Toasted Motor Home

This is what happens when motor homes go bad. It gets reported on the news, stops traffic, and burns the sagebrush for 450 acres +.

Actually, this is my mom and dad's motor home today at 12:30. They were in a group going camping, the one in front pulled over, dad pulled over, the people behind came and got them out, then BOOM!! It blew up! Mom had heard something funny and commented to dad about it. Nobody knows what started the fire. Smoke from back while moving, and when they stopped, it filled the inside. My mom was more upset about losing all the food they had fixed for the next 4 days. Peaches and tomatoes, and Arby sandwiches. We will be going over early to see how they are for real, shock and all that neat stuff. Mom has been making a list of what they lost. Basics like toothbrushes, hair brush, pillows, her C-Pap machine, purse with keys and IDs and money and credit cards. Lisa says she goes back and forth from laughing to crying. At least Dad won't be driving any more big rigs, so there is that silver lining.

We were getting ready to go to Gale's for dinner, stopped at the Letha Store and found out that yesterday, the garbage truck caught on fire. Seems someone put hot stuff in their trash, it got picked up, and presto: fired up garbage truck.

What is this world coming to?

That is the latest. Later

Cathy and Richard

Messenger Index does it again

In our paper box this morning, we found a new home town phone book put out by the local paper. This would be a nice thing, if they did it right. The first thing everybody in the world does when they get a new phone book, is check their own listing. Whether for spelling or the correct number, or address. So we opened the new book, and low and behold--WE ARE NOT IN THERE!
We start looking for other names from the Letha area. NOT IN THERE!! This is the 2nd time we have been excluded. Who ever does the proofreading of the book does not do their entire job. Called nicely last time, and the front desk says,"When you have an out of area number, it won't be in our book, or a number that is not Qwest." Since when is Letha an "out of area" and we do have Qwest? We replied that our address is actually an Emmet address, the first three digits of the phone number are 365 like most everybody else around here. On the front cover of the book is the headline "Serving Gem County, Sweet, Ola, Montour, and Letha". So, Mr. Tact (Richard) calls and tells the front desk he wants to speak to whoever is responsible. "Voice Mail?" "No, I want to chew her out in person." How many think that she will call back? Not me. I guess we will see.
C

Just Fuzz

Gale's first Beer,triggered what comes next. I was stationed in New Port on the USS Hawkins DD 873 as a mess cook with week end liberty. So,off to town I go to meet up with fellow mess cooks at a watering hole where someone who was 21 sneaked in a bottle of vodka, we all ordered cokes and started passing the bottle under the table the cokes just got clearer and clearer, it turned out to be a real short night. I was told the next day that I was crawling around on the floor try to look up some gals dress. The Shore Patrol showed up and I got a free ride back to the ship. I came to in my rack with nothing on but a smile. Not to mention a Huge hangover with an urge to pee. Crawled out and went up to the head. Sitting on the throne and saw this bucket with someones blues soaking in water. I reached and grabbed the blues to see whose name was on the tag, dam they was mine.
The ship pulled into Key west and over the PA system the word was passed that a softball game and cookout was being offered behind the Chiefs club. Steaks, Burgers, tons of Beer and the game was on, It should have been on tape, don't try running bases with and open beer it's like a foam explosion and you are out of beer before you get to third, if you get to third. Two more sloppy outs and it's our turn in the field. Beer in each pocket and burger in my mitt, I was on second. There's no safe places to put beer or burger and try to keep an eye on the ball.I don't remember the end of the game. But I do remember waking up in the the Motor whale Boat and the Ship was underway. OH shit!!! I then went down to the shop where I worked and in the door I went, every one turned and looked at me like I was from another planet. Where the hell have you been? We wrote you up for missing ships movement.
There are hundreds if not thousands more little stories,but the fog is a little thick. Except for this one. The USS Roark FF 1053 was in Subic and we had a ships party you know dancing girls and the whole shitteree, well things got very drunk out. The party started losing steam, so it was time to head for town. About a dozen of us jumped on a jitney headed for any open bar that would have us. There's one thing about Subic I don't think anyone has ever drank it dry, but that was our goal. After several attempts I stumbled outside and found this power pole that was falling over and I was holding it up. I don't know how long I had been there , I heard this , are you all right? I looked up and it was Phil , shit where did you come from, you look drunk, where's your ship? Come on let's get you back to your boat, You can't wander around like this, you might fall in shit river or worse. So I got him back on base, with no problems, off down the street we stumbled, looking for Phil's boat, as thing's worked out we found mine first. I guess Phil got back to his boat OK, I went to bed.
Well thanks Gale for the Beer induced memories, Royce could tell a few as well.

later
RB

Playing with the Goldfish

On the top of this blog is the goldfish tank. We have discovered that if you put the arrow/cursor in the tank, they follow, Not only that, but if you click on the fish tank, little red dot thingies appear and the fish go after them.Must be web fish food. Rich spent time just playing with the fish. If they were real they would be really fat or dead from over feeding them. Ain't life grand?

We have been busy doing what seems to be nothing. Watched the game in bits and pieces. Watched the races without commercials as we record them first.

Been exercising daily. Rich looks really good!!! As for me, let's change the subject.

Rich has been working on getting the district running on full. Got new electrical box, added stuff to box, inspection, more stuff to box, need another inspection. Seems to go that way. Never done entirely correct the first time. Got our EIN for the district. Working on getting a non-profit status from the IRS. Looking at bids for the test required by DEQ next year. Curley just called, broke down at Tom's Cabin. Rich to the rescue! Phone rings again. Now he is taking Curley home. Don't know why. Will find out later.

Lacey is in school at Emmett High (Junior!!!). She is staying with Dirk's sister, Lori, and her family. I guess she is doing ok. When I speak to her on the phone, I get one word answers. Hard to carry a conversation that way.

Dog alert. Outside time. Later. Cathy