to thirty to cover all the lines depending on the machine and that's all we do. You can't believe the people that play a buck or more at a time. Ooheee.
A new computer and I'm having problems with a program and I don't even know what it does. It is the Light Scribe Burn Watcher. Go figure!
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.~Albert Camus
STUMBLING ALONG
We got a wireless router with this computer but I'm too stupid to get it to work! It would be nice to set in the recliner and use this here thing. Maybe I'll figure it out in a few days.
I stayed home yesterday to work on the computer but still have a lot to go. It is amazing how much stuff gets put on a computer. Much of what was on the other one.......most of what was on the other one is lost for good if I can't get it back up somehow. We took it to Best Buy (Geek squad) to have a diagnostic program run on it. Before we took it in a few things didn't work right but after we got it back it won't boot up windows because of a missing file (\windows\system32\config\system). They said that I needed to take windows off and reinstall $110.00. Anything that I want save is another $89.00 each and they can't save the stuff in Outlook Express. The computer does tell me to put in the start up cd and try to repair it that way...........I don't have a start up CD. I'm told that we can order one from Hewlett Packard for $30.00. I guess that's our next step.
No the next step is to say goodbye and click send.
No quotes on this computer, sad to say.
I stayed home yesterday to work on the computer but still have a lot to go. It is amazing how much stuff gets put on a computer. Much of what was on the other one.......most of what was on the other one is lost for good if I can't get it back up somehow. We took it to Best Buy (Geek squad) to have a diagnostic program run on it. Before we took it in a few things didn't work right but after we got it back it won't boot up windows because of a missing file (\windows\system32\config\system). They said that I needed to take windows off and reinstall $110.00. Anything that I want save is another $89.00 each and they can't save the stuff in Outlook Express. The computer does tell me to put in the start up cd and try to repair it that way...........I don't have a start up CD. I'm told that we can order one from Hewlett Packard for $30.00. I guess that's our next step.
No the next step is to say goodbye and click send.
No quotes on this computer, sad to say.
CRASHED
Well, we got us a laptop. Until we get home and maybe forever we've lost all our saved info including the address book. Trying to get stuff on this computer is a slow process and means messages from here may not be but if they are they certainly will be better because they will be very short.
A bad sign was on the way home with the computer a policeman stopped me for making a right on red when there was a sign saying NO! There were three motorcycle policemen there giving out tickets as fast as the could right them. He told us our fine would be $167.00. Sick isn't it?
A bad sign was on the way home with the computer a policeman stopped me for making a right on red when there was a sign saying NO! There were three motorcycle policemen there giving out tickets as fast as the could right them. He told us our fine would be $167.00. Sick isn't it?
Friday, January 13, 2006
January 13
We had computer problems yesterday so who got what I don't know. Who cares is a little easier to answer but I'm going to ignore it. Anyway you may get part of this for the second time or ........ not.
I told about Tuesday but it was supposed to be Wednesday at the Fiesta. First we partook of the nice free buffet there, then played 3:00 bingo without a winner. It got a whole lot better later. Glenda decided to play a dollar, twenty cents at a time in a Millionizier??? penny machine. Still playing on the original dollar, for some reason the millionizer came down. That has twelve squares on it and the chore is to pick a square until you match three. She finally matched three for $1247.00. Now she won this with only twenty cents gambled. Not bad huh? Well it was kinda bad. If she had picked a different match she would have won a million bucks or $252.00 or $22.50. We are pretty happy with what she got! Later she hit another four deuces playing a penny deuces wild poker machine winning $50. I......lost but she shares, which is just like winning.
Now on Thursday we traveled over to the South Coast and played 1:00 bingo. For my $7 investment I won a pot of $150.00. Sure made me happy. We went from there to Terrible's for lunch. Luckily we had enough points to have the lunch buffet for free if you don't count a small tip. Left there with five dollars more than I went in with so it was good for me. Glenda didn't fare so well during the day but she is frugal enough that her loss was minimal. Over all, another good day.
