Welcome to the midweek program at Playfair and Earl ‘n’ Lester’s Bait Shop and Sushi Bar where the fishin’s always good and the company even better.
The very hot days of summer ‘we think’ are ended… but I don’t notice that we’ve had our “Indian Summer” yet… no official dates – but looking at the Old Farmer’s Almanac I don’t see days specifically marked out for that celebration.
But the times they are a-changing. One party is working as hard as it can up to now to change Presidents next year; the other is dragging it’s feet, slowing things down where 2008 the motto was Change, change, change… this year the same party has abandoned that line and is putting on the brakes as hard as the pedal will stand without bending to ‘stay the course.’ We’ve heard *all* that before. Depending how old you are… you may have heard it several times.
Down South… the seasons often change slowly… Summer to Fall, Fall to Winter and on through to Spring… I think this is going to be one of the draggiest election seasons I’ve experienced. I’ve never seen an Administration transform itself so slowly – and put on the brakes while hanging out the sign “GONE CAMPAIGNING” so early in the election cycle. I started to write we ought to complain we didn’t get our money’s worth; but before 2012 is past we will think we had twice as much as we bargained for – maybe a lot more. I know it’s kind of rubbing salt in the wound… and I don’t mean to be mean… but I could sure wish we had a time machine to speed things up – I just don’t recall it being this tedious this early in the last year of the Carter Administration. But then my memory admittedly is selective.
Got to wrap this up. I plan on being here tomorrow. I sincerely hope you are also.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
HOW ARE WE TO UNTANGLE THIS MESS?
BB: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack – How are we s’posed ta untangle this mess?
Jack: About?
MizP: Ya knows Mr. Jack – Mr. Romany is th frunt runner an Miz Bakeman is last runner…
Homer: Hit’s a mess when you adds in Mr. Cain… now-- ahead of everbody.
BB: An on toppa tha-ut you spells his name wrong.
Jack: Well… I wasn’t writing for the New York Times.
MizP: Still and all it’s – C-a-i-n, not C-a-n-e.
Jack: Thank you Miss Pearl… reminds me of my 3rd grade teacher.
Homer: Uh oh… you done hit a tender spot Mr. Bill.
BB: Well, Ah wasn’t no great shakes at spellin’ mysef… an Mrs. Raglan come down on me
Hard about hit in 4th grade… so Ah’m jist heppin spare Mr. Jack bein’ embarrassed.
Jack: Thanks Billy-bob. I can always use some help. I shouldda checked it.
MizP: Right Mr. Jack – you don’t want th’ wrong feller ta git ‘lected.
Jack: Right you are Miz P… But it is a bit hard being corrected in public.
MizP: Oh… I’se sorry… I din’t thank ‘bout tha-ut.
Jack: An easy mistake Miz Pearl. I’d like to tell a story with a good ending.
BB: We kin always use a good ending.
MizP: Is this a miracle story?
Jack: Well yes – in a way.
Homer: You used to direk a radio program called Miracles din’t you.
Jack: Good memory Homer…
Homer: Oh well… I wasn’t old enough to listen but…
MizP: But go ahed wif yo story Mr. Jack.
Jack: OK… well this is about a family we know up in
BB: Where th leaves is awready turning..
Jack: Right Mr. Bill… This story has happened before but we know both the folks
involved Billie … in fact some of our boys went to school with them
hese are grown men, I think in their ‘50’s – and one was having kidney failure.
MizP: Thas serous.
Jack: Right – he was already on dialysis – but a good friend of his offered to donate
a healthy kidney so he wouldn’t need more treatment.
MizP: My .. at’s generous.
Jack: Very Miz Pearlie… and they’re both doing very well.
BB: Hit’s a man willin’ ta lay down his life fer a friend. .
Jack: It is indeed. I’m glad to know people like that. But our time is gone for today.
Join us again next week at Playfair… I’m Jack Buttram.
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