Friday Nite Party Recap February 22

BOOMER ACHIEVEMENTS:

SHIRDOG announced that he and his wife will be celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary on July 7, and 7 couples will be flying to Honolulu and doing a ten-day cruise of the islands, staying an extra 3 days when they get back to port.

Joan (FrogieArno) and her husband will be celebrating their 35th anniversary in Vegas.

Ali (Frigid Wom) said she and Randy will celebrate their 20th on 11/1/88, which is a dead man’s hand in poker.

Pat (Sonya50) and her husband will celebrate their 39th anniversary on May 10.

Steve (DoggyNites), not to be outdone, announced that he will be 97 when he and Marsha (WittDNites) celebrate their 45th anniversary. He promised to take Marsha to Hawaii at that that time.

LaNeita is adopting some African children in the near future. She adopted one of her own students a few years back.

Charlotte (Harthorn) just bought a brand car, a 2008 Toyota Highlander, pearl white. (Ed. Note: Congrats, Charlotte!)

The BoomersForever Blog is up and running. There’s a slide show, featuring pictures of boomers. The pictures are labeled so you can put names with faces if you haven’t met them in real life. I’ve gotten permission before I’ve posted any of them, and received permission to put out some more pictures while in the room Friday night. Permission was granted by:

- LaNeita, who gave permission to post any pics of her.

- Ellyn (Theobears), who gave permission for posting a pic, as long as it only had
herself and her husband.

- Marcia (MARNEE), who said she would send me one to post.

- Marsha (WittDNites), who said she would send me some to post.

So look for some new pictures in the blog soon. (Link to the blog is at the end of this recap.)

BOOMER HEALTH

Shirdog broke his ankle in 3 places the week before Christmas and has had two surgeries on it. He just began wearing regular shoes yesterday.

LaNeita can now put full weight on her feet now, though still very painful.

Pat (Sonya50) has had back surgeries.

Get Well soon everybody!

CONDOLENCES

Ali’s father is seriously ill, and everyone in the room offered their support to Ali.

Wtink lost her mother this past week, and Carole’s (Cijionbrdwy) mother passed away just a few days ago also.

Our condolences to all of you in this difficult time you are going through.

THIS & THAT

Ever wondered how to test whether an egg is “good?” LaNeita says to put them in cold water. If they float, throw them away. If they sink, they’re still good. (Ed. Note: Isn’t that kind of how, in medieval times, they would test if you’re a witch? They would tie the “suspect” up, throw them in the river. If they floated, they were a witch, so they got burned at the stake. If they sunk and drowned, they were not witches.)

LaNeita further instructed us to spin them to see if they are hard-cooked or raw. If they stay in one place, they are hard cooked.

I mentioned the “spring Equinox” test on eggs, whereby on the fist day of Spring, at high noon, you can stand an egg up on its end. LaNeita and Julia (Redhdtxn) didn’t believe it. Checking Snopes, I found out that Laneita and Julia were right. The article said that every year, TV announcers will bring this up, and take you to a park where they watch people standing eggs up - but they don’t mention that it can be done any day. Is that yet another reason to distrust the media? You be the judge.

Joan (FrogieArno) reported that her recent vacation was very restful. They went whale watching, SHOPPING, drinking…

Laneita mentioned that she teaches at the school where Desi Arnaz had his affair with the nurse that finally caused Lucy and Desi to divorce.

And then:

“ooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo
Do do do do do
Oooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo
Well well
Do do do do do
And woman
Please let me explain
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain…”

The preceding was Laneita bursting into song to John Lennon’s “Woman.” Big round of applause for Laneita!

Joan (FrogieArno) mentioned that she’s going to see Clapton at the garden next week.

A poem by Wwildpoet:

“Where does God exist?
Dancing at the smooth edge of creation, where ancient waters sweep and transform timeless sand, there moves a solitary bird.
…”

REMEMBER WHEN…?

Remember the Mashed Potatoes (dance)? Julia (Redhdtexn) told us that she demonstrated this dance to her grandson and got a big laugh from him. (Ed. Note: Challenge to you people going to Vegas: See how many people can still do it. And be sure to get pics!)

Wwildpoet asked for the names of the girl and boy in the first grade reader.
Answer: Dick and Jane. And their Dog Spot and their cat Puff. And their mother, Mother.

“See Spot. Run spot, run.”

Wwildpoet remarked that he could hardly wait to read more of the story to see where Spot was running to.

BoomerGer recited: “See Jane run. See Dick run. Why is Jane running? She doesn’t want Dick.”

Remember the party in Rochester, New York, and then Niagara Falls? It was a wonderful day, and Steve (DoGGyNites) and Pat (Sonya50) got wet together. Sounds fun, Steve. As usual, everyone had a wonderful time being together.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

Someone said Skieluv had been sent to hospital in White Plains, New York, with pneumonia about a week ago, but no one knows how to find out how he's doing. If anyone hears anything, please let us know. Skie, if you read this, please reply soon. We miss you and worry about you.


TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!