By “‘Say, Villie, der de go, tousand buses in a row.’ ‘No, Joe, dem’s trucks, summit cows and summit ducks.’” My dad was a bus driver for 18 years. One day, some guy from around town came into my dad’s workshop and gave him a plaque that had the above saying on it, which of course …
bouncing in my head
Don’t know about you guys, but I still have that “Seasons in the Sun” song running through my head. (Yeah, I stole the title.) It was a 1974 hit by Terry Jacks (and his only hit – go figure.) Watch/listen to Video. Even though people tend to remember the bouncy “We had joy, we had …
123 SAM
Went to ye olde courthouse the other day and traded some money for a license tag sticker. Took about 4 minutes…. I walked in the building, through the metal-detector, down the hall to the treasurer’s office. There was no line. I gave the nice lady my renewal form, proof of insurance, wrote her a check. …
Wally
Last night on “Leave it to Beaver, Wally Cleaver cracked me up: “That’s the way it is with girls. You’d think nobody could throw a baseball the creepy way that they do. But they do.”
good luck
If you’re coming to Emporia, good luck. Now coming to Emporia on K-99, from the north or the south, no problem. Coming to Emporia from the east on I-35/US50, no problem. Approach Emporia from the west on US50 or travel to Emporia via the Kansas Turnpike, yes, a problem. Entering onto the turnpike from the …
All I can say…
… is thank the good heavens above that the ice cream vendor is now playing new music from his vehicle which cruises the streets of Emporia. After three years of hearing the incessant and incongruent La Cucharacha, I was prepared to squash that bug!
Everything
Here … listen to this song while reading the Blog-o-versary post. 🙂
Blog-o-versary
Three years ago today (June 25, 2004), Dave and I began the Flyover People website. Dave is the computer genius behind FOP. He built the site and then patiently taught me how to add text and photos and additional pages. Three years. Hundreds thousands of photos. Hundreds thousands of posts. Thousands of miles on the …
Around town
I got in the car awhile ago to drive to the Farmers Market and noticed that my clock said 1:00. I looked again and saw that my clock said 4:50 p.m., it was the thermometer next to the clock that read 100-degrees. Yikes. Well, when the car is sitting in the sun, locked up, the …
Tom – out of the doghouse
Yesterday, Tom Haskett pulled in the driveway as I was carrying in grocery sacks. He helped lug a few bags to the front door. “This will get me out of the doghouse for that comment I made the other day, won’t it?” he asked. “Oh gosh, I’d forgotten all about that,” I said. “But – …
Colorado!
Hello, dear ones. We’ve just arrived home after a trip to Colorado. What, you didn’t even miss me? Well, that hurts a tiny bit. But you probably didn’t even notice I was missing. I did some pre-posting before we left, so there would be something fresh every day to entertain you, my beloved Flyover Friends. …