Hey babe did ya know??

 Grrr too Gretta out for dinner to Rexritz...a top spot in Dinotown that she liked to eat at now and again. As they were eating Grrr asked " Hey Babe, did you know Al Gator had a wife? Me and Bob met her at the the Lair." "Grrry calling your little club "The Lair" sounds just so crude and Stef agrees, We wish you boys would find a nicer name..The Den or the Club would be much nicer. 

Of course, I knew Al was married silly. Stef and I see Arline at the ladies club every week and she is one of our best friends. She showed Stef and I where the best shops were and introduced us when we moved here."

Bob and I just found out. replied Grrr. We asked Al to have his guys sorta fix the lair a bit and he brought her over."

"She is a love. Arline told Stef and I about it over lunch.It is just so sweet of you and Bob to think of Stef and I.

"Still dear we would both like it if you and Bob would think of a nicer name I am sure Stef has asked Bob. But you know how old marines are,.Not nice and reasonable  as Rex are!!!!!"

Mrs Arline Gator

 Getting a call from Al about the refit,Grrr and Bob went out to the lair.

Al Gator introduced them to his wife Arline "Fellas since a lot of this is to please the ladies, ah, figure we best get the opinion of a lady; so I asked my good wife to stop by.

"Nice to meet you gentlebeings" Arline said "I know Stef and Gretta well and they are not highfalutin wives. But boys I tell ya true. Plain white is just so past and Wall to wall carpet? Ya know what a chore that is to clean? Now, if you fellas are anything like my  Al bless him, I know you think that you are helping if y'all, fill the dish washer or vacuum a mite but trust me, We wives do the cleaning. Even if you fellas gets us maids, We still go over the house and the less we gotta do and still have a clean home the better."  Now I know Sref and Gretta are not  nose in the air  like some..."   

"You.. ah know Stef and Gretta?  Grrr  asked "Why bless your heart child, Down here all the wives know each other!. Y'all did not think I would let my Al hang out with out me makin sure his friends were  not no account ?

"We did not know" said Bob."Yeah news to us." agreed Grrrr.

"Why honey of course we know each other"

But  they never asked to come to the LAIR  nor did you" said Bob

"All wives know male-folk gotta have THEIR cave to be happy, Sorta like the"secret club house" boys have..Long as there  thant no outside easy ladies there we dont mind attall"

Bob and Grrr and Al just exchanged the "Husband: Look and got to work

We gotta get this Lair fixed!!!

 Bob and Grrr were in their in the swamp. Stef and Gretta were at home working on their new diet.

"Ya know pal' said Grrr, the mighty T Rex to Bob his human pal. "Between you and me, the wives are right. This lair of ours..well, it has seen better days, We should fix the place up"

"I know.. Larry sent me that box of silver as a thanks gift and that nice mauser from WW ll.

Told him the Mauser was more than enough and wanted to send the Silver back, but he told me he would have to consider that a personal affront He said he understood how  decent  good yanks were...but limits and all that. So I thanked him and parted friends.

"Yep, That is Larry. If he likes you nothing is too good for you. If he does not like you, well, you are not around long enough to be a problem. Mused Grrr.

I was sort of thinking we could call in Al Gator and have his construction beings re do the place. said Bob

"Not bad old Ape. I also extra loot I got from Godzilla for filling in for him. This and your silver should cover it even at today's inflated prices!   Let's call Al and see what he thinks."

Al got the call and swam over. After a cup of Earl Gray and a Moon pie, Al's family came over to the South from Belize when it was still British Columbia looking to make a better life in  Florida about 1850.

"Well now, hear you chaps want  to re do the old place. As ya'll were kind enough to make me a member, I can give y'all family rates.  I do it for free if it were just me. But I gotta pay the crew and construction supply place.

"No problem" said  Grrr and Bob.

Well now, what you need and what you want are two different things, I say just for us guys, a bit of paint and rewiring..fix up the rifle range and this and that. But y"all want a section added for the ladies. That means carpet and nice paneling. baths and showers, nice ones, and closets for their use. A pool and kitchen and rooms for the kids and guests..Al wrote out a list..with a price and handed it to the guys. 

Grrr and Bob looked at the bottom line than at  each other. Grrr said" Al, pal are you nuts"??

Al started to reply when Bob put in. Yeah Al,  pal or not, this is way too low..We cannot have you work at a loss.  Honor and all that.

"Why thank y'all. Such  kindness  makes a being forget y'all are Yankees. But that is the family price! With luck and if you chaps stay outta mah hair..I will be done in a week"