DID I PUT THIS UP BEFORE? 

It's not like I can remember anything, and I'm too lazy to go back and check.  And maybe you won't remember reading it anyway, if you're in my age range.

Expose on treatment of colds.

YESTERDAY  I TOLD YOU ABOUT ONE GREAT OLD GAL - HERE'S ANOTHER

Thanks to Barb for sending this.

I shoulda kept the '49 Pontiac I bought in '55 for $495.  It'd be worth a fortune now.  Not that I would have cared for it over the years the way Rachel is taking care of hers.  I didn't keep a scrapbook on mine.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR 73-YEAR-OLD WOMEN!

Of course, I'm not nearly there yet and won't be for another twelve days, but I do have great respect for my elders.

Carla Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, appeared in a carnival near here last week.  She's 73 and still doing aerial work.  You can read about her here.   It's an article from a year ago.  She looks her age and then some, but gotta admire her for still getting up there 110 feet above the ground and doing her thing.   I do believe my best aerial days are behind me.

It was a relatively quiet Fourth of July weekend for us.  You already know about our trip to the ballgame Friday night.  Saturday afternoon we went to a potluck at the home of a couple from our church.  Five couples were there, all of whom we know and enjoy being with.

I don't know what this game is called, but it kept the guys amused for a long time.

The salad bar.  This was in addition to steaks on the grill, corn on the cob and strawberry shortcake.  Delicious!  And how much more American can you get?

A very pleasant day!

Today we went to Sunday School and church and out to dinner with two of the couples above.  Then we vegged out the rest of the day watching Tiger Woods win a golf tournament.

So - not exciting as holiday weekends go, but enough for us.

Happy 233rd birthday, good old U.S.A.!

AND THE SOUND WAS EXCEPTIONALLY SPECTACULAR

David has a summer job as sound man for the local Class AA baseball team during its home games.  He's the first highschooler to have been given the job, so the pressure is on. Last night was the first time he handled the job on his own, and the family went on down to the stadium to listen to the audio.  The Great Lakes Loons (yea team) were playing the Lansing Lugnuts (boo hiss).

From the Department of Always Listen to Your Wife:  As we were leaving the house, I asked Sam why he didn't have a hat with him.  He said he wouldn't need it because we'd be sitting in the shade.  Of course, we were sitting in the sun.

The sun doesn't set in Michigan until about 9:30 p.m.

We had a table along the third base line.

David is up there somewhere working his heart out.  We've never before listened so intently to sound effects at a game.  Having one of your own working the audio focuses the attention marvelously.

Lois picked up a promising looking guy during the game.  I think he has potential.

The game was a good one.  The Loons were trailing 3-1 in  the bottom of the 9th and tied it up.  Then in the bottom of the 12th a Loon hit a walk-off home run with one on, and the home team emerged victorious 5-3.  It didn't help that the Lugnuts had 5 errors.  Actually we think it should have been 7 but for some reason 2 obvious errors weren't counted. 

When things got tense at the end, the crowd was asked to Make Noise and Do the Happy Dance.  Our table obeyed.

It worked.

After the game there was a fireworks display.  It was set up right in the outfield on a wagon and computer controlled.  I've never been so close to fireworks.

Small-town minor-league baseball is really a reasonably priced family activity.  Tickets were $9.  Of course, they sock you for food - two ice creams were $10.50 - but it really is a lot of fun to go with a group on a beautiful evening, relax, enjoy over-priced ice cream and see the home team win.  And listen to excellent audio.  

The crowd was a record-breaking 6,057.  It just goes to show, people will turn out for a new sound man.