Continuing with our Out and About theme, here is an outing that I completely forgot about until I was browsing through some old blog posts.
Friday, I went to the Mohegan Sun casino to play slots and have fun.
It was a miserable drive from my home to the casino with heavy rain falling the entire trip. The bad weather and slowed traffic added almost 30 minutes to the normal 75-minute trip.
I arrived at the casino at 11 AM and found it busier for midday weekday than it has been in awhile. Either the economy is better or a lot of vacationers abandoned the nearby Long Island Sound beaches for some dry indoor activities.
I played quarter slots for the first 90 minutes and was down about $10. After lunch, I switched to two-cents and one-cent slots and my luck improved. By the time I quit and headed for home, I had $248 more in my purse than when I arrived!
People-wise, I had one very interesting encounter. When I ate lunch – a glass of seltzer and a salad topped with grilled chicken – I sat at the bar rather than at a table in Big Bubba’s BBQ because I wanted to check out all the breweriana on display behind the bar.
Half way through eating my salad, I had a new real life experience! A middle-aged guy sat next to me, ordered a beer and began chatting with me.
I cleared my throat, spoke softly and held up my half of the conversation.
After about 10 minutes, I emptied my glass of seltzer and the guy asked me if he could buy me a drink.
“Where was this going?” I wondered. I did not want to find out, so I played the spoken-for card.
“No thank-you,” I said, “I’m happily married.”
“Is your husband here?” he asked.
“What difference does that make?” I asked.
“Well, he is a very lucky guy.”
“Thank-you,” I said.
"It was nice meeting you.”
“Nice meeting you, too,” I returned.
With that, he paid his bill and left the restaurant.
Wow!
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| Wearing Jonathan Simkahi |
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| Jenny Shaw out and about at The Magpie Cafe in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England |
