A Bunch of Blue Chickens Running Around
If I told you there were blue chickens running around and nesting in a red barn, would you believe me? Of course you would. Everyone knows that blue chickens are the best tasting chickens alive.
Red chickens are tough old birds, and even after cleaning, still have pin feathers that can't be taken out since the skin on these old birds is so tough. These old Red Chickens like to flock together and make fun of the Blue Chickens. Red Chickens think the only way to be is the red way.
One time I saw a Red Chicken start pecking a Blue Chicken on the head. That Blue Chicken wasn't a coward so he pecked back. If you can imagine a couple of chickens going at it and all the time flying around the hen yard, you'll understand what a sight it was. First the Red Chicken would peck the Blue Chick on the head and then the Blue Chicken would put its beek at the base of the tail feathers and pull with all his might. Out came a full beakful of tail feathers. That got that old Red Chicken dancing. Before long the Blue Chicken didn't have much top notch left but, the old Red Chicken had absolutely no tail feathers left and even part of his wings were cropped and frail looking. He was a sight to see. But did the old Red Chicken learn from this.....NO he didn't. It wasn't long and he was at it again. He believed his breed of red chicken was the best and he was going to prove it. I call this stubborness.
Sometimes the way of the Red Chickens isn't always the best. But usually the Reds are so stubborn they aren't willing to change. Their barn has been red for so long they believe red is the only color in the rainbow.
Sometimes a change to a Red Chicken's diet and overall habits might benefit the connoisseur of fine Chicken dining. The Blue might know more about what to eat and do to make his self more palatable. Red Chickens, with their stubborness, typically won't change their habits so they remain tough.
The moral of this story is. If the Red Chickens don't change, the barn is going to get repainted and at that point the barn color is going to change to Blue. And, you won't see many Red Chickens running around the farm yard. Instead there will be a bunch of young, tender and willing to learn, Blue Chickens running around.
Just a fair warning to the Red Chickens in the Red Barn. I think your barn might be painted before long. As long as it isn't green, you should be ok. Those Green Chickens are aliens and don't belong.
Greenview At Its Best
Just some things I remember about my young days in Greenview.
1. Remember when the high school gymnasium had to be strengthened and there were big steel square plates up and down the face of the school. The ivy on the front of the school was cut out to put in these steel plates and that made the school look dumb. Then later on the new addition covered them up. But the tennis court went by the wayside.
2. Remember the old milk machines in the school. It cost a penny or two. Put your money in and then slide them milk to the side to get it out.
3. Remember when Greenview had real homecomings with carnival rides and fun things to do instead of the boring "no carnival" attitude the CIA takes now days.
4. Remember the dances which were held in the old grade school gymnasium.
5. Remember biddy basketball for the little kids. The older boys would coach the boys playing basketball and the older girls would coach the little girls on how to be a great cheerleader.
6. Remember the ice cream soda's at Emma's Corner Cafe.
7. Remember when the bus would let kids off at the Corner Cafe upon returning from an away game.
8. Remember when Locky was driving the school bus with the cheerleaders and the glee club and the axle broke on the bus. Lucky Locky kept the bus from turning over. It was a wild ride and we all were scared to death, but liked it when the team bus pulled up behind us and we all got to ride the same bus. Those ongoing relationships between players and cheerleaders got a chance to blossom during that dark bus ride home.
9. Remember Gerald McKee sitting on the park bench blowing spit bubbles.
10. Remember when the post office was in the old First State Bank Building.
11. Remember when the K & K Grocery Market and Schmittys Tavern burned in 1963.
12. Remember when Tripps Lumberyard was on the south side of the square.
13. Remember when you had to crank your old phone to get the operator.
14. Remember when a bunch of kids would play baseball at the old grade school baseball diamond.
15. Remember the particular smell of the grocery stores upon entering.
16. Remember back when no one had air conditioning in their houses.
Recent Deaths
In the last three weeks, we have had three deaths of residents/former residents. Edra Calloway, Dorothy Boston and Wes Marcum. God Rest Their Souls.
Quote For The Day
Part of the success in life is to eat what
you like and let the food fight it out inside.
--Mark Twain
If I tell you a story today, do you remember it tomorrow? If you're like me, after I eat lunch, I have a hard time remembering if I had lunch let alone what I ate for lunch. I suffer from CRS.....and you know what that is "Can't Remember Sh*t".
But time passes on. And, besides, who cares what I had for lunch. If I can't remember, then no one else will give a darn.
One way to cure CRS is memory training. Which means paying someone else to help a person remember.
Another way is not give a darn. Who cares. All oldies have a tendency to forget so I won't be alone. Not really a cure...just an alternative.
And lastly (is that a word?), is to slather on Vicks Vapor Rub, all over your chest, and around your nose, put a hot rag on your chest and smell the vapors. Hope to heck it gets rid of your cold. Crap...I forgot we were talking about cures for remembering. That cure was for a stuffed up nose.
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