KyBanjo - Posted - 08/21/2022:  08:55:43

began trying to figure out a way to help them.

it seems like

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/21/2022:  13:45:22

airfare continues to escalate while passenger seating space continues to become more constricted.

When

OM45GE - Posted - 08/21/2022:  16:15:30

I realized that a coach class airline seat was narrower than an infant’s high chair, I gave up flying altogether.

There was no place I wanted

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/21/2022:  17:15:58

to go looking like a sardine in a can.

I’ve opted for Greyhound buses

OM45GE - Posted - 08/22/2022:  02:50:08

for intercity travel.

Either that, or I just

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/22/2022:  05:43:36

ride my bike or walk.

Once

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/22/2022:  08:22:20

I walked a mile for a camel.

His appreciation was lukewarm

OM45GE - Posted - 08/22/2022:  16:32:34

but he warmed up with a little friendly persuasion.

However, when he realized

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/23/2022:  05:48:31

my attention span concerning interest in camels was short he hightailed into the sunset.

I stood alone

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/23/2022:  06:32:11

on the bleak desert, contemplating the sands of time in the hourglass.

Then I called a cab

OM45GE - Posted - 08/23/2022:  15:17:29

but I’m still waiting for it to arrive.

I’m starting to think

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/24/2022:  05:37:39

that it’s time to reevaluate my collection of musical instruments.

Maybe

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/24/2022:  08:59:10

I should sell the kazoos and washboards on eBay.

My SO would

OM45GE - Posted - 08/24/2022:  17:15:10

be happy if I sold every last instrument I own, but that’s not going to happen.

I’m far more likely to

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/24/2022:  19:25:45

purchase additional instruments.



At least

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 08/24/2022 19:26:53

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/24/2022:  19:54:41

I’m not bar hopping every night like before I bought my first trumpet.

I started a jazz group

OM45GE - Posted - 08/25/2022:  03:24:00

called the Sultans of Swing.

Then I got a call from

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/25/2022:  04:41:27

from an appliance store selling microwave ovens and custom kitchens.

It seems like

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/25/2022:  08:30:01

they’re looking for some hip music as a promotion next Saturday.

We’ll play “In The Mood”

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/25/2022:  12:04:34

in hopes of of finding out the truth about the musicians.

They often seem like

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/26/2022:  03:19:00

they are intimidated by other musicians deemed to be better than themselves.

It’s really

OM45GE - Posted - 08/26/2022:  03:58:58

gets in the way of enjoying the music for its own sake.

I like to

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/26/2022:  07:18:11

enter a jam session with a jar of raspberry Smuckers.

My neck gets sticky

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/26/2022:  13:49:38

for some unknown reason.

It does this more than I

OM45GE - Posted - 08/26/2022:  14:42:42

care to admit in potential company.

Sometimes it happens when

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/26/2022:  15:18:26

I slobber all over the place playing up the neck.

The remedy for slobbering

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/26/2022:  17:04:58

is a big beech towel and a gallon of sweet tea.

Both are available at the

OM45GE - Posted - 08/26/2022:  17:18:51

Dollar Store down on Main Street.

They also have

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/26/2022:  17:21:30

bibs with images of banjos on them.

My last bib

OM45GE - Posted - 08/27/2022:  03:34:32

had an image of my 1930 TB-1 conversion on it, but after years of years of dribble you couldn’t tell what it was.

I tried to

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/27/2022:  06:56:31

change strings on my banjo last week but lost the bridge, punctured the head, and broke the tailpiece and a tuning peg.

If that wasn’t

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/27/2022:  07:16:37

enough my rooster quit crowing at 5:46 in the morning.

He now

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/27/2022:  08:23:06

likes to sleep late and crow only once at 8am.

he also likes to

OM45GE - Posted - 08/27/2022:  08:42:23

bump uglies with every hen in sight.

They’ve started trying

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/27/2022:  10:51:51

to outrun him but just when they get up a good head of steam they lay an egg.

I think maybe

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/27/2022:  14:10:51

I’ll give him to my battleaxe neighbour lady for a few days.

She’ll wail the tar out of him

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/28/2022:  10:02:43

which actually causes him to crow on the hour.

If you hear him make sure that you

OM45GE - Posted - 08/28/2022:  14:01:46

count your blessings that he’s not any closer to your house.

I don’t know why they

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/28/2022:  14:33:48

don’t sell rooster wings at the pub.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

OM45GE - Posted - 08/28/2022:  16:35:20

unless the one in your hand is a gamey inedible old rooster with nothing better to do than wake everyone in the neighborhood up at the crack of dawn.

Even Dawn doesn’t

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/28/2022:  17:11:10

get up at the crack of Dawn, the concept of which really cracks her up.



The old

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 08/28/2022 17:12:11

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/28/2022:  18:13:02

gray mare ain’t what she used to be.

She once strode proud

OM45GE - Posted - 08/29/2022:  04:41:26

hitched to her owner’s one horse open sleigh.

Now she

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/29/2022:  07:18:30

refuses to leave the barn if it’s below 32*F (*^Centilsius).

She’s also starting nipping at my shoulder

KyBanjo - Posted - 08/29/2022:  10:47:04

as we were on the way to the glue factory.

As we pulled up to the

OM45GE - Posted - 08/29/2022:  11:54:53

factory delivery area, she broke out of the trailer and headed off across the field and we haven’t seen ever since.

I think

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 08/29/2022:  13:04:27

it’s time to change the motor oil on my 56 Buick.

67 years is a long time

chuckv97 - Posted - 08/29/2022:  13:12:20

between oil changes.

But then, we only drive it

OM45GE - Posted - 08/29/2022:  17:08:38

on cross country trips a couple of times a year.

The last time