Email your post to shockaglow@gmail.com

I am still having technical difficulties with having others post news and photos to the blog, even though the permissions seem set correctly. Since this makes the blog interactive and fun, let's try this; email your stories, photos (must be as attachments), poems and jokes to me at shockaglow@gmail.com. I welcome photos of vacations, family, scenery, etc. I will then be happy to post them. The title of your email will be the title of your posted story. Somebody out there, email me a story and an attached photo and let's see if this will work!

Where in the world is Dimitri?

If you were curious about where you were spending so many mornings, check out this image and see if you can identify Sam's. If you haven't played with Google Earth yet, I highly recommend it. It is a free download at http://earth.google.com/. You can type in an address or famous landmark anywhere in the world, as well as view fantastic images from space. Try it!

Viewing/ Funeral Information for Patty's Mom

Hi everyone,

Many of you have asked about Patty and Charlie. The viewing for Mary Walter, Patty's Mom, will be held tomorrow, October 3rd. The viewing will be at Loudon Park Funeral Home, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, from 4 to 8 pm. The Prayer Service will be Thursday, October 4th, at 11 am with interment following at Loudon Park Cemetary.

The Last Day of September

Don was back in town and the topics of conversation were, well, crazy! Don told a story of being the first person to jump off Five Oaks Pool high dive when it was replaced years ago. He said he jumped in the nude, heard two distinct splashes, and that his poor daughter had held his clothes for him. He also talked about swimming nude at the YMCA early one morning with his friends on a snow day. They thought it would be a good idea to go out in the foot deep snow and make snow angels. The pool door began to close and they narrowly missed being locked outside in the snow....at 5 am.....naked. Does anyone else see a theme here? (I wanted to poke out my mind's eye).

Has anyone else noticed that the Ravens ' bagels have gradually changed in color from lilac to deep purple? Rumor has it that the reason is that Laura can't tell how many times her bagel has been toasted when it is purple, and won't send it back!

Speaking of Laura, I dreamt that she had been kidnapped and some of the Sam's crew were at her condo helping with the investigation. Don said he always wanted to go through Laura's drawers. Laura said he could come over anytime provided she wasn't home and if he cleaned!

Laura told a story of waking up one morning only to discover that she had gone out to buy popcorn sometime during the night. She didn't recall driving, but woke up to find the popcorn next to the bed. She called this "sleep-eating". Later when she said that a worker with her condo key had apparently made off with her liquor supply, Don suggested that this might simply be a case of sleep-drinking!

Pat recalled that when she went to McNabb's to make arrangements for her husband, Carl, George McNabb said that he knew Carl from Five Oaks Pool . George said he had spent "many hours underwater with Carl" but did not elaborate. This was the cause of much speculation since there seem to be a limited number of underwater activities.

Welcome to Marty, Pat's good friend. Hopefully she will decide to come back and join us again, although I have my doubts after today's coversations.

There is some sad news to report this week.......

Doug's good friend, Frank, lost his battle with cancer this week. Doug and other friends had been helping with the house and yardwork and were faithful visitors. Frank will be laid to rest tomorrow. Our thoughts are with you, Doug.

I just spoke with Charlie and learned that Patty's mother, Mary Frances Walter, died early this morning. Charlie said she was a fighter until the very end. The arrangements will be made shortly. Patty and Charlie, please know that you are in our prayers.

Send Photos as ATTACHED FILES only

 

Hi everyone,

    DO NOT embed photos in the body of your emails, they did not publish on the blog due to formatting difficulties. You must send them as an attachment.  Try sending only one photo attachment per email. You can write the caption for your photo in  the email message.

 

Here is a photo of Sammy and Lucy bird-watching at my house

 

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New Bar Stools Coming to Sam's?

Hi everyone,
You can now write a comment and/or read what other people have to say. Unfortunately, the poll did not seem to be working, so that has been deleted. Doug and Don were tied!

Technical Difficulties

Several people tried to leave comments today and cast their ballots. I have tried to correct the problem. Please try again, hopefully this time it will work!

First Weekend of Autumn

Purple bagels have returned to Sam's in honor of the Ravens, available on the weekends. Or as Jean remarked on Friday, today is "wear purple to work day" so be sure to wear purple next Thursday. She always confuses me.......

I was having a coffee with my co-worker, a very respected lady, when Doug S. asked if we were childhood sweethearts! Not that there's anything wrong with that, but we have both been married for 20+ years to members of the opposite sex. Doug turned red and stuttered that it was a Freudian slip......he confuses me too! Actually, I think he confuses himself. Work on having aplomb, Doug.

A typical joke overheard at Sam's from Bill W.'s table.......
An old sailor was going to celebrate his birthday. He put on his uniform, and after a nice meal paid to spend some time with a lady of the evening. Afterward, he asked her how the evening had been.
"Well, she said, I'll put it into terms you can understand. I rated you three knots. It was not hard, it was not in, and you are not getting your money back".

In other news, Don was away in Hershey for the weekend to celebrate his birthday. Happy Birthday, Don! Needless to say, it was peaceful and quiet for a change.

Jean and Paul will be away this week celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary. They will be attending the reunion for Paul's Navy shipmates. Congratulations!

Patty's mother has double pneumonia and is currently in managed care at Gilchrest Hospice. Patty, your family is in our prayers. You know where to reach us if you need anything.

Please feel free to add your own jokes, stories, and news. Just click on Comments below.

Welcome friends

We have created a special community at Sam's Bagels, one that is quite rare in today's busy world. A group of former stangers get together regularly to laugh and share their lives with each other. Why, Pat Richardson even self-published a book of anecdotes called "Sundays at Sam's" last year. I thought this would be a great way to keep in touch even when somebody is unable to drop in for a cup of coffee. Feel free to share a story, news, photo, joke or comment here....and you can even remain anonymous.