HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

THE THING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END IS THAT IT KICKS OFF ANOTHER SUMMER SEASON.  CAMPING, GOLF, PICNICS, BOATING, AND ALL THE FUN OF SUMMER.

HERE ON THE LOWER MOHAVE DESERT IT KICKS OFF THE HOT SEASON, AND I MEAN MORE THAN SUMMER, WE’RE TALKING 110 – 120 DEGREES, IT’S AS UNBEARABLE AS BELOW ZERO AT HOME IN WISCONSIN.

SPRING , WHICH USUALLY STARTS ON VALENTINES DAY HERE, WAS TWO WEEKS LATE. THAT WAS THE BAD NEWS.  THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SUMMER AND THE HEAT ALSO STARTED LATE.  WE HAVE ONLY USED OUR A/C ONE NIGHT, AND SPENT OUR DAYS ON THE PORCH.  IT’S  LIKE SUMMER IS GOING TO BE A MONTH SHORTER.

WE ARE SPENDING THE SUMMER AT BLACKSTONE RV PARK IN OUR REGULAR WINTER SITE INSTEAD OF UP IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS AT 2200 FEET.  IT’S GONNA BE HOTTER, BUT WE ARE HOPEING THE SHADE OF THE NEW PORCH WILL MAKE IT BEARABLE.

THE O.D. USED TO SAY THAT A RECHSTEINER COULD JUSTIFY ANYTHING.  HE WAS CORRECT, AND I ESTIMATE THAT THE PORCH WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN SAVED A/C COSTS OVER THE COMING YEARS.

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE FIRST LONG WEEK-END OF SUMMER, AND THE SUMMER OF ‘11 TO FOLLOW.

   "SUNNY & 80"

PUZZLE SEASON

THE VERY FIRST ADDITION MARY MADE TO THE NEW PORCH WAS A PUZZEL TABLE, AND THE PUZZLE SEASON HAS BEGUN.

IT’S MOSTLY MARY THAT PUTS TOGETHER THESE PUZZLES, BUT I STAND AT THE TABLE AND FIND A PIECE THAT FITS OCCASIONALLY.

OUR MAJOR CONCERN WAS THE WIND. WILL THE PIECES BLOW OFF THE TABLE?  NOPE, BUT IT HAS RAINED ONCE SINCE THE PORCH WENT UP, AND THINGS DO GET WET INSIDE WHEN IT RAINS, BUT  HOW OFTEN DOES IT RAIN ON THE LOWER DESERT?

THE PROBLEM MARY DID NOT FORSEE IS SUSIE, THE CAT, HELPING HER OUT WITH THE PUZZLE DURING THE NIGHT. SOMETIMES YOU WILL FIND PIECES ON THE FLOOR AFTER HER HELP.  I REALLY DON’T THINK SUSIE-Q HAS THE PATIENCE FOR PUZZLES AND AFTER A FEW NIGHTS, I THINK SHE WILL GIVE UP, AND GO BACK TO BUG HUNTING.

SO THE PUZZLE SEASON HAS OFFICALLY OPENED.  THERE ARE A FEW GALS AT WORK THAT ALSO ENJOY PUZZLES DURING THE SUMMER, SO THEY OFTEN EXCHANGE AND SHARE THEIR PUZZLES.  THE EXTREME HEAT KEEPS YOU INDOORS DURING THE SUMMER JUST LIKE BELOW ZERO WEATHER IN THE WINTER.

SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS

I COMPLAINED ON THE BLOG ABOUT THE PICTURES OF GARRET AND EMILY BEING ON UNCLE HANS’ CAMERA, WHILE I HELD A PILE OF CLOTHES DURING THEIR SWIM WITH THE SHARKS.

ACTUALLY IT’S A TWO STORY AQUARIUM IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEAUTIFUL SWIMMING POOL SURROUNDED BY A BIG SUNNY AREA, BLACKJACK TABLES, BAR, AND CABANNAS.

WHEN THE WATER SLIDE WINDS INTO THE AQUARIUM IT’S CLEAR PLASTIC AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE RIGHT IN THE TANK WITH THE BIG FISH.

