Awake: 7:18am Temp 68 sleep 7+21 overcast….later sunny overnight @ Mission, TX.
30 min of exercise for both of us with Gilad; we were both sweating before finishing & used the air conditioning to help keep our cool.
Katrina calls: she has a few delicate questions of how to handle the 1st offer & how much to pay on closing costs.
Early afternoon, we drive to the town of Pharr, TX (9 miles) & tour the Smitty Jukebox Museum. Lots of early machines, starting around 1928 & featuring the years through to the present time; I take pictures. The building was large but less than ½ was utilized for the displayed Jukeboxes, the rest of the building was (we were told) storage for more classic jukebox machines.
In the same town, about 5 min away, we tour a clock museum. The father, Jim, started collecting clocks from around the world in 1964, then his son Gene, became interested & started repairing clocks. Gene became so good @ repairing all kinds of clocks that his reputation, “he can fix any kind of clock made” still stands. We enjoyed talking about & taking pictures of these many different styles & types of clocks that Gene even invited us to tour his repair shop. Now that was the most interesting part of the tour for me.
Next, we visit the Wal-Mart just down the road from Pharr. While Kathy browses & grocery shops, I decide to buy & install a new battery for our Suzuki. Our original battery, nearly 7 yrs of age, is fine; but it's rare to get that much life from a battery. Manager Roy of the repair facility tells me that if I leave my driver’s license with him, he’ll let me borrow a 10 mm socket & wrench to take out the old battery & then install the new one. Our car is parked in the shade to avoid the sun, so I take off my shirt & 25 min later, we have a new battery for our Suzuki & I get my drivers license back. I didn't want to wait the (2) hrs they estimated for then to install the battery.
7:20 dinner: Tilapia fish, corn off the cob from my cousin Florentz, leftover creamy pasta with cauliflower & broccoli, mixed salad+ toast.
Double feature night: “A Walk in the Clouds” with Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo, Giannini, etc. A young man just back from WWII overseas duty helps out a beautiful woman by pretending to be her husband, in order to smooth over the expected fireworks when her father learns she’s pregnant. Of course, he not only falls in love with her but with her family & the idyllic Napa Valley homestead. Blatantly old-fashion & romantic. 1995. Try & ignore how rapid the vineyard fire spreads throughout the valley….& you’ll love it.
Movie # 2: “Casanova” with Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili, etc. The amorous bed-hopping lover of 18th-century Venice meets his match in a beautiful, headstrong woman, a protofeminist who is determined to resist his advances. Fresh, funny, sexy & smart. 2005. Not for children but highly recommended for us adults.
High temp=79 Lights out: 12:17am
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