Visitin' the Card Sharks

TOP: The card cheats, er, winners basking in the glory of their crushing poor jane and gary

2nd: Views of the golf course, a 509 yard walk from the homestead

3rd: The homestead, with the obligatory Buick in the carport

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Following a few more days R&R in Orlando, we mosey'd on up to Lady Lake to visit Sid and Jane. They are very old friends, both chronologically and in tenure; I grew up with their daughter (who is now 50, in case anybody is keeping track), and Sid was for a time my boss at Kodak, before they went bankrupt...but really, Sid had nothing to do with that....nor the cold war tension with China, even though it coincidently started when they sent him over there on a commerce mission.

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Anyhow, I digress. We spent a few days with them, playing cards, golfing, walks along the lake, and basketball. Yes, basketball...as the knee replaced, 82 year old Sid hammered me at every opportunity. Never seen a guy that short and hobbled dunk before...quite an outstanding sight! One game he beat me something like 126-13. And that was just in a 15 minute pickup game. Perhaps hoops is just not my strong suit...

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We also golfed, on their lovely par 3-4 course directly across the street from their homestead. I lost there too....as Jane outdrove me 7 of 9 holes, and I lost 3 balls...this on totally flat, wide open, 200-250 yard fairways. I think maybe turkey vultures ate the damned balls in flight or something. Kathy also played an outstanding 8 holes...unfortunatly the round was 9 holes, and on the last hole she hit for 27 strokes. Something about lying down and taking a nap on the fairway. Or, maybe it was the 12 put. It's always something...

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We spent a looooong evening playing "Pig It and Hog It", a varient on euchre, where you basically play to 52 and can go both up and down in scoring. One night we played a single game for over 4 hours...at one point Jane and I had 51, and Sid and Kathy had -38...they still beat us.

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OK, 0 for 3; hoops, golf, cards. Maybe I can beat Sid at installing a dishwasher so HIS POOR WIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO WASH DISHES BY HAND EVERY MEAL!!!!! Yup, I could win that contest.

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On our last day there, we went to see a softball game...next post.

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Looser Lumpy dejected and out...