LOVE THURSDAYS----

     I have No explanation of why I seem to identify my life by days of the week.  Looking back, and I have a long long way to look back---heh heh heh---have always kinda related to particular days of the week, depending on the nature  of what is happening .

     One of my pet remarks is an expression I stole from a TV show, popular before most of my readers I suspect were even born, called "The Golden Girls". One of the characters on the show played a grandmotherly sort, who frequently would preface her remarks regarding some early period in her life by saying---"ahhh yes I remember ---twas a Tuesday----" and then proceed to go on with her remembrance of some particular event----so if ya hang with me any length of time, you will hear me say ---(fill in the blank)---it was a Tuesday! But enough about Tuesdays, my purpose for this input to my blog has to do with a different day of the week.   

     As most everyone knows I do enjoy gambling, and so am a frequent attendee at my local Casino.  I was going to say visitor, but I am there way to often, so attendee is more the apt descriptive.  I like this particular casino because it is not a hotel, but just your basic no frills gambling Hall.  It has all the basic fundamentals, Black Jack Tables, Craps Tables and enough slot machines to appeal to us regular patrons.    I humorously think of it as my "Day" job, and on baad days think of it as my cursed "Addiction"   LOL, but I digress---

     As most casino's do, this one has regular "special" offerings designed to attract customers.  On Mondays they give us cardholders  gambling credits with which to gamble with-----you have to gamble it, its not just free cash.  The idea, from my perspective anyway, is to "invest" this free money into small calculated bets and if done properly, one can convert (that is to say win bets) and make the  gambling credits into real, put it in your pocket, and go home smiling CASH---That's the game plan anyway----

     Then on Tuesday and Wednesdays, they offer the ever popular "Twenty for Thirty" gambit.  This is where we the customers hand over 20 bucks of OUR money and the casino gives us 30 dollars of CREDITS on our gambling card---to go forth and again make our calculated bets----but here again one has to play all of the gambling credits and if one does not pick winners one kisses their 20 bucks by-by!!  but if one is gonna risk 20 bucks , one would be a fool not to take the casino's 10 bucks to play with also.

     Weekend days are a mix of various tournaments on the various slot machines, sometimes hot seat promo's and cash drawings---standard every casino operating crap---nothing in particular to get excited over.

    Now if you have been paying any attention, you will have noticed I have not mentioned the Casino's Thursday come-ons!!  LOL   I would have to admit that I find THURSDAYS particularly amusing, and I try not to miss going to the casino on Thursday mornings.----hmmmm how do I explain my amusement with Casino Thursday------

     Well first off on Thursdays, the casino only offers you a free 5 bucks worth of credits to gamble with, not much but again one would have to be pretty stupid not to take it.   The additional come-on offered is ---wait for it????------FREE Donuts!  Like hello, 5 bucks and free donuts ----life is good!!  LOL   All kidding a side---what I find amusing is watching the characters flock into the casino like they were giving away gold nuggets---the line to get the dough nuts is practically a on going riot, while the line for the five bucks is like ho-hum almost ignored-----but hot damn  they ARE damn good donuts-------so its Donut Thursdays for this boy.

BRUNCH AT THE FAMOUS "TOASTED BARREL" RESTAURANT

I just wanted to share my most pleasing "Brunch" experienced at "THE TOASTED BARREL" eatery yesterday.

My first pleasant surprise was finding how reasonable the pricing of the  brunch entree's  were.  (ranged between 12 - 18 dollars)  the second happy discovery was finding the list of entrees was quite extensive and  I had one hell of time making a decision as so many good things were listed to choose from.   I finally decided to go with the Eggs Benedict.---

The accompanying glasses (3---or was it 4?)) of excellent champagne, made for a most congenial occasion.      

       The food was so good,  we opted to go for coffee and dessert as well.  My selection was the Apple Tart w/ice cream













I would be remiss if I did not add,  that not only was the food quite good, the service by our waiter, his name was Andrew, was most efficient.  and only added to a most pleasant brunch experience-----OH yeahhhh!

CAN'T GET IT OUT-------!!?

Its maddening, and I can't get it out of my head---a Song with a the chorus echoing over and over in my mind.  Don't know the song title, nor do I remember the singer, but do know he is a Country singer.

The song itself,  is about a millenial type, confronting an old cowboy philosopher type and discussing what makes the world go around----and the chorus lyrics  have the old cowboy reiterating again and again-------
     "ITS FASTER HORSES, YOUNGER WOMEN, OLDER WHISKEY----AND MORE MONEY!"


(ya kinda have to like those country songs, a lot of true stuff said in em!!  LOL)

I need a Guru

I ran as fast as I could but Technology has left me in the dust.  I feel like a caveman looking through the glass at the modern world--and thinking  "Huh?  I still am unable to understand the pic xfer system offered and how to set it up-----soooo after much frustration, found the old "Drag & Drop" works for inserting my pics in my blog posts.

The image to my left is a pic of one of the nice lil details of the decor all through the passenger portions of the
Viking Riverboat "Odin", which I thoroughly enjoyed on my Paris to Prague river cruise last June.

The white orchids were prevalent all over, including all the passenger's cabins.  The pic above is of this old dude taking a pic of his cabin, (note the white orchid)


NOW as my headache recedes knowing I can access my pics, I will endeavor to put forth more cohesive blogs for your amusement.  (Hmmm 79yo's blog posts ----cohesive?? wobbles the mind)

PS:   Stand by Guru, we never know when we may need you---but its a comfort to know I got "people" to call on.

A 2016 Thanksgiving Moment

Still wrestling with how to access my photos, but in my bumbling around,  doing my standard click on   things and see what happens method of computer education, found a pic.

Twas a most grand Turkey day gathering of the clan.---Here is a pic I took of some of the members of the Phoenix branch.   My niece Gabriel and her daughter, my lovely grand-niece Shannon.

---now back to solving my photo accessing mystery------

The Education of this Blogger, continues---

Once more with feeling---

(sigh)  well we have now learned we can access all pics I have previously used in Facebook posts,  but those pics i have not used in Facebook  are still unaccessible---!! Damnation!!

HEEEEEEEES BACKK!!

HELLO???   ANYONE HERE??------I came back, hope your not mad at me for being gone for so long and not communicating?   I will try not to be gone for long periods of time---I mean at my age can understand how ya might get nervous.  LOL


Gonna take me some time to get back into some semblance of posting fairly regularly, have to give up some of my time from  my "Day Job", which cold have an impact on my income.  However am willing to take that risk, as I feel I kinda owe ya all that.


I want to fix up my blog page, its kinda bleak looking aint it?    Well Rome wasn't built in a day---pretty sure That must have taken a good week or more.!     I am also gonna  have to relearn the ins and outs of blogging , ----here's a Pic for ya to ponder,   back soon.