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Here is my amusing story for the day. My grandson has been big, into collecting baseball cards. We stopped at a mall in Ohio yesterday, and saw they were having a big card show. So Susan texts our daughter to tell her about the show. When our grandson hears this, he asks to borrow his mom’s phone, and this starts. Now, seriously, I need to teach Susan some bargaining skills. He starts out with can you LEND me 40 - 30, and she goes right to I’ll give you $100 So he thanked her 3 times and gave the phone back to his mom, not realizing she can just read what he texted. And just like that, I am $300 bucks lighter, because if one gets money, they all get money. I am glad I only have 3 grandkids.

Go wake everyone up. The posts slowed up overnight.

Congratulations on Charlie’s 20year anniversary. And congratulations to Eric’s 7th year. Wishing Pauline a happy birthday on Monday. That was also my aunt’s birthdate.

Greg, you might have said this already, but how are you getting from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami?

Oh man! I would start sweating about now. Hope you get going

The month of my wife and my daughter. I have to agree.

These are the times we need a sad button. Hope you get things straightened out.

Hollywood, and M’ville is an interesting place. We rented a house there a few years ago, and M’ville was frequented often. I still remember the look on the face of the valet, when I pulled up, and he started counting as 11 of us got out of my SUV. The big question is, did you ride the flow rider there?

Speaking of March 6th, I got an email from one of the ancestry sites last week, reminding me it was my great grandparents anniversary. They were married in 1865. When I looked at their ages (he was ready to turn 40, and she was 17), I wondered what could they possibly have in common? Maybe the war reduced the available men. Of course, my grandfather would not be born for another 20 years, and his wife was 14 years younger. It appears I come from a family of cradle robbers.

Happy birthday from me also, Dani. Good people were born in March.

It is a good thing they don’t ask you that question after a week of the drink package. Just sayin.

As part of playing catch up, I was looking at some of the photos from the Amelia Island concours. C&D just did an article of the 20 coolest cars there, and @bobmacliberty posted a few shots of some they listed. However, two caught my eye. This one. And, for someone that bleeds black and gold, this one. I did read this one is for sale for $3.45M.

@A&L_Ont sorry to hear about your cousin. Also sorry to hear about the cause. It is those kinds of stories that keep us worried. I hope they eventually find a cure, because C is terrible. Sorry I am late posting this, but I am trying to catch up.

Putting a large amount of coins in a carry on or backpack will get you some special time with TSA. Don’t ask how I know. I just do.

That is a pretty good goal. Mine have decreased, as I get older. However, I stepped it up, because I am in a challenge to do 100 miles in 10 days.

And speaking about that whole ancestry thing, look what showed up in my email yesterday. I guess that makes sense. He did have blue eyes. 👀😁

Quickest way is to marry a Diamond. But why set your sights low. Marry an old Pinnacle.

Well now, isn’t this one moving fast. I wish I was sailing with you all on this one, but it just didn’t work out. My plan, in following along, was to have a drink every time I saw the word “drink” posted, or I saw a picture of a drink. Somehow, I think I have to lower that goal. Safe travels to all, and have a great cruise.

I saw that I was tagged in a couple of posts by @LionesssSue and @dani negreanu Dani. Once again, I am far behind, and Susan and I have been running on about 3 hours sleep. I will keep this short. Monday was my worst birthday ever. That’s when we found out that our daughter’s cancer has spread to one of her lymph nodes. So more treatments to come, but this time it will be daily radiation. To add more excitement to the mix, I had an appointment with a cardiologist, had an EKG, at the hospital for an echocardiogram, and now I am wearing this fancy heart monitor for the next month. More tests and appointments to come for our daughter, me, and Susan, so we have to make sure only one of us has something on any one day. Finally settling in to our newest crazy routine. Meanwhile, Ricky gives me one of those looks every day.

Dinner tonight. Ossobuco sous vide, with Yukon golds and peppers. Delicious and tender.

Have a great cruise, Maryann. Graham, thinking of you today, on Remembrance Day for your dad.

I got to the second paragraph, and thought I would need to grab a paper and pencil to graph everything. Looks like someone already started one. Seriously, congratulations on your long journey of research and positive outcomes so far. I have relatives with adopted children, and who put children up for adoption. As far as I know, none of them have started down your journey.

when we are driving, we stop about every 2 hours. We break ours up into 3 days. Everyone have safe travels to the Bella cruise. I am looking forward to lots of reading about that cruise.

No. You get the first at 140, then every 70 after. Your next one would be at 210.

They were showing some of the packaging, where they were really lazy. The bar code was 123456789.