Feels Like the Hotel California welcome back old members

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:56 pm

Is your water pink?..... actually the news just discribed the colour as "fushia" colour.

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:36 pm

I don't remember hoss or farrider drama! was there any? he was a super nice guy!!

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:31 pm

minks;1507349 wrote: Maybe we could push this thread to see "how many different members we can get to contribute here" before a brawl breaks loose lol.

Hi minks, you're one of the ones (as well as others) in here I like to see when I pop in here every once in a while.

My problem is I can't say on line much more the 1/2 hour or so at a time, cause it

hurts my eyes.

So after checking my emails, and or messages, it doesn't leave much time for anything else. Especially when spread between FG and another forum I like to frequent.

Oh my gosh, omni skittles is "27" wow! I remember her at "16". Time sure does fly by!

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:55 pm

cars;1507358 wrote: Hi minks, you're one of the ones (as well as others) in here I like to see when I pop in here every once in a while.

My problem is I can't say on line much more the 1/2 hour or so at a time, cause it

hurts my eyes.

So after checking my emails, and or messages, it doesn't leave much time for anything else. Especially when spread between FG and another forum I like to frequent.

Oh my gosh, omni skittles is "27" wow! I remember her at "16". Time sure does fly by!
AHHHH!!!! HIIIIII!!!!! yea, you're telling me, I couldn't even imagine 27 at 16 bahahaha so good to see you online!:guitarist

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:19 am

Hey Cars *Minks waves happily* always good to see you when you are able to join.

Thanks for the compliment

It's nice to have people come revisit the old forum, something about it draws people back on and off. And something about it makes people stay.

I say Cars, we will take any visit you can offer up

Cheers

Oh how about Nomad, anyone hear anything from that crazy young man?

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:33 am

minks;1507375 wrote: Hey Cars *Minks waves happily* always good to see you when you are able to join.

Thanks for the compliment

It's nice to have people come revisit the old forum, something about it draws people back on and off. And something about it makes people stay.

I say Cars, we will take any visit you can offer up

Cheers

Oh how about Nomad, anyone hear anything from that crazy young man?

Nomad is alive and well in FB land :-6

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:37 am

awe Hi Betty Boops *minks waves and blows a kiss* always nice to hear from you.

And thanks for the Nomad update. Send him a hello from me will ya. I am glad to hear he too is doing well.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:10 pm

minks;1507386 wrote: awe Hi Betty Boops *minks waves and blows a kiss* always nice to hear from you.

And thanks for the Nomad update. Send him a hello from me will ya. I am glad to hear he too is doing well.

I sent a hello but not heard back yet.

I still need to get to Canada to find me a Cowboy

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:21 pm

wot, you still have not found your cowboy.

Well darn.

Well anytime you are planning to head this way I will make time for you.

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:26 pm

Omni_Skittles;1507359 wrote: AHHHH!!!! HIIIIII!!!!! yea, you're telling me, I couldn't even imagine 27 at 16 bahahaha so good to see you online!:guitarist

Yeah 11 years sure makes a big difference, you're now married, and I'm now retired, both of us are now in altogether different worlds!

(Happy Posting)

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:30 pm

minks;1507375 wrote: Hey Cars *Minks waves happily* always good to see you when you are able to join.

Thanks for the compliment

It's nice to have people come revisit the old forum, something about it draws people back on and off. And something about it makes people stay.

I say Cars, we will take any visit you can offer up

Cheers

Oh how about Nomad, anyone hear anything from that crazy young man?

Thanks minks, when I do pop in here I'll be sure to look for your posts.

Happy Posting!:D

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:05 pm

cars;1507448 wrote: Yeah 11 years sure makes a big difference, you're now married, and I'm now retired, both of us are now in altogether different worlds!

(Happy Posting)

Omgosh who would have thought

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:57 am

Omni_Skittles;1507452 wrote: Omgosh who would have thought ðŸ˜‚

You guys look HAPPY, always stay that way! :-6

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:35 pm

I still pop in from time to time. I just don't post that much anymore.

I have befriended several former members on Facebook.

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:13 pm

along-for-the-ride;1507480 wrote: I still pop in from time to time. I just don't post that much anymore.

