NOW ! why can't the conservatives take a lesson from a grumpy old man ........still with a full head (and back) of hair and a will to LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!! And what's this crapola about you saying that you speak for the American people....................you don't speak for me or the other 90% that didn't vote for you. Stay out of the business of my district since you apparently can't even handle the business of your own district to any satisfaction. Just because you signed some stupid allegiance to some Grover clown.....don't put that on my grave.........because that's where your driving me.
WOW! ! NOW THAT I have that off my chest, I better go back to taking my nap, so I have enough strength to eat dinner.
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Each year during the last week of May, I make a trip over to Sweden. I go over for one SPECIFIC reason. To meet, 13 men for lunch. WHA?.... WHY YOU MAY ASK? simply because this luncheon with this specific group is so fantastic! !. Same food to eat..........something called Stromming which is herring ......fried. Two slices of Herring fried with parsley and whatever else in between. This is served along with .........mashed potatoes. At first just the thought of eating Fried Herring put a question mark over this lunch..............but after experiencing the taste...............WOW!, I love it. The best part is ..that it get washed down with nothing else but a potato based schnapps called...........AQUAVIT. now the salt of the herring induces thirst... which induces more drinking. What a excellent way to spend a lunch. Since this is a men's only social club I cannot divulge the membership.list......but I guarantee that just from their photo........a lot of Swedes would know who they are...........if only by sight. This year, I,,,,,,,,,,,,Vito was treated to something special...........this group held their lunch at one of the members summer home in the Archipelago of Stockholm. This Archipelago is made up of approximately 34,000 islands, islets and skerries. Some large enough for several homes some as small as to be privately owned with just one home. Mode of transportation to 99.9% of the Islands is by boat. SSSSSOOOOO let me take you for a two hour tour.
The summer house of the host....from the dock
3 floors high about 3000sq'
the table setting, with REAL cloth napkins ......
deckside from the formal dining room.
The boat
the lunch
Stromming with Mashed Potatoes
The Sandholm hotel on the resort Island of Sandhamn
A family owned island
A small privately owned island
Typical little private island
The town on Sandhamn
passing through two islands
Time for a drink........Hi ladies!
Just part of the group
All in all, a beautiful trip and much appreciated .....by this old member.
Adjo, but I will return


