THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1905 [2012]
INDIO CA.
TODAY IS AN AMAZING DAY FOR THE WORLD-ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WAS BORN.
IT WAS IN CHICAGO IN AN OFFICE NUMBERED 711. FOUR MEN ATTENDED AND PAUL P HARRIS LAID OUT HIS IDEA.
TODAY ROTARY IS IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES [MORE THAN THE UNITED NATIONS] AND HAS ABOUT 1,300,000 MEMBERS DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARY.
TODAY WAS PRESIDENTS DAY AT MY ROTARY CLUB BACK IN NAPERVILLE IL. I WAS SORRY TO MISS THAT MEETING AS A ROSTER OF PAST PRESIDENTS TOLD THE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THE YEAR THEY WERE LEADING THAT FINE CLUB.
OUR CLUB HAS QUITE A FEW NEW MEMBERS AND SOME DON'T HAVE AS MUCH BACK GROUND AS THE MORE SEASONED [SHALL WE SAY] MEMBERS, SO IT IS COOL THAT WE REMEMBER OUR PAST AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
I WAS PRESIDENT 30 YEARS AGO [81/82] AND I WAS ASKED TO REMEMBER SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SO I DID VIA EMAIL AND SOMEONE AT THE MEETING TODAY WOULD SPEAK FOR ME.
ON TUESDAY OUR GREAT FRIENDS PAST ROTARY DISTRICT GOVERNOR CHRIS & GEORGIA FROM DARIEN STOPPED BY FOR A TWO DAY VISIT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND THE PALM SPRINGS / INDIO CA. AREA.
WHILE IN PALM SPRINGS WE TOOK A TRAM UP A MOUNTAIN SOME 8000 FEET, IT WAS 85 AT THE BOTTOM AND 55 AT THE TOP.
THIS IS THE ONLY TRAM CAR IN NORTH AMERICA WITH A ROTATING FLOOR, IT MAKES TWO REVOLUTIONS EACH TRIP SO EVERYONE GETS A 360 DEGREE VIEW TWICE. BY THE WAY THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE WORLD, ONE IN SWITZERLAND AND ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN EUROPE.
LUNCH AT THE TOP.
I HAVE HAD A JONES FOR A GREAT HAMBURGER SINCE WE ARRIVED IN CA. AND THEY HAD A "KOREAN HAMBURGER" ON THE MENU MADE FROM ANGUS BEEF AND A VERY INTERESTING SOY SLAW. CHRIS AND I ORDERED IT AND ASKED FOR IT MEDIUM RARE, THE WAITER SUGGESTED MEDIUM WELL OR WELL, WE SETTLED ON MEDIUM.
WELL, WHEN IT ARRIVED IT LOOKED FABULOUS, BUT WHEN WE CUT IT HALF IT WAS KIND OF GREY AND MUSHIE, ON FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT IT WAS 25% ANGUS BEEF AND 75% SOY BEANS. DISAPPOINTED, I WOULD SAY SO, WE ATE IT AND SAVED A COW. THE FRIES WERE GREAT, SOME SALVATION.
FIRE UP DATE;
THE OWNER OF THE COACH THAT BURNED, IS HAVING ISSUES WITH HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE COACH IS STILL HERE AND THE BURNT ODOR IS THERE AS WELL, SORRY FOR THE FOLKS ON EACH SIDE.
A NEIGHBOR IS LETTING THEM STAY IN IN THEIR COACH AS THEY ARE NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW = VERY NEIGHBORLY.
THERE WAS A TOW TRUCK HERE TO PICK IT UP BUT LEFT BECAUSE THE COACH WAS TOO BIG.
IT WILL BE A MONUMENTAL CHORE TO ROLL IT OUT FROM THE SPACE ON TO THE ROAD, IT WEIGHS ABOUT 40,000 POUNDS AND IS 42 FEET LONG AND WON'T RUN AND THEREFOR HAS NO POWER STEERING. IT WILL HAVE TO BE PUT ON A LOWBOY OR THE DRIVE SHAFT REMOVED TO TOW IT FROM THE FRONT.
ANYWAY ENOUGH FOR NOW.
ART
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
FIRE RAIN AND FRIENDS
2/18/2012 SATURDAY
FROM 1/1/12 TO 2/16/12 THIS AREA HAS HAD JUST 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN!
ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN, NOT SNOW. THE YEARS AVERAGE RAIN FALL IS JUST 4 INCHES.
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE MUST SPEND A FORTUNE ON SPRINKLING ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
ABOUT THE FIRE.
THURSDAY ABOUT 12:30 AM A POLICE CAR CAME FLYING AROUND THE VERY QUITE STREET IN FRONT OF US.
