Sunday 10-27-24 Dancing with the Sundancers, New Challenge & More

 

 

We had a super day with a high of 91 degrees.

Larry spent part of the day researching parts to build a new computer.

My new weekly challenge is Halloween. Larry downloaded and installed it in both 2D and VR. Once he got it installed he played it to make sure it worked correctly. Then he played World Joker Poker, Willy Wonka and Superman and the Justice League.

We spent the day doing this and that. 

I worked on my diamond painting (Colorful Eye).

I played pinball. Today is the beginning of the week so my challenge changed from Maverick to Halloween. I played Maverick and got a new high score of 644,611,030, which put me in 50th place out of 61 participants. Then I played the new challenge of Halloween, my high score was 483,890, which put me in 4th place out of 4 participants. I also played Willy Wonka, Superman and the Justice League and World Joker Poker. I didn't get on the board but had a great time.

Halloween is an older game, it is from 1978. These games were known as electro-mechanical (EM) games, they used old electronic designs. The newer games use solid state electronics, they have much better sounds and far more complex playfields. We are not big fans of the older EM tables but for an EM table Halloween is really impressive. The game looks terrific and the VR room is very nice.

Maverick

Halloween

Superman and the Justice League

World Joker Poker

Willy Wonka

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Mini of 10 games. It took me 32 minutes and 31 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group.

In the evening we went to Sun City to dance with the Sundancers for their Weekly Plus Dance. It started a half hour later because there was a conflict in the availability of the room. I baked Krusteaz cinnamon swirl crumb cake and everyone enjoyed it. We got there a little early so we watched the round dancers and said hi to people we hadn't seen for years. We had enough people for one square and five people sat out. Char and Glen showed up and we said hi, we hadn't seen them since they went back to full-time in person square dancing. They travel around the country and dance to different callers and they dance up to the level of C3A. Gary called and danced with us. He worked shopped some moves because a lot of the dancers are new plus dancers. We had a fun evening.   

Get a partner and dance

We were back at the house by 9:00. Larry read his e-mails and a forum he follows. I did my steps, which was 18,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group for the week with a total of 123,462 steps. After Larry went to bed I watched The Avengers.

Saturday 10-26-24 Dancing with Brad Caldwell, Projects & Games

 

Have a great day

We had an outstanding day.

Larry spent the day working on getting the lights to work correctly on World Joker Poker pinball game. He got them to work in 2D but couldn't get them to work in VR. He played the game afterward and became Grand Champion two times so he challenged me to the game. Marty updated a couple the games he just released (Superman and the Justice League and Willy Wonka). The other day the flippers on Goldeneye stopped working so Larry loaded up the newer version. If he has a game installed and it is working correctly he seldom installs a new version but this time he couldn't get the flippers to work. Once the new versions of the games were installed Larry played them. He had a fun afternoon playing and working on the pinball games.

Later on I played the weekly challenge game (Maverick) and the four games Larry played (World Joker Poker, Superman and the Justice League, Willy Wonka and Goldeneye). I played World Joker Poker in both 2D and VR. When playing the game in 2D it worked better because the lights work and you can see what you need to do to get points. I didn't get on the board playing pinball but had fun.

 

Goldeneye

 

Maverick

 

Superman and the Justice League

 

Willy Wonka

 

World Joker Poker

 

I worked out for an hour with the Synth Riders. I continued working on the Colorful Eye diamond painting.

 

Colorful Eye

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 2 minutes and 8 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds. 

Last Sunday before the Sundancers' Weekly Plus dance we talked to Brad and Paula and Paula gave us a flyer about a dance called Plus U that Brad was doing. The dance was today from 7:00 to 9:00, before the dance he had a callers' workshop. We hadn't seen the dancers at the dance for years and it was great to see them again. They were happy to see us. We had enough dancers for two squares and we're shy one person to make a third square. Brad called eight tips and we had a super time. 

