Another reason to turn off your T.V.......

....something so wrong about this

but way too funny to pass up.

Marty

Martinsville, IN

Trivia Tuesday!!

First TT of February......

and get ready because I found out that Ireland DOES have Internet!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name
the diastema diva above....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and
TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

--Worked at Dunkin' Donuts.

--Her dad worked for GM.

--Straight "A" student....

--Had a scholarship to the U of M.....but dropped out.

--Her Mom died when she was only 5 years old.

--Cheerleader in H.S. and last Sunday.

--Extra credit for her confirmation name.

Marty

Palmyra, IN

First Fan.....

Marty

Palmyra, IN

Before there was a Super Bowl.....

.....our entertainment outlets were few and far between.

But I wouldn't mind a pair of these!

Marty

CHA...CHA...CHA...Part Duex!!

Good afternoon.....
sorry I'm a little late but,
50th Birthday Parties for Princesses....
don't come around too often.

Plus....seeing Tim Conway twice in less than

6 months is a shock to anyone's system!

Since the "Lite Beer in your Shorts" pic from yesterday's Blog,

was such a hit last night....
(Everybody had it up on their I-Phone....
you can run but you can't hide Jimmy!)
I decided to publish the "real" version.

All these years....
I never noticed the "Package".....
probably due to the bronzed, bandanna wearing Tarzan
named Jay that was next to the Princess.

I know that this looks like the start of a bad "PlayGirl" photo shoot....
but I can assure all that it was a great week with friends
in Wisconsin many moons ago!!

I double-dog-dare Jim and
Jay to make this their new
Facebook Profile Pic.

Here's to another 50!
Marty

We Have a Wiener and a CHA...CHA...CHA!!

Ed & Buddy.....

Shhhhhhhhhhh......
The first one in this week with the correct answer was Mz. Maggie Pollard,
but because she is in Ireland this week.....
and Ireland hasn't invented the internet yet....she'll never know.
Unless you tell her and

I KNOW YOU WON'T!!

This week's GRAND PRIZE winner is none other than the Birthday Boy himself....
Mr. James Farrell.

He knew that the specs were located in Clear Lake, IA.
Which is the spot where Buddy Holly, Richie Valens,
and the Big Bopper's plane went down on this date in 1959.
Buddy was 22....

Richie was 17....

Big Bopper was 28.

Roger Peterson (local pilot) was 21.

I was here a few years ago.....
no map or road signs to the crash site...
I had to find it with some hints on the web.

I walked about a half mile

through some tall late August corn
to get to a small makeshift memorial.

Pretty spooky in that "Deliverance"

kind of way....
I don't think that I have ever been to a place that was soooo quiet...EVER.
No cars...planes....tractors....dogs barking...nothing.
I had this feeling that something was going to jump out of the corn....
so I ran like a girl back to my car!!

--A 14-year old Don (American Pie) McLean found out about Buddy's death while delivering papers (shiver/deliver)

--I ONLY put 3 Buddy Holly song titles in the hints on Tuesday.....
(OH BOY!--THINK IT OVER--IT'S SO EASY)

HAPPY 50 Mr. Farrell.....
CHA CHA CHA!!!

Born on the Day the Music (and fashion) Died.....

nice work!
Is that an extra can of Lite in your pants.....
or are you just happy to see me!!

Marty
Joliet, IL

Toyota Camry for sale.....

I need to get me one of those Lionel Richie blenders!

Mom's (not-reinvented) 2000 Camry

will be on the auction block in the next couple of weeks.....

she has insurance and her garage paid until the end of Feb.....

so it will need to be gone by then.

Last chance for any takers.....$8,000.

That only like......

33 cents a mile.

Marty

Marion, IL

...and how did you spend your New Years Day?

...and to think I didn't move off of the couch.

Marty

Altamont, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!

Oh Boy!....

Now for something completely different....

The first email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the CITY
in which this set of specs is located will win this week's
GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Think it over before you email me.....it's so easy!

Hints....
--I have been there....but not easy to find.
--It is located in a neighboring state.
--If you go there in February... it'll make you shiver,

--especially if you have newspapers to deliver.

Marty
Springfield, IL

This will change your mind......

.....about cats.

Alcoholic cats anyway.

Marty

Muskegon, MI

Take 15 mins....

....and watch this.

Disney would be proud!

Marty

Super Bowl.....

commercials only a week away!!

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Well Mz. Maggie Pollard obviously knows her chubby Little Leaguers......

she was the first in this week with

Mr. Thomas Edward Patrick "Tom" Brady, Jr.