HERE COME EMILY…..




AND THEN GARRET……..




THEY BOTH WENT TWICE AND THE SECOND TIME INSTEAD OF GATHERING SPEED ON THE WATER SLIDE, THEY SLOWED DOWN TO ENJOY THE FISH.

THE GOLDEN NUGGET POOL AREA, DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS IS REALLY COOL.

Mother Update

I had several reasons for going to Wisconsin but none were more important that spending my Mother’s 90th birthday with her.
About 6 weeks ago my Mother went into a nursing home.  She was in a nursing home a few years ago and absolutely HATED it.  She willed herself able to go home again.

Based on her past experience with a nursing home I was anxious about how I would find her.  But she seems content.
What is the difference..

This home is new so it doesn’t smell like a lot of them do.
She has her own room with a bathroom that includes a shower.
She doesn’t have to sit at a table for meals with people that pick their nose, constantly swear, drool, and are generally disagreeable.  (I know that sounds insensitive but it’s true).

Although I did join her for a meal one evening.  Both of her tablemates are 79 and in wheel chairs.  One of them motioned for an attendant and was wheel away from the table.  After the meal, while walking away from the table, my Mother whispered “that lady shit her pants, that’s why they took her out”.  My Mother really can’t whisper even though she thinks she can.
So is my Mother happy?  Probably not but unless the world reverts to something she understands, I don’t think that’s possible.  Content is pretty good in my opinion.

COMPUTER VIRUS?

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I’VE PICKED UP A COMPUTER VIRUS THAT IS USING MY YAHOO ADDRESS BOOK TO SEND OUT E-MAILS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM ME.  I’M NOT SURE HOW I GOT IT?  I COULD BLAME ANYBODY IN MY LIST OF CONTACTS? TOO MANY PORNO SITES , MAYBE?

I’VE RUN A FULL  COMPUTER SCAN AND NOTHING SHOWS UP.  IS THIS A YAHOO PROBLEM?  THE WORST PART IS THAT IT KEEPS GOING, AND I CAN’T FIND IT, TO MAKE IT STOP.  FOR NOW, DELETE ANY E-MAILS FROM REX0122(AT)YAHOO.COM THAT DO NOT HAVE A SUBJECT LINE.

I’VE RECEIVED E-MAILS FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT REPORT THEIR FIREWALLS PREVENT THEM FROM OPENING THE E-MAILS, AND THAT’S A GOOD THING.  I’VE ALSO HEARD FROM CONTACTS THAT WHEN THEY DO A FULL SCAN OF THEIR COMPUTERS AFTER OPENING THE E-MAIL THAT THEY ARE NOT FINDING ANY VIRUSES ON THEIR COMPUTERS, ANOTHER GOOD THING.

I’LL KEEP LOOKING, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND CAN OFFER ME A SOLUTION PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT.

I’M VERY SORRY FOR THESE PROBLEMS.

REX

ZIP LINE

DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS HAS A NEW ATTRACTION, A ZIP LINE THAT STARTS OUT ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF A PARKING GARAGE AND ZIPS YOU UNDER THE FREMONT EXPERIENCE LIGHT SHOW SCREEN TO THE FOUR QUEENS CASINO.

BEFORE 6PM IT’S $5 CHEAPER AND UNCLE HANS DECIDED TO JOIN THE 21 YEAR OLD KIDS.

HERE IS UNCLE HANS GETTING STRAPPED IN AND HOOKED TO THE LINE.

EMILY WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT OF THE GATE.

HIGH ABOVE THE STREET, ALONG CAME GARRET AND UNCLE HANS.

AND ZIPPS YOU RIGHT UNDER THE CANOPY TO THE FOUR QUEENS.

LOOKS LIKE FUN, AND NEXT TIME WE’LL GIVE THE CAMERA TO THE RIDER, SHOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING VIDEO FROM THE AIR.

   “SUNNY & 80”

TOUR GUIDE

TODAY I HAVE THE PERFECT RECIPIE FOR TROUBLE.  REMEMBER MARY IS HOME IN WISCONSIN, AND THESE TWO ARE TOGETHER ON FREMONT STREET IN LAS VEGAS?

