- Not trying to one-up Llama, but the family trip to Cincy was a success. Had front row seats in left field where my son was able to interact with Winker some. 60 minute weather delay, followed by some suspect play by the home team, which ultimately ended in an exciting walk off. That was the start of their current win streak, so you’re welcome Reds fans.
- Based on my observations during that trip, there are 2 national activities that have little to no diversity. Baseball and the zoo seem to be exclusively white. Wealthy country clubs have more diversity than what I saw in the Queen City.
- The neighbor directly behind me is a 60-something year old day laborer that has worked on small machinery for about 50 years every day of his adult life, I’d say. He’s basically what I’d imagine Cloyd Rivers would look like as a retiree. Saves his money and keeps his extra earned cash in a jar to purchase fireworks throughout the year to have a huge show on the 4th (And it’s always on the 4th; never on any other date).
Last year, my dad came over to my house like he would always do to eat and shoot a few fireworks he bought at a tent on the way over to my place. Well, it was wet and rainy last year so we just saved what he bought to shoot off for this year. As most know, he passed away unexpectedly in September. When I was cleaning out the garage where we’ve had to store a bunch of stuff from his home, I noticed the boxes of fireworks he had bought that never got to be ignited.
I ended up giving them to my neighbor as I knew he would appreciate them and put them into his show. A week ago we were both mowing and he stopped and walked over to me. He wanted me to know exactly when he was going to set off my dad’s boxes and that he was “dedicating” his show to him this year.
The moral: Good people make good neighbors.
- Really missing BBdK’s Tour of France breakdowns this year. He’s slipping. If you can’t get your info from him, who else is there to turn to in this thread?