It's Friday!
Went to River Club last evening. Had several great hands and won the first game, over my four opponents. It deteriorated from there. One guy accidently gave his hand to another player during the "re-deal"(we play Setback, where once the bidding is completed, you discard anything that is not a trump, as called by the successful bidder, and get up to six new cards). We laughed a lot about that. Then I played a strategy that backfired, costing me two points (of six) and allowing the bidder to win the hand, so it was pointed out that if I had not misplayed my hand the bidder would have been "set," hence the name "Setback." Then another player got confused after the re-deal on a later hand and, since he had gotten such good cards on the re-deal, wanted to bid, thinking it was the original deal, and we had jumped over him in the bidding. Wild evening!
The evening had begun on a sour note. Leaving Florence to head to Marion, where River Club meets, I got a phone call from the friend through whom I had ordered a custom built trailer to haul farm tractor. The trailer was ready, but I was in the Toyota SUV, not the farm truck, plus I would need a 2 5/16" ball on the hitch, and all I had was a 1 7/8". Stopped by auto supply place, purchased a new ball and arm since ball shaft was too large for existing arm, only to discover that new arm was too long to fit in Toyota trailer connector. Spare tire was in the way. Kept the larger ball and arm and decided to go back today and pick up trailer, with farm truck, which fortunately did work with the new hitch. Oh, well, as Robbie said years ago, "the best laid plans of mice and men gang oft aglay," or such.
Tropical storm "Ernesto" dumped a lot of rain on us yesterday and last evening, with little wind. It is clear and sunny today, but somewhat cooler, thank goodness....
Tomorrow grandson Tucker Paul Johnson will be one year old, so am headed to his home upstate for celebration tomorrow. My two step-grandchildren Chelsey and Austin will meet me near Marion and ride as far as Winnsboro where Tim (their dad) will meet them tonight. All for now....pd
The evening had begun on a sour note. Leaving Florence to head to Marion, where River Club meets, I got a phone call from the friend through whom I had ordered a custom built trailer to haul farm tractor. The trailer was ready, but I was in the Toyota SUV, not the farm truck, plus I would need a 2 5/16" ball on the hitch, and all I had was a 1 7/8". Stopped by auto supply place, purchased a new ball and arm since ball shaft was too large for existing arm, only to discover that new arm was too long to fit in Toyota trailer connector. Spare tire was in the way. Kept the larger ball and arm and decided to go back today and pick up trailer, with farm truck, which fortunately did work with the new hitch. Oh, well, as Robbie said years ago, "the best laid plans of mice and men gang oft aglay," or such.
Tropical storm "Ernesto" dumped a lot of rain on us yesterday and last evening, with little wind. It is clear and sunny today, but somewhat cooler, thank goodness....
Tomorrow grandson Tucker Paul Johnson will be one year old, so am headed to his home upstate for celebration tomorrow. My two step-grandchildren Chelsey and Austin will meet me near Marion and ride as far as Winnsboro where Tim (their dad) will meet them tonight. All for now....pd
posted by Paul Dove at 12:15 PM
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