AS I HAVE SAID, THE STREETS ROLL UP ABOUT 10PM, SO ANYWAY THEY ROLL THRU AND ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES LATER HERE COME THE FIRE TRUCKS, THEY USE THE WATER TANK TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK. THEY ALSO ARE DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO A FIRE. GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US A MOTORCOACH HAD A SHORT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT HAD STARTED A FIRE.
CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE COACH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME IN ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO.
THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF WOOD CABINETS, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC AND FABRICS THROUGH OUT AS WELL AS A 40 GALLON PROPANE TANK UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FOLKS INSIDE SMELLED SMOKE THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THEMSELVES OUT SAFELY. THEIR TOAD CAR WAS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COACH AND IN DANGER BUT, THE KEYS WERE IN THE COACH. IT SURVIVED.
SHE HAD ON PAJAMAS AND HE WAS IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LACK OF EMERGENCY THAT THE FIREMEN HAD, I GUESS THEY FELT THAT THE COACH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE, SO LETS NOT TAKE A CHANCE AND JUST PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY DID THAT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE FIRE DID NOT GET TO THE PROPANE TANK AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE BELOW THE FLOOR. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CASSITA NEXT DOOR.
THE OWNERS OF THE BURNT COACH HAVE A HOME IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY WILL GO TO AFTER THE INSURANCE INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE FUN OF SHOPPING FOR A NEW COACH.
OUR FRIENDS OF 30 YEARS PLUS ARRIVED LAST WEEK FROM GLEN ELLEN IL AND WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 4TH OF MARCH.
SANDYS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE STOPPED BY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
CHRIS AND GEORGIA WILL BE COMING IN FROM TUCSON AZ. NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HERE IN INDIO CA. AND TO HAVE VISITORS STOP BY JUST MAKES THE STAY EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.
TODAY, AS WITH MOST DAYS, ONLY THE HIGH FLYING AIRPLANES HAVE SCARED THE MAGNIFICENT BLUE SKYS WITH THEIR VAPOR TRAILS.
SOMEONE SAID, OUT HERE YOU JUST GO FROM ONE GREAT DAY TO ANOTHER AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO IT DOES, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS.
ENJOY
ART DAVIS
FROM 1/1/12 TO 2/16/12 THIS AREA HAS HAD JUST 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN!
ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN, NOT SNOW. THE YEARS AVERAGE RAIN FALL IS JUST 4 INCHES.
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE MUST SPEND A FORTUNE ON SPRINKLING ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
ABOUT THE FIRE.
THURSDAY ABOUT 12:30 AM A POLICE CAR CAME FLYING AROUND THE VERY QUITE STREET IN FRONT OF US.
AS I HAVE SAID, THE STREETS ROLL UP ABOUT 10PM, SO ANYWAY THEY ROLL THRU AND ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES LATER HERE COME THE FIRE TRUCKS, THEY USE THE WATER TANK TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK. THEY ALSO ARE DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO A FIRE. GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US A MOTORCOACH HAD A SHORT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT HAD STARTED A FIRE.
CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE COACH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME IN ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO.
THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF WOOD CABINETS, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC AND FABRICS THROUGH OUT AS WELL AS A 40 GALLON PROPANE TANK UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FOLKS INSIDE SMELLED SMOKE THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THEMSELVES OUT SAFELY. THEIR TOAD CAR WAS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COACH AND IN DANGER BUT, THE KEYS WERE IN THE COACH. IT SURVIVED.
SHE HAD ON PAJAMAS AND HE WAS IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LACK OF EMERGENCY THAT THE FIREMEN HAD, I GUESS THEY FELT THAT THE COACH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE, SO LETS NOT TAKE A CHANCE AND JUST PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY DID THAT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE FIRE DID NOT GET TO THE PROPANE TANK AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE BELOW THE FLOOR. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CASSITA NEXT DOOR.
THE OWNERS OF THE BURNT COACH HAVE A HOME IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY WILL GO TO AFTER THE INSURANCE INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE FUN OF SHOPPING FOR A NEW COACH.
OUR FRIENDS OF 30 YEARS PLUS ARRIVED LAST WEEK FROM GLEN ELLEN IL AND WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 4TH OF MARCH.
SANDYS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE STOPPED BY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
CHRIS AND GEORGIA WILL BE COMING IN FROM TUCSON AZ. NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HERE IN INDIO CA. AND TO HAVE VISITORS STOP BY JUST MAKES THE STAY EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.
