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Well I’ll Be, It’s A Short Story About the Day A Rafter Visited Me And An Update on Wood

Shelley

This summer I didn’t clown around when it came to being at the ready with my camera. I missed a lot of great shots. Captured a ton of blurry ones of full moons, etc., too. But, despite those duped efforts, with much thanks and gratitude, I loved it when I came across a surprise opportunity to catch something other than the drying grass on the beaten path to our Tea House. (SoCS Run on sentence ✅) More on that in a bit, but first, the moon.

November 18th’s moon in a clear blue sky before sunset.

Okay, that’s enough of a commercial break from the rafter strut post I’ve been saving to feature for Thanksgiving week. Special thank you to Linda who has been encouraging me to do so! 😉🤗

So, how in the world did this idea come to fruition? Speaking of the world, is it just my imagination or does this pattern in the log look like the globe?

Anyhoo…let’s get back the rafter story.

While looking down at the ground from the window in September, I saw the dying grass on the path to the Tea House (and yard) and sighed. The drought was kind of depressing. But, soon thereafter, my spirits were lifted.

I had just switched lenses on my camera and looked out again at the field to see there was a rafter, clutter, or an abreast, gobblers, bobbers, bush turkeys, or as I discovered yelpers as they call them here in Wisconsin. I had no idea there were so many names for turkeys. We have the wild ones (obviously). Normally I see them at a distance across the field as they come out from the woods after their night of sleep in the trees.

They like to forage on the runway between the fields of soybeans or corn, depending upon the crop of the year.

In 2022 I even saw Tom, the alpha male turkey.

He poses for the gals, oftentimes without impressing them with his pucker-up pose. You know the one where he puffs out his tail feathers and bristles his beard making the traditional gobbling sound to entice any interested female. Yes, we can hear them from across the field.

It’s almost as loud as a flock of geese coming in for a landing.

Early in the summer, the turkeys and the Sandhill Cranes shared the soybean field when the seeds were still growing.

Then the soybeans dried up. The famine led to the turkeys looking for food wherever they could. Our yard, with the bird seeds and the fallen crab apples, enticed the rafter more so than Tom could in the field by the woods.

On September 10, 2023, I was ready with my camera looking down from the window, this is what I saw.

I wondered if they’d come in the yard, they were so close to it. They appeared to be wondering too.

They gobbled and hawed amongst themselves.

One looking up and one looking down as if to say to each other, “Should we go for it and invade their yard, or is there enough for dinner out here somewhere in the dust?”

The slim pickings in the field led them to, “Let’s go!” And they all crossed into our yard and began to nibble under the bird feeder. You’ll have to trust me that the blur in the photo is the turkeys.

Then one strutted its way under the crab apple tree exposing itself to me.

Upon zooming in I saw I caught the red crab apple pecking move in mid-air. See it?

That turkey strutted on to another tree.

Just as another one rounded the previous tree trunk and fixated on me in the window.

“Hey, chickie poo up there in the window with the camera, are you looking at me?”

“Should I pose for you with my left side?”

Sensing I was just a snap-happy gal the turkey turned to leave and glanced back to double-check if I was still gawking.

“Aww, do you like my right side better?”

“I’ll let you get a few more captures of my strut moves just in case.”

“Did you get enough? Okay, maybe just one more before I go?”

“Last chance, my feathers look stunning in the sun, don’t ya think?” “How about my wattle or my snood? Nice, aren’t they?”

Having had enough fun, the two turkeys that posed for me began their return to the field. Perhaps Tom was calling them back to the woods?

It’s hard to tell them apart when they’re on the move. The brighter colored wattle is an indicator of a higher standing in the rafter. So I’ve read.

When they’re on the move, they move FAST – up to 25 mph!

Heads bobbing up and down as they go, which you can’t see in the photos. But it’s funny to watch, better than any clown show I’ve been to. This rake or bouquet performed the turkey strut moves well.

One last action shot and they were gone. I swear that the last-to-leave-the-yard Turkey paused ever so slightly, looked back and me, and winked as it descended into the dried up soybean field and disappeared as fast as it had appeared.

As if to say . . .

“Not a chance that I’ll be a slice of turkey on your Thanksgiving plate this year!”

The video above is fun to watch at 1.75 speed!

Before I end this post, I’d like to give thanks for the past two weekends – the previous one I got to spend 2 days with my daughters. This weekend I spent the day on Saturday with a dear friend. My heart is full of happy memories. Then when I returned home, Mr. was beaming with thankfulness of having spent 3 hours splitting wood with an axe and he wasn’t as sore as he thought he might be.

