Memorable Automobiles from The Past:
For today:
GAMERS? Definitely not what our world today calls
gamers. Sherry & I play a ‘partial’ game of dominoes together, we take 4
nights to complete a full game of dominoes. We then turn to our monitors and
play 3 or 4 different card games on our computers most nights. Sherry started me at this. She is from a
family of games and sports folk, even her mama loved cross word puzzles and
bingo. The only games I grew up with
were Sorry and Monopoly. Which I played with my older sister. None of those my
parents played.
I think of
it as a ‘brain exercise’ and try to win each of the three card games: FreeCell,
spider solitary and just solitary. Sherry adds ‘Hearts’, to her list. I don’t
know how to play that one.. I hope it is working, but I am not sure. LOL
I will never complete what is now
called a ‘Bucket List’, I am fast running out of time. I am now pre planning my
last biggie. I hope it comes about.
There
were times in my life I would have liked to be a deep sea diver. I never really
wanted to fly a plane. I had a friend whose aim was to fly. He and his wife got
their pilot’s license, but never bought and flew their own plane.
A true
story on a pastor we once had. He had his own plane, not a biggie, just a small
prop job, but it could take a passenger, so he hired out for short hops.
He was flying a passenger from Eastern
NC to Charlotte. When he noticed his fuel gauge said EMPTY. He asked the
passenger if he was ready to meet the Lord. The passenger started praying after
being told they would TRY to land on a busy highway. They did. Once on the
ground the pilot realized he had not switched the fuel to reserve and had
plenty of fuel.
After a
lot of talk and paperwork and a ticket, the Highway Patrol cleared the road FOR
TAKE-OFF. The pastor could not believe the passenger did not want to complete
the trip! LOL True story; pastor took a lot of ribbing when the story hit the
news.
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4 comments:
Oh.My.Word! Not to be graphic, but were I that passenger I'd need a change of clothes. Tom on the other hand would probably be like, "Oh, neat!" Guess I'm just an old fuddy-duddy. I don't enjoy flying -- and despite having worked with many scuba enthusiasts -- the idea of being underwater creeps me out.
That's pretty neat, you and Sherry playing games on your devices. I need to quit searching for good TV programs and do something like that - exercise my brain cells.
Love from a beautiful CHILLY day in Coosada!
The only games I play and enjoy are board games and card games. Not on the internet. I like the fun of being together with people and enjoying some fun while playing something. Real people. Hopefully we'll be able to have more game nights with family this year. That is terrible about the plane and the pastor, I guess he got flustered thinking he was out of fuel. Glad you are both keeping busy and enjoying yourself.
We have a 6-pak of family and ever since the beginning of covid, we have never stopped gathering to play a couple card games, eat a meal together and end the time together with a game of Farkle. Like Ma, we did it face to face, enjoying one another. The Pastor had quite the excitement. My little sis was flying with a friend in his plane from WI to TX. In KS, he was having trouble and had to land....as parts flew off his plane...they hit the runway, and had to go back up, unable to stop before the runway ran out....up again in the strong winds, finally landing successfully on the planes belly. He went south and she returned to WI by rental car. A case of, ' it coulda turned out bad ' but they had an angel watching over them. She never flew again, in fact, never saw Tex again either....true story.
loven'hugs as we northerners are enjoying warm air and breezes melting the last of the snow.
No bucket list for me. I feel like I would worry and stress all the time to get it done.
Thats scary about the plane but looking at that photo, I bet there were a few car passengers ready to meet the Lord too.
Catching up
Lisa
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