Knock Knock Mr. Boogeyman

I Remembering Seeing Old Man Boogeyman.

Once upon a time, I saw the Boogeyman.  I really did...but I know you don't believe me because you think he is a myth.  He isn't...believe me.  This monster lurked in the furnace vent in my room when I was growing up.  And I saw him though the grate on the furnace vent.

Old Boogey himself was a strange fellow.  He spent hours trying to get the face of the furnace vent off, but I made sure those screws were tight every night when I went to bed.  I had my own personal black handled screwdriver which exactly fit the heads of those screws holding that monster in the vent. 

Late at night I would hear him pacing up and down the vents in the house, but I fooled him because about twice a week I went to every vent in the house and made sure the screws were absolutely tight as they could be.  He just couldn't get out...but I still could hear him wondering around.  And, wow, when the furnace blower kicked on he really got wild trying to get out of those vents.  I could hear his feet pounding those vents....wanting out.  But I had him contained. HA HA HA Mr. Boogeyman.

When I grew up I knew I had to tell my kids that they had to make sure the screws were always tight in the furnace vents or the Boogeyman would get them.  I think they did that because every morning the kids were still in their beds.....even though there were some mornings, and after a whole lot of bad kid hours, I kind of wished the Boogeyman would have gotten the screws loose and had taken them to Boogeyland before early morning's light. 

I wonder if my kids ever told their kids to make sure the furnace vent screws were tight?   Maybe they did as their kids are still around and didn't land up in Boogeyland.  Unless the Boogeyman found out the kids were so bad, he brought them back in a short time.

I guess the moral of this story is.  Ya better believe in the Boogeyman because he really is.  And you know as people get older they sometimes start acting like kids....so your Boogeyman is probably still hanging around in the furnace vents.  Better keep those screws tight!  I mean it. 

Vintage Photos

Postcard Photo of The Pabst Blue Ribbon Casino which was at the

Chicago's 1933 World Fair....Century Of Progress Fair

A 1943 Pabst Blue Ribbon Sign in Chicago,

over the rail yards where the Millennium Park is now.

Even though Pabst claims to be a Wisconsin Company, it got a big boost from Chicago. Pabst had it's presence in Chicago since 1854.   At one time the Pabst brewery in Chicago was the third largest brewery in Chicago and 10% of Pabst business was in Chicago.  There was a hostile take-over and it's currently a holding company for about a dozen brands of beer.  In May 2011, it was announced that Pabst headquarters would be moved from the Chicago area to Los Angeles.

Chicago's 1933 World Fair/Century of Progress International Exposition.  This is the Travel and Transport Building.  For 1933 this was a very modern building.

1865 Restoring the dome at the Federal Capitol Building in

Wasington, DC

1948 Wall Drug...Wall, South Dakota

Thought For The Day

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry,

show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

--Unknown Author

I was thinking (I know that's amazing for me to be thinking).  But.....Canada has some good things surrounding it.  It has beautiful scenery and nature abounds.  It has national health care...free (but with taxes of course).  It has clean air.  It has lots of wide open space.  Most are English speaking.  They have lots of maple syrup.  These are all good things.

Considering that Canada has lots of positives even though it's cold as heck in the winter, we need more American citizens to spread the federal debt.  In view of this I think we should all push to annex Canada as our 51st state.  If we would annex Canada, we could then have their health care even though when I looked at it closely, it has some big drawbacks....but at least it's something free for  taxes.....we only get federal debt with our taxes or more taxes.  We would also get a nice number of warm bodies over which could spread our huge federal debt....that's called sharing!!!    And, think of the scenery we could all go see.....with no passport involved.  Annexation could be called the American Canadian Resident Snatch.....and it would then be our 51st state.....growing and spreading our wealth (????) around.  Write your legislator....push for Canada annexation.  Better now than a hostile takeover of the USA later on.

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