Hello on Monday

Dear Friends,

I hope that all of you had a fun weekend like the Curley's did.

We had great day at the Mohegan Sun Casino trip on Sunday. This Italian American Club bus trip had a packed bus with 14 people on the waiting list for this particular trip.
Did the Curley's make any money at the Casino? Our success can best be described by the following quote that I made up: "What the women maketh, the husband loseth!" Linda would get on a slot machine and it was hot, but I seemed to find the coldest machines in the casino. We ended up in a non smoking Keno room. I played Keno while Linda tried the slot machines in this room. At one point, I had spent over my allotted budget, and I had three dollars in my wallet. Linda game me a few bucks to play Keno, and I won $30. If we go to the Casino again, I might just play Keno, and bring a book or newspaper to read while Linda can goes off to find a slot machine that pays off more than she puts in.

Linda might leave me home on the next Casino Trip or at least direct me to the Keno parlor. The good thing about the Keno parlor is that the Beverage waitress is very attentive to people in this room.

While at the Casino we had lunch with our Radio Show Host and his wife. The place we dined at was called Bubba's. The food in the place was what you would get if you lived down south. We all decided to have a fish dinner instead of some good looking rib dishes that people were having at the tables all around us.
We all had there Catfish dinners. The two husbands had the blackened cat fish and our wives had the regular cat fish. All of us agreed that the fish was wonderful. Linda is a little picky about eating fish. When she says that it was delicious that is a good sign! If she gets a hint of a fishy tasting piece of fish, she will stop eating it. Well, this didn't happen yesterday!

Our Radio Talk Show Host and his wife are now social members (they have no Italian blood flowing through their veins) of the Italian American Club. Steve Romano (a UNICO brother) the owner of Elm Street Hardware, and me signed their applications as their sponsors. Our friends will now receive Italian American Club newsletters so they know what is going on at this very active Club.

The Casino bus almost left without three or four players. Two of the hard of hearing players were just talking away near the bus pick up area, and someone had to go out and rescue them. They might have been waiting at the wrong bus pick area. Our bus came in at Bay 4, but our departing bay was at Bay 10. If you are on a Casino Bus trip, the bus must depart exactly at the designated departure time. The bus can't wait for people who are not on time. The bus was backing out of the parking place when the wayward gamblers got back on the bus. If the bus does depart without you, you have to find your own way home. The Casino is over two hours from the Berkshires. Can you imagine what that Taxi ride would have cost?

Linda and I needed some food as we departed from the Italian American Club. We stopped at the East Side for a wonderful would fired pizza before we headed home. The East Side is 1/4 of a mile from the Italian American Club.

We did arrive home just in time for me to watch the Boston Celtics' basketball team lose their game to one of the worst teams in the league.

The most important sporting contest this week is the Super Bowl on Sunday night which starts at 6:30 PM. I can't wait!

Social Calendar -- Linda is totally free today, and she definitely doesn't want me to put any demands on her at all. I have a 2 PM VENUS procedure today. If I am feeling okay after the medical procedure, I have a UNICO Golf Committee Meeting at 6 PM at the Senior Center in Downtown Pittsfield. The day after a Casino trip is one that we both would like a non commitment day.

Criticism of the Rotary Auction Food -- My Rotarian friend who is on my daily blog answered my criticism quite diplomatically. Linda thought that my criticism of the auction food and certain auction items was kind of harsh. I did ask Linda if I did describe anything that wasn't true. Her answer was "No". Linda is a Libra, and she likes balance in what she says and does in her life. She would have made no negative comments about the Rotarian Auction. As you see, I like to tell it like it is, and leave nothing to your imagination.
Linda thinks that I am turning into a grumpy old man. I just can't be a "Don't make waves or don't hurt the feelings of people" type of writer. I am a person who sees things as "Black or white person or right or wrong." I am just not a middle of the road type of person.

Well, I am going to be so quiet this morning until Linda wakes up that she will have thought that I left the house. I hope that no one calls the house and wakes her up. It is usually her friends that make those "jolting out of her bed" telephone calls.

Have a great week at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad