Red

Tonight we went to the Cinema 8 with Hardy and Judy and Roy and Phyllis to see a movie titled Red. It stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren as retired CIA agents, now targeted as RED (Retired-Extremely Dangerous). Mary-Louise Parker adds some mild love interest to what is otherwise an action comedy that demands even more suspension of disbelief than Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, but with more wit. It was very funny in spots--and we love the actors, so we enjoyed it, but we were glad that we had read the reviews and knew what to expect. Besides, we paid only $3 to get in, so we got our money's worth.

This morning we walked along the Levee Road as we often do, but had an unsettling experience. A Latino man drove by yelling out the car window something about we shouldn't be walking there. We returned to the park via the Old Military Highway, wondering where the guy was going and whether he was disturbed in some way.

Later we did the laundry. A poster on the bulletin board in the laundry room announces a meeting on January 11 with the Border Patrol to talk about the border conditions. That should be interesting.

When we put the new water filter canister and carbon cartridge in the line the other day, our water pressure dropped dramatically. That was very unwelcome. Today I emailed our contact at RV Water Filters. He made some suggestions for testing. We measured the flow rate at .78 gpm in the kitchen sink with the filter in place. Then we removed the filter from the canister and measured about 2 gpm, much better. But then when we put the cartridge back in, the water pressure remained near 2 gpm. All we can figure is that maybe we had somehow kinked the hoses, since the second cartridge crowds the compartment a bit.