IT’S NOT PHOTO SHOPPED, IT’S UNCLE HANS AND HE REALLY WAS VISITING IN VEGAS.

RENEE HAD ALWAYS TOLD HER OLDEST SON THAT WHEN HE TURNED 21 SHE WOULD TAKE HIM TO VEGAS TO CELEBRATE.

 

SO MEET GARRET AND HIS GIRL FRIEND EMILY.

THESE YOUNGSTERS HAD DONE THEIR HOME WORK ON FREMONT STREET ON THE INTERNET, AND IT MADE EASY WORK FOR ME AS THEIR TOUR GUIDE, HEREIS THEIR LIST.

1. THE NEW ZIP LINE

2. SWIM IN THE SHARK TANK

3. PLAY CRAPS

4. DO HOGS AND HEIFERS

5. SHRIMP COCKTAILS

6. THE LIGHT SHOW

TOMORROWS BLOG WILL COVER THE ZIP LINE, AND THE NEXT STOP WAS THE GOLDEN NUGGET WHERE THEY HAVE A WATER SLIDE THAT GOES RIGHT THRU AN AQUARIUM FULL OF SHARKS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR $8 MILLION DOLLAR SWIMMING POOL.

THE POOL AT THE NUGGET IS FOR HOTEL GUESTS ONLY, BUT THESE TWO KIDS WERE PREPARED, AND HAD SWIM SUITS ON UNDER THEIR CLOTHES.  THEY DUCKED BEHIND A ROW OF SLOT MACHINES, STRIPPED DOWN, GAVE PUPPIE DOG EYES TO THE SECURITY GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE POOL AND SWAM WITH THE SHARKS.

SORRY NO PICTURES, I WAS THE ONE HOLDING AN ARM FULL OF CLOTHES AND SHOES, AND THE PICTURES ARE ON UNCLE HANS’ CAMERA.

AFTER ZIPP’IN AND SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS IT WAS OFF TO BENNY’S BULLPEN AT BINIONS TO SUCK DOWN SOME BEERS.  AT THIS POINT PAULIE JOINED THE PARTY,  AND SORRY AIM AND JUDY, BUT I NEVER DID GET A PICTURE WITH PAUL IN IT.

NEXT UP WAS THE BIKER BAR, HOGS AND HEIFERS, WHERE THE BARTENDERS ARE UNDER DRESSED AND RUDE. DON’T YOU AGREE?

OF COURSE I LIKED THE BLONDE BEST.

 

SO UNCLE HANS AND  I STAGGED A PHOTO TO USE IN CASE EITHER OF US RUNS FOR POLITICAL OFFFICE…..

AND IF THE PICTURE WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG DOESN’T GET YOUR VOTE, HOW ABOUT THIS?

WITH A COUPLE OF CRAPS VIRGINS WE HIT THE CRAPS TABLE AT THE FITZ. NOT TO WORRY HANNAH, YOUR DICE RECORD STILL STANDS. AS FAST AS YOU CAN SAY CRAP, POINT, S-E-V-E-N   OUR $200 BUCKS WERE GONE AND WE WERE BACK ON THE STREET FOR AMERICAN PIE AND THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, ON THE BIG SCREEN.

A COUPLE OF ORIGINAL SHRIMP COCKTAILS AT THE GOLDEN GATE AND 10 OR 20 MORE BEERS …….

AND THE GIRLS ALL GET BETTER LOOKING AT CLOSING TIME …..

 

   “SUNNY & 80”

PORCH CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE

HERE ARE THE PICTURES OF THE COMPLETED PORCH.

THE BUILDER MAYBE DONE, BUT I GOT THE FEELING MARY AND I WILL BE MAKING CHANGES TO THE INSIDE FOR YEARS TO COME, AS WE DECIDE ON WHERE TO PUT THE KITCHEN AREA, AND THE TV AREA, ECT.

THIS SUMMER WE PLAN TO USE THE WHITE TABLES WE ALREADY HAVE AND MOVE THINGS AROUND TO SEE WHERE WE LIKE THEM.

