Smiley Anders for October 22, 2009

• By SMILEY ANDERS
• Advocate columnist
• Published: Oct 22, 2009 - Page: 1B

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Annabelle Armstrong says, “While driving my granddaughters Rachel and Molly to their home after school, we passed the beautiful new retirement home for nuns, located behind the Catholic Life Center.   

“Since the residents of Hundred Oaks were involved with architect Skipper Post in the planning and met with the nuns, I knew about its many features.

“I pointed out the circular drive in front and the large parking area in the back.

“When Rachel saw the many cars, she asked ‘Do they drive?’

“I said, ‘Oh yes, and they have their own apartments and separate entrances, a large dining hall, a meeting room and a chapel.’

“ ‘Wow!’ said Rachel, ‘I want to be a retired nun.’ ”

Ice is nicer

Andy Sobert says, “In the Oct. 20 Advocate, there’s an article about ULL’s Blackham Coliseum and its use as an ice hockey arena.

“While I was at what was then SLI, (1947-1951), Blackham was built, and we proudly used it when attending classes on cattle judging.

“We had no Zamboni machine to clean up after those classes!”

Southern words

Rose Steele has another tale for our growing seminar on Southspeak:

“My daughter lived in California, and we went to visit. We went out to eat, and the hostess asked how many in our party.