This Is What 137 Years Look Like ... Freightening!
We have arrived at the GG Elks and a long table was set up but over the course of the evening ... it had to be larger. The whole gang was here this evening ... guess they all wanted to see the elderly in action!
Did You Know? - September 4 1882 (137 Years Ago) – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the United States, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that begins the electrical age.
Leon and Marsha Bob and Donna Paul and Sue Vicky and Del Kathy and Ed Irene |
Bob and Sandy Mike and Bridgette Nita and RJ Neal and Nita Craig and Marianne Iris and Will |
The party gets started by watching the party outside!
One of our Birthday Boys
Marcia looks so serious
Nita? Not so serious. She stopped having birthdays; just goes to others!
RJ is awaiting the cake! He is old enough to have cake first!
Perhaps a salad first? Set a good example for the younger people!
Did You Know? - 137 years ago American showman P. T. Barnum acquires the elephant Jumbo, from the London Zoo.
You can hide only so long from the camera!
Caught!
Marianne
said she also gave up birthdays!
We had a crowd
tonight
Sue checks in ... get's the latest gossip
Hello Bob!
Glad your parole officer let you out!
Miss Sandy with the $1,000,000 smile!
Looking great! So wonderful to have him back!
Bridgette cannot hide from the camera by closing her eyes
Now Mike tries ... Still does not work!
Mucho better ... Eyes open ... Smiles ... Yeah!
I mean we are so excited ... Mike and the far end of the table
did Vicky's "Happy Dance" ... not caught on file due to the G-Rated
nature of this website ... Let your mind go wild!
"The Happy dance??"
Ed looks so serious ... Must be thinking about cars or tools!
Nope! He was thinking about Kathy! That makes him smile!
Del keeps on chugging!
We done got selfied!
Only Miss Vicky could do this and get away with it!
Vicky relates the "Story Of The Nose"
Cracked Iris up!
Sharp as a tack!
Thank goodness Del is still chomping away and didn't see!
Did You Know? - 137 years ago Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back of the head and killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri. NOTE: Del was there!
Bob had to clinch his teeth to keep from cracking up at
Vicky's latest antics!
Irene was there as it was going on!
Irene be in disbelief thinking only Paul would do such a thing?
Did You Know? - 137 Years Ago: Polygamy is made a felony by the Edmunds Act, passed by the United States Congress.
A picture of innocence!
Iris is getting a delivery ... It's her main course this evening.
"Paul did what?"
"Yes Sue, he really did!"
Neal is telling tall tales
The long long table!
One more shot to capture the "hidden people"
The end of the table is laughing and giggling like crazy
A Text Message From Vicky: "This morning Kathy and I were talking about last night and how wonderful it was that everyone was there and it reminded us of the old days. It was great to have so many laughs with the whole gang and we laughed till we were in tears of some of the stories people were sharing."
Leon was surprised by the cake!
The candles were removed by the fire department
It's a beauty ... and chocolate!
We avoided the embarrassment by foregoing candles
Protect the cake at all costs!
Marcia joins in (her birthday is on the 8th) so she is practicing!
The Three Amigos.... Looks like they could be on a wanted poster
Irene was surprised ... Now it's 220 years!
Did You Know 220 Years Ago? - In 1799 Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul.
Great times!
Oh oh!!! Marcia has the knife ... Run Leon run!
A musical tribute to the boys and Marcia
(She was afraid if it did not have her name on it, she couldn't get any!)
Check for proper spelling
Marianne finds out how old Bob is!
Did You Know? - In 1882 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow. NOTE: Bob still plays it after consuming Brussel Sprouts
Marianne does the "Ta-Dah"
The cake-line forms rapidly
Leon concentrates before the first "WHACK!"
Bob offers a final word for the poor cake before we sing
Leon is mumbling his famous cake-cutting prayer
We dast not remind Leon of this fact!
It's getting serious now!
His IQ is rapidly rising.
(IQ means "I Quit")
The mighty slice forth-cometh!
Juan has the first-aid kit ready to go!
Screech ... Scrape ... Scratch ... Saw ... Scoop
Poor cake!
Sue begs Marcia to make him stop
Now safely in the hands of an expert!
Kathy provides expert advice ... something like
"Hurry up and slice that sucker!!"
"Yes ... I wanted to taste the last piece also!!
Nita pitches in and helps distribute the remains
Standby Cake-Ologist deciding!
It's an assembly line
Surgery is underway!
Call for a gurney...The patient must be transported soon!
The table is bursting over with happiness!
Kathy and Mike & Kathy and Ed being here makes it extra-special
Del and Vicky hit the floor
Saying goodbye
Vicky now talks with her hands and her phone!
What is Kathy whispering into his ear?
Swapping tales ... getting ready to hit the trail
Oh oh ... We will never know
Heading out
The evening winds down!
If it were 137 years ago, we would go home in the world's first trolley