We teamed up on Sunday with the help of a Brute power-splitter to conquer the rest of the pile together.

3.5 hours later, with me manning the blade handle back and forth with each log to split, Mr. carrying, lifting, tossing the split wood onto the pile, and chasing away one mouse. Mr.’s might to do all of that, and we’re both mighty thankful to have this pile of split wood ready to burn in our fire place this winter. Clean up in the wood pile aisle may be on my to-do list too. 🤣

Last, but not least, I’m thankful for that turkey-watching day this past summer and how those captured moments became my Thanksgiving Turkey post to celebrate the week ahead. For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving Day this coming Thursday, I wish you a day of gratitude and gratefulness surrounded by the love of family and friends. If you’re alone, please know I’m thinking of you and sending love your way! 🤗I’m thankful you stopped by, take care, and don’t eat too much pie! 🦃🍗

Post Inspiration: Linda G. Hills’ Stream of Consciousness Saturday, Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “clown.” Use it as a noun or a verb; use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Terri Webster Schrandt’s Sunday Stills Nov 19 Finding Gratitude, Giving Thanks and Jazziebee for Lens-Artists #276 Looking Up, Looking Down.

PS – What facts about turkeys do you find fascinating? What’s on your menu for Thursday if you celebrate? Have you ever seen a turkey puffed up? Are you preparing for Black Friday shopping? What are you thankful for today?

Published by Shelley

Letting my quirk out one post at a time.

83 thoughts on “Well I’ll Be, It’s A Short Story About the Day A Rafter Visited Me And An Update on Wood”

  1. Wow, that is one big pile of wood! I wonder how many cords it is. The end of the log does look like a world map, great eye, Shelley! Wild turkeys are such weird birds and so much fun to watch fly and land in trees like I saw them do in northern lower Michigan years ago. I was able to download most of the photos using the iPhone 15, my only internet link here. So sloooow! Have a a wonderful thanksgiving you two! Our Thanksgiving and Christmas combo was just after I arrive here. I’m flying home Friday, Friyay!

          1. Oh, Hi, Mr.! 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻 I hope the freezing rain missed you guys. It’s light but it still sucks.

          2. Oh, dear, I do think the freezing rain missed us. It’s cloudy and 35 so I think we’re good for now. I’m not a fan of freezing rain – that first drive in weather like that is treacherous in more ways than one.

          4. Yes, indeed. My brother is a semi driver and he says the same thing to me as he’s driving in storms because stuff has to get where it is supposed to get.

    2. Hi John, yes, a big pile! I see Mr. replied to you (as anonymous mystery person) we think it’s about 4 face cord.
      I was so happy when I saw the globe. Not all trees have patterns like that so it was fun to find.
      I’ve rarely seen the turkeys fly. I’m sure they do.
      Yay for the downloads you were able to do. You’re gonna love being back at home with all your faster equipment.
      Thank you, John, we appreciate your warm wishes and we hope you and your family have a wonderful time together and that you have a safe trip home on Friday!

      1. You are welcome and thank you too! I just hope the weather stays mild so that I can get out of town Friday.

  2. Wow … no kidding about saving this collection of pics for this week. You saw more wild turkeys this summer than I have in 70 years. And on my my …. hubby split a lot of wood. Then again, winter is on the doorstep. Glad you put down your whip to take the picture. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

    1. Hi Frank! Yes, we’ve seen lots of turkeys this year. They’re probably there when there is corn in the fields and we can’t see them. When the field is soybeans they seem to wander around more.
      LOL – yes, I kind of had the whip going to get the wood to a status of being able to use it. We are both strongly considering covering the wood pile with plastic instead of moving it again. I haven’t shared the pictures of the other pile he’ll/we’ll have to work on next summer. 🤔😉 We thought this pile was big, the other one is 3 large dead oak trees.
      Thank you – we wish you a blessed Thanksgiving too! 🦃🥧😊

  3. Great photos of the turkeys and a very good job on that wood pile, Shelley. We have turkeys in two wooded areas not too far from our house and near roads we travel often. Both my wife and I, on separate occasions, have been stopped and held motionless as they leisurely crossed the street in front of us.

    The stained wood that does sort of look like the globe looks like spalted maple. My daughter and I have paid a fairly high price for pieces of that to use in woodworking projects.

