Are you sure, Meako? You're denying me my fondest dream! Everything I know, I learned from Blazing Saddles and this description seems to fit me:
My Dad had an old Farmall F12(F20?) that we rarely used that had to be hand cranked. My two brothers and I used to try to start it just for fun, but I don't think any of the 3 of us ever started it. I think Dad got rid of that tractor before we boys made it to high school.
I didn't realize anyone was dropping AM radio. I'm a bit younger, but I still listen to AM pretty regularly (there's an AM comedy channel that broadcasts in my neck of the woods). A lot of my driving time is in the back country, so AM is usually more reliable.Thank goodness the Ford Motor Co. has decided to keep A.M. radios in their vehicles!!!
I listen to A.M. all the time, and have driven Fords for 40 years!!!
(I am not aiming to argue which Auto company is better!! Drive your Chevy if you must!!)
Subscription satellite streaming gives lots of entertainment options, but there's no substitute for local station weather reports, especially in a car, and especially around here where flash flood warnings are common this time of year.
Oh man! Now I feel the pressure! I hope it's a good one. Please let us know!
Violetwood pradel. I've been eyeing it up for a couple months ..
Today, I'll be mowing & trimming the yard to get ready for the event of the season.....Our little village's 131st annual Memorial Day parade on Saturday. There were only three years that our village didn't have the parade. Two years during WWII, and in 2020 during the covid pandemic.
Anyway, our little village was the only place in the county that held a Decoration Day/ Memorial Day parade, so all the high school bands, veterans groups, county volunteer fire companies, etc from miles around came here every year, and the tradition continues. People who marched in the parade as kids return with their grandkids & great grandkids. Our 150+ year old house is located in "centre city", so the parade passes right past our front porch, and we get a pretty good crowd. There's a family of bald eagles that have a nest somewhere along the creek, and last year one of them did a flyover during the parade. If there hadn't been a couple hundred other witnesses, I never would've believed it. One of the original churches is still in operation, and they have a pavilion, and band stand next to the old grave yard. There's usually a couple really bad bands, plenty of food, and a baked goods sale.
Around 4 or 5 PM all the visitors disappear, and we get back to normal boring lives.
You asked for it. Start time was 1300, by 1400 the 21 gun salute & taps was finished in the cemetery & everybody was standing around eating & talking.What a great tradition! Have a great day! Post some pics!
Awesome! Small town America, I remember it well. Thanks!
Very enjoyable post and photos; thanks!
Hilarious story, Grand Marshal!Once I found myself entirely by accident leading a Memorial Day Parade.
I was riding an antique motorcycle attempting to visit my MIL when I came upon a closed road. Not knowing an alternative route I saw a path the motorcycle could negotiate and bypassed the barricade.
The path paralleled the road for a short distance then turned eventually connecting with a different street. Wanting to get back on pavement I took it and found the street lined with waving, smiling people. Hearing music behind me I looked in the mirrors and realized I had unintentionally upstage a parade by about 50 yards.
The road was closed the bike had historic plates so the crowd may have assumed it was the legitimate beginning of their celebration.
Riding at a walking pace for a couple blocks I wished I had some candy to throw to the children. I waved and smiled at the cheering crowd until finally turning off the parade route and having an enjoyable visit with my MIL.
Grand Marshal redsparrow
Thanks. The pics aren't the best, and I missed alot of stuff. I was kind of busy, because we had a whole front porch full of friends, and I spent alot of time with an elderly lady, who grew up in our house before she moved away many years ago. She's 96 & I gave her a tour of the house, and she gave me some history of the neighborhood, and people who lived in the area. Then a 40-something year old daughter of a previous owner came up & introduced herself. We only bought the house 25 years ago, so we're still new by local standards.
I saw Dire Straits, for free, in early 1979, in the Students Union in Sheffield. I remember one or two folks remarking they weren't bad!