 

Square dancing with friends

 

We got home at 10:00, Larry checked his e-mail and then went to bed. I watched Thor from our movies collection. I ended up doing 17,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

 

  

Friday 10-25-24 Dancing with Loren Smith, Harvey

 

Have a great weekend

We had a great day. 

We started the day out by doing errands. 

Our property taxes are due and if you pay them early you can save a few dollars. Here in Texas if you're 65 or older your taxes are frozen if you apply for it. We were planning to go to the Bell County Tax Assessor Office to pay them but Larry found out you can pay your taxes online, there is a small fee. If you use a credit card the fee is 3%, if you use your debt card the fee is 1% but if you use an e-check and pay directly out of your bank account the fee is only $.50 cents. Larry decided to use the e-check because it was easier than going to town.

Then we went to The UPS Store to get our mail, it has been more than a week. The next stop was Walmart to do a little grocery shopping. After shopping we went back home.

 

Doing errands

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 29 minutes and 20 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group. Then I moved over to play Angry Birds.

Larry finished his paper project. Then he moved on to updating some software on the pinball cabinet. 

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour. 

I played six different games of pinball. They were Maverick, World Joker Poker, Superman and the Justice League, Junk Yard, Metallica and The Flintstones. When playing Maverick I got a new high score for the challenge, which was 613,641,770. This moved me up one position, I'm now into 33st place out of 39 participants. I became Grand Champion in World Joker Poker and The Flintstones. I had a great afternoon of playing pinball.

 

 

 

Superman and the Justice League

 

 

Junk Yard

Maverick

Metallica

The Flintstones

World Joker Poker

 

After playing games I took a nap. When I woke up I continued working on my diamond painting of the Colorful Eye.

In the evening we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance. She is still in Greece so Loren Smith filled in for her. He called four tips of A2 and one tip of C1. During the A2 tips we had 7 participants and C1 had 6 participants. We had a small group, probably because nobody sent an e-mail to remind folks about Loren calling. Even with a small group Larry and I had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends.

 

After the dance we watched Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart, it was a 1950 movie. We had not seen this movie in decades, it was still funny and very well acted. Then I watched Iron Man 2. I ended up doing 17,500 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

  

  

Thursday 10-24-24 Just Another Day

 

Smile and have fun

We had just another day doing our regular routine.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Pyramid). It took me 30 minutes and 45 seconds, which put me in 15th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds and Friends.

Larry finished a paper crafting project. 

Yesterday, Marty released a new pinball game, which was Superman and the Justice League. Larry installed the game on the cabinet in both 2D and VR. Then he played it to make sure it worked correctly. Then he went through some of the games to make sure they work correctly, yesterday after trying to fix the lighting on World Joker Poker he was concerned it may have messed up other games. He played a little pinball and had fun.

I played pinball. I played the new game Superman and the Justice League and five others. The other games were World Joker Poker, Maverick, Star Wars, Monster Bash and Godzilla. I didn't get on the board but I still had a great time.

 

World Joker Poker

 

Superman and the Justice League

Star Wars

 

Monster Bash

 

Maverick

 

Godzilla

 

After playing pinball I took a nap. When I woke up I worked out on the Synth Riders for an hour.

Working Out

After working out I started a new diamond painting, which is the Colorful Eye. 

Design off the website

 

 

Started project (Colorful Eye)

In the evening we watched a movie on Amazon called What We Did on Our Holiday. It was a cute comedy drama starring Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller and many more. Then I watched The Incredible Hulk. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

Wednesday 10-23-24 Two Dances, Paper Project & More

 

We had a beautiful day with a lot of sunshine and a high of 91 degrees.

Larry spent the morning playing with the World Joker Poker game on the cabinet. While playing the game Larry noticed, that the lighting wasn't working correctly. He went on the developer's site and made a post on the problem he was having. Come to find out Larry wasn't the only one having this problem. The developer knows of the problem and suggested a fix. Larry tried it and while it worked it meant running an older version of a piece of software that does not work with some other games. He decided to just play the game as it is. Even though the lights don't light you still get credit for the tasks accomplished; such as ball save, ball lock, multiball and other tasks.

