WHO ARE ALL OF YOU?!

When you have a blog, it is fascinating to see all the hits your blog has from around the world. Yeh, the US is interesting, but to me, not near as interesting as the hits from other nations.
I'd love to hear from you.
You can post on the blog.... you don't even have to identify yourself - just your country or city...
I do moderate the posts because I have had some less than nice people attempting to "share" things with me that they don't have the courage to tell me in person.

If you want to reply completely confidentially, send me an email at vastlane@gmail.com.

Thanks!
My wife suggested this because I keep saying to her... "You wouldn't believe where I am getting hits from!"

I see that I don't have any hits from Africa.
I'm going to have to email my friend in Accra.

UPDATE - In 1 1/2 days I have had hits from 14 nations: Canada, France, Brazil, India, Portugal, Spain, Saint Kitts and Nevis(I want to visit my friends there!), Malaysia, United Kingdom, Greece, Singapore, Australia, Dominican Republic and of course USA. Comment or send a message!

Falling Apart?

I have heard of things being held together with string and bubble gum... but these pictures really say it all!


Yes. That appears to be packing tape.
But it is really easy to repair... just add another layer.

Here's what's funny.... I was driving home to get some.... yup...
PACKING TAPE!

Restaurant Funeral

Fat Terry's Rib Crib - R.I.P

This past week I drove by a restaurant that I enjoyed from just about the day it opened.
Fat Terry's had a great product. Their ribs were awesome. I heard nothing but good about the pulled pork sandwich. I most often ordered the spice-rubbed chicken breast with coleslaw and baked beans..... oh yes, with their habanero sauce.

Fat Terry's has closed. It is a sad day in Shorewood.
I'm sure the competition from Chiles, Buffalo Wild Wings, Portillos and the latest addition... Babe's Jumbo Hot Dogs put Fat Terry's under.





They had a great product, but they had no ambience.

A few days ago I talked with the owner of Lucky Bamboo (great Chinese food) and their business is way off. He attributed it to the high cost of gas. It is impacting the cost of their food (he said the price of rice has tripled) and the public only has a certain amount of disposable dollars and fuel costs are eating into the budget.

Well, so long Fat Terry's.

One of my favorite memories is taking my in-laws to the CUBS baseball game and we ordered ribs takeout. I drove all the way to Wrigley smelling the aroma as my family savored the ribs. I carried mine into the ball park and I barely got them past the security guard! He approved (after offering me money!) and I enjoyed Fat Terry's Rib Crib at Wrigley. Hey.... much better than the hot dogs!

This is crazy. I've got to find out the "PAUL HARVEY" (The rest of the story)

This is some tornado footage that is amazing.

Watch the effect of hail in the lake at this golf course.
This tornado went through Windsor, CO.
My nephew, Doug Williams, said it was about 10 minutes north of his home.
At one point this tornado was a mile wide at the base.

Wild Weather

We have been having some interesting weather these last couple of days.
Saturday, June 7 (my grandson's 3rd birthday - by the way) the Midwest was hammered by a number of storms. A large thunderstorm showed up near Pontiac and basically drove up Interstate 55 to Wilmington and then headed toward Richton Park and Chicago Heights.


ABC (Channel 7) news just reported (Sunday at 5:05 PM) that this was a series of 6 tornadoes.


These radar shots are from today as another storm system came through along the same track.

Catchin' UP

I haven't posted for some time.
Here's some miscellaneous posts.


I love this picture I snapped in a mall parking lot in Aurora.
If you can't read the sign in front of the RED Corvette... "Reserved. Expectant Mother Parking..."

The car was there when Joy I went in to have lunch and when we came out.
I didn't hang around to assess if the driver was
1. Pregnant
2. male/female (I know, see #1)
3. HOW pregnant... it is a confined seating area.