Thursday

Morning. Hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful fall weather, at least around here. I got to sleep with the window open last night. Good stuff.

This morning I'm basically ENJOYING the wonderful fall weather. I could sit on the porch all day with a good book and a pot of coffee. Good stuff.

Mom & Dad dropped by this evening to visit for a while. They brought me by my birthday card early, since Mom is going to be out of town for the weekend.

My big birthday surprise was this terrific stork sculpture. It is either an inside or outside piece, for now it is going to be staying inside.

Mom also brought me over 3 quarts of green beans, I'm looking forward to dinner tomorrow night. Green beans, chopped onion and tomatoes. Yum!

We had a wonderful visit - coffee & ice cream and lots of conversation. Time really flew by while they were here. Company is something that I need to have more of here.

Email & Newsletter Gleanings:

Thought For the Day: The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding one’s self in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius

A TEST FOR OLD KIDS

I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us "old kids"! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.

1. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.
2. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
3. "Get your kicks, __________________."
4. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________."
5. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________."
6. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we danced under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the "_____________."
7. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best . . . _________."
8. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
9. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and "________ ________".
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW . What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died. "This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.

ANSWERS:

1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
   
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
   
3. On Route 66
   
4. To protect the innocent.
   
5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
   
6. The limbo
   
7. Chocolate
   
8. Louis Armstrong
   
9. The Timex watch
   
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and "Good Night and God Bless."
    
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
    
13. Buddy Holly
    
14. Sputnik
    
15. Hoola-hoop