Today is pickup the free stuff at the Fiesta Casino, Sam's Town and at the Station Casino. It could be we'll make a little moola along the way and have a free buffet too.
Monday will be a get the computer fixed day. They work on them at Best Buy so we're taking ours there. Geek squad I think.
Good wishes for you from here!
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.~Washington Irving
I told about Tuesday but it was supposed to be Wednesday at the Fiesta. First we partook of the nice free buffet there, then played 3:00 bingo without a winner. It got a whole lot better later. Glenda decided to play a dollar, twenty cents at a time in a Millionizier??? penny machine. Still playing on the original dollar, for some reason the millionizer came down. That has twelve squares on it and the chore is to pick a square until you match three. She finally matched three for $1247.00. Now she won this with only twenty cents gambled. Not bad huh? Well it was kinda bad. If she had picked a different match she would have won a million bucks or $252.00 or $22.50. We are pretty happy with what she got! Later she hit another four deuces playing a penny deuces wild poker machine winning $50. I......lost but she shares, which is just like winning.
Now on Thursday we traveled over to the South Coast and played 1:00 bingo. For my $7 investment I won a pot of $150.00. Sure made me happy. We went from there to Terrible's for lunch. Luckily we had enough points to have the lunch buffet for free if you don't count a small tip. Left there with five dollars more than I went in with so it was good for me. Glenda didn't fare so well during the day but she is frugal enough that her loss was minimal. Over all, another good day.
Today is pickup the free stuff at the Fiesta Casino, Sam's Town and at the Station Casino. It could be we'll make a little moola along the way and have a free buffet too.
Monday will be a get the computer fixed day. They work on them at Best Buy so we're taking ours there. Geek squad I think.
Good wishes for you from here!
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.~Washington Irving
January 11
Yesterday was a pretty good day at the games. To start with and the highlight of the day, was at the Fortune Casino where playing pennies, I hit a royal flush for $125 and Glenda hit the 4 deuces for $50. We left there and wasted a stop at the Joker's Wild but didn't waste too much time. We traveled across to the Sunset Station to play 3:00 bingo. Another waste of time and money! We needed to be there after 4:00 to reach into a box for a certificate for mystery cash. No mystery for me because I got my regular $3 but Glenda pulled out a 'spin the wheel' paper and the spin gave her $15. The wheel is covered with $10 spots but has a few $15 and a very few $100 then only one $1000 spot. She did better than the worst she could have done anyway. Our meal was one of those two for one buffets at the Railroad Pass. We're not sure but thinking it took the last of our points to do it. Free, not being a word used with food at that place, will probably mean no more meals there.
Today the free word with food is at the Fiesta and they just happen to have the two for one today also. You know all those buffets can be pretty fattening but I've found a positive in that. I don't carry a cross but I do shoulder a heck of a lot of problems as I move through life. I've discovered that while sitting down my extra size stomach is an excellent place to lay my chest to rest my shoulders.
Healthy foods may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.... Robert Redford
Today the free word with food is at the Fiesta and they just happen to have the two for one today also. You know all those buffets can be pretty fattening but I've found a positive in that. I don't carry a cross but I do shoulder a heck of a lot of problems as I move through life. I've discovered that while sitting down my extra size stomach is an excellent place to lay my chest to rest my shoulders.
Healthy foods may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.... Robert Redford
january 10
Yesterday was one of those rare stay at home days. Thank goodness we're still able to afford that but I must say it is getting to be a mite too much with increases in every charge on a pretty regular schedule. Not living here full time, it just about has us priced out. We were over our heads in the beginning but opted to bite the bullet and take the step. That little shred of stupidity was pretty easy to overlook but it is fast becoming too huge of a stupid to ignore with all the price increases. Heavy on our minds is to sell out before we leave. Yep, it could be that easy.
Say, did we wish you a good day yet? We wish you a very good day!
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.... Bill Cosby
Say, did we wish you a good day yet? We wish you a very good day!