I attended two virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di and Terry usually take turns calling the five tips but today Di called the whole dance. Terry danced with her the first three tips but got winded so he sat out the other two tips. Di called to 9 participants. I had a great time dancing to Di and with friends.

The second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. This week Joe Uebelacker helped Dave call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and a couple of Trivia questions. Dave and Joe called one tip in both C1 and A2 a piece and called the third tip together. In both C1 and A2 there were 8 participants. It was nice to see Joe. I had fun dancing to Dave and Joe and with friends.

 

Having fun with friends

 

While I danced Larry worked on a paper project. 

In between the dances I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 24 seconds, which put me in 21st place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

Today Larry played a few games: World Joker Poker, Deadpool and Playboy. After he finished playing I played World Joker Poker, Deadpool, Maverick, Dirty Harry, Creature From The Black Lagoon and Star Trek. We had fun playing pinball.

 

Creature From the Black Lagoon

Deadpool

 

Dirty Harry

 

Maverick

 

Star Trek

 

World Joker Poker

I finished my last diamond painting Monday so Larry ordered six new ones. They came in this afternoon. They were from two different companies. I got two from Eiazuiks (Colorful Eye and Sea Turtle) and four from Stalenia (Tree of Life, Mandala, Tiger and Seaside House). Now I have to make a decision on which one to do.

Colorful Eye

 

Mandala

 

Sea Turtle

 

Seaside House

 

Tiger

 

Tree of Life

After the dance we watched Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose on Amazon. It was a comedy adventure based on a true tale about a talking animal.  When Larry went to bed I watched Iron Man. I ended up doing 17,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.

 

    

Tuesday 10-22-24 Dancing and Games

 

Just having fun

We had a super day of just relaxing.

Larry starts his day out by reading his e-mail, Facebook and other forums he follows. He was going through the pinball forums and came across a new pinball game that sounded fun. It is called World Joker Poker, it was made from World Tour Poker. There are call outs that were made from the TV show World Poker Tour. He installed it on the cabinet in both 2D and VR. Then he played it to make sure it worked correctly. He also played a couple more pinball games and had fun.

After breakfast we took the Minnie back to storage, we don't plan to use it for a bit and Larry hates keeping it in the driveway. 

On the way home we stopped at Walmart to pick up some bread and other items we were getting low on. While doing this we came across some new Campbell's soups, we picked up a few cans. 

For years Larry had been using a drip pan when changing the oil in the vehicles. When it's not being used for this it stores hoses and other items. Whenever he needs to use it he has to take the items out. Today when we were in Walmart he picked up another drip pan. Now he has two and doesn't have to remove the items when changing the oil.

When we got home I put the grocery away. Then it was time for attend Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance t 10:00 for an hour. Di and Terry took turns calling five tips to 8 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me. Yesterday when we were dancing we talked about Halloween decorations. During one of the breaks Larry showed the group the Dracula and Frankenstein he made for Halloween. They were a hit. We had a great time dancing with friends.

 

Dancing with friends

 

Frankenstein and Dracula

After the dance is was time for lunch. When we finished eating I went and took a nap for a couple of hours.

In the afternoon I played pinball. I played the new game World Joker Poker and Maverick. I also did the random button twice. The games it choose were Cactus Canyon, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Monster Bash, Who Dunnit, X-Men and Terminator 3. When I played Maverick I got a new high score of 554,040,900, which put me in 17th place out of 20 participants. I didn't get on the board in the games but I had a super afternoon playing pinball.

 

Cactus Canyon

Creature From The Black Lagoon

 

Maverick

 

Monster Bash

Terminator 3

 

Who Dunnit

 

World Joker Poker

 

X-Men

 

I worked out on the Synth Riders for 45 minutes.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 12 minutes and 54 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

In the evening we watched The Mask on TUBI. It stars Jim Carrey, we had not watched it before and it was very funny. Then I watched the second movie in the Super Heroes collection. It was Captain America: The First Avenger. I ended up doing 17,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.

 

 

Relaxing in front of the television