It's vest day!

or the friday before my birthday

oh my knee is chubby

So I have had a few drinks and this will be a fairly short post.

Dad report: Dad and I spoke at length about the difference between the phone system and pricing from the time he was growing up, the time I was growing up and the current time.  This was started as I was telling him about Skype - this because I was trying out Skype as an alternative to calling him using AT&T.  If the connection is good - and it was today - it will save me about 30-60 a month if I use Skype.

Anyway he was fascinated (or interested in anyway) to hear about all the new ways there are to make a phone call.

In 1932 Clyde Barrow, from the infamous “Bonnie and Clyde”, and his buddies Ralph Fults and Ray Hamilton checked into The Eldridge hotel, in downtown Lawrence, KS  and spent the remainder of the day observing the First National Bank at the corner of 8th and Massachusetts which is now Teller’s Restaurant. The following morning at 8:35am the bandits noticed the bank president stroll quietly up the street and let himself into the building. For nearly ten minutes he was alone inside. Eventually the other employees began to arrive. The next morning the same thing happened. Barrow, Fults and Hamilton knew what to do. “Let’s do it tomorrow,” said Barrow. Fults and Hamilton nodded in agreement. This led to Clyde Barrow’s FIRST bank robbery which took place in Lawrence, Kansas, and the beginning of the notorious Barrow Gang which included “Bonnie & Clyde”. In 1932 the estimated cash stolen from the bank was round $33,000. In today’s terms Barrow and his boys got away with around $544,000+

The BANK (now Tellers Restaurant

The Mayor (as Bank President

Clyde makes his getaway - VHM in the foreground with vest

Getaway Car

We watched the re-enactment and noted how many people were wearing vests...

Then we pigged out on sushi.

 The Sex in the City roll was so good we got another

 Then we went and watched some guy play with fire.


Then we drank coffee. Now we have all run off to our respective corners and are doing our favorite things. The VHM is asleep in his chair.

Tomorrow it's up for the flea market at 9am. I hope I find great junk.