    I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

    1. Your comment about the wood reminded me of when I was working for Cray Research and SGI (California) bought us out. When their people who came to Wisconsin in winter they were so surprised that we burn oak in our stoves! Like you, they would pay premium prices for oak in CA and we were just burning it! LOL! – Mr.

    2. Thanks, Dan – this wood splitting project wasn’t quite as big as the retaining wall, but it has definitely been a workout for mostly Mr.! 😉
      My daughter lives in an area where there is a rafter of turkeys that do the same thing. They stop traffic often on a very busy street.
      Well…that’s interesting on the maple. You mean I could’ve charged for pieces of that and made some $ back on the cost of the wood in the first place. 🤔😉
      Thank you, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too.

  4. The world map is truly intriguing. It does look like a globe. Your creativity with the turkey stories came out nicely. Nice photos, too.

    1. Hi Egidio, thank you! I was fascinated by the pattern too. Now I kind of wished I had saved that log. I appreciate your kind words of encouragement. I enjoyed your post of autumn abstracts, nicely done.

  5. Between splitting wood and seeing turkeys, you’ve had a week of interesting activities, Shelley! My hubby would be jealous of that wood splitter (he helped our neighbor mill wood on his miller this weekend–LOL, only in the NW). Wow, you have quite the big property. The turkeys are fun to watch especially the strutting males. I cracked up at the name for a group of them–yelpers, very apt! I love your tea house–now I wish I had one more window. Oh well, mine is more for storage and garden shed/puttering than actually for sitting and sipping something warm, LOL!

    Yes I think that piece of wood looks like the globe–how cool! Nice job on the moon–I end up getting better details of the moon when there is a bit of light in the sky too! Enjoy a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving. We’ll be gathering at Hans’ brother’s home in Spokane Valley with 36 other people! Oh boy–one of the reasons we moved her, to be able to enjoy family gatherings!

    1. Yes, we’ve been busy, that’s for sure. The wood splitter is my FIL’s. It has come in very handy to say the least. We have a neighbor who has a wood miller down the road but have never seen it in action. You’re right, only in the NW. 🤣
      The property is family owned and we enjoy the fact that we look out on fields instead of homes.
      The Tea House is a great place to sip tea and wine. It’s not heated, so it’s a summer retreat spot for me. We do use it for storage in the winter too.
      I remember you saying that day light photos of the moon are easier to get. I gave it another shot and that’s the best I could get.
      WOW – that’s big family gathering – enjoy all the laughter and stories and being together!! I’m glad you’re feeling much better so you can enjoy the taste of the yummy food and have the energy to share in the fun!

  6. Wild turkeys are meant to be photographed. They have attitude, considering they could easily be dinner a minute later. Your photos are great. That’s a heck of a lot of wood. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

    1. Hi Ally, thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the photos. I agree, they have attitude when they strut.
      Yes, that’s a lot of wood, it’s been keeping us cozy.
      Thank you, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your hubby too.

  7. Your encounter with turkeys was a winner. They are pretty intelligent creatures, I think. And you’re right about the pattern in that log. It looks a lot like the continents. Enjoy the upcoming holiday!

    1. Hi Neal, thank you for stopping by. The turkeys have brought us some entertaining moments this year.
      I was fascinated by that log and now I kind of wish I would’ve kept it out…it’s split now and maybe even in the fireplace keeping us warm.
      Thank you – same to you – Happy Thanksgiving!

  8. So fun you got to see the turkeys up in your yard. I do think that one was looking at you as much as you were looking at him! haha
    Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂

    1. Hi Barbara, thanks for stopping by, it’s so nice to hear from you! I agree, it sure seemed like it was interested in me in the window.
      Thank you – I’m sending you warm Thanksgiving wishes, I hope you have a wonderful day. 😊

    1. Thanks, John. I didn’t know that, but I read that they have been around since before Columbus, so Ben was likely onto something about them being the official bird of the US.

  10. LOL, loved your timing with the post Shelley – if not this week for turkeys then when?! We have quite a few here on Kiawah. They’re not the prettiest bird around but the males, when they’re attracting the ladies, have beautiful tails (as you’ve shown). Fun post for the week.