TO PROVE THE PORCH WAS ONCE EMPTY, HERE IS AN INDOOR SHOT LOOKING SOUTH,

AND AN INDOOR SHOT LOOKING NORTH.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO PICTURES THAT WE WILL EVER HAVE OF AN EMPTY PORCH.  IT LASTED ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER THE BUILDER SWEPT UP, AND I STARTED MOVING THINGS IN.

ANOTHER SHOT OF THE FRONT.

AND THE BACK DOOR.

 

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR SUSIE, THE CAT, TO CHECK OUT THE PORCH?  WELL I DUG HER OUT OF HER CLOSET HIDEOUT AFTER THE BUILDER LEFT AND SET HER ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE CAMPER AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS AND SHE LOOKED OUT AT THE PORCH FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND WOULDN’T COME OUT.

BY THAT TIME HER CAT TREE WAS MOVED OUT ON THE PORCH SO I PICKED HER UP AND CARRIED HER OUT TO HER TREE.  SHE SAT IN HER TREE WHINEING AND CARRYING ON FOR AWHILE, JUMPED DOWN AND MADE HER WAY BACK INTO THE CAMPER.

ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SHE CAME OUT ON HER OWN AND CHECKED IT ALL OUT. NOW YOU CAN’T KEEP HER INSIDE, SHE’S ON THE PORCH ALL THE TIME.

 

 

 

Whatizit?

By Uncle Hans

Not another "Whatizit?"   Yep.  One is a TV remote for size comparison.  The other?  Whatizit?

.....if you follow this blog, you may have heard the story of our woodworking Grandmother Florence.....

....in 1948 my grandparents decided to build a new house.  the site they selected on the farm was just perfect, except for the majestic old Walnut tree that stood in the way........

......So, they cut it down.  But it was not wasted.  By the time they moved in, (like around the time their first grandchild was born, named Robert Allen) the wood had been to a saw mill, been through the kiln, and was in storage ....

......Florence had a woodworking hobby.  she set out to make all her kids, grand kids and some great-grandkids something from the tree.  Like a "Family Tree".  Some lucky ones got several pieces.  I got a chessboard.  My Dad got a gun rack (now hanging in my living room). 

 

 

......but, I digress.
Can you guess whatizit? yet.

...........this picture is to throw you off the track.............

......this picture has the only clue.  The drilled holes.  Rex may remember his Chinese Checkers board, with all the drilled holes.  They were for marbles.  But these are not..........

.....OK.  Here is the answer.......

.....Or is it the answer? Everyone's guess is still alive until we get the real answer.  From Mom.  I don't know the answer.  Renee and I make this guess, but only Mom knows the answer.  I hope this blog gets to her and that she will tell us.  Also, who does this little gizmo belong to?.......

....I don't know where it came from or who owns it, but I know where it is going.  In this shadow box outside Mom's room at Parkside Village for all to see!  Rex will update us on the answers when we get them.................

By Uncle Hans

PORCH REPORT

THE PORCH BUILDER IS A FULL TIME STUDENT AT UNLV IN VEGAS, SO PORCH BUILDING IS RESTRICTED TO JUST WEEK-ENDS.  MAKES FOR A LONG PROJECT, AND A MESSY CAMPSITE WITH MY STUFF PILED AROUND THE EDGES AND THE CONSTUCTION MATERIALS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THE WAY TOO.

NEXT UP IS FRAMING.

FOLLOWED BY THE SCREENING.

NOW WE BEGIN TO SEE HOW AN ARIZONA SUN ROOM LOOKS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ABOVE IT’S HARD TO SEE IN, BUT FROM THE INSIDE YOU CAN EASILY SEE OUT.

 

HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK-END THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUTTONED UP, AND WE CAN START WORKING ON THE INSIDE TO MAKE IT HOME.

“SUNNY & 80”

THE HAPPY CAMPERS AND THE PISSED OFF PUSSY

IT WAS SUGGESTED IN A  BLOG COMMENT THAT I TEMPORARILY RE-NAMED THE BLOG TO, “THE HAPPY CAMPERS AND THE PISSED OFF PUSSY”, BY I.M.VAYNE. I THINK HE’S RIGHT.