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.... Bill Cosby
January 9
No complaints about the Jim Stafford show. Matter of fact I think Ruby, Carl, Glenda enjoyed it as much as I did. A couple of painful miscalculations for the evening because of the show but they were self inflicted. First, we got there too early and I wrongly spent too much money trying to entertain myself as we waited for show time. Then after the show, we decided to mess around the casino for another thirty minutes or so. Believe me the show wasn't free. As much as I enjoyed the show I'm sitting here counting the remnants in my wallet trying to decide if the show and the free tickets were worth the cost.
Today has started out pretty slow but I think we'll lick it. Yep, our plans so far, right or wrong, is to slow'er down and just stay home and lick our wounds.
Slow and steady wins the race, then wastes no time grinding salt-caked glass in your open wounds.~Randy K. Milholland
Today has started out pretty slow but I think we'll lick it. Yep, our plans so far, right or wrong, is to slow'er down and just stay home and lick our wounds.
Slow and steady wins the race, then wastes no time grinding salt-caked glass in your open wounds.~Randy K. Milholland
January 8
Going to do a little work around here today then go to a Jim Stafford show this evening. We got free tickets the other day while playing bingo. Well, we didn't win at bingo so I guess in reality, the tickets wasn't really free.
Anyway, we're wishing a grand day for you!
All grand thoughts come from the heart.~Vauvenargues
Anyway, we're wishing a grand day for you!
All grand thoughts come from the heart.~Vauvenargues
January 7
I think we're going to Barstow, California today with Aunt Ruby to pick up Uncle Carl. Uncle Carl drove their granddaughter's car out to her in Palmdale and stayed a few days. Now, daughter Kim is meeting us about halfway with Carl aboard. We think it is about a two hour drive, four hour round trip. We're looking forward to it.
I'm going to be forced to punt or whatever it might be called, in regard to the computer problem. All error's contain the winspool.drv and I suspect it to be the culprit. I can't even download window updates! Setup.exe, update.exe and a couple more items have problems related to winspool.drv. IT IS ALL SO VERY IRRITATING! So far we're still able to send and receive emails as well as surf so it isn't as bad as it could be except I can't update windows which might make us pretty susceptible to a virus. I need to look for a repairman next week.
Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?~Clifford Stoll
I'm going to be forced to punt or whatever it might be called, in regard to the computer problem. All error's contain the winspool.drv and I suspect it to be the culprit. I can't even download window updates! Setup.exe, update.exe and a couple more items have problems related to winspool.drv. IT IS ALL SO VERY IRRITATING! So far we're still able to send and receive emails as well as surf so it isn't as bad as it could be except I can't update windows which might make us pretty susceptible to a virus. I need to look for a repairman next week.
Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?~Clifford Stoll
January 5
Going across town to a new casino, the South Coast. Ruby is going along. Our intentions are to play and win at bingo there. If you win a pot along with another, as I understand it, both get full pay. Sounds good to me. Now if we can just bingo a couple times.
Yesterday was a free buffet at the Fiesta and a blood letting at Boulder Station. Blood letting here, doesn't refer to a financial loss but a true loss of blood. They were giving away free buffets and t-shirts to folks donating blood. Glenda and I were right in the middle of them. We both got the buffet coupons and the t-shirts but they wouldn't accept Glenda's blood till September because of the recent radiation. If she hadn't spent a losing $6 in the bingo parlor she would have truly received something free. No blood, no money.
We're both thinking that next year we'll try to find a place that buys blood. Check out the difference in value before we sell....um I mean give.
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."~-Joan Borysenko
Yesterday was a free buffet at the Fiesta and a blood letting at Boulder Station. Blood letting here, doesn't refer to a financial loss but a true loss of blood. They were giving away free buffets and t-shirts to folks donating blood. Glenda and I were right in the middle of them. We both got the buffet coupons and the t-shirts but they wouldn't accept Glenda's blood till September because of the recent radiation. If she hadn't spent a losing $6 in the bingo parlor she would have truly received something free. No blood, no money.
We're both thinking that next year we'll try to find a place that buys blood. Check out the difference in value before we sell....um I mean give.