--drafted as a catcher at 18 by the Montreal Expos.

--opted to attend the University of Michigan to play football.

--drafted into the NFL as the 199th pick in the 6th round.

--grew up in California and went to the same H.S as Barry Bonds.

--was Laura Bush's guest at the 2004 State of the Union speech.

--model/spokesman for Black Stetson cologne.

His H.S recruitment video below....

long way from the Super Bowl.




Marty
Effingham, IL

You know you're in Indiana.....

when Rainbow the Birthday Clown......
"lives in a van down by the river!"

Marty
Springfield, IL

Can I help you??

....."your printer is on fire?!"

Marty

Chicago, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!

Happy Tuesday.....here we are with another puzzler.
First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name "Mr. Slugger" above
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and
TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....
--Was an MLB draft choice at age 18.
--Opted instead to attend and graduate from College.
--People Magazine thinks he's "beautiful"
--Has 2 kids....from 2 ladies.
--Irish Catholic.
--Big Yankees fan....but went to the same H.S. of a famous Giant.
--Model for a line of cologne.
--MVP.
--Is NOT Jim Farrell.

Marty
Norton Shores, MI

D'oh!

......all 20 years of them!

Marty

Chicago, IL

My kinda town....

Chicago Cop on a trike in front of St. Bede School.....

late 50's.

Marty

Goreville, IL

End of a long week.....

My mother,

my wife,

and my Uncle John.....

were the only guarantees that my daily erratic blog ramblings would be read

on days other than Tuesday.

This week I lost 33% of my audience....

(....unless Heaven has Wi-Fi??)

Great guy with a great family....

and although we don't visit enough....

it feels like we haven't missed a beat when we do get together.

So impressed to see my cousin's "little ones"

now morphing into fine young men and ladies!

This "Bud" man will be drinking a Miller product this weekend....

not because I like Miller....

......but because now I know that John will be watching!

Cheers John!!

Marty

Goreville, IL

We Have a Wiener!!!

Damn if Mz. Molly Flynn didn't come in and steal my thunder this week.

Only minutes in front of a late field....

she is the Grand Prize winner this week with the one and only....
Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer.

--Born in the small town of Paris, Illinois near the Indiana border and was discovered by Hal Roach in the cafeteria of the Hal Roach studios while on a sightseeing trip with his brother and family.

--Later in life he was a professional dog breeder and trainer....training dogs from Hollywood Stars such as Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart.

--Being a Child Star is a bitch.....

He died at 31 after trying to collect on a $50 loan.....while intoxicated.

53 years ago tomorrow.

--His brother Harold....after spending 5 years as a background player in "Our Gang", operated a successful Speed Queen franchise servicing washers and dryers. At age 42.....he shot and killed a customer over a dispute.....then drove to the desert and killed himself!

Other useless facts, that were too "Googleable"....

--He died on the same day as Cecil B. DeMille.....who overshadowed the news that day.

--Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were Alafalfa's son's Godparents!

--Had small roles in BIG movies like,

"It's a Wonderful Life"/"White Christmas"

"The Ten Commandments" and "The Defiant Ones"

Marty

Goreville, IL

There's no CRYING IN FOOTBALL!!

....it's going to be a long winter in Cheeseland.

Marty

Monticello, IN

Tough times.....

.......calls for tough measures.

Marty

Cedarburg, WI

Trivia Tuesday!!

OK......I'm smelling a back to back TT win for me this week!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name Mr. Grumpy above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days.

Hints...

--Born in a small farming town in Illinois.

--Not a farmer though.

--Professional Dog Breeder.

--Singer and multi-instrumentalist.

--Followed in his brother's footsteps in his early career.

--Once arrested for cutting down trees in a National Forest.

--Met an untimely death, like his brother, later (but not that late) in life.

Marty

Remington, IN

2 stories a day......

30 story hotel built in 15 days.

Obviously not in the great City of Chicago.

Marty

New Albany, IN

Gangsta Greg.....

Marty

Song of the Week.....

....heard while driving through a

snow storm in Kentucky earlier this week.

Whitehorse.....

Schuba's in March....

who's with me?

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

....and the winner is ME!!

HOT one minute and cold the next.....

is my TT winning record and

Rick Santorum's Presidential bid.

--Graduated from Carmel Catholic H.S. in Mundelein, IL in 1976.

(Carmel HS is one of 3 local Carmelite run High Schools with the others being Mt. Carmel and Joliet Catholic....you can use that at your cocktail parties this weekend.)

