Happy Memorial Day

[brorat]

Whether your country celebrates this holiday or not, we can all point to those in our past who have given their lives for something that benefits us.  In the U.S., this holiday celebrates all those members of our armed services (and our first responders) who have given their lives in the service of our country.  I recently had the opportunity to visit the American cemetery in Normandy, France.  Today, on this Memorial Day holiday, that experience is even more poignant to me.  Please join me in remembering and giving thanks for all those men and women who sacrificed their yesterdays so that we can live freely for our tomorrows.

[Age]

Yeah, Mama and I are gunna jump on old "Ruthie" and take a zool  "uptown" Newbury, (that's the intersection with our only traffic light, gas station, fire station, bank and a couple restaurants ) and watch the parade, then to the cemetery for the ceremony like we always do.

[John Broecker]

For about 20 years, every Memorial Day
celebration at the Veterans' Park cemetery,
in Milwaukee, The Milwaukee American
Legion Band performed a 2-hour concert
to remember our military veterans who
have passed away.

I was a member of that band, from 1987
to circa 2008. The band performed for many
years on Memorial Day, from circa 1930 to
(?), after I had left the band. We considered
the performance an honor and a priviledge.

The Veterans' Hospital and Cemetery was
established in Milwaukee during the USA's
Civil War.

Percussionists always had a problem transporting
our concert instruments to the performance area,
because the area was festooned with guards who
wouldn't let anybody bring a car or truck to the
cemetery's performance area.

We had to move the instruments by hand, about
a half mile to the performance area, then after
the event, back to our equipment trucks and cars.

We understood our sacrifices paled in comparison
with the millions of veterans who gave their lives
to preserve the United States of America.

Today, when I see a USA military veteran, I thank
him or her for their military service.

Best Regards this Memorial Day.

JB

[Age]

Yeah, I got some pics and videos but I did'em on my cellphone and I since androids hate macs, I don't know how to transfer them. Had our famous St Helen's unicycle kids noodling around in the street along with all kinds of cool cars, trucks, tractors, fire engines, and stuff. Most of the locations around here had stuff going on yesterday, but beautiful Newbury had theirs today. The picture below is the only thing that ever puts Newbury on the map. It's actually quite impressive.  I remember in Australia, someone asked me if I ever saw this thing (American for Metals) and I sed: "Yeah, it's two and a half miles down the road from me.

[wolfman]

"Lest WE For Get"

 Roman

[Age]

Barbara and I just went to Punderson State Park (about a mile away as the crow flies) walked around the beach area. (deserted) Then we drove another eight miles to Middlefield, picked up some Butter Pecan Ice cream from a deserted Walmart there and drove home. I'll bet we didn't see a dozen cars during the whole trip! It was almost eerie. After the parade this morning, it seems like everyone ran home and locked themselves inside. Weird!

(at least the Butter Pecan was pretty good. )

[Lockjaw Larry]

We ran out to a few stores yesterday and were surprised how many parking spaces and how few shoppers were there.  Even Walmart!  Eerie fer sure

[Danny G]

I took my someday it's going to be a motorhome bus over to Akron and picked up grandkids for our Memorial Day cookout. Had a wonderful day On the trip taking them back home I blew out a rear tire. the bus weighs 7 1/2 tons and when the tire exploded it felt like it lifted the bus in the air and dropped it. I managed to get it parked in a shopping center parking lot and arranged for someone to take the kids home. Early Yesterday morning I decided Plan A, the best thing I could do would be to find a used wheel ang get a new tire. The first place I went had an 8 bolt wheel from a Ford F 250. Since mine is a F450 I figured I had it made but before having a new tire put on it I took the wheel back to the bus to make sure the bolt patterns were the same. Sorry, they are not. Plan B I would have to use the original wheel. Went home got my not nearly big enough hydraulic jack and a 4 way lug wrench. Amazingly I was able to get the bus raised just enough to pry and wiggle the wheel off. Another trip back home and off to the tire store. An hour or so late and $250.00 poorer back to the bus. There is no way that I'm going to lift the bus high enough to get the tire on so I called AAA. They sent a truck out (so they say) that couldn't find me and went to another job. So I called AAA again and a truck from a different towing company came out. That was about 4 hours after my first call. Now I've got the new tire on my bus and truck and no way to drive both of them home so  Linette has to come to the rescue. Just so happens we have a friend who was visiting who lives close to where the bus is. He gave me a ride back to tyhe bus when he went home. I pulled in my driveway, worn out and hungry after a fun day crawling around on the blacktop in the hot sun a few minutes after 1 AM.. Lin fed me, took a wonderful  shower and slept well. Today's project is putting a new belt 0on the mower deck. Joy to the world.

[Age]

Whatta revoltin' development that was!
Why does stuff like that mostly happen to old guys like us?  You poor sap! After you get that belt on the mower, take the rest of the week off, bro! (maybe even two weeks)
Of course, we'll still s'pect ya to be on the Zoomer tmw aft.