    1. Thank you, Tina, it was hard to hold off until Nov to share the photos. I was so tickled that they had invaded the yard when I had the camera ready. I agree, they aren’t the prettiest birds (Kiawah has so many fascinating birds that you share photos of!) but the males can be attractive when they’re doing their strutting.
      Thank you – I’m glad you enjoyed my goofy attempt at fun this week! 🤗

  11. oh yes, it looks like a globe! Great find. Super cute commentary and fun photos of the turkeys. So nice you got to spend time with your daughters and a friend while that “he in your we” took care of the wood. Happiest of Thanksgivings to you as well

    1. Hi Donna – thank you for taking time to stop by while you’re traveling in Italy! You’re so sweet. LOL – yes the He in our We was busy. Neither one of us wants to move any wood anymore this season… 😆
      Happy Thanksgiving to you too!! 🥰

  12. I see the globe in that wood shot Shelley. I love the turkey shots, especially all the ones where they posing for you – they liked being in the limelight the way they were prancing around. Well that was amazing to see them singly or as a group – either way and I learned that a rafter is ot just in the basement. I had not seen pictures of the fluffed up tail – it looks like a fan, very cool. I’ve only seen that in cartoon pictures. So that video was great. Lots to see just by looking out your window!

    1. Thanks for seeing what I see in the adventures I had with the turkeys and the wood pile.
      When our kids were little we went to a place called Wilderness Walk in Hayward (a favorite place of mine when I was little too) and they had turkeys there and the Tom did his dance for us, it’s quite amazing to see in person.
      Thank you so much for taking time to stop by and check out the post. I’m thankful for you blogging buddy!

      1. That sounds like a wonderful place to visit Shelley. When I was a kid, still living in Canada, we drove out to Oklahoma – my father had a job interview there. Along Route 66, we stopped at a kitschy kind of ranch as something fun for me. I got my photo taken riding a bronco – it was a real horse at one time, stuffed and positioned to be rearing up. I actually have a photo in my blog somewhere, but for the photo op you got chaps, a cowboy hat – lots of fun, but that was just one of the attractions. They had this musical chicken that played the xylophone and the piano. It was a big xylophone and the chicken played tunes on both of them. I’m glad I finally made it over – I was four days behind in Reader.

        1. It was a great place. I’ve driven by there now and it seems more commercial from what I remember it being.
          Aw, that sounds like a great place to visit. Send me the link of the post you shared that photo in.
          It’s that time of year to be behind on things. 😉

          1. It was fun to visit … I wish I had pics of the talented chicken, but I don’t. In reading my post, I recall it was not at the farm – the farm was the chicken and some donkeys. I have a pic of me feeding a donkey that day.

            But I have a pic of me riding the bucking bronco in Oklahoma on that same trip. I searched in my blog for “bucking bronco” and found it right away. I used very tiny pictures back then and that was my phase of a one paragraph-long narrative. Wait til you see it. I guess I should go back when I get a chance and make the pictures from my early blogging days so you can see them without squinting. 🙂 I’ll send the link in a separate comment so you know to look for it as you have to approve links.

          2. Thanks for looking back. I bet that was fun to do for you too as it shows how much you’ve grown in your blogging efforts!
            Thanks, I’ll check it out. 😊

          3. I started out blogging with one or no pics, one-word headlines and one-paragraph long narratives. Two subscribers – Marge and Ann Marie. Yes, it is fun to look back!

          4. I remember back to when I didn’t have any comments or followers. It felt different, do you remember how you felt back then?

          5. Well, I was writing a lot around 2014 or so and using images I got from Dollar Photo, so it was quick and easy to do a post after I got off work for whatever I saw that day in the ‘hood or at the Park. Or write a post reflecting on something. I just had a 4X digital compact camera at that time, but when I got a 12X zoom digital compact camera in 2015, I took more pics and took it wherever I went. In 2014 my neighbor (Marge) encouraged me to apply for my blog to be on the blogroll at “Patch” (a hyperlocal newspaper) and the local print/online newspaper which I did. At “Patch” I was in a Facebook group of all the bloggers across the U.S. that posted on their regional “Patch” so that was the first time I interacted with other bloggers as we shared our blogs by using the link where we posted on “Patch”. That was fun – everyone was nice and that lasted about three years and then America On Line (“AOL”) sold Patch and no more regional editors, just one or two nationwide editors – the fired the rest, so we one by one stopped posting and no longer interacted in the group. They had blogs from many platforms … we would post our own blog link as well for the group to read and comment on.

