“Vacation Week” is almost here! That’s what the week of the Fourth was called where I grew up. All the textile mills and all the ancillary facilities of West Point Manufacturing Co., later WestPoint Pepperell, would close for that period. That was when everyone in the organization got their one week of paid vacation. A lot of families lit out for Panama City, where, it was said, they would have to sweep the lint off the beach after the mill workers had returned home. We never went to PC. My family usually would visit one of my father’s brothers, or we would stay home and help Daddy with some ambitious home-improvement project. Needless to say, I preferred visiting my uncles and cousins. One uncle lived in Mobile, which meant trips to the nearby beaches there, and the other lived in Huntsville, where NASA was blowing and going. As much as I was enthralled by manned space flight at that time, I think I preferred the beach. Sorry, Uncle Ray.
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65 responses to “Just Hersay”
You Can Leave Your Boots On- book
You Can Put Your Boots Under My Bed Anytime-song
Never knew anyone to throw shoes or boots or other articles of clothing.
Fireworks going off nonstop in the neighborhood. Ghost is sound asleep and has been since 6 p.m with a brief waking to try to eat. I haven’t done well cooking I fear.
Thinking of BLT sandwiches and country fried new potatoes for brunch. I am trying to relearn cooking.
Page keeps dropping my name Jimmy and I don’t pay attention.
I have mild OCD so I always put my shoes and socks away and use the slippers to avoid collisions with my toes… or stepping on Legos(TM). My kids outgrew them years ago, but when the grandsons visit…
Re 6-30-19 real-time cartoon: There is nothing I can add to that. Literally.
It is tomato sandwich time! However, no home grown tomatoes this year. 🙁 Spent the entire spring dealing with in-laws health or residential issues. Of course, we also had a new grandbaby to take up spare time, too. Maybe next year– for now, I’m lamenting the flavorless fruit found in groceries that are sometimes called tomatoes. No roadside stands or neighbors with gardens here. I was that guy that shared tomatoes all around…
David, you can find heirloom variety tomatoes in regular groceries these days. Better flavor and lot of variety too. In particular try Sprouts, Whole Foods or Fresh Market for these.
Jimmy indeed!
Love the June 30, 2019 strip. It truly epitomizes Summer and there is nothing better than a tomato sandwich……
husband leaves shoes carefully placed on mat by back door – but close to door so I trip over them when exiting or entering – mat is large enough for them to be placed away from acrobatic moves for ingress and egress of said door
I hate bare feet = bedroom slippers and boots are winter fare – summer gets ballet & bed slippers, garden boggs for outside
RE: 6/30/19 strip… yes, Duke’s is the BEST mayo!
RE: 6/30/19 strip… Miracle Whip tastes most like whatever it was my parents got us at Piggly Wiggly in Memphis back in the 1950s… and, come on, JJ, tomato sandwiches taste best eaten over the kitchen sink!
Grandmother bought Kraft mayo most of the time, so that is what I think of with a tomato sandwich. I like Miracle Whip better than Kraft’s mayo myself, and Hellman’s better than Kraft’s too.
There are advantages to living Up North.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/officials-warn-of-wasp-super-nests-in-alabama/ar-AADExYC?ocid=spartandhp
Peace,
They have supernests in Louisiana as well:
https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-hornet-wasp-nest-louisiana-exterminator-video
Three swings, 3 strikes.
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Peace,
I got on Saturday and walked 10 miles. I made sure that I hydrated. I was surprised at how much my extremities swelled up. So l went barefoot on Sunday except when I went out and mowed the lawn.
Uh, Steve, you have had that checked out, right?
Yes. I am on medication, but may have to review with the Dr. It is only a slight swelling, but I am a bit surprised that I have any.
Getting ready to make fried green tomatoes for dinner. Waiting for Ghost to get back from slaving at the boutique.
Apparently the summer crowd.is younger and more nubile. We decided to open today, good thing. They were swamped.by report.
Semi accident, S-bound lane, below Great Spirit Bluff. Prayers, peace.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/falcon-nest-cam
Something I’d never have considered: I just saw a brief video on Xfinity showing some N. Carolina animal group which uses contributed bra clasps/hooks in helping out turtles with cracked/broken shells! The hooks/clasps are glued to good shell on both sides of the break, the break is glued, and then wire is strung back and forth via the hooks/clasps to hold the shell steady while the glue sets. Seem to use about 5 of them per break, but I suppose that varies with the length of said break. I don’t know if the hooks are then removed…speaker may have said, but I watch such with the sound off.
There’s a saying in boat building world. :One can never have too many clamps.”
Where is everyone?
Favorite t-shirt seen in the boutique today: Sublime and Tequila
I am here, O Sharp One. Though it’s ten o’clock at night; I was looking at other stuff all day. It’s wicked hot here, too The Villagers are strangely quiet, I agree.
I have been experiencing a Constant Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system that my insurance company finally approved for me. I’m already experiencing much lower numbers and finding out that much of what the Internet tells me about artificial sweeteners is bogus. I now plan to lower my average glucose readings back towards normal and maybe lose some serious weight. Constant feedback is much more informative than doing 4 – 6 fingersticks a day.