Since we have a new bridge we have had a school bus go down Sister Street twice a day. Said bus carries a great-granddaughter who delights in having her great GiGi and Grandpa wave at her on days we remember. Sometimes the bus driver "beeps" the horn a couple times which makes it even more fun. I have received a complaint from one resident who once in a while is awakened by the beep. I've looked at this problem from all sides and I will have to take the side of who gets the most pleasure out of this whole thing. It surely isn't the old guy who has to climb out of his broken-in and very comfortable recliner just to stick his head out in zero weather and wave at a bus.
Many of you can remember waiting for a train to pass just to see if the conductor riding the caboose would wave and it would just make your whole day if he did. And if you got the engineer to add a little "toot" then you knew you were something special.
In the last few weeks we have received several seed catalogs, Even though I usually buy my seed locally these wish books make it difficult for a guy that has tried to wean himself from the gardening hobby for the past few years. Still, the thought of a radish the size of a softball would be neat.
We plan to take a ride out East Point way later today (Sunday) so I'll leave a space here in case something exciting happens. As it turns out the trip out was uneventful. We went via Roaring Branch Road, which is a nice scenic drive but the road is in dire need of a guardrail update. We continued on Keller School Road and Forman Hollow which led us back to 414.
In the meantime about five minutes after gas prices start heading where they should be, Nancy Pelosi says now is the time to raise gas taxes.
Did you see the latest test with cell phones? They took the phones away for an hour and found most folks had higher levels of anxiety and heartrate - oh, and blood pressure. Are you kidding me? When will people learn that life does not revolve around a phone.
And the Rev. Al Sharpton wants a emergency meeting with the Oscar folks. What will it be called? Dumb and Dumber? Who really cares about the Oscars or Rev. Al?