Mystery and Car show

 Car of the day:

WE almost met Lisa (Away From The Office Chair) But I did meet her brother and his 1951 Ford. This is one beautiful work of art. It is as nice as Lisa said it was. (He is too!)  ;-). 

For today:

This picture is below is of dying tomato plants.  It is hard to see but in the spring every year this is a garden about 25’x25’ here in the yard. It is at the beginning of our dead end street. We pass it daily. There are cantaloupes, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes. The garden flourishes. As far as we can tell not a thing is picked or harvested. It grows beautiful veggies. It is weeded until an area is gone then the grass encroaches. The tomatoes are all that is left. They were big, red and looked delicious,  BUT NONE ARE TAKEN. The veggies mature and rot, the tomatoes mature and fall to the ground, then rot. A few still rotting on the vines.

That is a mystery that would fit Paula down Texas-way if she was still with us. She was always finding mysteries… I would sure like her opinion.

Evelyn & Don met us at a car show yesterday. We loved seeing the cars.  

We saw Jerry a nephew, and also saw some old friends from the 60s.

Walking down the rows Sherry said, “There is Nick, Lisa’s husband!” (She recognized from pictures on the net.)

It was, and we had a chance to meet him and talk. One day we will run into Lisa. She was off with her daughter getting their nails done.

I thought of Victor when we saw this older English Ford.

Lots of old men looking to bring back memories.

Here is a 50 Ford straight out of the custom shop in the mid 1950s. We called it shaved, meaning it had no hanging chrome including door, hood or trunk handles. Each owner had a secret way to open the doors. French head lights and '54 Chevy grill.

I enjoy meeting the proud owners, not all but some did the restoring themselves.

It is hard to beat a '56 T-Bird.

50s VW with a Surfboard atop.

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PS:  I was surprised to see an unrestored Soap Box Derby vehicle:

 

This was one of the largest local shows I have seen,  Hundreds of cars

Afghanistan, Religion and Politics

 Cars seen in Maine 2012:

 

For today:

What I read and hear, we are not at war with any country or sect at this time. WONDERFUL!!!
The 20 years wasted along with nearly 80,000 lives including nearly 2,500 US personnel. I watched our withdrawal. It was tough. It would have been horrific no matter the administration. I did not know anyone serving there at the close, but I did know men serving when we withdrew from Vietnam. That was terrible also, and appeared to be a comedy of errors just like the latest withdrawal.

Logic tells anyone there is NO way for an easy withdrawal when you become outnumbered. I feel for our people during that time but also for our friends (as in Nam) who would be killed if left behind, and we did leave many behind, in both countries and they were killed. TERRIBLE.

But now I read in the news exactly what logical minds have said when THE USA decides to bring democracy into a country that does not like it, nor does the mind set allow it. You cannot change a basic mindset. SADLY NOW MUSLIMS ARE KILLING MUSLIMS, and the sadistic thing about it is they are doing it at their PLACES of WORSHIP.

 An Islamic State suicide bomber has struck a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan 46 killed (Associated Press).

 

— Suicide bombers attacked a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least 35 people, the second week in a row……

  That is one thing that is prominent in our National Documents, Separation of Church and State. We are free to worship in this country BUT, but for some reason not all peoples agree. Some want their state religion to rule the country it seems.  Please let’s not waste anymore young lives.

With separation of church and state churches and citizens of our country (USA) are free to evangelize and many a missionary has given ALL to do so. We can take our beliefs abroad, but not our politics unless that country is amiable.

I am not well versed In the Muslim Beliefs, but it seems that the Shi’ites are not liked by the Sunni. There are other sects, but they are all Muslim.

I see it as in our country the Methodists fighting the Presbyterians or Baptist.  We do it in words at times but not to killings. We, even we Christian believers at times forget we are supposed to love, not hate.

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PS:  

Long lines

Cars of the day:

 

Some folks run out of gas methinks.

 You know there had to be some toilet problems.... OUCH

For today:

What is the longest line you have actually stood in until it was your turn?  I know we have been in grocery lines that seemed to be stopped, do you switch lanes?

Oh yes we do travel a lot and come upon slow to stopped lanes. I do switch lanes at times but most of the time it is an exercise in futility because the line I move to stops and the one I was in moves forward.  I sorta play a game at times like that and pick a truck easily recognized and see how we do in the long run.

WE have dealt with DMVs of several states. I have found NC has the slowest lines and Florida the fastest and most congenial clerks.

Chow lines are fairly long when stationed shore BUT longer if you are on an Aircraft Carrier. You see a lot of guys reading books as the line inches forward.

In 1956 after discharge from the USMC it was very hard to find a job. I looked for a job most days for two months. I had two friends, Dale Harness and Doug Carver also out of work. Dale found an ad for 100+ workers that took half a page in the Charlotte, Observer.

 WANTED Men willing to work under dangerous conditions, NOT FINIKY and willing to take some risk. Up to $4 an hour. INTERVIEWS START 9AM SHARP!

