RETIRED: Marlboro Outwit the West Funny Farm

Okay, I haven't been ignoring you lately. You were all so supportive during my trials and tribulations with the butt ugly purse and I do appreciate all your help and warped senses of humor. But I've been busy.

WE GOT OUR GAME TABLE AND BENCHES APPROVAL.

I volunteer at a non-profit multipurpose senior center. Nobody lives there, but people from the area come in for classes, lectures, exercises, trips, my craft classes, to use computers we have for emailing and internet use and we have a huge TV we use for movies.

Every piece of equipment we have was purchased from funds donated by individuals and companies and government agencies. We also have money set aside in Funds for things like parties, the weekly Shabbat celebration, etc.

My "boss" is a wonderful woman who can get money from the proverbial stone. She convinced a woman she knows to fund my craft classes, for example. Well, she found out about a foundation that was looking to donate money to help seniors retain memory, brain function, stuff like that.

She decided we should start gaming clubs. We have a bridge club that meets once a week, but they're shoved into a room slightly larger than a closet. They don't care because they have a good time, chatting and laughing and spending an hour or two with old friends. But my boss wants a chess club and a backgammon club and even a checkers club because it would good for the clients. So I spent about 3 days about 2 months ago, researching game tables and chairs and benches where people could watch and/or wait for their turns to play.

I needed three options for everything, knowing we'd go with the cheapest, so even that one had to be at least decent. I finally found one that had a backgammon surface, a separate chess/checkers surface and a dining table type surface for bridge. I also found decent arm chairs in the right color and benches to match. My boss prepared the proposal, submitted it, and then we waited. We found out on Monday that we'd be getting the money.

I went back on line to prepare the orders, and guess what. The perfect table I'd found is no longer made. They have none in storage, it's gone. Nothing on eBay or Amazon or resellers. Gone.

Sooooo…..I've spent another three days trying to find another table that would meet our needs, new chairs and benches (the new table can't be used with arm chairs so I had to find chairs without arms and benches to match them).

I was even doing research at night, at home, trying to find something that would work for us. It finally came together this afternoon; I dumped all the information on my boss's desk and told her I was going home to collapse.

However…..much to my surprise…..I got ronluvsleather's postal money order in the mail. Forget collapsing, I was dancing. It will be out of my life tomorrow morning ! ! ! !

A table, four chairs, three benches AND the money order all in one day. Ain't life grand??????

You were saving that weren't you? LMAO It is so perfect for him!! But I am still trying to come up with ideas!!

here.. use this one.. shhhh dont tell him it was me

A Mans Work Is Never Done!

AWESOME!! Was it a Postal MO that you can cash at the PO? Please PM me the delivery confirmation number after you mail it, so I can pass it on to the buyer.

here.. use this one.. shhhh dont tell him it was me

A Mans Work Is Never Done!

here.. use this one.. shhhh dont tell him it was me

A Mans Work Is Never Done!

OMG that is terrible! But I wish we could go change someones avatar without their knowing!! LMAO

I hope you put a note in with it

Tips Taps No Trades Back

What a relief for you

so how you gonna spend you new wealth?

We'll even throw in a DabbsWagon for Dabbs to use when buying his cleaning supplies from Wal-Mart....

OMG that is terrible! But I wish we could go change someones avatar without their knowing!! LMAO

We'll even throw in a DabbsWagon for Dabbs to use when buying his cleaning supplies from Wal-Mart....

I know right! *hangs head in shame*



lmao.. too funny..oops..I mean..Bad BarefootFreddie.. very bad

Yes, it's a postal money order and I'll be happy to send you the delivery confirmation number after I mail it. It should go down in history as the most thrilled to be obtained number ever issued.

Yea right!!!! You have shame after that elephant?

Ya think he would be interested in a hat?

I just caught a blurb on the NBC Evening News with Brian Williams...the hat that was seen 'round the world JUST WENT UP FOR SALE ON E-BAY!