Tuesday 10/25 Scooper, Dancing & More

 

Smile and have fun

Sorry about no blog yesterday. The power went out at 8:pm last night and didn't come up until early morning.

Larry woke me up at 7:30 am and asked if I would like to go to town. I got up and got dressed. On the way to town we stopped at Top Donuts for breakfast. Next stop was at the UPS Store to pick up our mail and a package.

Afterwards we went to the Bell County Tax Appraisal building. Our truck tags were due and Larry tried to renew them online but couldn't because our inspection receipt wasn't on the system. We live in a small town so most things are nearby and seldom busy. We were in and out within 5 minutes. We haven't been there in a few years and there were a few changes. First of all they installed an automatic sign in where you receive a number. Then they call your number and tell you which window to go to. At the window they had installed plastic windows with a microphone system. The clerk talks to you through the microphone and they can hear you respond through the microphone in the window. The clerk was very friendly and efficient.

The last stop was The Home Depot. Larry is in the process of designing a pinball machine. He wanted to check out the selection and price of plywood. Like everything else it has gone up a lot. It will cost about $80.00 for a sheet.

When we got home it was almost time for our virtual dance. 

Yesterday we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 at 9:00 for an hour. Di called five tips with 20 participants. She was very happy to see Larry dancing. She worked on moves the dancers were having problems with. I did a lot better because Larry danced with me. We had a super time.

Today we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 at 10:00 for an hour. Di and Terry took turns calling five tips with 15 participants. We had a great time. Di and Terry are always a pleasure to dance to because they are smooth callers and dance with us.

We have two ice cream scoops. They originally belonged to Larry's mom, he thinks she bought them used from Woolco when they were shutting down their restaurant area. They are certainly over 50 years old. Before we went on our trip the spring in the smaller one broke. Larry hated to throw it away, it is heavy duty and we really liked it. There was manufacturing information etched into the metal, they were made by Hamilton Beach. He went on the internet and did some research. He found that these scoops are actually called dishers, they come in many sizes and were designed to measure out specific amounts of food in commercial restaurants. They are used to measure out things like tuna salad, sorbet, cookie dough, anything that requires a specified amount of a food product. The bottom of the handles are color coded to the size. The really unbelievably thing is they are still made today. Larry was able to locate replacement springs and someone had even made a YouTube video on how to replace the springs. Larry ordered the springs via EBay. When he opened the package he found the replacement springs were a little different. The old one had a bushing and a spring and the new one just had the spring. He got the broken scooper out and pulled up the video on YouTube. He watched the video at the same time as he fixed the scooper. It works perfect. 

Don't you just love using things that are decades old, especially when they came from someone. Many times when you are using them you think about that person.

 

 Replacement spring

 

Old broken spring and bushing

 

Our ice cream scoopers

After lunch I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. Then I did the Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 20 minutes and 7 seconds, which put me in 16th place in my group. Then I played some Angry Birds. 

In the evening we finished watching Lords of the Rings: The Ring of Power on Amazon. I didn't like the ending because it was a cliffhanger. Afterwards we watched a couple episodes of Doc Martin. Then I started watching the original Lords of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I watched an episode of Bergerac. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.