(AVG wage then $1-$2 hr)

     We got there at 8AM and the line was 3 blocks long. The man behind us was a supervisor in a mill in SC and had called in sick to apply for these mysterious jobs.

A man with a bull horn walked the line telling everyone he would be at the entrance, “If I say OK step thru the door, otherwise thank you for coming by but I will not be able to use you.”

We were nervous as the line moved most were accepted, we three, and the guy behind us were accepted. WOW we went in and took a seat. WE sat thru four 30 minute high motivational talks.  Still not knowing the job.. We lost men every talk. WE were down to the 100 when we learned the job was ‘Selling Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners.’

 

You talk about some BAD WORDS we heard them, men who had laid out of work for this pie in the sky stuff.

Dale, Doug and myself walked out. They didn’t say any bad words of course since they were good Christian dudes. I thought a few but I didn’t say any outside. LOL

That was the longest line I ever stood in and it was a waste of time.

 

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For CRYING out loud, CIVIL WAR, WHAT???

News of the day:

 Uganda...

DC...

For today:

I was so disappointed and HURT on January 6^th when our Capitol Building was defaced and treated with such disrespect. I was just as disappointed in our President who did nothing at the time to say, “THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT, PLEASE CEASE AND DECIST!” But he let it go unabated.

Now, from a rally of the former president I hear screams and calls for Civil War. Folks, someone is crazy! WE CITIZENS OF THE USA supposedly learned thru our last Uncivil war that folks get killed. Many politicians and encouragers stay out of the fray, BUT Brothers & sisters, cousins, kin and friends DIE! In mid 1800 up to 750,000 citizens died, 2.5% of the population killing each other. An all-out civil war today it is estimated a minimum of 7 million of us Citizens of the USA would die. That is about 5 in every 20 people.

I can’t understand people’s thoughts. I cannot fathom an ego that encourages this lunacy. THERE WILL BE NO CIVIL WAR, thank God (my opinion). In that attack on our Capitol Building foolish people thought they could change the rule of law by force, this is not Uganda, this is the USA.

Please read with some logic this piece extracted from an article by Dan Rodricks where he said:

William Gale and Darrell West, senior fellows at the Brookings Institution, examined the civil war question recently and concluded that, despite Republican claims of electoral fraud and efforts to suppress voting, we will resolve our conflicts through the ballot box, not combat. “The rule of law remains strong,” they wrote, noting that the president and federal government have the power to put down insurrection and punish those who engage in violence.

So I don’t believe we’re headed for civil war and, instead, agree with Graber about what’s more likely — less bloody but just as disastrous — if we remain on our present course: A country increasingly ungovernable.

End Quote  (The highlighted part makes me cry for my country and I pray for some logic and intelligence to eventually prevail.)

 We are a Republic/Democracy, a country ruled by the vote and it works. Covid has made it all worse than it should be but we still have rules and regulations set forth by our representatives. If they do not do as we like we can and do vote them out, WE have a majority rule guide but the minority still has a voice.

 I love this country, for me it is the greatest country in the world. To think that because some citizens don’t get their way, they would stoop to kill their neighbor, is abhor able. You are saying just that, if you believe we should have a civil war.

Off my stump again.....

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PS:  

Is your Forgetter working?

 Memorable car of the day:

    1957 Nash Rambler Cross Country

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

For today:

My hands are shaky, but my forgetter works VERY WELL, thank you!

Humans overall do forget stuff. Funny that, at times we are trying to remember a name and it flies by in my brain and I miss it, sorta like scrolling too fast but I cannot roll it back.

Is there something that your forgot ONCE, but have never forgotten again.  Like the time I forgot my sweet Sherry’s birthday. OUCH.

WE forgot once that the time had changed and went to church early and wondered where everyone was. I may have forgotten that again over the past FEW years day light savings time has been effect.

I have learned and forgotten a few car logos, but never the Chevrolet. It has been this since my dad was 10 years old.

                                          1913 until now

I forgot to check a Turkey and turn the oven off once.. Another OUCH..

Sherry’s brother Vernon was a runner, he loved to run. He would head up a road and tell his wife to come and catch up with him in an hour, he ran 3 hours before learning he had the car keys in his pocket.

IF one is not careful they forget they have a pot on the stove and it boils over.

One of our dearest friends, a country lady the mother of 10. All the kids were still living at home when one Sunday she dropped into the front seat of the car and said, “I think we’re ready for church Kenneth!”

Kenneth said, “You had better go back and put on your skirt!” She had her slip on but no skirt. With that many kids I would have probably forgotten my head. LOL Eileen was a wonderful lady and had a voice and range to match, that fit Carnegie Hall. Glenda, the oldest girl of the 10 kids, comments here.

This was Eileen in 2007. All her kids grown,  successful professionals and a credit to our nation. She was a super Mom.

We enjoyed dinner with that Missouri farm family several times and it was ALWAYS a pleasant TREAT for us.  So many memories.

