Subj : Re: Eating In The 50's
To   : Daryl Stout
From : George Pope
Date : Mon Jul 05 2021 15:12:54

 >   I only listen to 3 radio stations locally...

I get bored & annoyed at the DJ banter & ads on local radio, so I use
Accuradio app on my phone or site on my desktop while working or playing. . .

I get to pick any decade, any genre (1950s radio comedy is fun, Mixed in with
best of the 1970s (all genres, mixed)

 >   I've got a DVD player in the car, and have some DVD's of classical
 > music my late Mom listened to. But, I keep the volume low, to listen
 > for emergency vehicle sirens, etc.

As the law requiresd it, but so many are scoffaws & then wonder why when they
get arrested, their head always raps hard on the roof of the police cruiser,
even though they tried to duck(as instructed bu the kindly officer). . .

Couple good ol' boys got pulled over in Texas.

The officer raps on the driv er's side window, after all have stopped. The
driver rolls it down, only to get a baton to the noggin, hard. "Why, what?" 
he sputtered to the cop.

"When you get pulled over by a Texas Ranger, son," answered Mr. Dunlop (his
elly done lp over his belt!), "You'd best have your window rolled down, ready
to hear what he has to say.  Remember that."

Then he moseyed over to the passenmger side, raps on the window.  Passenger
rolls it down & get thumped on his head, "Just givin' you your wish, son," he
drawled.

"Wha? What wish?!" croed ut the hurting lad.

"Two, three miles down the road there, you'll turn to your buddy here & say,
"I wished that b****** had tried that s*** with ME!"

 >  GP> Too much of anything ruins it.

 >   This is true. I still have a deal of cornbread dressing in the freezer,
 > that I can microwave, but it's too much to eat for one person (it's real
 > rich).

My philosophy is "moderation in all things, including(especially) in
moderation itself."



 >   There is a town near Conway, Arkansas (about 30 miles northwest of 
Little
 > Rock, which is in central Arkansas), that is also located along the 
Arkansas
 > River (as Little Rock is). Well, years ago, the towboat operators of the
 > barges would stop at this town, and go into the taverns for refreshment.
 > According to the locals, "they'd suck on the bottles of booze, until they
 > swelled up like toads"...so the town got the name "Toad Suck". They have
 > a big 3 day festival in downtown Conway each spring, called Toad Suck 
Daze,
 > with rides, shows, etc. -- like a county fair...and many of the downtown
 > Conway streets are closed for it. It was canceled last year because of
 > COVID-19.

Dang covid has cabnceled so may fun events!  We have the biggest Canada Day
party here in my town every year on 1 July, except the past two. . .:P I
looked forward, vainly, to the grilled salmon. . .

 >   At a singles square dance one year, these girls thought I said "Toe 
Suck".
 > I had to EXPLAIN the legend to them...and what it actually was. I told 
them
 > to "look it up" on the internet. When the weather is good, the economic
 > benefit to the city of Conway is HUGE.

I'd've prolly said something like, "Good to know where your mind's a this
steamy summer evening, ladies" then I'd tip my hat to them, with a saucy 
wink. . .

 >   The one "Safety Issue" is that the VERY BUSY Union Pacific Railroad Van
 > Buren Subdivision between Van Buren, Arkansas (just east of Fort Smith) 
 > and North Little Rock, Arkansas (where Union Pacific has a big maintenance
 > shop and classification yard), runs right through downtown Conway. So,
 > many volunteers from Operation Lifesaver, man the grade crossings (which
 > all have lights, bells, and gates) to be sure people don't try to beat
 > the trains across, like the cars usually do. Even though the trains likely
 > have "a slow order" to get through town during the event, some folks are
 > just "too impatient".

People are crazy: racing a beast weighing many tonnes, whose inertia gives it
an effective stopping time of about a mile right through & on past you. . .

Thesde people assume that a prpofessional like a bus, truick, or train
drivcer, knows how to respond quickly in an emergency. (they DO, but none of
that skill will save you if you're within the min stopping distance for their
speed & weight!)

In my hitching era, I was riding up high ni a truck through the Rockies; I
kept seeing cars (not 1 or 2, but most) skittering towards us in our lane.

I asked, "Aren't you going to sweve to avoid hitting them?"

He replied that if he did, he'd jackknife & likely go over the mile-long drop
on our left.  He said, he'd risk it if he saw a child in the car, as no child
should have to die just because his daddy's an idiot.

He emphasized he's going the appropriate speed for the weather & road
conditionsd & keeping steady in his rightful lane.

He pointed out that we would barely know it if we hit a car.  I calmed down
then & enjoyed the steady trip down the mountains in -60 & half blizzard 
speed winds. . .

Seemed fair & reasonable for adults to expect other adults made adult
decisions and are fine with the natural consequences of those choices.

Now I know, & you do, too, I'm guessing, know that just ain't so. . .

& they expect this drive to deprive his famly of a 
husband/father/dad/provider so they can do anything they please regardless of
road conditions & driving rules. :(

I named my daughter Inertia
When she grows up she'll be unstoppable.

My theory on inertia
Has never gained momentum


"Speed" (1994) incorrectly credits Jan de Bont as director.  Speed did not
have a director, because if Speed had any direction it would have been called
"Velocity."

Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? 
It went OK. 

If the Silver Surfer and Iron Man team up, they’d be alloys.

The optimist sees the glass half full. 
The pessimist sees the glass half empty. 
The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with
air.
The realist nows it's neither -- it's been evaporating during the debsate.
A mother only sees a dirty glass left out instead of having been put in the
sink, as instructed.

My dad's view is the optimist sees it as half empty, because he knows he can
have it refilled, but the pessimist, with a half full glass, that's all he's
getting!

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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