New Motorhome

We loved our 2004 Monaco Windsor Motorhome but it was getting old and had a few problems. We had to decide to either give the Monaco a good fixing or get a different motorhome. We had decided the rehab would be best until we saw the Entegra Asprie.

Our beautiful Monaco

The replacement 

eBay

I have many old cameras that I have not used in years. Years ago, in IN, I had a thriving photography business but now I just use my iPhone. I decided to try listing one camera on eBay and like most people I overvalued my prized camera. Was I shocked when it sold for full price in two days!

There was a bit of drama after I shipped the camera. I was notified that the buyer didn't receive the camera. I used FedEx for packing and shipping and when I informed them that the buyer said the package had not arrived they jumped into action. The package was signed for and their driver tracked down the package! Delivered as stated just a mixup on purchasers part. FedEx was great!

Hands

This has been a bad summer for our hands! 

I was trimming hedges and somehow trimmed my hand! It was bad but I am recovering.

Duf has Dupuytrens Disease and had surgery a week ago. It looks bad but Dr Bear assures him in two weeks he will be fine!

History Lesson

The History of the Middle Finger: 

Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. 

 

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers.  Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future.  This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew'). 

 

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and they began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew!  Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentalfricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!  It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.' 

 

And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing. Didn't yew!!

Dinner

Great dinner tonight with Jim and Debbie!

Sneak Peak

Attended the final dress rehearsal of Phantom last night! Great production and all the music is live! Our neighbor, Mary Beth, plays the Cello in the orchestra.

Rockford, Illinois

June 8, 2016

Great performance at the Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theater.