But I regress methinks. Yes we forget. Do you have any memorable forgetters?

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PS

Thanks Myra!....... Burma Shave!!

Car of the day:

 

Below at the Hackberry General Store on Route 66!

For today: 

How in the world did I miss that one? I loved reading them. There were several we passed at least once a month for a couple years and I LOVED every sign. They appeared in all but 4 or 5 states between 1926-1963.

Someone at Burma Shave had gotten bored as a kid on car trips, I bet!!

I just searched and this is what I found out about Alan the son of the CEO:

Then one day, Alan Odell came up with a suggestion. He suggested roadside signs like the ones he had seen on road trips when he was out trying to sell Burma-Shave. However, his father would not hear of such an idea, and was sure that the boy was just homesick because of all the travelling he was doing. Alan continued to lobby for his idea and finally his father gave in and gave him $200 to try out his idea.

Just for fun I listed some from the Burma Shave signs:

PAST
SCHOOLHOUSES
TAKE IT SLOW
LET THE LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
BURMA-SHAVE

or

IS HE LONESOME
OR JUST BLIND
THIS GUY WHO
DRIVES
SO CLOSE BEHIND?

BURMA-SHAVE.

Still other good examples include

MANY A FOREST
USED TO STAND
WHERE A
LIGHTED MATCH
GOT OUT OF HAND
BURMA SHAVE

and

THE ONE WHO
DRIVES WHEN
HE’S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
BURMA SHAVE

Yep..

THIRTY DAYS
HATH SEPTEMBER
APRIL
JUNE AND THE
SPEED OFFENDER
BURMA SHAVE

And finally:

IF DAISIES
ARE YOUR
FAVORITE FLOWER
KEEP PUSHIN’ UP THOSE
MILES-PER-HOUR
BURMA SHAVE

I got a kick out of reading the information and history of the Burma Shave signs. As a kid I really did enjoy them. Although I can see where they could cause a traffic problem with the increase in traffic and speeds.…. L

Yep, Burma Shave was tops for years in a Advertisement Coup.

  

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PS:  

See Rock City

 Truck of the day:

 

For today: 

Growing up and listening to the radio I can remember certain things that stuck like glue:

“You will wonder where the yellow when, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!”

“From out of the past come the hoof beats of the Great Horse Silver, The Lone Ranger Ride’s AGAIN!……”

Advertisement ditties were all over, but some hit the mark for the Public Relations crews!

IF you are old and from Gaston County you would recognize the Schneider Department Store ditty in a second, It was catchy and everybody knew it: “Let’s go to Schneider’s, Buy your Family clothes at Schneider's, 338 West Main Avenue in the middle of the Block, OK let's ……….

Then there was “Tide’s In….Dirt’s Out!”

But if you grew up on the east coast of the USA you had to see barns painted, YELLING, SEE ROCK CITY!

I think 90% of travelers love barns. Whoever came up with that idea hit the nail on the head.

I do not know if the state paid or folks just volunteered, but I was thrilled to see the many barns in Ohio pointing out their Bi-Centennial. Loved it:

We saw a few of these, but it didn’t have the impact of the other barn ads.

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But SEE ROCK CITY was the most successful of all the ads I remember as a kid, but we did travel a lot.

Of course we have visited Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, TN a few times and did Enjoy Rock City and Ruby Falls. I never saw state lines but they swore I saw 7 states from there!  LOL

 

 Remember any good ads?

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We age 24/7, just like Trees!

 Car of the day:

 

Sonny was a Ford man I was a GM follower

(But I have to admit that the Ford looked better than the Chevy and could definitely outrun it)

 For today:

Yep, we do age, even while we sleep. Life uses every second we live.

I have mentioned my friend Sonny often. Some people are impossible to forget. We were the best of friends and had a lot in common. We both were handy men. WE both were family men. WE liked the outdoors. Once he & Collette started traveling with us, he loved traveling. However he had limits 2-4 weeks was the limit before he had to be back home.

 

Whether it was Pike's Peak or atop one of the Rockies throwing snow balls in short sleeves we had a good time. 

But this post has to do with Trees. Sonny never lived more than a mile away from his home place of Paw Creek, NC. He lived on the Mill Village there from the time we met until he passed away. His house was sorta like a flower amongst weeds, it stood out although it was still a mill house.

His front yard had an oak tree that was 5 or 6’ in diameter. It was probably BIG when he was born. BUT this tree he is leaning against is one of about 5 oaks he planted around his home. When he planted this oak it was only ONE INCH in diameter and he was in his early 20s.

 

I am not sure why he had the 2x4 nailed to the side of the tree. It might have been to record the height's of his grand kids.

When I still see these trees I still cannot imagine he planted them. He has been gone over 10 years and I still expect to see him out in the yard when I pass. His grandson Justin and his family now live in the house. The Mill House is probably 100+ years old.

On our first trip across country, he fell in love with the Redwood trees and wanted to grow one. I told him he didn't have that much time left and we both laughed. This was taken in 1983

 

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