          6. That’s interesting info about blogging that I hadn’t heard/read about before. I had never heard of Patch. I still have friends who use their @aol.com emails. How did you make the transition to WordPress? You’re so good at figuring out solutions to obstacles. 😊

          7. Shelley – there are Patches all across the U.S. and I was blogging at WordPress already when Marge, my neighbor/friend, wanted to blog there and the local paper too. Maybe in 2014. The only problem with Patch at that time was I could not link to my WordPress blog. I could mention it, but I had to post in THEIR format, which was a little odd. And it took extra time. So since I write my posts in Word anyway, I just copied-and-pasted it right to the Patch blog, but the pictures were gallery-style, so that was not so great as it “lost” something when you could not see the exact pic without going back to the gallery. The reason I stopped posting there was they had a brand-new platform and you could only use one type of photos – I think it was horizontal photos only … well, like you discussed in a blog post one time about “do we like landscape or portrait photos best?” I had to eliminate all photos from my post that didn’t meet their criteria. Their photo posting requirements were getting to be a pain, so I stopped. And I just stopped at the local paper last year and they carried my blog on their blogroll. So I did nothing there extra. I stopped for the reason that I didn’t want people knowing my whereabouts/when I was away from the house, although I kind of think a person reading my blog was not going to put two-and-two together as to my whereabouts and when I was not home and no one else would be in the house … since I had worries about my whereabouts being known, I wrote the editor, who coincidentally was the former editor of the local Patch and had done a story on me as he thought it was cool I walked more miles than I drove. My former posts still appear on the local Patch – I will send you a link in a separate comment. You don’t have to read it, but you’ll see what I mean about the photo configuration … I had to create a blog profile/name which was “Reflections and Recollections” … in all the time I was blogging there, I had one comment. 🙂 I will send you the link, maybe two comments.

          8. Oh, my, technology has come a long way since then. Remember how we were so frustrated with the BLOCK instead of the CLASSIC format in WP!
            You’re probably right that people don’t really spend much time trying to put two-and-two together to find people’s whereabouts. That takes too much work on their part.
            That’s cool that you shared your posts in other places and discovered where you prefer to share your blog posts.
            Thanks for sharing the links, I checked them out and I agree and prefer your current blog better than that platform.

          9. Yes, reading about squirrels doesn’t really sound the M.O. of a robber, but I realized I have all but told where I live and also when I leave the house weekdays and weekends. But in my case, since it’s about walking, there is no way around that. You’re welcome and I didn’t mean to inundate you with links!

          10. When I first started blogging I made every effort not to show anything personal including our yard. Then winter hit and all I had was looking out the windows. 🤣 With the technology available, anyone can find anyone they want to and zoom in on their homes via the images. That’s scary to me.
            No worries, it makes it easier to find the posts you’re talking about when you send the links!

          11. Yes, they can and I use my whole name so all you have to do is search on the City’s website by name for the homeowner’s address. When the City made the tax and water records/payments available online, my mom was amazed one day when our next-door neighbor Marge called and wanted to read her info about who did/didn’t pay thir taxes, water bill, how much they paid for their house and what they owed. So yes, anonymous probably would have been better but a little late to change that now. I mean I could go thru any references made to myself and changed my profile name, but it would take a lot of effort.

          12. The idea that we’re anonymous in this world is long-gone. I agree, it would be a lot of work to become anonymous on your blog now. Knowing people can Google the information means that while the info is there, they have to take the effort themselves to do the searching. 🙄🤔🧐

          13. Yes, sadly true and since my father left in January 1984, my mom and I changed the phone number and it was unlisted. When Mom passed away, I had it changed to my name and kept it unlisted. I’ve had a few people contact me from Googling my name so I called AT&T and asked why I’m paying for an unlisted number and it’s “out there” and they said if I registered for any public event (and I’ve done several 5K walks), then my phone number is “out there” – now I transpose the phone number a little. Someone e-mailed me at my Comcast e-mail to ask a question about a soldier I mentioned in a Memorial Day post. I asked how he got my e-mail address and he didn’t say. I figure it was from Jacquie Lawson – he likely saw the video, did the reply to glean the e-mail address. Didn’t care for that quite honestly.

          14. Yikes! Not only do we end up getting spam as a result of sharing our phone numbers but we get the robo calls from having our number listed “out there”!
            Checkout the email I sent you this morning. 🤔😏

          15. I am thinking of cancelling the landline once I am done with work – I don’t have an answering machine or voicemail on the landline, so I just don’t answer if the call doesn’t come in with a name I recognize then I just don’t answer. Pretty interesting what you sent me – everything was right except the date in April for my birthday – it is the 14th. I sent you a link back: “everything you always wanted to know about yourself but were afraid to ask.” Not nice this happens!

