Good 52º few clouds morning.
Not quite awake. Had a really fun evening with some old friends from high
school.... Jerry and Vera Beverman, Ronnie and Sue Loynds, and Terry Leone! Ron
bought a home up here.... vacation home. He still has his business in So. Cal.
Mike Bastian works for Ron and Ron called him so he could talk to me. OMG. Such
fun. Ron's wife Sue is sooooo sweet. She and Vera cooked up a wonderful meal! Terry's
wife passed away a couple of years ago. He also has a son named Brian! I found
out about Ron buying a house up here from my Brian, who just happens to be his
insurance agent! Sue and Vera cooked and cleaned and wouldn't let me do anything
but visit with the guys! Thanks ladies, I had such a good time.
L-R Ron, Terry, duh, Jerry
I found out Ron has a sister who has lived up here for 45 years...... he's
got nephews and great nephews up here. Also, Ron is on the board of directors
for Wildlife Images!
Check this.... the view out Sue's kitchen window....the Rogue River!
A great evening with special people.
Earlier in the day was our monthly Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon (the
reason for my silly shirt!). I had the chef's salad...
We had a couple of new guys join us... Dirty Harry LeVine and Neil &
Flory Ornstein, both ret LASD. Harry worked W. Hollywood and Neil was with
SEB Motors. Everyone had mutual friends. Fun.
This is a TEXAS joke (compliments of Gator, USN
ret)
The Sheriff pulled up
next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff
asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right
over your head."
"Yep," he replied.
"That's why I'm dumpin' it here, 'cause it says: 'Fine For Dumping
Garbage.'"
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And a
TENNESSEE joke:
A Tennessee
State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper asked, "Got any ID?" The
driver replied, "Bout whut?"
Today is
Mike's brides birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN CHIPOLLA! I'll have a martini in your
honor. I hope Mike waits on you hand and foot and treats you to all the martinis
you can handle!!
Historically this date... (wow, some horrible destruction and loss of
life on this date!)
1833 – The U.S.
President Andrew Jackson becomes
the first President to ride on a train.
1882 – More than 100,000
inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge
waves into the harbor.
1889 – The Great Seattle fire
destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle,
Washington.
1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau
Wood – The U.S.
Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to
recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry.
1944 – World War II: the Battle of Normandy
begins. D-Day, code named Operation
Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on
the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers
quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push
inland in the largest amphibious military operation in
history.
1981 – Bihar train
disaster: a passenger train traveling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a
bridge crossing the Bagmati river.
The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing;
however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000
killed.
2005 – The United States
Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana, in
Gonzales v. Raich.
(HA! Not in Washington, Colorado, or soon to be Oregon! Good grief! Pot heads
are just that.)
And
births this date include...
1932 –
David
Scott, American
astronaut
1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish
tennis player
All I
know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Maggs to the vet for mani/pedi this am.
Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
June 6th
National
Yo-Yo Day
