Way Back Machine 1987

CHRONICLES OF WEISS FAMILY FOR 1987

Jan 22 12" snowstorm. I decided not to go into work. Ann did. She took 2.5 hours to get there and 5.5 hours to get back.       Jan 25 11" more snow. This time the govt shut down entirely.

Jan 26 temp. gets to ‑17 F (‑27 C).

Feb 4  Sacramento gets only 4 pts in 1st quarter at LA Lakers.

Feb 6  Beth and George(age 3.5) ask if they can marry Nathan and   Katy Smith (age 8 & 5 respectively). I told them 'yes' if they     ate all their vegetables for an entire year. Didn't even get      bye the first night.

Feb 22 16" more snow. Govt closed again. Ceder tree trunk (12"     diam.) in front yard breaks all falls on Colt. Roof damage but   minor.

Feb 28 My father totals one of my parents two cars.

Mar 3  Univ of Md. finished the Atlantic Coast Conf basketball     season 0‑14.

Mar 5  My father totals the other one of their cars while going to look at a replacement car. The auto insurance company refused     to give them a loaner while they were looking for new ones.    The 2nd accident flipped the car and if they weren't wearing   seat belts they would probably be 6' under by now. As it was,     just scratches.

Mar 28 After 10 years of marriage, Ann actually made brownies the way I like them (total gooeyiness). She cooked them for only    1/2 the time the recipe said. My mother never cooked them my     way (my brother liked them moderately gooey and my parents   liked them well done but my kids have inherited my tastes‑at least for brownies‑Beth liked them because they could be rolled into any shape before being eaten)

Mar 29 am‑ I bought 5.7 lbs of corned beef for $4.87 must have been     a glitch on the computer, I hadn't seen a price like that   since the Johnson 1987   Administration. pm‑Ann ordered Strohe'Dark at Shakey's. They were out of it and the counter    guy said, "Sorry can we get you anything else. I said, "Make it Strohe's Light and take 35cents off". He said, "you      kidding, buddy?". I said, "no, do it and I'll put it in my    diary."

Mar 31 On the way to Richmond for a business meeting, the Colt     started smoking and yucky green radiator fluid was all over the road when I stopped and pulled over. I hitched to my   meeting and beat the Balt. office rep there On the way back I pulled the car into the closest gas station and negotiated a price to wit he gets the car for free if he gets rid of it.

     You really get to understand the meaning of the phrase 'weak      bargaining position after an incident like this.

Apr 3  Snow in Mobile Bay Alabama (30 N lat.)

Apr 21 In the last few days, Internation Falls (49N,93W), Duluth      (47N,92W), Detroit (43N,83W),Ottowa(46N,76W) and Caribou (47N,68W) hit 80 F, while Wash DC (39N,77W) had yet to do      so.(We did the next day however)

May 4  At Lansing, Mich. I was using the jacuzzi at the Hilton when      two gorgeous 22 yr. olds got in with me. In conversation I    learned they were trainees (interns was what they called it)      at the Playboy club that is affiliated with the Hilton    (W.Saginaw Blvd). Well maybe fantasies come true 15 years late     after all. I saw them in their bunny suits later in the evening. The push‑up bras in the suits must add one apparent cup size. Curiously, there was a convention of head start      coordinators at the Hilton who apparently had descended in    mass to the Playboy club. So the place was mobbed with 20‑40      year old women with wedding rings (who seemed to enjoy    themselves immensely). No male bunnies (do they call them   'bucks').

May 19 8:10am Ann loses her purse at the National Airport metrorail      station.

       8:15am It is turned in at the Pentagon station.

       8:25am Ann picks it up.

May 20 Ann calls George up at the sitter as she does most every    day. George (age 3.7) says "What's your problem, Mommy? I'm    busy." Upon further inquiry by my wife he said, "Well, I have    to color with Katy, then I eat my lunch, then I play with Taylor then I take my nap." (Katy and Taylor are the sitter's kids.) I guess the stress must be enormous with such a packed schedule.

June3 After 14 years of trying, I have finally taught two FHWA      employees how to play shafskoft(sheepshead), now maybe in     another few years, we can have a fivesome.

June 3 Albert Lowrey, of real estate seminar fame, who's books sold      200,000 copies in 1984 and who made $2 lecturing ballrooms    full of people in 1981‑1986 and who's net was estimated at $30    Million in 1982 by MONEY magazine, went into Title 7 (voluntary bankruptcy).

June 10Magnolia tree in back yard blossums for first time since we moved in.

June 22Fairbanks, Alaska has 92 F maximum and 72 F minimum,   (63N,150W), New Orleans, Lousiana has 90 F maximum and 72 F      minimum  (30N,    )

June 23First 5 handed sheepshead game @ work in 14 years

July 17Snow down to 5000 foot level in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, N. California

July 20‑25 100 F almost every day in Washington D.C.

July 27Athens Greece ends a 6 day heat wave above 105 F (peaked at 115 F) 1300 people died of heat related causes

July 27 Orioles and Rochester(AAA) Red Wings tie in exposition game      9‑9. Red Wings now lead series 12‑0‑1

July 27 Survey lists Wash. D.C. as having highest grocery prices   in U.S. lower 48.