          16. We’ve been toying with the idea of getting rid of our landline too. I haven’t gotten over the idea that if our iPhone service goes out or the phone dies we still have the landline to use. That works even when the power is out until the charge dies…oh, and I use the landline for faxing for work. I guess I’ll need to add getting rid of the landline is on the to-do list when I retire.
            I agree…that info/link you sent is maddening!

          17. I have heard for years that needing to contact the police department or fire department with a cellphone does not allow them to pinpoint an exact location. But now you often have a calling tree to reach someone. I have used my fax machine but it’s been a while. I thought of just taking the unlimited phonecalls, caller ID and the unlisted number features off and keeping the phone for emergencies. It is despicable.

          18. You’re so good at looking at all the angles. I’m sure you’re gonna make the right decision. I agree, despicable. 😏

          21. Yes, a slideshow within a blog post works if it’s like a series of shots, but a gallery up at the top not so much. I didn’t realize I was still there in 2019 and you mentioned learning the block editor … I was trying to learn the block editor and dealing with the ever-changing platform at Patch at the same time.

          23. Gee thank you Shelley. The first time I contacted the WP Happiness Engineers, it was because I put a quote in italics in one of my posts and It wouldn’t stop italicizing, right into the next post and so I should have deleted the post, but contacted them and there was some type of hidden code that they were able to find. I didn’t italicize for a very long time after that!

          24. I’m glad you’ve been able to get HE assistance. They can be very helpful. That’s a weird code that you discovered.

          25. Yes and they found it right away, but I want to say I deleted the post and decided to rewrite it to get rid of the italics and could not. It was not long after I started my blog, so ten years ago.

          28. Aw, that’s a wonderful photo of you in the beginning of the post – your smile is so beautiful, Linda and that long hair and royal blue dress – stunning. I tried to click a few of the links to the posts you referenced and the links didn’t work. 🤔 Thank you for sharing!!!

          29. Thank you Shelley – someone took that picture of me at work, on her last day of work. This was a secretary who applied at the Firm and she had worked for a divorce attorney, never used a computer and the HR Manager felt sorry for her as her boss either retired or died. So they told her she could have a job if she took a word processing class and the secretaries in the Firm would help her get up to speed on a computer. She took forever to learn and when she learned, what do you think happened? She got a better job and told everyone and it was more than what she was paid there and we all trained her. No one wanted to have a going away party for her so she went around on the last day, took each of the secretary’s pics and sent each one of us our pic with a note to thank us for helping her. I took it to Walgreens and had them make a digital copy of it. Yes, the links don’t work as they removed photos that didn’t comport with their new format, so they just deleted the post likely.

          30. Oh, my, she learned the opportunistic way to her top well. I’ve seen that happen many times and know how you must’ve felt. She did take a nice photo of you, I’m glad you took it to get processed so you could use it.
            Does it make you wonder where all the deleted information goes and how big that garbage vessel is? I’ve heard nothing deleted ever goes away completely once it was posted on the internet. 😏🧐

          31. Yes, I’ve heard that as well and there is an ad I hear running on my all-news station for a company that can unfavorable info about a person, or a person’s company, so far into a search engine abyss that people Googling your name/company see nothing. Hmm.

          34. I wasn’t able to comment on the post, but I could like it. I love this line, I can relate to it: “Now, I certainly don’t feel like vintage material and the photos were circa mid-1950s and beyond. Nonetheless, that comment, even though it was meant as a compliment, smarted somewhat and really didn’t sit too well with me.”

          35. Yes, someone named Shelley told me to close comments to eliminate SPAM. 🙂 So yes, I was angry with her throwing the “vintage” word around when it pertained to me. Now, if I want to call myself “vintage” that’s fine.

          36. Ah, yes, I remember, I’m glad you took my advice on closing old posts.
            I think there is a new trend of people using the term vintage for anything that they think is vintage, not the actual age of something. It’s become a catchall phrase for stuff they remember having as a child or anything they think is old or coming back in fashion.

          37. Yes, me too – I rarely if ever get SPAM anymore. I liked the 50s but don’t remember that era as I was only four, but I remember the 60s … lots of music, protests, some turbulent times. In high school I had a friend who with his friends started a 50s band – they were great and my friends went to their gigs and dressed up as Bobby Soxers sometimes.

          38. Yay!
            Excellent choice in music. I love the music from those eras. The songs remind me of my mom who loved to sing them. She also loved bobby socks and saddle shoes.

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