Jackie
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St Louis
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voyage of the
Statendam
San Diego was chilly on March 16 when Jackie, June, Mike, Barb and I arrived
to board the Statendam, which would take us down the west coast of Mexico, through the Panama Canal, to Cartegena, and then to Fort Lauderdale and home.
Once we had boarded and settled into our cabins, we began to explore the ship and found something unusual going on. At the entrance to every area a member of the "hotel" staff
met us with a big bottle of
hand cleaner. Our hands were sanitized time after time. Mine had never been so germ-free. There were some cases of Norovirus on the ship before it arrived in San Diego, and these mea-sures had been instituted to prevent the recurrence and spread of the ailment. Some other new rules were: No salt, pepper or sugar on the dining tables, and no touching the library books until you had charged them out. The climate in the areas we visited resembled Saint Louis in July, but there were interesting sights to see and things to buy at our stops. We visited the Panama Canal the night before our passage through it, and it proved extremely interest-
ing. The Visitors' Center
had a good museum with a variety of exhibits. In Panama, the official unit of exchange is the balboa, represented in actual use by the U.S. dollar.
Judy Shimkus
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IN 2013!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR LOCSEC, JACKIE,
AND THE REST OF THE
BOARD FOR THEIR
HARD WORK!
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and,
as of the June meeting, pizza will be served after the lecture!
Be there! Don't let people have fun without you!
Greg
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Judy
If you see this lady turning clockwise you are using
your right brain.
If you see it the other way, you are using your left brain.
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.
If you try to see it the other way and if you do see it, your IQ is above 160 which
is almost a genius.
Then see if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the
brain's current.
BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN
This was proved at Yale University, over a 5 year study on the human brain
and its functions. Only 14% of the US population can see her move both ways.
Mensans - do you think this
is true?
Girlie Wisdom!
Women over 50 don't have babies because
they would put them down and forget where they left them.
A friend of mine confused her Valium
with her birth control pills... she has 14 kids but doesn't really care.
One of life's mysteries is how a
2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs.
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes
leaves completely.
The best way to forget your troubles is
to wear tight shoes.
The nice part about living in a small
town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does.
The older you get, the tougher it is to
lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
Just when I was getting used to
yesterday, along came today.
Sometimes I think I understand
everything, and then I regain consciousness.
I gave up jogging for my health when my
thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knickers.
Amazing! You hang something in
your closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes!
Skinny people irritate me!Especially
when they say things like...'You know sometimes I forget to eat!' .....Now I've
forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name and my keys, but I have never
forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to
eat!
The trouble with some women is that
they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.
I read this article that said the
typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too
fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day!
Barbara
Angie
Jack
TRAVELS WITH JACKIE
September 26 – October 7, 2012. Join Jackie and her group of friends on a bus tour through national parks in the Southwest. The trip begins and ends in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Check the following link for details:
If you have questions, please contact Jackie at jackieb1104@charter.net or call 636-386-31132012 SLAM Elected Officers
Loc Sec/President - Barbara Kryvko Assistant Loc Sec - Angie Doering
Treasurer - Greg Krumrey
Secretary - Mary Merrifield
Director-at-Large 1 - Jack Lippold
Director-at-Large 2 - Judy Shimkus
Director-at-Large 3 - David Finkelstein
Terms of new officers began June 1, 2012
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