TODAY, AS WITH MOST DAYS, ONLY THE HIGH FLYING AIRPLANES HAVE SCARED THE MAGNIFICENT BLUE SKYS WITH THEIR VAPOR TRAILS.
SOMEONE SAID, OUT HERE YOU JUST GO FROM ONE GREAT DAY TO ANOTHER AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO IT DOES, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS.
ENJOY
ART DAVIS
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
ODDS AND ENDS
FEB 14, TUESDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!
WE ARRIVED AT THE MOTOR COACH COUNTRY CLUB JAN 28. [3 DAYS EARLY]
THIS PLACE IS A REALLY GREAT RESORT WITH ALL OF THE "REQUIRED" STUFF.
A 9 HOLE PAR 3, 3 SWIMMING POOLS, TENNIS, BOCCI BALL AND A FITNESS CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
MY DADDY SAID, AFTER HE RETIRED, THAT "WHEN HE GOT UP IN THE MORNING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO AND WHEN HE WENT TO BED HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN HALF OF IT DONE".
I NOW KNOW WHAT HE MEANT, I HAVE MADE UP MY ROTARY MEETINGS ON THE INTERNET NOT AT A CLUB, MY BLOG HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE STYLE OF UP AND AT 'EM AT MAYBE 9 OR 9:30, BREAKFAST, GYM, LUNCH, SWIMMING, SNACK, RELAX THEN DINNER. THIS CHALLENGING SCHEDULE LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR OTHER STUFF.
WHAT WITH THE TIME CHANGE I DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE JAY OR DAVE. THE STREETS ROLL UP AT 10PM THE LATEST.
I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR COACH WASHED AND BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 13 FEET TALL AND 38 FEET LONG I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT MYSELF. I NOTICED A WASH SERVICE TRUCK IN AND AROUND THE RESORT. I FLAGGED THEM DOWN AND ASKED WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO WASH IT, THERE WAS A 3 DAY WAIT!
THEY ARRIVED ON TIME, A TEAM OF 9, THEY WERE ON THE ROOF UNDER THE BACK FOR THE MUD FLAP AND GENERALLY ALL OVER IT, IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES INCLUDING DOING THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE NEW!
$55.00 AND A $10.00 TIP WHAT A DEAL
THE CAR NEEDED A WASH AS WELL AND I TOOK IT TO A VERY NICE FULL SERVICE CAR WASH $22.00 PLUS $3 TIP = THE CAR IS 16 FEET LONG AND 4.5 FEET TALL, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WASH AND THEY WERE DOING A BIG PROMO TV, RADIO AND SUCH. WHY THEY SELECTED ME FOR A SPECIAL DEAL I WILL NEVER KNOW.
$25.00 TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR 5 WEEKS [PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL BE HEADING HOME ABOUT THEN].
THIS WAS THE DEAL = FOR $25 I COULD HAVE THE CAR WASHED EVERY DAY FOR FREE AND THE WASH I WAS ABOUT TO PAY FOR WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR FREE {$13}. THIS WAS A NO BRAINER SO I JOINED A CAR WASH CLUB IN PALM DESERT CA.
WHODA THUNK.
THE WEATHER HERE IS INTERESTING, 45 TO 60 AT NIGHT, 75 TO 85 DURING THE DAY, THIS IS THE DESERT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HEAT IN AT NIGHT. ERGO THE BIG SWING IN TEMPS
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE WOMEN IN FUR COATS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINTER WEATHER, BACK HOME AT 60 WE WOULD HAVE T SHIRTS AND SHORTS ON WITH THE TOP DOWN.
THERE ARE 400 COACH SITES HERE ALONG WITH A HOST OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, JOHN DALY THE GOLFER FOR ONE, THE DUNKLE BROTHERS THAT MOVE HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE MOTOR COACHES HERE THAT COST NEAR 2 MILLION BUCKS.
WE WILL VISIT AGAIN, SOON, WHEN I CAN SPARE THE TIME.
ART
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!
WE ARRIVED AT THE MOTOR COACH COUNTRY CLUB JAN 28. [3 DAYS EARLY]
THIS PLACE IS A REALLY GREAT RESORT WITH ALL OF THE "REQUIRED" STUFF.
A 9 HOLE PAR 3, 3 SWIMMING POOLS, TENNIS, BOCCI BALL AND A FITNESS CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
MY DADDY SAID, AFTER HE RETIRED, THAT "WHEN HE GOT UP IN THE MORNING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO AND WHEN HE WENT TO BED HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN HALF OF IT DONE".
