Christmas Photos

 Andy's new bullhorn

 Doug, Bill and Don 

 Doug S. among the decorations

 Christmas Eve 

 Linda, Beth, Katelyn and Tom

 Only in Hampden, Hon......the robot Holy Family

 Natty Boh on 34th Street

 Sarah and Sue

 Sarah and Harold

Tom and Katelyn in Hampden

Thanksgiving Photos

 Faith in her turkey hat

 Thanksgiving gang

 Cinderella Castle in ice

 Katelyn and Sarah

 Arnold and Ann

 Jean and Paul

Beth

TSA Bumper Stickers From John S.

Halloween Haunted Evening

It;s that time of year again, and Bill Tucker has been working long hours to create a new haunted area. Stop by his house on Halloween to meet Billy Bob Bayou and friends. Admission is free, donations are appreciated,

October 31, 2010

7 pm until ?

116 Sanford Road

Catonsville, MD 21228

Cool Video of Homemade Weather Balloon in Space

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

Are You Older Than Dirt?

From John S.....Thanks!

'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?

'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.'

'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat? It was a place called 'at home,'I explained. 'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
 
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.

 But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it :

Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis, never set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had a credit card.


In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears & Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.


My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow)


We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. and there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people.


I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.' When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.


I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you
didn't know weren't already using the line.


Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.


All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers -- my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up at 6AM every morning. On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never
be home on collection day.


Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive.


If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.


Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?


MEMORIES from a friend :
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.


How many do you remember?


Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.


Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about.


Ratings at the bottom.

1. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. TV test patterns that came on at night after the
last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning.(there were only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H greenstamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulbs
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers


If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!

Broadway Brassy Comes To Town!

Time	Friday, November 12 at 9:00pm - November 13 at 1:00am
Location	The Red Palace (formerly the Palace of Wonders) 1210 H. St NE Washington, DC
Created By	Sugar Shack Burlyq
More Info	Sugar Shack Burlesque Presents: "A Good Old Fashioned Burlesque Show" November 12th The Red Palace 1210 H. St NE Washington, DC Doors 8pm, show 10pm 12$ Who doesn't love a little bump and grind? Coming to you direct from the Big Apple are none other than New York Burlesque SuperStars Legs Malone, RunAround Sue and Scooter Pie. Sassing up the mix is the one and only Broadway Brassy with her golden throat and endless heart and soul! Charlie RVA will be on deck kittening and shimmying for your perverted pleasure. Join us as we bring to you, "A Good Old Fashioned Burlesque Show" with live music, hot burlesque, unforgettable audience participation and a few other things unfit to print... Bring your friends, your lovers and everyone in between. www.sugarshackburlesque.com

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www.sugarshackburlesque.com

Steve Whisler Meet and Greet

News from Glenn..

http://www.friendsofstevewhisler.com/

Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 5:30 to 9:00 PM

At El Nayer Restaurant, corner of Mellor Avenue and Frederick Road

You are invited to meet Steve Whisler. Get to know your candidate surrounded by  Catonsville's finest Mexican food. Please spread the word to friends and neighbors who would like to meet Steve. Appetizers and drinks will be provided. Feel  free to bring your own beer or wine.

Hope to see you there!

Luck of the Irish Basket Bingo

Pat Foster and family are once again hosting  basket bingo.  It is always a fun evening.

And, 100% of the proceeds go to Relay for Life.

Friday, October 8, 2010         Doors open at 6, Bingo at 7

The Lodge   2832 Frederick Road   Catonsville, MD 21228

Tickets are $15,  Table of ten is $120 total,  $3 off per ticket

There will also be additional raffles and special baskets.

Who would like to go? You can email Pat for tickets at PFoster410@aol.com.

Hello from North Carolina

We landed in Charlotte and drove down to Asheville yesterday. Everyone is having a great time at the reunion.  Only weird event was that the hotel assigned another patron to my room at 11:30 pm, and I awoke to hearing the door card click and the door opening. Think both of us were equally surprised!

Biltmore Estates was amazing. Situated on 8000 acres, it features forests, mountains, fields, two rivers and streams. Gorgeous! Dad loved all of the woodworking masterpieces in the house, and Mom loved the relaxing lunch at Deerpark. I loved everything!

Jeff's Ice Cream Photo

From Glenn with love

Shhhh, Strange Relationships at Sam's

The Joy Boys and Akbar

Gladys and Bill T.

Lois and Glenn

Donnie and Doug

Bill W. and Sue

Get Well, Glenn!

Jean, Katelyn, Tom and Paul, a good weekend visit!

Glenn was in Sam's this morning. He was having knee replacement surgery at Kernan's this afternoon.  Send him your best thoughts and healing powers!

The $50 Cucumber

A few weeks ago, a groundhog ate all of the cucumbers off of the plant my Dad had raised from seed. My Dad bought and put up fencing around the plant, whuch had to reinforced several times. He caught and delivered two groundhogs and several squirrels to the state park. And here is the fruit of all his labor.....my Mom calculated that given the cost of the fencing, this is a $50 cucumber! Delicious.

At the Parade

Paul, Pop, and Dusty.....the John Deere tractor goes to the parade.

Dorothy and Paul with a cold drink

The gang on the curb

 

Happy July 3rd in Catonsville!

Chairs are even on the roof for the 4th of July Parade on Frederick Road!

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Blankets are staked out at Catonsville HS  for the fireworks.

The holiday weekend kicked off with a Friday night concert by Appaloosa. Weather was perfect!

Frederick Road Fridays and Happy Father's Day!

And here's my dear Dad on his prized John Deere green riding lawn mower.

TGIF everyone! Free Friday night concerts start tonight
Park by Sam's and walk on over

Frederick Road Fridays
New Summer Concert Series

EVERY FRIDAY – June 19 to Sept 11, 2009
Egges Lane, Catonsville, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Great Fun for the whole family.
Spend your Fridays in the heart of Catonsville.

Current Schedule: Subject to change

June 19 - Automatic Slim
June 26 - 5 Oaks
July 3 - Appaloosa
July 10 - Reality Jones
July 24 - Bill Dickson & MTT
July 31 - The Gigs
August 7 - High Strung
August 14 - Marquis Soul
August 21 - The Channel Cats
August 28 - Groove Mammals
September 4 - Blue Streak
September 11 - UMBC Night

Hi Hon!

Dorothy's husband, Dusty, snapped this photo of Sue, Dorothy and Alicia.

Only in Bawlmer, Hon!

6 PM to 6 AM Relay for Life at CCBC Tonight

Pat, Dorothy and Alicia relax in the Glamour Tent while Sue gets her do done.

Hon Fest This Weekend!

Happy Birthday to Pat R. today....hope you celebrate!

If you want to go to Hon Fest, we are meeting at Sam's parking lot tomorrow, Saturday, at 11 am, and we can carpool. I am not planning to stay more than a few hours, and I am not planning to go if it rains. We had a lot of fun last year, so I hope you can come. Tease that hair, wear your leopard print and  cat-eye glasses!