YAY – I’m Not Alone!
Yesterday was Randy’s birthday so I’m no longer the only one in our group of friends who is 37! WOO HOO!
To celebrate, we got together with some friends and had dinner at Elephant Walk in Cambridge. It’s a Cambodian/French restaurant and since they extended their Restaurant Week menu for a few extra weeks, we got to take advantage of their 4-course fixed price menu.
It was all quite good (as was the company).
I got Randy some pathetic gifts, but he seemed happy with them. This time, he’s only exchanging two items (but I don’t blame him). Those items were two automatic card shufflers. We play so many games of cards that it seemed like a practical gift at the time. However, after testing it out last night, we realized that it takes longer to shuffle using the shuffler than it would by hand.
To use the gadget, you have to separate the cards into two stacks, place each stack on the tray evenly (if they aren’t lined up right, they jam), push the shuffle button, pull out the plastic tray (where the shuffled cards are located), pull out the cards, then rinse and repeat.
By the time you go about doing just one shuffle (which is nowhere near enough) you could have shuffled 5 or 6 times by hand. Plus, we often play agame that requires 6 decks of cards. We’d be spending half the night loading and unloading the damn shuffler.
Oh well. It’s the thought that counts, right?
Right?
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Hey – happy birthday Randy!!! Woo hoo! Yeah, the card shuffler sounds like one of those things thought up by Ronco…get any matching steak knives?
Boo – the stupid beige email-entry box is back…groan.