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."~-Joan Borysenko
January 4
Another day another dollar, the question being, is it going to come or is it going to go? The odds aren't in the favor of it coming but we've been holding up pretty well. Maybe one more really good day will put us into the lead and fix a strong smile upon our faces tho if you can't smile when you lose you need to quit playing.
I believe Glenda said the Fiesta is on the list for a late lunch today. We have enough points for the buffet and it is their, "two for one day." Of course they can't cook worth a hoot but there are a couple of dishes that are really edible. The number one dish, as far as I'm concerned, is their spicy white fish. It's baked I think. Um um good.
We're still wishing for the printer to work again and I still keep looking on the internet for a cure but some of the possible cure talk gets way too deep for me. I need a much taller and more knowledgeable person to help me. I spent several hours on live chat with a guy from HP but I think he ended with me before we made any hay. I ended up right back where I started. I do believe the problem lies in 'winspool.drv' but so far I can't fix it. However, I don't plan to quit trying!
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.~Wendell Phillips
I believe Glenda said the Fiesta is on the list for a late lunch today. We have enough points for the buffet and it is their, "two for one day." Of course they can't cook worth a hoot but there are a couple of dishes that are really edible. The number one dish, as far as I'm concerned, is their spicy white fish. It's baked I think. Um um good.
We're still wishing for the printer to work again and I still keep looking on the internet for a cure but some of the possible cure talk gets way too deep for me. I need a much taller and more knowledgeable person to help me. I spent several hours on live chat with a guy from HP but I think he ended with me before we made any hay. I ended up right back where I started. I do believe the problem lies in 'winspool.drv' but so far I can't fix it. However, I don't plan to quit trying!
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.~Wendell Phillips
January 3
We did okay yesterday except getting to eat where we planned. At Sam's Town I won part of a bingo pot ($67) then rushed to the buffet. We've got points to eat there but we can't seem to make it work yet. Yesterday they had a plumbing problem and was closed because of it, the time before we only had a minute to get in and Glenda wasn't there yet. We'll eat there one of these days.
Was forced to stop at the Magic Star for a Prime Rib dinner. We had enough points for that too but had to kick out some cash for a tip. Glenda played a little afterwards and made the tip back as well as the $5 that I lost.
Today is already on the books and has been for a time now, but there are no details as to our today activities written there yet. First I'll work on the computer a little more. Still can't print nor run the street program. Woe is me! Next I'm going to try a free program called Error Doctor. Who knows what problems that might cause.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.~Isaac Asimov
Was forced to stop at the Magic Star for a Prime Rib dinner. We had enough points for that too but had to kick out some cash for a tip. Glenda played a little afterwards and made the tip back as well as the $5 that I lost.
Today is already on the books and has been for a time now, but there are no details as to our today activities written there yet. First I'll work on the computer a little more. Still can't print nor run the street program. Woe is me! Next I'm going to try a free program called Error Doctor. Who knows what problems that might cause.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.~Isaac Asimov
January 2
Railroad Pass didn't do us any favors new years eve. We got home around 10:30 with me wishing we had never gone. The outing was a loser money wise but we got to visit with the aunts and uncles who made the stop and was the reason we went in the first place. It wasn't a very busy place when we left but it may have gotten busier closer to the midnight hour. We did stay up till after the new year started here.
We are well, broke and lazy! Should have left the comma out of there. With nothing more to say I'll close now.
We're hoping too, that things are good there with you also.
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.~Thornton Wilder
We are well, broke and lazy! Should have left the comma out of there. With nothing more to say I'll close now.
We're hoping too, that things are good there with you also.
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.~Thornton Wilder
December 31
Got a call this morning from Russell our neighbor at the lake. He said his little dog Daisy ran off and got hit by a car. She is in the animal hospital with a broken leg and a big gash on her back but she is going to make it. Hope she has learned not to run off anymore and to be more weary of cars.
Glenda and the girls took their day yesterday. When they made it home Glenda inferred the outing was good and it was bad. She really enjoyed being with her aunts and thinks they enjoy being all together too, but in the end they all paid well for it. At least Glenda paid her share and she doesn't think the others fared much better.
