So I forgot.

Saying for the Day: It is not only the old who forget to pay attention.

As I was reading news items on the nest I came across this one:
A 25-year-old American from Boston, in Hanover, Germany, for World Cup matches, was forced to report sheepishly to police that he had no idea which hotel he had checked into or where it was. According to a Reuters report, the man, reportedly sober, remembered being driven past a park and a Mercedes dealership, but since there are several of those in Hanover, police had to drive him around town for an hour until he finally recognized the building. [Reuters, 6-23-06]

It reminded me of when Betty, Pennie and I went to Disney World in Florida.
We drove in a rented car.

We had a wonderful day and then came back to the parking lot.

That’s when we discovered two things.

First we couldn’t remember which lot we parked in.

Second we couldn’t remember what the rental car looked like.
All we knew , from the keys , was that it was a Chevrolet.
So we had to wait until the parking area (three sections) that we thought we might be parked in cleared out.
Then we tried the remaining Chevrolets until we found one that took our keys.
Talk about feeling stupid.

We were so excited about the park that we forgot everything else.
We couldn’t even blame it on old age .
We were young then. So I know how the poor guy felt.

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News from Pigeon Falls– The little town in my back yard with dragons and big white rabbits.– The second night of the variety show went very well. Vicky East sang again, of course. She got even more applause than the night before. Her White Rabbit in a Pink Sweater “ song brought down the house. I haven’t seen people laugh so loud in years. Just to make it more special as people came out of the theater the White Rabbit appeared on the end of the street. It waved and winked and hopped away.
Eino doesn’t know what to do about the Hermit. The company has disappeared or at least had its phone disconnected . All of the paper that tied the company to the Hermit is gone. The title to the house is still in the company name but that’s it. No crime has been committed . Technically they have no right to even enter the house. But there is that stone statue of the poor hermit who may be dead. At least he hasn’t been seen.
The Pigeon Queen candidates were announced last night. All of them from important families in town. So there will be no Cinderella Queen like last year. The poor are almost always past over . That seems to be a fact of life. It isn’t fair but Pigeon falls is not much different from other little towns in that respect.
Nancy said that Big Rudy hasn’t been in the bar for the last few days and has been seen doing all kinds of things out on the farm that his wife used to do. Maybe she does have that device. I bet a lot of wives would like to get one.
Robert’s taxi and tour business have really picked up with all the excitement. I think some people are believing his stone man story but its doubtful that its true.
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And now to the drawing. Chana was drawn yesterday. If she is drawn today she gets what's in the Prize Box. My grand daughter really wants somebody to win. So we draw and .....
the name drawn is Catch. Sorry Chana.(Sorry Bree) Good luck Catch.
Betty went to Tops. We spent the rest of the day pricing rummage. It is not that we have so much rummage, well its that too, but that we are so slow. After Saturday what's left goes to the dump or on freecycle. Esther stoped in and told us to hang in there on the house. Well I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA