cabo35
02-03-2010, 09:50 AM
Some random thoughts before golf inspired by Minnie's PAC post. Feel free to jump in. Things I would like to see in The Villages, America's friendliest hometown:
a minor league baseball franchise and stadium. I would prefer a Red Sox farm team, my wife....the Yankees.
a mailman...or mail person....wearing USPO grey shorts and shirt, carrying a big brown leather mailbag...walking up my driveway to deliver the mail before noon. I know him/her by name because it's the same carrier everyday.
a red horse drawn, striped canopied vegetable wagon that drives down my street every Thursday. You can hear him coming because of the distinct jingling sound coming from the silver bells attached to the wagon. Of course the horse is equipped with one of those "catch all bags" strategically placed to keep our beautiful streets clean.
an old milk truck pulling up in front of the house and a milkman wearing a white shirt, pants and hat...delivering milk in bottles carried in a metal wire six bottle rack to your front door or the insulated metal box that will keep it cool if your not there to greet him. Of course the bottle constricts at the top so a layer of heavy cream can float above the milk. Than you use one of those rubber plunger type things that goes through the cream to the pinched part of the bottle and seals off the milk so you can separate the cream. Does anyone have the foggiest idea of what I am talking about?
a guy that drives around the neighborhoods once or twice a month in a modified bread truck painted bright green. It has been converted to a knife sharpening shop on wheels. For a buck a piece, he will sharpen your knives so they will effortlessly slice tissue paper. The organ grinding monkey is optional.
a Good Humor truck that plays music as it winds through your neighborhood. He has got to have the chocolate eclairs with the fudge center and the toasted almond bars.
a red 55 Chevy convertible with a full continental kit and a sweet pair of Smitty's steel packs, parked in my driveway. Can anyone else remember what a Smitty's sounded like?
a real outdoor movie theater
an old fashioned car hop like The Big Top or Adventure on Route 22 in NJ or the one in your hometown
Reality.......I hope I break 90 today.
Have a great day in The Villages
a minor league baseball franchise and stadium. I would prefer a Red Sox farm team, my wife....the Yankees.
a mailman...or mail person....wearing USPO grey shorts and shirt, carrying a big brown leather mailbag...walking up my driveway to deliver the mail before noon. I know him/her by name because it's the same carrier everyday.
a red horse drawn, striped canopied vegetable wagon that drives down my street every Thursday. You can hear him coming because of the distinct jingling sound coming from the silver bells attached to the wagon. Of course the horse is equipped with one of those "catch all bags" strategically placed to keep our beautiful streets clean.
an old milk truck pulling up in front of the house and a milkman wearing a white shirt, pants and hat...delivering milk in bottles carried in a metal wire six bottle rack to your front door or the insulated metal box that will keep it cool if your not there to greet him. Of course the bottle constricts at the top so a layer of heavy cream can float above the milk. Than you use one of those rubber plunger type things that goes through the cream to the pinched part of the bottle and seals off the milk so you can separate the cream. Does anyone have the foggiest idea of what I am talking about?
a guy that drives around the neighborhoods once or twice a month in a modified bread truck painted bright green. It has been converted to a knife sharpening shop on wheels. For a buck a piece, he will sharpen your knives so they will effortlessly slice tissue paper. The organ grinding monkey is optional.
a Good Humor truck that plays music as it winds through your neighborhood. He has got to have the chocolate eclairs with the fudge center and the toasted almond bars.
a red 55 Chevy convertible with a full continental kit and a sweet pair of Smitty's steel packs, parked in my driveway. Can anyone else remember what a Smitty's sounded like?
a real outdoor movie theater
an old fashioned car hop like The Big Top or Adventure on Route 22 in NJ or the one in your hometown
Reality.......I hope I break 90 today.
Have a great day in The Villages