Monday 10-27-25 Dancing with Di, Junkyard & Games

 

Smile and Have Fun

 

We had a beautiful day with sunshine. The low was 59 degrees and the high was 88. It was humid. 

Larry started the day out by continuing working on the charging station. 

This weekend the UK Daylight Savings Time Ended, which means their clocks fell back an hour. The United States ends this weekend. On Mondays we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am but this week it was at 10:00 am. it was a Halloween dance so some of the dancers dressed up for Halloween. I wore my Halloween vest, black pants, orange blouse, orange belly dancing belt and an orange hat with a black band. Larry wore black shorts, orange shirt and orange hat. Di wore a skeleton outfit and Terry wore a witch's hat. Di called five tips to 12 participants. Larry danced with me four of the tips. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

 

Dance participants

After the dance we had lunch. Then we went to town. We paid our property taxes. 

While Larry was changing shocks on the Minnie he noticed, that the trans crossmember was bent. Apparently when we had it worked on in Colorado someone tried to jack it up using the crossmember and bent it. He went online and researched to see where he could find a replacement. He found a junkyard right here in Belton had a couple of vans that may have the part. After stopping to pay our property taxes we went to the junkyard. The junkyard was a self-service yard. It cost $3.00 a each to walk through the yard to find what you need. Before you enter into the yard you give them the make of your vehicle, year and what part you need. The lady entered the information into their computer system and printing off where to find it. The paper told us on what aisle the vehicle is located. We went to where the vehicles were and checked to see if they had the trans crossmember. The first one did but it also had the transmission still in the vehicle. There was no way Larry could get the part without dropping the transmission. You're not allowed to bring in any jacks. The other vehicle didn't have the part on it. We went back inside and a gentleman suggested to use straps. We walked back to where the vehicle was and after looking at it again Larry found it was also bent, not badly but once again it appeared someone used a jack on it. We went back inside and the gentleman said there was another vehicle that may work. We walked to the far end of the yard and found it was the wrong vehicle and the trans crossmember wouldn't work. We thanked the gentleman who helped us. Then we went home.

When we got home I played pinball on both the big cabinet and mini cabinet. 

On the big cabinet I played Indianapolis 500, Big Lebowski, Aerosmith and The Addams Family. While playing Indianapolis 500 I got a new high score of 507,572.280, which put me in 18th place out of 28 participants so far. The other three games I didn't get on the board but had fun.

 

Aerosmith

 

Big Lebowski

 

Indianapolis 500

 

The Addams Family

 

 On the mini cabinet I played five games, which were James Bond 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, No Fear, World Joker Poker and Creature From The Black Lagoon. I played James Bond 60th Anniversary twice and came in high score #3. I also came in high score #3 while playing Dr. No and World Joker Poker. I had a great game playing Creature From The Black Lagoon even if I didn't get on the board. I had a great time.

 

Creature From The Black Lagoon

 

Dr. No

 

James Bond 60th Anniversary

 

No Fear

 

World Joker Poker

I played one game of Gunpowder Gulch and Monster Manor on Bounce Arcade. While playing Gunpowder Gulch I earned a silver trophy. I played four multiballs, which were Jailhouse Breakout, Wooden Post Rally, Saloon and Cracked the Safe. I played three events, which were Quick Drawl (twice and was unsuccessful), Gunfight (once and was successful) and gunfight (once and was successful). I had a great game. While playing Monster Manor and earned a bronze trophy. I woke the manor twice and tried to stun the manor and failed. 

 

Gunpowder Gulch

 

Monster Manor

I continued reading Mephisto Waltz by Frank Tallis. We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Dr. Strange from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Star Trek Into Darkness from our movies collection.

 

Relaxing in front of the television

 

By the end of the day I did 8,000 steps. I played the Solitaire Daily Event, which was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 47 minutes and 43 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds and Friends.