99

 My Dad's birthday just passed.  He would have been 99 this year.  I happened to hear this song and think of him.

I didn't really think about it when we stopped to find a geocache at a small railroad park, but he would have been so happy to visit there.

He loved trains.  I spent a day with them at the Nickel Plate Museum in his later years.  He got to sit in the engineer's seat in one of the engines.  The years have flown by since he left.

Happy Birthday Chief

First Flight Lunar Lander Park

 This half-scale model of the lunar lander from Apollo 11 is located on Route 422 in Warren, Ohio.  The park is the former location of Warren Airways where Neil Armstrong took his first flight in a Ford Tri-motor.  Armstrong later became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.

Warren Ohio Art

 I was in Warren, Ohio for a short afternoon of geocaching.  Since I have a terrible sense of direction I made a wrong turn onto a residential street.  The street eventually ended at a small park.  On the way to the park I noticed a large piece of art on a residential corner.  On the drive back to where I made the wrong turn I stopped for a few images.

I've tried to find more information for the piece, but Warren's local news has no information I can locate.  Enjoy this interesting piece.  It is out of the way and not likely to be seen by many.

Love Stinks

It's been over forty years since J. Geils released Love Stinks.  While popular at the time, it is always surprising to see what was probably a youth leaving chalk art with the song title from 1980.  This was on the all-purpose trail along Cleveland Metroparks' Valley Parkway.  Enjoy a step back in time with the J. Geils Band.  I enjoyed the chalk art.

Ice Golfing

 Oops...

I think I'll take a penalty stroke.

Frosty

 Have you heard the tail of Frosty the Deer Hunter?  The same house had Santa in a deer stand.

A Different Holiday Display

 I wasn't sure what to think about this unique holiday scene.  It is Ashtabula so that describes a lot.  I think the only thing missing is Rudolph under the tractor.  Merry Christmas to all.  I think.

I Cannoli Agree With This Sign

 A local Italian food store makes wonderful pepperoni rolls and super anise pizzelles.

Trash Talking

 

Emoji Limits

I have no idea who would think a pumpkin poop emoji is a Halloween decoration.  Will we reach a time where emoji's slide toward the back of our communication tools?

Thoughts from Hudson

 

Tough times...  Take Care.  Stay Safe.

Whatever happened to the 105 Northeast Ohio Tim Hortons?

I was reviewing a geocache in NE Ohio this morning and saw this from the aerial, an open field proclaiming the site of a Tim Hortons.  Shockingly this one appears to have been built.  As for my travels in NE Ohio, I've yet to see any of the 105.  I used to be a big supporter of the Canadian chain.  Their lack of support for my home area has led me to mostly ignore them everywhere.  The final straw was seeing one down the road from my hotel in Apodaca.  Really, who would eat donuts at 100 degrees?

The blank space in the map where Tim Hortons well represents the lousy push into the market.  I could give them a pass for COVID, but they announced their "plans" in 2017.

It's Gonna Be Tricks

 I'm fairly sure this year's trick-or-treat night will be a big bust.  I think our government has already tricked us.

Protect others.  Wear a mask!

Plastic Sign Person

 

Even Plastic Sign Person is wearing a mask in Westerville.  Are You?

COVID: Respirator Binder Clip Fix

Most of us are wearing some sort of mask at least some time.  For much of the US masks with loops going over your ears are not a normal condition.  Making them fit properly and work effectively is not always easy.

I have found that a simple binder clip used to join the two loops at the back of one's head offers a great improvement in sealing and comfort.  Yes, I need a haircut and my hair gets greyer every day.

Surgical Masks From China

It reads like the end of the Amazing Race....

After 34 Days....  On Two Continents...  In Seven Cities...  and Over 9000 miles...

The masks have arrived!  😃

We ordered them from Amazon on April 11.  Their oddessy began on April 18th in Shanghai.

It ended today with their arrival courtesy of USPS.

We sanitize and re-use masks so hopefully the world will be a brighter place when we run through these masks.

COVID Deals a Blow to Recycling

We did a lot of good things for recycling in our home.

We have used our own bags for years to eliminate our need for plastic bags.

Now we are awash in plastic bags.  At least our local grocery store has begun offering the old standby paper bag as a plastic bag alternative.

We had recently started using reusable mesh produce bags, but they are also no longer welcome.

We usually use the few produce bags we gather for holding trash we collect on park walks, but have stopped picking up trash with the potential for virus contamination.  Instead we now use a few to dispose of paper from the shredder,but there are many, more plastic produce bags than we can ever fill with shredded paper.

The real trash generator is coming from carry-out.  We still mostly cook, but we are using take-out from a quartet of our favorite restaurants.

There will be many losers from the pandemic.  It seems the environment will be among them.

50 Years

1970 Unarmed protesters are killed by the National Guard while on Kent State's campus.

2020 heavily armed thugs enter Michigan's capital to protest their "rights" being violated.

It feels as though we have failed as a nation in these last fifty years, and it is very sad.

Covidiots

So why are we keeping them home from school if they are able to have large parties?  If any death can be traced to COVID-19 being spread at this apparent youth party, the parents should be legally liable for damages.

M&M's Message Packs

I was buying peanut M&M's for Ali and noticed these strange packages.  The message seems a little ill timed considering the world right now.  At least she enjoyed the M&M's.