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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | FEBRUARY 2025 | 67 Where are the hamsters? e balls in the pictures are lled with humans. Oh yes … regarding the cuisine at the past potluck or future Valentine's Dinner, nothing served or planned to be is suitable for hamsters who prefer vegetables fruit and protein. Victor G. I think it would be very fun … we could put lights in them, use the golf course, and roll from tee to tee. Teresa S. I would love to see my husband rolling down Breckenridge. Dora C. You know, it's always nice to win something, but SLCC's real WIN is LIFESTYLES … e entire sta is, well, simply wonderful, from Courtney through the entire sta. We are sooooo blessed to have such an informative magazine, together with the ads for potential services needed, ALL IN ONE PLACE, EVERY MONTH, like clockwork. A simple thank you seems so trite, but certainly deserved . Charlie F. Looking for the balls to roll down Breckenridge! is was a funny one! Olga M. Let the good times roll! Probably a wise idea to do this on an empty stomach. Barbara C. your comments: GET THE JOKE! Last month's joke: Now back to the Get the Joke stuff: To win a free dinner, find the ad, article or just weird, out-of-place, completely made-up (and hopefully funny) item in this month's Lifestyles. When you find it, fill out the box and email it to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com before noon on the sixth of the month (or drop it off in the Main Clubhouse). If you are the first correct guess chosen at random, you will win a free dinner. Congratulations to this month's Dinner Winner: VICTOR GASSMAN Please call Monica in the Admin. Oce for your Sun Lakes Restaurant dinner. From Courtney, the publisher: You may not know it to look at me but I'm pretty good at math. In high school, I truly enjoyed trig and calculus. On the first day of trigonometry, the teacher told us the secret: There are 45 formulas we needed to know. I went home that day and memorized all 45. The rest of the year, I spent my time in the back of the class passing notes to my friend, who had done the same memorizing. We both aced the class. In college, I tutored algebra. I wasn't a very good tutor though. Algebra was easy to me and I got annoyed when someone didn't just see it. "Cross multiply," I'd say. "What's that?" they'd reply. "What?" I'd say. "Um… okay," I'd say slower, "multiply, cross ways." "How do I do that?" I quit tutoring. Then I leaned in to my English Lit degree and left math in the rear view mirror. I can still math to a degree and am still annoyed when people can't. Like make change. I had my nails done years ago and it was $35.50. I gave the girl $40.50 cash. She stared at the 50¢ like I'd put a frog in her hand. "Can you just give me a credit card?" she asked. I said, "Give me $5." She called her manager. I think she thought I was pulling a heist. Now days, there's a newish term called "Girl Math." It's really great fun to do. And very logical. It's when you want to make a purchase and, because of some deep-seeded insecurity or unnecessary concern over cost, you have to go to lengths to justify it. My sister called me a few months ago and said, "I need your help with girl math. There's a ring I want at Costco. It's $700." "Easy," I said. I pulled out my calculator. "Over a year, that breaks down to about $15 a week or two Starbucks coffees. Do you get Starbucks?" She said, "No, but I do like fast food a couple times a week." "Okay," I replied, "Then cut one of those out and you have your ring. Plus you work hard and deserve to treat yourself to something nice." That last sentence is really all we should need. Should. But girls are different than boys and we don't just go out and buy a motorized stucco repair robot with bluetooth capability anytime we feel like it. We have to make the math work. Today I was doing girl math. I'm going to New York City with my Aunt Cindi to celebrate her 70th birthday. I was looking to see how much a car service would cost to take us from the airport to the hotel. It's $245 with gratuity and tax. So I took out my calculator. A taxi is $110. Add gratuity and tax and you're at $130. So I'm in the hole $115 still. I haven't bought a Starbucks coffee in five years. If the average cup is $5 and I was the kind of person to go once a week for five years, that's $1,200 I'm ahead. Now I have a surplus of $1,085 so I can get a car back to the airport when we leave. And maybe take in a show or two. Girl math is magic. I found the joke! Resident name (first & last):_________________________________ This was the joke: ________________________________________ Comments (we LOVE your notes - about anything!): _______________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Send entries to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com or drop it at the Main Clubhouse dinner. Congratulations to this month's Dinner Winner: VICTOR GASSMAN Please call Monica in the Admin. Oce

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