PIE IN SKY SALE

SPEND BIG AND SAVE BIG

PIE IN SKY SALE

A NEIGHBOR LADY WITH FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS ARE MOST OF US, SAW A SALE AD ON SHOES. 70 % OFF.

SAVE 20 DOLLARS. TOLD THE CLERK, I ALSO WANT TO BUY ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WITH THE 70 % OFF TAG.

THIS IS GREAT, SAVING SO MUCH MONEY. I SUPPOSE THIS IS THE METHOD USED BY OUR PRISEDENT SAVING THOSE BILLIONS HE KEEPS TELLING US ABOUT.

SPEND MORE AND THE SAVINGS PILE UP. sam

WHOS ON FIRST

AS A KID HEARING ADULTS TALK, ONE EXPRESSION REMEMBERED, THIS OR THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN PIGS FLY. EVIDENTLY THE PIG FLEW.

POSSIBILITY HERE FOR A POET TO COMPOSE A SKIT COMPARABLE TO THE GREAT ONE OF BASEBALL'S WHOS ON FIRST. COME ON POETS, GIVE IT A TRY. sam

DAD'S TOMATOS

TRIBUTE TO 'DAD' WHITE, A LOYAL AMERICAN
(to dad in google blogspot entries, dads tomato garden journal) Saturday, May 02, 2009
DAD, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER TOMATO VINES BACK IN THE OLD DAYS.
MAYBE NOT THOUGH. YOU MAY NOT HAVE LIVED ON A FARM IN YOUNGSTER DAYS.
BIG GARDEN DAYS BEGAN WITH OUR FAMILY WHEN I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD, THE 'GREAT DEPRESSION' BEGINNING.
DAD LOST EVERYTHING BEING IN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. MOVED TO THE COUNTRY AND WITH LARGE RICH GARDEN AREA AND MY DAD'S KNOW HOW, WE HAD WONDERFUL GARDENS AND A CORN FIELD WORKED WITH A TEAM OF HORSES AND FARM TOOLS OWNED BY A NEIGHBOR. TRADED WORK.
WE HAD A SURPLUS WHICH THERE WAS NO DEMAND FOR. PROBLEM WAS HAVING MONEY TO BUY FLOUR, SUGAR BAKING POWDER AND LARD AND OF COURSE COFFEE.
BIG PATCHES OF TOMATOS. NO FANCY NAMETHEN. LITTLE YELLOW 'PEAR' TOMATOS, RED 'CHERRY' TOMATOS AND THE DELICIOUS COMMON RED ONES OF VARIOUS SIZES.
CHICKENS AND PIGS LOVED ANY TOMATOS PLACED IN THE PIG TROUGH.
I CAN STILL REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE TOMATO PATCH EARLY MORNING, HEAVY DEW AND THE SMELL OF THE DISTURBED BRITTLE TOMATO VINES.
SOME VINES BROKE OFF AND SEEMED TO RENDER THE PLANTS MORE PROLIFIC. LATER IN THE DAY THE HOT SUN BROUGHT THE PLANTS TO LIFE AND MOTHER CAME WITH BASKETS TO FILL FOR 'CANNING'. SHE ALREADY HAD WATER BOILING ON THE OLD WOOD BURNING KITCHEN RANGE AND WOULD 'PUT UP' DOZENS OF JARS OF THE DELICIOUS TOMATOS.
DEAR OLD MOTHER, SWEATING OVER THAT KITCHEN RANGE. SHE LOVED TO 'DO' FOR FAMILY.
NOW IN THIS PRESENT DAY, 'DAD'S TOMATO GARDEN JOURNAL' IS A GREAT HELP TO THOSE HAVING A DESIRE TO GROW FINE TOMATOS.
THANKS DAD. sam

ID THEFT

REMEMBERING BASIC TRAINING AT LAUREL MISSISSIPPI DURING WORLD WAR 2. SMALL TOWN, WONDERFUL PEOPLE TREATED US LIKE THEIR OWN SON. I WAS IN AN ARMY AIR CORPS SQUADRON, TOTAL ABOUT 300 TROOPS. THIS WAS NEW TO COUNTRY BOYS SUCH AS I. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE NEATNESS AND HABITS OF SEVERAL FELLOWS AND ONE IN PARTICULAR. THIS PARTICULAR ONE WOULD NEVER CALL HIS GIRL FRIEND UNTIL FINISHING SHAVING, SHOWERING, SHAMPOO AND APPLYING A VERY LIGHT FRAGRANCE THAT I SUSPECT THAT LADIES WERE ATTRACTED TO THOUGH HAD VERY LITTLE ATTENTION FROM BUDDIES. WE ALL LIKED THIS FELLOW AND SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF SHE WAS BLONDE OR BRUNETTE ? THAT QUESTION SORT OF OPENED HIM UP. MORE QUESTIONS FROM ONE GUY WHICH SHOULD HAVE RAISED A RED FLAG, BUT NO AS HE FINISHED POLISHING UP, EVEN TOLD US EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAITED FOR HIM TO GET OFF THE BUS THAT CAME FROM THE POST TO THE DOWNTOWN BUS STOP. THEN CAME THE MOVE TO USE A DIRTY TRICK AS MEAN AS MODERN IDENTITY THEFT. AFTER THE NEAT ONE MADE THE CALL TO THE GIRL FRIEND, THAT NO GOOD CHARACTER THAT HAD 'PUMPED' FOR INFORMATION WENT OUT AND JUMPED IN A TAXICAB AND WENT RIGHT TO THE BUS STOP AND THERE WAS THE NEAT GIRL FRIEND WAITING. THE NO GOOD CHARACTER TOLD HER THAT HE HAD SAD NEWS, HER FRIEND HAD JUST BEEN CONFINED TO POST AND ASKED HIM TO MEET THE GIRL AND EXPLAIN THINGS AND POSSIBLY ENTERTAIN HER THIS EVENING. OF COURSE SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED ,HOWEVER SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM, LEARNING NEXT DAY OF HER FRIEND WAITING AT THAT BUS STOP FOR HER AND WORRYING ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. NO, WE CANNOT BE TOO CAREFULL OF DIVULGING INFORMATION. sam