Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Ladder 118 didn't return to its Brooklyn quarters that day.
Its crew were killed when the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.
Ordinarily, their replacements would erase the firehouse's assignment board and sign in themselves.
Instaed there, to this day, are the chalk-scrawled names of Ladder 118:
Lt. Robert Regan
Leon Smith
Vernon Cherry
Scott Davidson
Peter Vega
Joey Agnello
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
Went to Sunnyside in Johnsburg. Watched the Sox game there and came home and saw the rest of it. The Sox won. Enjoyed Margaritaville (my basement bar) and the Ultimate Jukebox (my 300-disc CD player).
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
Took a Firebird Cruise through Solon Mill and Spring Grove as well as Pioneer Road. Liz and I went to the Spring Grove Firefighters steak fry at Horse Fair Park. Great steak, baked potato and Stade corn on the cob.
We were going to go to Stucky's for their $1 draft beer special, but there must have been 300 people out in the parking lot. Johnsburg was having their annual golf cart tour de force to six bars and they were there. So, we went to Sunnyside nd had a couple beers there, but when those golf carters started showing up at Sunnyside (last stop) we quickly adjourned back to Stucky's.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
As usual, the radio shows in the morning. I went to Miller Park in McHenry where they had a band playing outside at the gazebo (with the Fox River in the background). Then to the McHenry American Legion for their famed "Adequate Bloody Mary" for $2.50. Stopped at Sunnyside on the way home.
--Good Times All Week. --RoadDog
PREGNANCY QUESTIONS AND ANNSWERS: Q: I', two months pregnant right now. When will my baby move? A: If you're fortunate4, right after he finishes college.
JSS-- Just Some Stuff
1. MISSING BOB ROHRMAN
Bob Rohrman died Tuesday, September 1, 2020. And, I miss his wacky TV commercials for his family-owned auto group were standard TV fodder and who put the ROAR in ROHRman.
2, RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA COMMERCIALS-- And, on the subject of commercials, now I hear commercials telling people to save money on their recreational marijuana by getting a doctor's excuse. I really never thought I'd be hearing these on the radio.
Of course, we have had legal marijuana sales here in Illinois for a year now and every month they set new sales records. And a whole lot of the cost you pay for it is taxes. Hey, our state is broke so nice to have the revenue. As for us, we have yet to go buy any. Personally I have enough problems with drinking and don't need another problem.
We also have never played any of the gambling slot machines that seem to be everywhere in the state these days. I'm waiting for them to start putting them in bathrooms.
3. FIREFIGHTERS' STEAK FRY-- Today, the Spring Grove Firefighters are having the annual Steak Fry, so we will be going over to that.
--RoadDog
LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE BEHIND YOU LAW: When you finally give up looking for that item in a store and ask an employee where something is, you know very well that it will be right behind you.
