Post by willy42 on Aug 14, 2009 14:11:00 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for John to confirm the party at his place, talk about out of this world! That would be a start!
Starting October 1st through November 15 is a very pleasant time in Las Vegas. The weather will have cooled off and the evenings are beautiful.
I suggest a welcome back party for Lou over a weekend, come in Friday evening, stay until Sunday night or Monday morning.
My house is full of family so I can't offer a room but there should be some pretty good deals on hotel rooms as occupancy is down 14%.
Friday night you could do a little gambling and see the sights and check in with me for Saturday schedule. Saturday space blowout starts at 10 am at my house.You can rent a car, take a cab ($30) or I will pick you up downtown. Its about 20 minutes to my house.
My den conference table seats 10, but I doubt there will be near that many. We will order up lunch from Mandarin Express and we will have a spare rib barbecue for dinner if Marilee is in town or hamburgers if I am the only one here.
Deep space discussion until midnight.
If Milton comes, and he certainly is welcome and I have a stool that fits right in front of the refrigerator. He may take us all for a trip out of this world which, of course, none of us will remember.
There are no plans for Sunday. You can come over to my place and shoot the bull or wander around Vegas. Maybe a few of you would like to go up to the mine. Its a brutal 3 hour up and 3 hour back. But its a neat place in the high eastern Nevada desert with huge boulders, pine and cedar trees and an occasional little stream.
Since this is Lou's welcome back party we'll let him choose the date and weekend date and if it doesn't work out this year maybe next spring around May or June when it warms up.
As far as my health I am slowly getting better from my back operation. I see a new doctor every month to find out why the back of my shoulders are so painful all the time and my finders are always cramped. I kicked all opioids and am taking something less harmful.
Meanwhile the BLM gave me until December 31st to move all my stuff out. The large stuff I will bring out on my large trailer. The large stuff includes the ore dump trailer, woofer table (4x10 feet), V-8 compressor, Detroit 271 generator and backhoe. The small stuff will be easier, table saw, drill press, grinder, rollaways (3) and all left over supplies, electrical, fittings ABS, PVC etc. I should be able to do it in about 20 trips. I could start now but the A/C is out in the truck and I can't afford to get it fixed so I will wait until it cools of a little bit.
I figure I should be able to do it in about 20 trips. Then start selling some of it on Craigs list.
The good news is that the BLM took responsibility for the the mercury contaminated soil, 10 barrels, left by the previous owner.
They have all been removed. Barring any more "gifts" from above by the middle of January I should get a check from the BLM which will help cover the $46,000 in bills for my back operation.
I forgot to mention that few of the other 'challenges' (Lou likes to calls them 'gifts') I got this year were a leaky den roof and leaky guest house roof which cost $3000 a piece to refoam. Then the air conditioner for the guest house where my oldest daughter lives with my grandson went out. $5000.00. I am not complaining. I am being thankful it wasn't a fancier 'gift'.
I haven't been contributing to the forums, lately because its painful to type with my cramped fingers.
However I am able to drive myself into town and despite the embarrassment got a handicapped sticker for my car.
Wishing you all the best.
John
john that is great you are getting better, no matter how slowly it is still a marked improvement i am sure. man that party sounds awesome, i couldn't even describe with words how spectacular that will be... man i could just pull up a cot and listen to you tell war stories all month not to mention the stories lou will have, whoo my brain is throbbing just thinking of the possibilities.