Wednesday, December 24, 2008

CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA

I AM TYPING THIS IN CAPPS SO YOU OLD FOLKS CAN READ IT EASILY.
WE DID OUR USUAL CHRISTMAS THING BY COMING TO FLORIDA DURING THE HOLIDAY. WE WENT TO WALLACE TO SEE WILLA'S KIDS FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN AMBLED DOWN TO ST. AUGUSTINE TO SEE WAYNE AND SHIRLEY JOHNSON. WAYNE AND I WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER BACK IN JAMESTOWN AND IT HAS BEEN FIFTY YEARS SINCE I HAVE SEEN THE MAN. IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE HE AND I HAVE NOT CHANGED ONE BIT SINCE GRADUATION BACK IN 58. WE ARE STILL THE SAME ''SLIM TRIM'' ROBUST YOUTHS THAT WE WERE BACK THEN.(cough cough)(yeah sure)
WAYNE AND SHIRLEY CAME OVER TO THE COACH AND WE SAT AND SHOT THE BULL ABOUT OLD TIMES IN HIGH SCHOOL. ABOUT TIMES WHEN WE WERE A LOT DUMBER THAN WE ARE NOW. ABOUT GETTING DRUNK AND DOING STUPID THINGS. WE SAT AND TALKED AND LAUGHED. WE WENT OUT FOR DINNER AT A NICE RESTAURANT WITH CLOTH NAPKINS AND REAL FORKS AND SPOONS. THE TYPE PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T CARRY A TRAY AND YOU CANT ''BIGGIE'' YOUR FRIES AND COKE. GOOD FOOD AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP WERE THE ORDER OF THE EVENING. SHIRLEY BROUGHT US A NICE PLATE OF HOME MADE COOKIES AND THE GREAT PROBLEM WITH THEN IS THAT THEY ARE ALL GONE AS OF YESTERDAY. WILLA AND I FOUGHT OVER THE LAST RICE CRISPIER TREAT.
WE ARE NOW CAMPED AT ''LAKE LOCHLOOSA RV PARK'' HERE ON THE SHORE OF THE LAKE. I WILL PUT THE BOAT IN TODAY AND TRY FOR SOME ''SPECKS'' (CRAPPIE). I GOTTA PUT MY 'MAXAIR' FAN ON TOP OF THE COACH WHILE THE BATTERY FOR THE BOAT IS CHARGING.
MORE LATER IF THE FISH START BITING ..........
WILLA GUS FINNIE AND me ...

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