--Dad was a psychologist for the VA and was on temp assignment here in the '70's.

--Taller than me.

Marty

Flint, MI

Tom....Tom....Tom.....

Tom Skilling is having just a little too
much fun back in the Weather Office!!

Marty
Remington, IN

I think I could do this......

Marty

Louisville, KY

Trivia Tuesday!!

Here were are gang with another Tuesday and another puzzler!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name Mr. Groovy above....

will with this week's GRAND PRIZE and

TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

--NOT Napoleon Dynamite

--graduated from H.S. in Illinois.

--his Dad is from Italy.

--he's 6'4".

--pretty boring guy...because that's all I got.

Marty

New Albany, IN

End of the World???

Doubt it.

Marty

This is not your Father's......

................National Geographic.

Marty

Who's on first?

....and to think he could have been President.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

We have our first Wiener of the New Year!!

Mary Pollard in front of her daughter Maggie

this week by a mere minute with the correct answer...
Emmitt Perry, Jr...aka Tyler "Madea" Perry.

I must have been living under a rock.....

but I had no clue to who he/she was until New Years Eve when we watched

"Madea's Big Happy Family" and although it is not Oscar quality....

I can guarantee you a couple of laughing fits

where you won't be able to suck in enough air to live another day.

-"Hellur!?" Tyler earned 130 million dollars last year topping

Forbes' list of highest paid men entertainers!

-Dad was constantly beating him as a kid....

which led him to change his name from Emmitt to Tyler

when he was 16 years old....to further distance himself from his Dad.

-Molested by a family member as a child...

and found out that his Dad had molested one of his friends.

-Never graduated from High School....but did obtain his GED.

-After watching an Oprah episode about the therapeutic benefits that creative writing had....he started writing and decided that this would be his future.

-Had a small role in a Star Trek film after being invited by director J.J. Abrams.

Think I will delve deeper into the Madea catalog this weekend.

Marty

Marion, IL

Snoop D-O to the double G...come on down!

Bob Barker is spinning in his grave......

oh wait....

he's not dead yet.

Marty

Nashville, TN

100 years in 10 minutes.....

Marty

Nashville, TN

Trivia Tuesday!!

Well hellur to 2012 and to the first TT of the New Year.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the gentleman above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

-Producer/author/songwriter are some of the things on his resume.

-Makes more than most.

-Not a big fan of his Dad.

-Oprah changed his life.

-Once appeared in a Star Trek film.

-Funny guy.

Marty

Nashville, TN

I resolve to....

....start diet today.

Marty

Happy New Years & a CHA....CHA....CHA!

Not such a great pic to ring in 2012....
but hey.....the truth hurts!

Happy 46 bro!

Marty

Who's ready for a Cruise?

Marty

Only 360 more shopping days until Xmas......

....these would look so great on my Impala.

Marty

You know you're in Wisconsin......

Marty

Roadkill Rejects 2011.....

Some clips that didn't make the 2011 Blog.

Marty

Merry Christmas from The Johnson's!

Note to myself.......

good idea for next year!

Marty

Only 5 more days to practice this......

....before New Year's Eve.

Marty

Merry Christmas.....

....early Terry Gilliam.....

pre-Monty Python.

Marty

Only 1 more day left till Xmas.....

You could get me a Rollerman outfit......2XL.

Marty

Only 2 more days left till Xmas.....

A cowhide motorcycle suit will set you back $1,143.
Features:
- Incredible attention to detail, featuring form molded details like never before.
- Raised rib detailing on the sleeves, shoulders, legs, torso
and midsection perfectly replicating the look of rigid armor.
- Adjustable forearms, biceps, thighs and shin leather armor
allow for a personalized ‘custom’ body fit.
- Snap buttons on the cuffs and wrist zippers.
- Jacket and Pants zip together at the waist essentially converting this to a one-piece body suit.
- CE-approved body armor in the shoulders, forearms/elbow, back spine protector, thighs and knee/shin armor is standard for riders but is easily removed for day-to-day wear.

http://www.udreplicas.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61

Marty

Only 3 more days left till Xmas.....

These next few days will be spent giving my last minute
Christmas Gift suggestions to my loved ones....

You may take my hints....
or just buy me underwear.

Either way...I'm a happy man.

Marty

Santa FAQs.....

.....more info on Santa than you needed to know.

Marty

Christmas Vacation.....

Trivia Tuesday is on Christmas Vacation and will be returning
on TUESDAY, January 3rd of next year.
We are VERY busy this week shopping, eating, napping and watching the original Christmas Vacation movie...
over and over again.

