Tarpeena Tales 7
The so called silly season has come and gone but I reckon it’s
only silly if you don’t enjoy the festivity and the extra company that
arrives at that time.
The family came and the boys seemed to enjoy knocking me off of the
“King o’Darts” perch that I had made for myself.
Mind you it took some good darts to do that and the king of it all was
John’s 106 pegout.
Triple19, triple7
double 14.
See picture at right.
Tony too had his moments but no photos of that though there is a photo
of Tony chilling out.
John Davies paid a quick
visit over Christmas during which he beat us all comfortably at 501, but when
it came down to Round the Clock then our John proved the champ.
Olivia meanwhile seemed to take a quiet delight in beating both John and
me in scrabble. Just where the two letter words come from is any one’s
guess but the real killer was the relentless way she took out the triple word
opportunities.
Eight ball was a blur but I don’t think I won too many games. I
know I had too many ales. Euchre 500 was also part of the Christmas day
tournament and proved a close fought affair with the John/Tony combination
determined to have an Irish victory by going out the back door rather than
letting the J.D./Dad combination go out the front. This was memorable by Tony
getting a Lay down Misere` worth 500 points
which let them get back into the black - temporarily. One often hears of that
term but rarely sees it happening.
Nuran of course cooked up a treat and the Yorkshire Puddings were
exceptional. The
The cellar was depleted by the time they had all left and it seemed
strange to have a house full in the morning and just we two in the evening.
They all arrived back home safely which meant we could go to bed in peace. No
matter how old they are- parents worry about their kids.
Every now and then you hear of a good thought and the latest was from
Michael Caine of all people. He was celebrating the fact that he was getting
older as he reckoned the alternative was worse!
He reckoned too many people
look upon life as a rehearsal for another play when he thinks you would enjoy
it more if you thought that this mortal coil WAS the main play. True some of us
have it rough but hoping for something better stops you from getting to something better. Well I agree and
I’m having fun while I can so there!
The cross lotto ticket in
the Super Duper Mega Draw proved no good but that was no surprise as we have a
100% failure rate on those.
Don and Liz Mathys came over
to celebrate the arrival of the New Year and joined with us in a singular lack
of success at Cross Lotto. Still the evening was lovely and mild and we could
celebrate together the arrival of the
year in which we four will
end up being Grand Parents , all being well. Their daughter Karyn is due in
February sometime and Olivia in March.
Happy days.
Nuran and I are busy preparing for our cruise to
I have pored over the maps
to ensure only one or two wrong turns are taken on the way. Nuran has made a
check list of things to leave behind, it is shorter than the things she will
take. Happy days.
Well enjoy the main play and smile, it IS only a comedy you know and
someone up there is laughing at US.
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