I NOW KNOW WHAT HE MEANT, I HAVE MADE UP MY ROTARY MEETINGS ON THE INTERNET NOT AT A CLUB, MY BLOG HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE STYLE OF UP AND AT 'EM AT MAYBE 9 OR 9:30, BREAKFAST, GYM, LUNCH, SWIMMING, SNACK, RELAX THEN DINNER. THIS CHALLENGING SCHEDULE LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR OTHER STUFF.
WHAT WITH THE TIME CHANGE I DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE JAY OR DAVE. THE STREETS ROLL UP AT 10PM THE LATEST.
I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR COACH WASHED AND BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 13 FEET TALL AND 38 FEET LONG I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT MYSELF. I NOTICED A WASH SERVICE TRUCK IN AND AROUND THE RESORT. I FLAGGED THEM DOWN AND ASKED WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO WASH IT, THERE WAS A 3 DAY WAIT!
THEY ARRIVED ON TIME, A TEAM OF 9, THEY WERE ON THE ROOF UNDER THE BACK FOR THE MUD FLAP AND GENERALLY ALL OVER IT, IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES INCLUDING DOING THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE NEW!
$55.00 AND A $10.00 TIP WHAT A DEAL
THE CAR NEEDED A WASH AS WELL AND I TOOK IT TO A VERY NICE FULL SERVICE CAR WASH $22.00 PLUS $3 TIP = THE CAR IS 16 FEET LONG AND 4.5 FEET TALL, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WASH AND THEY WERE DOING A BIG PROMO TV, RADIO AND SUCH. WHY THEY SELECTED ME FOR A SPECIAL DEAL I WILL NEVER KNOW.
$25.00 TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR 5 WEEKS [PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL BE HEADING HOME ABOUT THEN].
THIS WAS THE DEAL = FOR $25 I COULD HAVE THE CAR WASHED EVERY DAY FOR FREE AND THE WASH I WAS ABOUT TO PAY FOR WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR FREE {$13}. THIS WAS A NO BRAINER SO I JOINED A CAR WASH CLUB IN PALM DESERT CA.
WHODA THUNK.
THE WEATHER HERE IS INTERESTING, 45 TO 60 AT NIGHT, 75 TO 85 DURING THE DAY, THIS IS THE DESERT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HEAT IN AT NIGHT. ERGO THE BIG SWING IN TEMPS
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE WOMEN IN FUR COATS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINTER WEATHER, BACK HOME AT 60 WE WOULD HAVE T SHIRTS AND SHORTS ON WITH THE TOP DOWN.
THERE ARE 400 COACH SITES HERE ALONG WITH A HOST OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, JOHN DALY THE GOLFER FOR ONE, THE DUNKLE BROTHERS THAT MOVE HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE MOTOR COACHES HERE THAT COST NEAR 2 MILLION BUCKS.
WE WILL VISIT AGAIN, SOON, WHEN I CAN SPARE THE TIME.
ART
Friday, February 3, 2012
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES [FOREST GUMP]
FEB 3, 2012 FRIDAY
WELL, I HAVE HAD MY iPHONE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT REPLACING IT WHEN WE RETURNED FROM CALIFORNIA.
WELL, I HAVE HAD MY iPHONE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT REPLACING IT WHEN WE RETURNED FROM CALIFORNIA.
IT STILL WORKED JUST FINE BUT IT WAS OLD AND WORN.
IT TRAVELED EVERY WHERE WITH ME, CANADA, COPENHAGEN, FINLAND, RUSSIA, NORWAY AND OH SO MANY OTHER PLACES.
TODAY I GOT A NEW iPHONE, I FOUND OUT THAT THE PHONE AND THE SWIMMING POOL DO NOT GET ALONG - AT ALL.
I WAS WORKING AROUND THE COACH FOR A WHILE WITH THE PHONE IN MY SWIM SUIT POCKET AND TOTALLY FORGOT THAT AS I WENT FOR A SWIM.
SO OFF TO THE AT&T PHONE STORE, VINCENT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN ASSISTING ME IN THE CHOICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, I ALSO KNEW WHAT I WANTED BEFORE I WENT TO THE STORE.
I PURCHASED A NEW iPHONE AND CASE TODAY.
CALIFORNIA HAS AN INTERESTING SPIN ON SALES TAX. REMEMBER OREGON HAS NO SALES TAX, WELL CALIFORNIA CHARGES THE TAX ON THE "RETAIL" PRICE NOT ON THE SALE PRICE - SO THE TAX WAS ON $695.00 NOT ON THE $199.00 I PAID.
SO AN EXTRA $35.00 WENT TO HELP OUT THE BROKE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT WORKS GREAT AND IS MUCH FASTER THAN THE OLD ONE.
I NEEDED IT ANYWAY = I JUST GOT IT SOONER.
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