Hope you all have the "Hap Hap Happiest" of Christmases
and you 2011 winners should be watching your mailbox.
And to you losers & wallflowers....
there's always next year!!



Marty

.....and how's your Monday?

Marty
Lockport, IL
Vacation till 2012!!

Amish Christmas Light Display....

.....wait for it......!

(Thanks to my RK correspondent in Cedarburg, WI!!)

Marty
Baldwin, WI

Xmas lights up?.....check!

Maribeth finally finished our lights.

Marty
Baldwin, WI

We Have a Wiener!!

Congrats little Jimmy Farrell for having this week's correct answer....

Mr. Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich.

Pretty weird but interesting dude.....

Take some time and read this before you vote!

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/24/us/gingrich-s-life-the-complications-and-ideals.html?src=pm

This NY Times article is about 17 years old....but interesting.

Got to love his reasoning for divorcing his first teacher/wife....
He said:
'She's not young enough or pretty enough
to be the wife of a President.
And besides, she has cancer.'

and you wonder why we are in the boat we are in....

but I digress.

....did I mention that he's Catholic!?

Merry Holidays!

Marty

Siren, WI

Jinglelingle Bells.....

....another reason to hate cats.

Marty

Baldwin, WI

Marketing 101.....

Get your Jesus Birthday Trees!!

......as seen in Cadillac, MI yesterday.

Merry Holidays!

Marty

Menasha, WI

Trivia Tuesday!!

Hello Tuesday!!
First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name Mr. Lambchop
above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and
TT BRAGGING RIGHTS for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

-Secretly dated his H.S. teacher.....and eventually married her.
-Went the other way with his new wife.....
she is a couple of "decades" younger than him.
-Has another wife inbetween...and by the way he's Catholic!
-His parents were only married for a few days.....and he's the result.
-Big dinosaur fan.
-No relation to Austin Powers.

Marty
Cadillac, MI

Winter Getaway.........

View the Northern Lights from your own personal glass Igloo.

About as close to the North Pole as you can get....

without being an Elf.

http://www.kakslauttanen.fi/en/

Marty

Toledo, OH

To see....or not to see....

....that is the question.
Coming to you from the Farrelly Bros. in Spring 2012.

Marty

Beep....Beep.

....and you thought the Ryan was bad.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Mz. Maggie Pollard set the alarm clock early last Tuesday
and was first in with another person who sets her alarm clock early.....
my Black Friday Favorite.......
comedian Maria Bamford...
aka The Target Lady.

Thanks for the Deborah Norville guesses....I kind of see that now.
....but whoever guessed Bobby Valentine
(and you know who you are)
you need to hit the snooze button next week!

Here's some of her greatest hits....








....and my favorite...
"Don't touch the bow!"


Marty
Ottawa, IL

Say Cheese!

Marty

Whiting, IN

I do.....

Marty

Vandalia, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!

OK Gang.....Happy December!

Only a couple of more TT's until Christmas!!

The Roadkill Elves are busy packing and shipping out TT GRAND PRIZES so be watching your mailboxes if you have been good boys and girls.

Back to this week....

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly

name the lady holding the pooch....

will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and

TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days.

Hints....

--her dad was a doctor in the Navy.

--you may have seen her on Leno or Kimmel.

--she is pretty busy this time of year.

--won't find her shopping at Wal*Mart.

That's all you get.....I need a win!

Marty

Ramsey, IL

The reason I don't have Sirius Radio.....

.....heard this pulling out of Cleveland on Sunday.

Is it wrong?

Reminded me of this.....

Marty

Whiting, IN

Road trip.....

Me and the Mrs....

gettin' some culture this weekend......

in Cleveland!?!?!?

Severance Hall in Cleveland with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
No....really......

Cleveland has an orchestra!!

(kind of a late B-Day gift to me)

Randy Newman performed Saturday night with the full CSO at a great concert venue.
Lots of hits along with scores from "The Natural" and "Toy Story".



"I Miss You" was a song written to

his ex-wife.....
great song....

and with the orchestra behind him I was
crying like Julia Roberts.

Marty
Cleveland, OH

I know what you're thinking....

....your Christmas train looks pretty lame.

Marty

Cleveland, OH

We Have a Wiener!!!

Mr. James P. Farrell was the first one in this week with
James Maury "Jim" Henson.

--The Muppet creator was born in Greenville, Mississippi.

