JUST had fun at an event that is pretty cool.. I helped again in the annual 'flag up' job at the Coralville Cemetery. The Coralville American Legion erects approx 150 flags on poles AND places approx 125 flags on the graves of our heroic Veterans. Today was the day, in anticipation of Memorial Day, 2010 Ceremony at 11:15 on Monday, May 31.
Take time out of your day to think about our Veterans and to just say 'Thanks" to our Veterans.. Kind of a hard time for me at the Cemetery. Lots of my Family are there and lots of my old friends are there. There is certain certain piece and solitude as earned by those there that exudes....Kinda heavy stuff, but trust me, we will all be there someday. ( but not now!!)
Stand TALL for our Veterans and the U.S. Flag.!!!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Finally, some good old-fashioned hot weather. I love it! Way better than -10 or -20 and big winds and drifts....That really is BAD!!
Makes me HOPE that all these road projects can get a good start and stay started. We need a long dry spell with some heat! Reminds me of the summers here in Coralville when I was a kid. Nobody had a/c that I can recall. At our house at 701 8th street, we used the fan system. My Dad, Brandy, had it all figured out.. He bought a nice 'box fan', (but is was more of a cage fan, with NO box around it).. It came with a frame. He would open up the window, (slide it up) put the frame IN the window opening, hang the fan on the frame, and point the fan OUT.. Yes out...His theory was the fan would suck the 'hot' air out of the house, and cause 'cooler' air from the outside BACK into any open window in the house.. Once the fan was cranked up, he would go to both bedrooms (2 br house) and open one window in each room. VOILA!, instead of hot, stale air in the house, we now had a nice 'cool' breeze all nite long...Remember, 'cool air' can be misleading.. You usually laid there in a sweat until 2 or 3 in the morning, then fell asleep under your own drowziness... This was our a/c until we moved to 702 11th avenue in 1962 or so. Our 'new house' had central air!! WOW!!.............but, but, but, it was an older setup. Instead of sending the condensate water down the floor drain, my dad hooked the line up to a garden hose and whenever the a/c would run, we would be automatically watering the grass. Pretty neat huh? Not really. My brother and I had to CONSTANTLY move the stupid house and attached sprinkler ALL THE TIME. If we left it in one spot, Dad would see it, and we got our butts kicked. So on on nice, hot, summer day back in the 60s, we either roasted to death, OR we had central air with the sprinkler job........We all survived and now with today's a/c units, it is easy living! I asked my Dad, and Mom, how they handled it back in the 20s, 30s, 40s etc.. They said they slept outside sometimes, on the lower level of the house, in the basement, etc. BTW, I went to Coralville Elementary (Coralville Central these days) I attended grades K-9 there, with NO a/c. NONE. There was a window unit in the Principal's Office....Today's kids have it made........
Makes me HOPE that all these road projects can get a good start and stay started. We need a long dry spell with some heat! Reminds me of the summers here in Coralville when I was a kid. Nobody had a/c that I can recall. At our house at 701 8th street, we used the fan system. My Dad, Brandy, had it all figured out.. He bought a nice 'box fan', (but is was more of a cage fan, with NO box around it).. It came with a frame. He would open up the window, (slide it up) put the frame IN the window opening, hang the fan on the frame, and point the fan OUT.. Yes out...His theory was the fan would suck the 'hot' air out of the house, and cause 'cooler' air from the outside BACK into any open window in the house.. Once the fan was cranked up, he would go to both bedrooms (2 br house) and open one window in each room. VOILA!, instead of hot, stale air in the house, we now had a nice 'cool' breeze all nite long...Remember, 'cool air' can be misleading.. You usually laid there in a sweat until 2 or 3 in the morning, then fell asleep under your own drowziness... This was our a/c until we moved to 702 11th avenue in 1962 or so. Our 'new house' had central air!! WOW!!.............but, but, but, it was an older setup. Instead of sending the condensate water down the floor drain, my dad hooked the line up to a garden hose and whenever the a/c would run, we would be automatically watering the grass. Pretty neat huh? Not really. My brother and I had to CONSTANTLY move the stupid house and attached sprinkler ALL THE TIME. If we left it in one spot, Dad would see it, and we got our butts kicked. So on on nice, hot, summer day back in the 60s, we either roasted to death, OR we had central air with the sprinkler job........We all survived and now with today's a/c units, it is easy living! I asked my Dad, and Mom, how they handled it back in the 20s, 30s, 40s etc.. They said they slept outside sometimes, on the lower level of the house, in the basement, etc. BTW, I went to Coralville Elementary (Coralville Central these days) I attended grades K-9 there, with NO a/c. NONE. There was a window unit in the Principal's Office....Today's kids have it made........
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