tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post1798366757903781746..comments2023-10-31T04:58:26.353-05:00Comments on blogadelphia: Thursday's Thoughtsel chupacabrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16561225364468732743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-32019065393698988472015-02-09T12:10:17.744-06:002015-02-09T12:10:17.744-06:00When I was in high school, our subdivision was on ...When I was in high school, our subdivision was on the periphery of our 'burb, such that there was acreage and a barn with stalls for lease just three blocks from our house. We kept my mare there.<br /><br />It was fun to go up there at night with BB guns in the summer (when the equines were out to pasture), turn on the lights, and try to pick off the rodents as they scurried across the rafters.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-81931215002111475752015-02-07T21:29:35.679-06:002015-02-07T21:29:35.679-06:00I think Winnie (we were buds, ya know) Churchill u...I think Winnie (we were buds, ya know) Churchill used to write from the tub (we never bathed together).<br /><br />Thought I knew the aphoristic car acronyms: Drips Oil Drops Grease Everywhere, Fix It Again Tony (yep, I owned one), Fix Or Repair Daily, Pontiac (yeah, I won't go there...), but I'd never heard - or read - the Chevrolet one.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-87758490744380096782015-02-05T09:41:08.004-06:002015-02-05T09:41:08.004-06:00Thanks Katy- That is one I had known but forgotten...Thanks Katy- That is one I had known but forgotten. Glad you got it out out of your system.el chupacabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561225364468732743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-80515709953229333232015-02-05T08:56:24.312-06:002015-02-05T08:56:24.312-06:00Clark Gable lived one block over from where I live...Clark Gable lived one block over from where I live in Houston for a while in the 20's. I don't think he was probably fat then, though. <br /><br />I just had that bit of trivia in my head and have never been able to use it before. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com