Okay, as I promised last night..... I thought it would be easier and make better sense if I did it this way.
That way I could explain the pictures and really twist the knife.
(Right Julie?!)
Jools and I went to bingo last night. At a new place, in York. A real bingo place. Wow.
Welcome to the Clifton. I know it's hard to see...but that is the caller board and he stands at the lecturn up there. And he calls clear and loud and at a normal pace. The board at the very top tells you what game you are playing, what you are looking for to win and the prize amount.
You put the 20p in for the party bingo - and the left side 2 lights will light up, meaning the red board is on - if you put in another 20p, the right side, the blue board lights up. 2 boards, on slot. Then, you don't call.... you just put that button over the window that says 0. Then it automatically checks your board and ends the game. Then the dudes bring you your winnings. AWESOME. But, here's the best awesomeness.
See the 0? When they are calling - any game at all - the number calls shows in that box. So you can just glance over and see what number is coming. Just like the TV screens, which they have on the walls too.
And they have the electronic boards, so if you get those, you get away more boards - and you click a button that says Mark...and then it checks off that number on EVERY board. Julie will not miss anymore numbers! Then....if you win, it beeps and flashes winner..then you call! It's like...bingo for lazy people, so... I'm gonna totally do that, when we go back there on Monday.
It's BIG, it's CLEAN and ...they have a full buffet and bar. When you come back - we'll be going there and not Lucky Numbers, because ...as Jools calls it.."The Fleapit". Hahahahhaha!
The prizes are wayyyy bigger. There is a Link game that is worth 20K... yeah... I know! But, the smallest prize was party bingo - for £10- and..it's cheaper to play. The regular paper tickets are £9.99 for a whole book. Electronic is
£14.99 for 18 books. Yeah... I said EIGHTEEN. Brilliant, isn't it? The regular games, at the Fleapit are like £3/6 and 12... and at Clifton it's £10/15/50 or during the main session it's £15/30/100..some were 50/100/200 and 15/30/75..they were all varied but still way more than the pit.
Don't be jealous, Jess... we will totally keep your seat warm...and your plate of awesome buffet food warm. :)
(I always think of Hot Shots when I say Part Deux)
I'm going to do this in parts, because I did it before and lost it right at the very end...
Actually, here. I've been here just doing and doing. Since my last post we did get the van - It's the auto version of The Money Pit. The guy we bought it from had told us that a few things needed to be fixed, so we had those planned. But then, we go to the garage so they can give us the MOT and repair the few things and they gave us a little call saying that there is an ABS light that won't go off in the brake system. Big money fix apparently. To make a long story short- we took it to a few places who couldn't diagnose it because the wire wasn't connected. Whether it was on purpose or not is still out but.... the place who finally diagnosed it was the very same place that the previous owner (here on out called Mr. Asswipe) had taken it to be diagnosed for the same thing. And Mr. Asswipe was told that he wouldn't be able to get MOT with it like that and that it was a high dollar fix. Nice huh? They knew the van the minute it rolled on in .... So far our list...
My car - the Carina - is done for.
Seriously, I adore this piece of EU history.
So, Jess was here, she spent our birthdays and Mother's Day here. It was fabulous.
I parked downtown the other day to go to work, I do drive in sometimes and take the bus in on other days. It all depends on what I plan on doing after work. You have to pay to park down there, of course - so I put my money in the paystation, pulled out my ticket and affixed it to the window, like I do all the time.
You have to peel the back off, then turn it around and it sticks on the window. Right? Right.
I was in a hurry, so I put the sticker on my window, shut the door and walked to work. All is fine and dandy in my world until I come back to the car after I'm done. I notice the bright yellow sticker thing on my window and think...WTF? I paid for 3 hours of parking and I was only there for 2... Then I wonder, well, is my tire flat or something else? Nope. The yellow thing turns out to be a little plastic pouch, so I open it..and inside is this little beauty.
I go around to the drivers side where I stuck the sticker and BOOM...it's not there. I open the door, and it had fallen off the window and was on the door handle.... so, I see the parking cop up the street, I take the ticket and the sticker up there and tell him, hey, see, it just fell off on the door handle. Then I get the big speech about how the law is that it has to be properly displayed... and since he walked by, checked all my windows and dash and didn't see it- he ticketed me. I told him it fell off! I was in my work, I didn't even know it fell off.- he was not impressed...and frankly in a nice cop way told me to fight the ticket if I thought I should but the law clearly states..blah blah.
So, I see it's £50.... but wow, they are SO nice, they will drop it to £25 if I pay it within 2 weeks.
Damn it. I paid it.
If I see my face on the post office posters, I'm gonna be pissed!
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We feed Charlie the BARF diet - no bagged stinky chemical dog food for our angel.
So, since we spoil the dog to hell and back - today Chris thought for dinner he deserved a little treat.
Yup, some chuck roast thing-a-ma-bob.
And he LOVED it.
Now he's a full on wild dog..right? Vicious... drooling...guard dog...a true maneater.
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