Today Glenda says a free buffet at Sam's Town and a stop at the Petco store for some animal food is heavy on our list. We might even give Sam's Club a walk through.
I bought a cheap printer and the computer still gives an error notice and won't download the software for it. Common to all the error reports is an error signature that includes "winspool.drv". There may be the problem but I don't know what to do about it. I ran search and found it listed in four places. So what? Might be the one I need is bad or it could be I don't have the one I need. There was a free photo something program with the printer and the computer accepted it. Go figure.
My mind is weary from wondering what to do as are my fingers from trying so many different things to repair the problem. I know I'll wear the keyboard and the cd deal out if I keep at it much longer. Since I can't seem to do sh*t, I guess I'll get off the pot! Sure, experience is a really good teacher, I just don't care for it right now.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.~Aldous Huxley
Glenda and the girls took their day yesterday. When they made it home Glenda inferred the outing was good and it was bad. She really enjoyed being with her aunts and thinks they enjoy being all together too, but in the end they all paid well for it. At least Glenda paid her share and she doesn't think the others fared much better.
Today Glenda says a free buffet at Sam's Town and a stop at the Petco store for some animal food is heavy on our list. We might even give Sam's Club a walk through.
I bought a cheap printer and the computer still gives an error notice and won't download the software for it. Common to all the error reports is an error signature that includes "winspool.drv". There may be the problem but I don't know what to do about it. I ran search and found it listed in four places. So what? Might be the one I need is bad or it could be I don't have the one I need. There was a free photo something program with the printer and the computer accepted it. Go figure.
My mind is weary from wondering what to do as are my fingers from trying so many different things to repair the problem. I know I'll wear the keyboard and the cd deal out if I keep at it much longer. Since I can't seem to do sh*t, I guess I'll get off the pot! Sure, experience is a really good teacher, I just don't care for it right now.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.~Aldous Huxley
December 30
Got a call this morning from Russell our neighbor at the lake. He said his little dog Daisy ran off and got hit by a car. She is in the animal hospital with a broken leg and a big gash on her back but she is going to make it. Hope she has learned not to run off anymore and to be more weary of cars.
Glenda and the girls took their day yesterday. When they made it home Glenda inferred the outing was good and it was bad. She really enjoyed being with her aunts and thinks they enjoy being all together too, but in the end they all paid well for it. At least Glenda paid her share and she doesn't think the others fared much better.
Today Glenda says a free buffet at Sam's Town and a stop at the Petco store for some animal food is heavy on our list. We might even give Sam's Club a walk through.
I bought a cheap printer and the computer still gives an error notice and won't download the software for it. Common to all the error reports is an error signature that includes "winspool.drv". There may be the problem but I don't know what to do about it. I ran search and found it listed in four places. So what? Might be the one I need is bad or it could be I don't have the one I need. There was a free photo something program with the printer and the computer accepted it. Go figure.
My mind is weary from wondering what to do as are my fingers from trying so many different things to repair the problem. I know I'll wear the keyboard and the cd deal out if I keep at it much longer. Since I can't seem to do sh*t, I guess I'll get off the pot! Sure, experience is a really good teacher, I just don't care for it right now.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.~Aldous Huxley
Glenda and the girls took their day yesterday. When they made it home Glenda inferred the outing was good and it was bad. She really enjoyed being with her aunts and thinks they enjoy being all together too, but in the end they all paid well for it. At least Glenda paid her share and she doesn't think the others fared much better.
Today Glenda says a free buffet at Sam's Town and a stop at the Petco store for some animal food is heavy on our list. We might even give Sam's Club a walk through.
I bought a cheap printer and the computer still gives an error notice and won't download the software for it. Common to all the error reports is an error signature that includes "winspool.drv". There may be the problem but I don't know what to do about it. I ran search and found it listed in four places. So what? Might be the one I need is bad or it could be I don't have the one I need. There was a free photo something program with the printer and the computer accepted it. Go figure.
