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A picture from the Past. Some place called the Steele Horse Plaza near Blackhawk in South Dakota Probably close to Sturgis, this trip both our sons were with us. they did most of the driving around the USA that time.  For Today: I appreciate all the nice things recorded in yesterday’s comments.  I have very few friends left in this world today. New friends are hard to come by when you are mostly deaf, even with implants.  It is very hard to impossible to carry on a conversation in a crowd.  Even folks with hearing aids know how hard it is to keep up. Someone asked me, “Don’t you read lips?”  I do and I don’t.  Meaning I do a combination, I must hear the sound and match it to the lip movements. That is exactly how I and many folks hear who are losing their hearing.  Many people do not realize they are lip reading. All I am saying is it seems most my friends are here now.  I do have about 5 good personal friends. One in Pennsylvania, One in Florida, one in eastern NC and a couple at our local church. I want to reconnect with my friend here in Florida.  Sherry and I smile when I mention Buddy. I considered him the Fonz of our small tight group, and he didn’t even have a motorcycle. LOL.  He was also the witty one of the group. Also, I wanted to say that my sweetheart took me out to dinner this afternoon.  I chose the Oakwood Smokehouse in Eustis, FL; we both had The Rack of Ribs. It was delicious, with enough left over for tomorrow. I also tried a ‘roasted corn salad.’  It was good, but for some reason I thought it would be warm, but it was cool.  I did enjoy it. I hope your day was good.  I had a short dizzy spell last night. I figured it was my introduction to getting old. (My lovely wife always corrects me when I say ‘GETTING OLD’. “No Honey, not getting, WE ARE OLD!”)  As my Chaplain once told me, “Chief, SHE is always right!” Thanks for stopping by!   Nite Shipslog PS:  AGAIN THANKS for reading the  Shipslog. It is nice to know some folks read this stuff that an old man writes.  I may not mention it often, but I do have a blessed life.  I NEED to keep that in perspective, but at times I forget and dwell on the one or two negatives I am facing. for one, today I am still dizzy. Just got out of bed, again (2pm). I appreciate prayers. God is GOOD. I need to Smile, HE is good!