JULY fun and hot times

..JULY is a great month in Iowa and in Coralville! NOT many students around, the trees and FULL of leaves and waving in the breeze, and it is HOT.. SO WHAT. IT is JULY in Iowa....Not sure we need THIS kind of heat, but think back to last February when we had 18" of snow, high winds, ice,...terrible NEVER complain about the heat...............................man it's hot.........
The Johnson County Fair is just around the corner, and that makes me think of.............lemonade shakes, (water and sugar and lemons) the Johnson County Pork or Beef Producers depending on the nite, and lots of people! FUN at the Fair....But it hasn't always been 'fun' for me at the Fair..You see my Dad ALWAYS had a booth at the Fair....The Muscatine County Fair, the Johnson County Fair, the Cedar County Fair, and once in awhile the Scott County Fair.. You see, in his 'mind', EVERYBODY needs a vacuum cleaner, and they might as well buy it from HIM. SO, he got a 'booth', set up a table, had a couple vacuums in the booth for people to try.. usually women..........He had a registration form that asked for Name, Ph #, (in case you won his drawing for a new vacuum) address, and best time of day to 'call'..........The people filled them out in droves......Oh yes,, he always had a fun thing in his booth....One year in the back of the booth he had an old barrel with a large piece of chicken wire over it,, a sign that said, "IMPORTED RED BATS", and a little 2 step in case kids wanted to see them.................Adult men and women would inch over, lean in, then roll their eyes,..........kids would slowly walk up go UP the step,,,, or get lifted up by Mom or Dad,...............................what were they? Where did he get them....?....Let me know IF you are totally in need of knowing.. It is fun. People had a good time, as it was the FAIR. Good innocent fun................BUT old Dad was smart. He would have HUNDREDS of names, numbers and addresses, and during the next year, he would 'call on them' and give them a 'demonstration' (demo as he called it) on the vacumms,, and he sold ZILLIONS of them.. A door to door vacuum cleaner salesman! He LOVED it, he was good at it, he had EXCELLENT products, he was honest, and he 'took care of his customers'....Customer Service!!.....My brother and I often got 'stuck' working at the Fair.. we always ditched out and got a lemon shake, played those stupid games where you crank around a crane, trying to get the crane to pick up a prize!! We got robbed.........................The IMPORTED RED BATS...??...........................bright red plastic wiffle ball bats,,,,,,,,,,,,,,made in Japan...................thus, IMPORTED RED BATS.... GO have some FUN at the Fair.