--He died of pneumonia at age 53...

only weeks after this Arsenio Hall clip above.

--He didn't want to go to the hospital....or impose on anyone for help.

--He died just days before selling the Muppets to Disney.

--Had two Hollywood Stars...one for him...one for Kermit.

--No one was allowed to wear black at his funeral.

--The pic....it's not "easy being green".

Worth it to watch "Clifford" at the end of this Arsenio clip.....

Clifford is voiced by Kevin Clash...who also voices ELMO.

Marty

Chicago, IL

On this first day of December.....

......think warm thoughts!!

Mr. Farrell and I will accomplish this next summer...

me on the dock.....

and Jim in a kayak

Marty

Rushville, IN

You asked for it.....

....more "Guy on a Buffalo"!!

Marty

New Albany, IN

Trivia Tuesday!!

OK gang....back in the saddle for the last TT of November!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the poser above....

will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and

TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

--Born well south of the Ohio River.

--NOT Marty Allen.

--A Christian Scientist....which may have led to his demise.

--Always cracked me up.

--Had his own stamp and Hollywood Star(s).

--Appeared on shows from Ed Sullivan to SNL.

--No black at his funeral.

--The picture above holds a clue.

Marty

Detroit, MI

Only 363 more shopping days until my B-Day.....

Holy Onesie Batman!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JLSTOE/?tag=like-20
(Is that Chuck Pollard?)

Marty
Chicago, IL

Atomic Annie......

Some historic footage of a test using the Atomic Cannon back in the '50's.

U.S. built 20 of these cannons ($800,000 ea.) in the early 50's

that could launch a warhead 7 miles.

They were tractor loaded and could be ready to launch in 15 mins....

and back on the road in another 15 mins.

They were never used other than this one test and were all retired in 1963.

Marty

Cha...Cha....Cha....

I'm feeling thankful
for the small things, today.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Mz. Molly Flynn was the first one in this week with

BOTH names needed in a TWOFER!

(although like others.....it took a second email to win!!)

Willard Mitt Romney and his wife Ann.....

were this week's correct guesses.

--Both grew up in Detroit.

--He was named after Willard J. Marriott....

a friend of his fathers and founder of the Marriott Hotel chain....

and Marriot's Great America....hence the roller coaster named Willard's Whizzer.

--The name "Mitt" came from his Dad's cousin Milton "Mitt" Romney who was a Chicago Bear quarterback back in the 1920's.

--Was involved in a car accident in Southern France in the '60's where a passenger of his was killed.....although not his fault. He was in France on a 30-month tour as a Mormon Missionary.

Marty

Marion, IL

Turkey Time!

Gobble.....Gobble!

Marty

Home

My favorite Negro.....

"Professor" Stew @ UofW-Madison.

http://www.arts.wisc.edu/artsinstitute/IAR/stew/about.html

Marty

Alorton, IL

Trivia Tuesday Twofer!!

OK gang......last TT before Turkey Day!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the couple above...

will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

--Both are Motowners.

--Elementary school sweethearts....

--Have been married for over 40 years....

--"His" name is tied to the Chicago Bears and to a hotel chain.

--While in Motown....he was a security guard at a car factory.

--He speaks French.

--He was once in a car accident where one of his passengers was killed.

--Need his full name....not sure if his first or middle is worse.

--Their combined net worth.......$250 million.

Marty

St. Louis, MO

Don't have the iPhone 4S???

.....it could be worse.

Marty
Goreville, IL

When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight!

Interesting commercial targeting Canadian Geese.......

who have to ship hockey sticks......

to their poodle friends in Florida.

I'm more old school......

Getting ready for Xmas shopping!

Marty

Alorton, IL

My Dad's Car......

.......I don't think I'd ever find Joe's Vega.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Oh Sweet Child O' Mine......

Chuck Pollard was the first and ONLY one in this week with none other than

Mr.William Bruce Rose, Jr.......or Axl Rose to you and me.

Interesting feller....

but terrible singer although Rolling Stone Magazine thinks differently.

....and so do the packed house who came to see him at the All State Arena this week

even though he showed up 2 hours late for the show.

....and played well after 2 in the morning.....

on a Tuesday night!

Axl came to mind last weekend when I heard his 10 MINUTE long cover of

"Knockin' on Heavens Door"

hey...hey...hey......ouch.

I think his shorts are on too tight.

Marty

Black River Falls, WI

Jesus Christ! The Musical!!

So wrong......but wait for it.

Marty
Siren, WI

Parahawking....

Come fly with me....

