{"id":45236,"date":"2022-03-06T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=45236"},"modified":"2023-03-06T01:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T06:05:01","slug":"mar-6-22-for-what-its-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=45236","title":{"rendered":"MAR 6, 22 .. WHAT A DAY .. HAPPINESS IS .."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Thought from Our Friend Loran.<\/p>\n

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I warned all of you with the subtitles to this Post .. Delete Before Reading, Does Anyone Care .<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I know, what sense does this make?<\/p>\n

Sense or NON SENSE here I go.<\/p>\n

Got it ! There is no possible way that I can always be present (here on our website) each and every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A look-back at last Wednesday, the day we prepared for our relocation here from Phoenix up to Lake Havasu City. That in itself tells you it was one busy day.<\/p>\n

Wednesday March the 2nd<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What a day last Wednesday was for Patti and me! Yes! The drama was mine but Patti lives it with me!<\/em><\/p>\n

Getting gasoline at COSTCO is all about timing. Bottom Line : You get there very early in the morning.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And I did just that. I was at the COSTO gasoline pump at 8am and did not have to wait one minute.<\/p>\n

I reached for my credit card.<\/p>\n

Oops! Oh No! I have lost my COSTCO credit card.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sport Fans and Friends, I knew, I was 100% positive that I had the credit card when I got into our truck to drive over here.<\/p>\n

I do carry two COSTCO cards (one the credit card and one the plain basic card) so I was able to purchase gasoline at a COSTCO low price using my plain basic membership card BUT I did not get the 4% cash back discount.<\/p>\n

Always, I mean (well almost always) I put my locking gasoline cap on the dash board of the truck so I will not forget it after I’ve filled up the truck.<\/p>\n

Out I drove heading back to the motel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I looked back in my rear view mirror and ..<\/p>\n

Oh No ! The gasoline filler door flap was wide open meaning I did not have the gasoline cap because I put it on the rear bumper when I gassed up and have lost it.<\/p>\n

BUMMER !<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

My day has just begun and I’ve lost my COSTCO credit card and my locking gasoline cap.<\/p>\n

I got back to the motel. I backed our truck into its parking place. Opps. I had to pull forward and move the truck over a foot or so because I was over the line. Because I moved the truck over. I was able to see, laying there in the parking lot for about 20 minutes, was my COSTCO credit card. No one had found nor taken it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

HAPPINESS IS : Finding my lost COSTCO credit card.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And after eating breakfast I dove into pre-packing for our drive up to Lake Havasu City.<\/p>\n

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1pm my Smart Phone rang.<\/p>\n

It was the Mayo Clinic calling me. Trust us on this : When The Mayo Clinic calls, Patti and I always pickup and answer.<\/em><\/span> I was told my Doctor had ordered three blood tests and when could I get to the laboratory. I looked at Patti and thought to myself..<\/p>\n

“We are up to our necks in pre-packing and there is no way that I am going over there to have a blood draw!”<\/p>\n

I said to the Mayo Clinic scheduler : “I can be there at 2pm!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

And out and off we proceeded!<\/p>\n

Monday, the 31st of January was our first, active-with-appointments, day at the Mayo Clinic. And? That Monday (who on this good earth knows why) I noticed that one of the Mayo Clinic Volunteers, who drive the 6 person mini-golf-cart-trams helping patients get from the far-reaches of the massive parking lots to the clinic buildings, had a deep maroon<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Mayo Clinic cap. I then decided that I wanted to have one of the deep maroon<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>caps. In the days to come, I went to the Mayo Clinic Gift Shop and found that they only sold these caps in Navy Blue with White Letters. So, for only $20, I purchased one of them. But, in the meantime, I had become casual friends with the first mini-golf-cart driver (who it turned out was a fulltime on a salary employee and not a volunteer) who was wearing one of the dark maroon caps. He told me ONLY<\/em> volunteers were given the deep maroon<\/em><\/span><\/strong> caps BUT he would see if he could get me one of them. And I lost touch with him because I hadn’t gotten his name or his phone number or given him my name and my phone number. BUT I kept asking all of the multitude of mini-tram drivers IF they were my deep maroon<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>cap connection.<\/p>\n

Now we are back at 1:45pm in the early afternoon of Wednesday March the 2nd.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Patti and I parked our truck and (Johnny on the spot) up pulled a mini-tram driver asking us if he could give us a ride. And I asked him, “Are YOU my deep maroon<\/em><\/span><\/strong> cap buddy?” He was puzzled (as obviously he wasn’t my connection) so I told him about my (call it) obsession to get one of the deep maroon<\/em><\/span><\/strong> caps (like HE was wearing on his head). And? On-The-Spot he took his deep maroon<\/span><\/em><\/strong> cap off and said, “Here! You can have mine!” I repied, taking money out of my billfold, “Here is $20 the cost of these caps!” He replied, “NO I won’t take your money besides my cap is dirty!” .. I replied, “Look I am an ex-enlisted member of the United State Marine Corps and I don’t sweat the small stuff!!” all the while examining his cap telling him, “Your cap looks BRAND NEW!!” .. And ? I accepted his offer On-The-Spot!!<\/p>\n

HAPPINESS IS : Now I have two Mayo Clinic Caps.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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And? I whipped out a handfull of my spiritual pocket stones..<\/p>\n

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I insisted he take, one for himself, and several others to pay-it-forward.<\/p>\n

And? He was so absolutely thrilled with the pocket stones that HE began profusely THANKING ME for my gifts to him!!<\/p>\n

And? That is the end of THE REST OF THIS STORY.<\/p>\n

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And? Into the Mayo Clinic Patti and I walked. And we had this amazing encounter with Rafael.<\/p>\n

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Notice above, if you will, my deep maroon<\/em><\/span> <\/strong>Mayo Clinic Cap!<\/p>\n

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And, out and off Patti and I went heading back to our motel to resume pre-packing for our trip North to Lake Havasu City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I said to Patti, “I am going to go to COSTCO to see, IF by chance, my missing gasoline cap<\/em><\/span> was found and turned in.”<\/p>\n

“NO Sir, we haven’t seen it nor has it been turned in.”<\/p>\n

Out of COSTCO and heading back to our motel to get-on with packing out.<\/p>\n

As I turned to the right and entered the Interstate 17 frontage road, there, up against the retaining wall, was my missing gasoline cap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HAPPINESS IS : Finding my missing, locking, gasoline cap.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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HAPPINESS IS : The Havasu Deuces street rod car show.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday, Patti and I visited the HAVASU DEUCES<\/span><\/em> street rod car show.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I snapped two hundred and twelve (212) photos.<\/p>\n

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For YOU Robert 94596.<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>No not the same but it reminded me of your Merc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Will all of you just look at the below rig!!<\/p>\n

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Well there you have it. That is : IF you stuck around until this point.<\/p>\n

Patti enjoyed the below idyllic view<\/em><\/span> of Lake Havasu while she was parked in our truck reading her Kindle while I spent two hours at the show.<\/p>\n

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The Time Has Come To Say : Over And Out<\/p>\n

Cap and Patti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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