"Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty!" (AYLI)

Today was the opening day of the Huntington Lakes Senior Olympic Games; Altius, Citius, Fortius which means "Swifter, Higher, Stronger". However, in our case it should be "Slower, Lower, and Weaker." Consequently, the athletic event of the day was our entrance into the Canasta Tournament. We played five different couples three games each. The highest scores won the gold, silver, and bronze medals. We had a very high score, but finished fourth. But it's not whether you win or lose; it's whether your opponents cheated better than you, or if the refs took bribes to fix the cards.

We started this Herculean endeavor at 12 p.m against overwhelming odds. Most of the couples we played against weighed much more than we do. However, we certainly were not intimidated by this. I'm sure Las Vegas covered the spread. We ended up the contest at 3:30pm and since we had no lunch we went to Lox Around the Clock for what I suppose we'd have to call "Lupper". Rho had a shrimp salad sandwich with a cup of chicken soup. And I ordered perogies with a sesame bagel. The waitress said that the entree does not come with a bagel. I said that the menu stated that all entrees in that section said you get a bagel, lettuce, tomato, pickle, cucumber, potato salad and cole slaw. The manager came over and said that there was a mistake in the menu. I told him I shouldn't have to pay for their mistake. He finally agreed to give me the bagel, but the potato salad never showed up. Also, the perogies turned out to be potato pancakes. I told the manager that I was given potato pancakes, but he insisted they were perogies. If they were not potato pancakes (which they really were) then they were the worst perogies I ever ate. Well, nowadays that's the way of the world--topsy turvy.