I have befriended several former members on Facebook.

Hi!!!! Good to see you!!!!!

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:07 am

Hey AFTR nice to see you have not forgotten the old forum either.

FB is good for that.

I only keep loosely in touch with 1 FG member from the past and that's the lovely Raven. Who I might add is doing well.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:23 pm

minks;1507486 wrote: Hey AFTR nice to see you have not forgotten the old forum either.

FB is good for that.

I only keep loosely in touch with 1 FG member from the past and that's the lovely Raven. Who I might add is doing well.

Then please send her my best wishes, she and Voodoo are lovely people and much missed.

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:26 pm

awe Bryn I sure will.

You are so right they are a lovely pair

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:39 am

i'm still here :driving:

its great to see so many fg'rs here in this thread

and SKITTLES !!! lovely to see you and looking so happy with your fiance.

I think most of you know im a nana now to 8 month old (nearly) twin girls, Bobby and Olive, and a 5 month old girl Francesca, they have practically become my life now:yh_rotfl

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:40 am

awe Kaz how fun.

I love all my grand babies, between the husband and I we have 9

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:16 pm

To those who celebrate it: HAPPY EASTER!

Eat, Drink, and be Merry, and not necessarily in that order!

Busy here sight seeing, fishing, dining out too much for lunch & dinner, sometimes even breakfast, hitting the casinos, going to shows, and even getting a tan on the beach! :wah:

Post by **spot** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 3:09 am

cars;1508406 wrote: hitting the casinosWhich tables are you good at?

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 3:42 pm

spot;1508410 wrote: Which tables are you good at?

Like roulette, blackjack, and poker. But much of the time they don't like me! :wah:

Post by **spot** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:58 pm

Should I ever play roulette I'm minded to maximize my opportunity by putting all my... I expect there's a word for all the money I'm prepared to use as stakes - on one number, and then walk away regardless of the outcome. If the table isn't rigged then that seems the best available strategy. That way they can only have one nibble at what I put in front of them.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:22 am

The first time I had stepped foot into a casino (Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas) was 1977. I was 21. I had taken my mother there on her visit to me in California just after being discharged from the Navy. I had had lots of experience playing back alley cards having grown up in NY. A Bronx Tale sort of environment.

Just inside the entrance of the casino, there was a large roulette wheel on the wall that I decided to try out. I hit the correct number three consecutive spins. The guy doing the spinning says; "go gamble, you're hot right now!", which I did. I went straight to the blackjack tables because I was most familiar with (and quite good at) blackjack and poker. Within the span of one hour, I was playing at the $500.00 table and doing well.

Then, over the public address speaker system my name is called and I am summoned to the lobby. There I was met with a manager who informed me that my mother had fallen down some steps and was being transported to the local hospital. I cash in my winnings (which were substantial for someone like me at the time) and accompany my mother to the hospital. She had broken a bone in her foot and she was in excruciating pain.

We eventually make it back to the hotel, and after getting mom tucked in and as comfortable as possible, I go back out to play cards. I can't win a hand and lose everything including the $200.00 I started out with, which was all the money I had. All the dealers at each table as I descended in betting increments to kept advising me to quit playing, but I wouldn't listen.

I end up flying back to NY with my mother in order to carry her on and off the plane and never made it back to California. I had a friend eventually send me my belongings and get my beautiful 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS (with the engine I had only recently rebuilt myself to bore out the cylinders) out of LAX after a month plus of sitting there. The car was eventually stolen from my friend (or so he said) after I signed it over to him while I was working out a way to get back.

That experience taught me that gambling is not a predictable enough way of life.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:41 am

Good luck at the tables

I am to chicken to gamble with my money lol

And I hope everyone had a great Easter as well.

I had 2 Easter Dinners. 1 with friends, 1 with family. I have had enough ham for awhile now... and wine too

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed May 24, 2017 5:24 pm

Hi all, just dropping in to say hope all is going your way! I'm back in NE now since 6 days ago, the weather here was hotter then it was in Florida! Go figure!

Happy posting!

Post by **spot** » Wed May 24, 2017 5:51 pm

Hiya cars, have fun back in the far north.