Wednesday Hodgepodge 20 September 2017

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1. What's something you'd rate a 10/10? Tell us why.

Well, naturally my beautiful child-bride Suzanne is 11+/10.   A good glass of iced tea, a well done steak, shrimp, cheesecake, all of these should rate a 10 on a 10 point scale.  But, Biltmore Estate in November and December would definitely be great.

2. What job would you be terrible at? What makes you think so?

I think I would make a terrible linesman.  I can’t picture myself in a bucket high up in the air with thousands of volts of electricity passing close by in 100+ degree weather.  I also can’t picture the same thing during a hurricane, but they do that.

3. When did you last take a fall? What's something you're falling for (in a good way) these days?

The last significant fall I have taken was when our Marine son decided to flip me across the room.  It isn’t as bad as it sounds.  He was trying to show his sisters how to break a chokehold.  I played the part of the bad guy.  He was supposed to do this in slowmotion.  Back in the day, I was a security guard for the Carolina Gamecocks. I had been trained in how to maintain a chokehold until my backup arrived.  

Marine training trumps Pinkerton Security training.  I had a good arm lock on him.  Since his first defense did not do the trick, he went into automatic mode.

I don’t know what happened next.  I woke up with our daughters and the Marine standing over me asking if I was okay.  Suzanne had been out of the room, but she ran in asking what happened.  Somehow he had flipped me over the cat toy and across the room.

4. According to the Travel Channel here are some of America's best fall festivals-

National Apple Harvest Festival (near Arendtsville PA, close to Gettysburg), Harvest on the Harbor (Portland Maine), German Village Festival (Columbus Ohio), Wellfleet Oyster Fest (Cape Cod), and Wine and Chile Fiesta (Santa Fe NM)

Have you ever been to any of the festivals listed? Which one appeals to you most? Does your hometown have any sort of fall celebration, and if so will you make it a point to attend?

I have never been to any of the listed festivals, nor is it likely that I ever will.

Back home we had lots of fall festivals in the small towns in Anderson and Abbeville counties.  Anything for a festival, right?

Around here we have lots of town festivals.  They block off side streets but don’t block of what would be Main street. They can’t because it is a state highway.

We used to attend these but, in our town, any event requires alcohol. Even a child’s first birthday REQUIRES at least one bouncy house and as much beer as the family can afford.  Often the grandparents will compete with one another to see who can buy the most beer for the grandbaby’s party.

One time when we were working at a local convenience store, two nextdoor neighbors that lived within walking distance to the store were having first birthday parties at the same time.  They each competed to see who could buy the most beer.  They actually asked Suzanne and I to be the official scorekeepers.  When they came in, they would tell us which family they were buying for.  

It was messed up.

5. What is your goodbye message to summer?

It is always summer here on the Texas Gulf Coast.  We would love to say goodbye to the heat; we had three days of winter this year. We will be glad to see hurricane season over with.  We hope the storms this year get the memo that their season is over.  In 2005, the storms did not get the memo.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Everyone is praising the valiant rescue and recovery effort for the city of Houston, and rightfully so.  Aid in the millions is pouring in.  However, one little town here on the Texas Gulf Coast was completely missed by the relief effort.  

Tivoli, Texas, is the town that saved itself.  No one came to help.  Relief workers drove right through the town.  The only government official that showed up was an inspector of the Texas Health Department who showed up to enforce health laws on the townspeople who were pulling together to cook meals for all the townspeople who had been displaced by the storm.  No one came to help.

The town lost its volunteer fire department.  The town lost everything but the Dairy Queen.  Many homes were destroyed.  ALl homes were damaged.  Did you hear about this town on the news?

Visit this post for links to coverage of Tivoli, Texas.

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