Trick or treat!
Uncle Buck of St. Paul reports: “Here is a picture of the cutest little pumpkin ever: little Hendrix (a.k.a. ‘Jimmi’)!”
Could be verse!
Writes Transplanted (“preparing for a Halloween romp at the graveyard in the Sunshine State”): “I could have shared these in the past. Or not. I don’t know for sure, and time passes so quickly that everything is a blur now. It gets dark too early. And things are often very silent, especially for those of us who have no hearing left.
Our cars, ourselves
The Astronomer of Nininger: “Subject: The Falcoon — or: I can’t be out of gas; it’s Wednesday.
“The Ford Motor Company manufactured and marketed a lot of automobiles with names that started with an F. One of them that was actually pretty successful was the Ford Falcon. I saw one at a recent auto show and was reminded about the one we owned in the late ’60s, when I was an Air Force pilot stationed in L.A. — Lower Alabama. Continue reading “The mechanic said: “Lady, can I try to add some gas and see what happens?””
The Permanent Paternal Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “Subject: Life with my dad.
“When my oldest sisters were dating, our telephone rang incessantly. Dad hated it; he was under the illusion that it should ring only for him. He enjoyed talking to his pals, and by-jezzus how could they get through with the line busy all the time?
Continue reading “When those idiotic boys keep calling your daughters, what’s a father to do?”
Our times
And: The highfalutin pleasures
Email: “Subject: Voting ads.
“I’m Birdwatcher in La Crescent, and I approve of my mute button!”
This ‘n’ that
Both from Al B of Hartland: “(1) I visited the South Congress Bridge, which crosses Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. It’s quite a sight seeing the 1.5 million bats emerge from the narrow crevices in the underside of the bridge. They start to come forth about 20 minutes before sundown.
“Every flying insect I encountered was nervous.
Continue reading “What does Birdwatcher in La Crescent approve of?”
Only a _____________ would notice
Or: Not exactly what (if anything) they had in mind
Twitty of Como writes: “There’s a commercial for Dodge Ram currently airing on TV that stirs my angst. I think it’s the intention of the commercial’s writers to emphasize the truck’s strength and power — which it has, I don’t doubt. But to me, they miss the mark.
Continue reading “How many logs could a Ram truck snake out of the woods? More than one, you think?”
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