The
first part is from several previous posts.
Bud
& I love to travel--& take family & friends with us. Thank heaven he’s been successful & we
can afford it. (I did NOT marry a rich
Jewish attorney. When we got married in
1955, he had about $200.00 & I was the rich one—I think I had about $500.00.)
In
1971, while we were still poor, we borrowed my sister-in-law’s station wagon
& loaded my other sister-in-law’s 3 kids & our 3 kids (all aged 5-11)
& drove to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Bryce & Zion National
Parks. That meant there were 8 of
us at every meal. It always took 2
people to bring us our order. One night
a waitress brought our entire order on one tray. We applauded!
A couple of days later, Blake was reminiscing. He asked, “Do you remember when we gave that
waitress the clap?” (I have absolutely
no idea where he’d heard that term.) People would ask the kids if they
were all one family. They’d tell them
yes, but that we had left the little ones at home. They were also asked if their parents had no
TV. They assigned imaginary horses to
each of us. Bud’s horse’s name was
Dammit. My niece once told him, “Uncle
Buddy, that man’s calling your horse!” I
had been to the Grand Canyon once before, when I was about 10. My brother, who was 12, wanted to spit into
the canyon because that was the only place he could spit over a mile. My mother panicked. I laughed.
When our brood got there, I turned into my mother. They could be 50’ from the rim & I was
terrified. I told Bud to watch them
& I would wait in the car so as not to spoil their trip.
For
both my 60th & 65th birthdays Bud took me & a
bunch of our friends on an overnight flight to Las Vegas & gave them each
$50 in silver dollars to play with--I got MUCH more.
In
1982 we took 18 family members (& 2 secretaries) to Hawaii for 2
weeks. We had T-shirts made with my duck
wearing a lei. The shirts said FISCHER’S
FLYAWAY. If you’re familiar with Maui,
you’ll know the Pioneer Inn. We went
there for their famous macadamia nut pancakes one morning. They had broken our group up & had seated
us at 5 tables throughout the patio.
When it was time to pay, Bud got 6 checks. He asked the waiter who told him to give us
their bill. The waiter pointed to our
other 4 tables & to one with people we didn’t know. When we confronted him, the guy laughed &
said, “Hey, it was worth a try! When
your kids got their checks, they told the waiter to give them to you. So did I.”
We have taken a couple more of these family group trips to Hawaii since
our grandchildren were born.
On our last trip to Hawaii I had all the females in our group come down to the hotel lobby so they could select a pendant from a booth there. They were acrylic & came in many color mixes. Nameless got one that was white, black & turquoise. This is the one I chose, which I wear often. It's about an inch & a half long:
Two years
later--1984--we took our whole group (including the secretaries) on an Alaskan
cruise. There were 4 generations represented, from my father & Bud’s
parents to their first great-grandchild, who celebrated his first birthday on
the ship. We had baseball caps & windbreakers made with my duck on a
cruise ship & the words FISCHER’S FLOTILLA. We told them the next
trip would probably be FISCHER’S FLUSH—we would all go down the toilet
together!!
In
2000, we took our daughter, son-in-law & grandchildren to Washington, DC to
see the 4th of July fireworks from the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial. MAGNIFICENT!! We toured Washington & then went on to
Philadelphia where we met up with one of our sons & his wife &
children. We were standing in line to
see the Liberty Bell. (I touched
it! You weren’t supposed to, but I
couldn’t help myself.) Our 4
grandchildren were between 2 & 8 years old at the time & not very good
at standing in line, so I was constantly carrying one or another of them on my
shoulders. When we got to the front of
the line I asked my 5 year old granddaughter how my hair looked. I was kidding—I knew how bad my hair had to
be after all those kids had their hands in it.
She looked at me & lovingly said, “It looks just like it always
does, Grandma!”
Probably
something like this,
but
without the nose ring:
The reason I brought
this all up is because, after hearing about these trips, many people have asked how they could become members of our
family. Unfortunately, I always had to
tell them that we were full. Now we have
room for a limited number of new members!!
If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the application
below & email it to me. Hurry—space is limited!!
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APPLICATION
FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
Name
& birthdate: ______________________________________________
Names
of people you want to bring with you; their birthdays & other occasions
when they would expect a gift (I am limiting this space so don’t get greedy.):
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Are you an asset to your present family? Yes__ No__
If not, why do you think you’d be an asset to ours?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
This
position requires travel (i.e., free vacations, etc.). Do you have a fear of flying? Yes__ No__
If the flight is crowded, do you have any objections to sitting outside on the wing? Yes__ No__
If the flight is crowded, do you have any objections to sitting outside on the wing? Yes__ No__
Are you weird in any way? This could
be an asset. Yes__ No__
If
yes, please elaborate:
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Would you be willing to lay down
your life for me? Yes__ No__
If no, why not?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
How much money do you have in
your bank account (for accounting purposes only)? $________
Would you be willing to sign it over to me? Yes__ No__
Would you be willing to sign it over to me? Yes__ No__
Would it upset you if I took out
an insurance policy on your life? Yes__
No__
Please answer the following
simple questions so I can see if you would fit in:
1. Which is bigger?
a. Summer
b. Red
c. A box
d. I couldn't care less
2. Elephants can’t fly because
a. They refuse to take lessons
b. Their trunks get caught in the engines
c. Seat belts aren’t large enough
d. Who gives a s**t?
3. A train is
traveling east at 100 mph from Los Angeles to New York. Another train is traveling west from New York
to Los Angeles at the same speed on the same track. Where & when will they collide?
a. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
b. Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean
c. I don’t care because I would have taken a plane
d. I have no idea
The correct answers
were all d. How many did you get right?
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Please include a blank signed check. (Required)
Sign here______________________________
Sign here______________________________
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Don’t worry about carrying
too many suitcases; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
schlep----fishducky