Marty
Siren, WI

Trivia Tuesday!!!

Happy Tuesday people!
First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the Hoosier above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....
--Sung in his church choir and in his High School Chorus.
--He was not a Purduette!
--but considered to be one of the greatest "voices" ever!
--Has a very high I.Q. .....considering he's from Indiana.
--Like most Hooisers.....his dad abondoned the family at an early age.
--Dad was later found murdered.

Marty
Detroit, MI

The Earth's a big, blue marble.....

....when you see it from out there.

Marty

Detroit, MI

Randy in Austin.......

Austin City Limits has been around since I was in 8th grade.....

and still may be one of the better shows on television.

Randy Newman was on last night......watch for a repeat on PBS.

Or you can watch the full episode online now until 12/10.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2166690015

Marty

Goreville, IL

You know you're in Oklahoma when.....

Marty
Goreville, IL

We Have a Wiener!!!

On this Veterans Day.....
Mr. James Farrell was in by a nose with this week's correct answer.
Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney

Watch his take above on D-Day....

one of his best.

....and if you're not watching
"Vietnam in HD"
on the History Channel this week...
you need to start.

Marty

Goreville, IL

You know you're in Southern Illinois.....

.....when the Marion Rural King opens up their "Toy Department" for Xmas.

(Hope you like John Deere kids)

.....when the Marion Rural King kicks off their Fall Apparel Collection

.....and this year's "color" is camouflage.

.....at 72*,

it's easy for flowers to fight for another November day!

Marty

Goreville, IL

DAM!

The White Salmon River in Washington state is flowing again as the nearly 100-year-old Condit Dam was disabled with explosives last week.
The reservoir draining took about 2 hours.
Further demolition is scheduled in 2012.
The event is a significant milestone for river
restoration and dam removal nationwide.

Marty
Bonne Terre, MO

Trivia Tuesday!!

Hello peoples......good day for ducks!
Back at it this week...
first email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the soldier above
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints...
--Blue eyes....Brown hair...180lbs and 5' tall in 1942.
--Hit the beaches on D-Day and lived to tell about it.
--Flew on bombing raids over Germany.
--Was opposed to war initially.....
until he saw the German Concentration Camps.
--Born as an "Irish-American Catholic" and died as an "American Atheist".
--Television show writer.
--Married for over 60 years.
--Middle name is required as always.

Marty
Cape Girardeau , MO

Bat hunt!

Louisville Slugger made 45 Commemorative St. Louis Cardinals

2011 World Series Champs bats the night the Cardinals won it all.....

flew them down to St. Louis....

hid them around the city......

and the scavenger hunt was on.

Probably the best publicity that $45 in wood could buy!

Only 6 months to the Derby.......who's with me!?!

The Louisville Slugger Factory/Museum tour.....

is a great cure for a hangover!

Marty

Sikeston, MO

Looking for a '51 DeSoto and only have 11 Grand??

So I have driven by Country Classic Cars at least 51 times.....

but had a chance to stop last week in beautiful Staunton, IL.

Acres and acres of old classic cars.....and all for sale.

From old Jeeps to Rolls Royces to Corvairs and Vettes.....

I even saw a '75 Vega Station Wagon along with a '84 Renault Alliance convertible.

Unfortunately his web site is as old as his Desoto.....

http://www.countryclassiccars.com/company/company.htm

I would recommend a stop in case you are ever heading south on I-55.....

Most of the cars are in good shape....they run and are reasonably priced.

Hard to walk away from a '65 Ford Fairlane 2dr V-8 for under 5 grand!

Now I am starting to sound like "Linn Burton for certain"...

Google it kids.

Whatever happened to "Rusty Jones"??

Marty

Fall back.....

The "Party Marty" Deck is complete....

Although checking it out at 7am before settling up with the contractor
on Thursday morning was a problem.

Still dark outside.....duh!

Light arrived 23 minutes later.....

but still a little too early for an inaugural Bud.

Set your clocks back tonight and enjoy your

extra hour of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Marty

Word of the Day......MURMURATION

I see small versions of this from time to time....
this one is pretty neat.

Marty
St. Louis, MO

And you thought you had a lot to juggle....

Regoddamndiculous!!

Marty

Hillsboro, MO

With October over.....

.....Sunday's in November won't be the same.

(thanks to TT correspondent Jim Farrell)

Marty

Sikeston, MO

Boo....hoo...

TT will be taking a Holiday break until next week.
Too many candy corns and popcorn balls yesterday.

Marty
Palos Hills, IL