My mind is weary from wondering what to do as are my fingers from trying so many different things to repair the problem. I know I'll wear the keyboard and the cd deal out if I keep at it much longer. Since I can't seem to do sh*t, I guess I'll get off the pot! Sure, experience is a really good teacher, I just don't care for it right now.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.~Aldous Huxley
December 28, 2005
Now I received a message saying that this one didn't go on the first try. Told me to go to sent messages and resend it. If you get it twice you'll know why.
It appears that another really swell day is in the making here in the desert. A few days ago the wind was so bad, the blowing stuff obscured some drivers visions near railroad pass and a SUV driver didn't realize the dark blob in his limited view was an eighteen wheeler until after contact. Then I think the vision problem in the other lanes caused an accident making the two or three miles of travel between Henderson and Boulder City a very long drive either way. Fortunately we went through before the action and didn't return until after it was over. Since that day the wind has calmed down.
Yesterday we were paid to visit the Sunset Casino and then paid to visit Railroad Pass as well as given a free evening buffet. Not bad at all but a bit uncommon. Picked up a cheap printer at Wal-Mart too, while we were near there. Now if the thing will work. I think the problem with the printer we was using might be in the computer somewhere and not in the printer itself. For some reason an error message comes up about the printer when booting up then it doesn't work. We get an error message on our Microsoft Streets program too, and can't use it anymore. I reinstalled the Streets program but it didn't help.
Tis sad I say!
Sadness can only be good when the time is used for a positive resolution.~Anon
It appears that another really swell day is in the making here in the desert. A few days ago the wind was so bad, the blowing stuff obscured some drivers visions near railroad pass and a SUV driver didn't realize the dark blob in his limited view was an eighteen wheeler until after contact. Then I think the vision problem in the other lanes caused an accident making the two or three miles of travel between Henderson and Boulder City a very long drive either way. Fortunately we went through before the action and didn't return until after it was over. Since that day the wind has calmed down.
Yesterday we were paid to visit the Sunset Casino and then paid to visit Railroad Pass as well as given a free evening buffet. Not bad at all but a bit uncommon. Picked up a cheap printer at Wal-Mart too, while we were near there. Now if the thing will work. I think the problem with the printer we was using might be in the computer somewhere and not in the printer itself. For some reason an error message comes up about the printer when booting up then it doesn't work. We get an error message on our Microsoft Streets program too, and can't use it anymore. I reinstalled the Streets program but it didn't help.
Tis sad I say!
Sadness can only be good when the time is used for a positive resolution.~Anon
December 27
Made a quick foray into Henderson yesterday, well it wasn't too quick but we only stopped at two casino's and four retails stores. I found a printer cheap enough at Wal-mart but after standing in one of the twenty lines that each reached to mid-store, I calmly sat the box down and walked out printerless.
The stores were all so packed as to be unbelievable! Why a terrorist could set off a bomb in any one of them and take out many thousands of people. It looks like a lot of folks out here have a lot of money indicating that a many of the locals may not be visiting any of the casinos.
We were able to find a very good prime rib at the Gold Rush for $4.00 each but rather than use money Glenda paid for it with some accumulated points. There was a little cash outlay for the tip but we got that back plus several dollars more at the machines on the way out. We must have caught a couple machines still in a Christmas giving mode if there is such a thing with those one armed bandits.
Today's plans remain to be firmed up but the lure of the two for one meals at the Railroad pass is a big possibility.
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.~Oscar Wilde
The stores were all so packed as to be unbelievable! Why a terrorist could set off a bomb in any one of them and take out many thousands of people. It looks like a lot of folks out here have a lot of money indicating that a many of the locals may not be visiting any of the casinos.
We were able to find a very good prime rib at the Gold Rush for $4.00 each but rather than use money Glenda paid for it with some accumulated points. There was a little cash outlay for the tip but we got that back plus several dollars more at the machines on the way out. We must have caught a couple machines still in a Christmas giving mode if there is such a thing with those one armed bandits.
Today's plans remain to be firmed up but the lure of the two for one meals at the Railroad pass is a big possibility.
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.~Oscar Wilde
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