July 28Police say D.C. has cocaine prices double that of New York City due to high demand.

July 30Joe Theismann called a press conference to deny charges of      substance abuse and gambling made in pre‑prints of his      autobiography *(really)

Aug  3 Ann tries popcorn as a fiber for regularity after 4 years   of me saying she should try it. It works.

Aug 13 Tom Hinzo (Texas) drives in winning run on 4‑6‑5‑2 double   play vs Chi

Aug 15 9" rain in 12 hours in Chi, Ill

Aug 23 St L sweep series with Reds in Cinn first time since 1973

Aug 24 46 F at Dulles Airport Aug 27 100 F at Dulles Airport

Aug 26‑28 at beach in Ocean City Md. $70/ngt at Seahawk. George    (age 3) tells his grandmother, " You can go away now." upon meeting two girls ages 4,5. Beth saw some dolphins in the    Ocean. Looked just like they do on Wild Kingdom.

Aug 30 Charlie Hough gives up 7 unearned runs for errorless Texas against Detroit (all on passed balls).

Sept 1 Ann's mother visits from Atlanta. George gets hives.

Sept 2 hives gone.

Sept 4 Beth told she can sleep late the 5th. Knowing she has a      birthday party scheduled that day she says, "Can you wake me if I'm not up by 3 in the afternoon"

Sept 9 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 SF Giants to lead majors with 222 in 170 innings at the age of 40 (goes on to finish season in     lead)

Sept 13Ann says to George, "Knock the girls dead today in nursery school" George says to Ann, "They don't allow that"

     Toronto gets 10 HRS in one game against Balt.

Oct 1  George gets a 6 year old girl to invite him to her bedroom. When I picked him up after work, I got a very dirty look from    the girls mother.

Oct 4  Beth hits jackpot at Shakey's Restaurant change machine.    Puts in 1$ bill and got back 9 quarters. Talk about beginner's    luck.

Oct2‑4 Up to 20" snow near Albany NY, DC has wind chill of 32 F

       108 F in LA after a 6.4 earthquake on Oct 1

Oct 3‑5George gets terrified by fire prevention week. He somehow   got the  idea that the highlight of the week would be a fire at his school and that he and his class would die. He kept   repeating his "Do not play with matches" song for 2 more days     after he learned he wasn't going to be turned into toast.

Oct 5  Darrell Evans his 34 HR at age of 40

     Balt hit 213 HRs gave up 230 HRs. Cleveland ERA of 5.25 was   the worst in over 30 years.

Oct 10‑20 I was in Alaska. I saw a moose close up, walked inside   a glacier (the glacial ice really is blue but somehow the   camera never picks up the color), and ate reindeer sausages.      Went as far N as the road to Mt. McKinley (62 N). It was quite warm. One day we even had rain at the 3400' level near Palmer    (61 N). It didn't get below freezing the entire time.

Nov 2‑6 I was in Wisconsin. The city now has several comedy clubs (went to one) but is down to only one strip club (went to that two) saw Mark Miller, Charlie Sauders, Bill Folz, Rick Rosen,      Dave Kroes, Glenn Kruser and Jim Cousins.

Nov 6‑9 warm and sunny in D.C. area, mums beginning to bloom, Petunias still in bloom. Nov 11 16" snow at our house, Nov 13      60's again.

Nov 14 Beth, George and Ann go to Ice Capades. Bullets get 60 of   69 free throws (NBA record) in 108‑101 game vs. NY Knicks.

Nov 15 Beth asks follow sequence of questions in 20‑question game:

       "Is the person a boy" Answer was "no"

       "Does the person live near us"   "yes"

       "Is the person in school"        "yes"

       "Is the person President of the United States"   ?????

       also the following sequence

       "Does the animal have fur?"   Answer was "no"

       "Does the animal live in Africa?"        "no"

       "Is the animal extinct?"                 "no"

       "Is it a tiger."                       ?????

Nov 10 Former Governor Marvin Mandel's conviction for fraud is      overturned by state judge who finds that defrauding the   citizens of Maryland can not be a criminal offense. Mandal claims vindication with straight face.

Nov 11 Can't believe it. 17" snowfall at our house (12" at Natl      Airport)

Nov 15 George says to checker at grocery, "You look like you're    going to die soon". I wasn't listening closely to his      conversation and asked the ckecker if he said what I thought I heard. She said yes. Ooooppps don't think he is still      worried about fires.

Nov 20 My serum chlorestoral tests out at 136, allllrighttt!      Dec  1 George gets cyst surgically removed from his eye. I snooped   and saw the plastic surgeon's next patient was a TV weather      forecaster who was getting herself a nose job despite the fact     I thought she was pretty cute without it.

Dec 12 Tried to fly kite. Couldn't figure out where to put the     string on the kite. Beth figured it out and it worked fine.  Dec 14 22" of snow in El Paso, Tex. 32 N (24 hours), old record was     8" (1873)

Dec 21 Beth ran 1.3 miles with me. I wrote a note to her PE   instructor and we now limit her running to about 0.5 miles.  Dec 31 A 60's style rock music salute to the new year is featured   on a local independent TV station. As a real tribute to the     status of the generation