SUSIE, THE CAT, HAS BEEN HOME RECOVERING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WHEN I CAME HOME LATE FROM WORK LAST NIGHT I CAUGHT HER JUST AS SHE WAS FINISHING UP ANOTHER BLOG AND ABOUT TO HIT THE “PUBLISH BLOG” BUTTON.

I SAT DOWN TO READ OVER HER BLOG AND I’M PULLING THE PLUG ON SUSIE’S BLOGS UNTIL SHE RECOVERS AND GETS OVER BEING THE PISSED OFF PUSSY.

IT SEEMS THAT IN HER INSPECTION OF THE CAMPER WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME SHE FOUND A COUPLE OF THINGS MISSING, GRANDMA’S SHOTGUN FROM HER CLOSET HIDEOUT, AND MARY.  SHE HAS ALREADY TURNED THE BLOGOSPHERE UPSIDE DOWN WITH HER MUTILATION BLOG AND NOW SHE WAS MAKING UP STORIES ABOUT GRANDMA’S SHOT GUN AND A MISSING MARY.

LET ME ASSURE YOU SUSIE, MARY IS ON A TRIP TO WISCONSIN AND TOOK GRANDMA’S SHOTGUN BACK TO DANIELS TO RETURN TO THE GUN SAFE, AND TO PROVE IT, I OFFER THIS PHOTO OF DANIEL TEACHING MARY HOW TO CLEAN AMY’S .38.

 

AND BY THE WAY SUSIE, WHAT KINDA NONSENSE DID YOU WRITE TO WASHINGTON? DID YOU WRITE TO HARRY REID OR JOHN MCCAIN?

WHY DID I GET AN E-MAIL FROM THE TRUMP PEOPLE THANKING ME FOR MY SUPPORT AND ASKING FOR A POLITICAL DONATION?  JUST WHO IS OUR CONGRESSMAN ANYWAY?  I HOPE YOU DIDN’T BOTHER GABRIELLE GIFFORD AS SHE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM HER GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN TUCSON.

YUP, YOUR COMPUTER PASSWORD HAS BEEN CHANGED UNTIL YOU GET OVER BEING THE PISSED OFF PUSSY. BUT IT WAS NICE OF YOU TO BE MISSING MARY, AND SO AM I, SHE’S SAFELY IN WISCONSIN TO ENJOY HER FAMILY AND HELP HER MOTHER CELEBRATE HER 90TH BIRTHDAY.

NOW SUSIE, GO TAKE A CATNAP AND GET OVER IT, WHAT’S LEFT OF YOUR TOES WILL FEEL BETTER IN 5 TO 14 DAYS.

Holy Mother Of God

By Susie-Q

Rex just left me at the Animal Hospital, I even gave him those sad puppy dog eyes, but he just walked out and left ME.

On the other hand the Doctor gave me some magnificent drugs, I mean, like Angle dust from the 60’s. Oh, so cool,  mellow, I was bullet proof, and I think I could fly?

I had an out of body hallucination, I thought I was a parakeet and flew up and sat on the Doctors shoulder and tweeted in his ear while he used a laser to remove my front claws. Oh, look at my blood spurt, warm, and deep red, just like when I claw or bite Rex on the hand.

Holy Mother Of God !!!

When I woke up I felt like shit.  My paws were all bandaged up, and hurt like Hell. 

Declawing a cat is inhumane treatment, where are those California Animal Activists when I need them?

Did you know that declawing a cat isn’t just a nail trim?  It’s amputation.  To declaw a cat, the Veterinarian cuts off the last knuckles of a cat’s paw – cutting through bone, tendons, skin and nerves.  In a person, it’s equivalent to amputating each finger at the last joint.

Declaw surgery is an extremely painful procedure with associated health risks and complications such as infection.

Declaw surgery can produce permanent lameness, pain or arthritis.

Declaw surgery is illegal in may European countries.

I’m pissed off! After I write this blog I’m gonna write to my Congressman, my Senator, and maybe even President Trump.

Where’s that cute little nurse?  Can I go home to my camper, yet?

All this because of a new screen porch?  I better really like sett’in on that Porch!

By Susie-Q