Happy Birthday Loyal

Today Would Have Been My Brother's Birthday.
He's Not With Us Today Because He Was Killed In An Automobile Accident This Past Summer.
Loyal Was A Wonderful Person Who Always Had a Cheerful Greeting When You Met.
Loyal Was Almost Like The Wind. You Never Knew When The Next Time You Would See Him.
I Am Grateful I Had The Opportunity To Have Been A Part Of Loyal's Life Here On Earth.
I Will Miss Him And Maybe One Day I Will See Him Again.
Today I Light A Candle In His Memory. Thanks For All The Memories Loyal. You Were A Good Friend And A Good Brother.
May You Rest In Peace.

50 Ways You Know You Are In The Danville Area

This Is My Christmas Gift To Those Readers Of My Blogs That Live In Other Parts Of The Country.
Since You Can't Be Home For Christmas Maybe I Can Bring A Little Bit Of Danville To Your Home For The Holidays.
I Just Jotted Down Some Of My Memorable Locations In The Danville Area.
I Hope You Enjoy Taking A Ride Down Memory Lane.

Merry Christmas To All Of Those Who Holds Danville In Their Hearts And Can't Be Home For Christmas.

2008 Headsup! Just A Quick Note That I Will Begin Posting Familiar Photo's Throughout The Danville Area In My Future Blogs. Stay Tuned!



1. You See The 12 Story Bresee Tower In Downtown Danville
2. You Travel Over The Thin And Narrow Parcel Of Land To Get On The Other Side
Of Lake Vermilion.
3. When You Hear People Still Call It Lakeview Hospital.
4. When You Can Alway Get Directions From People On How To Get To Where You Are
Going.

5. It's A Sure Thing It WILL Snow Sometime During The Winter Months.
6. When You See The Victory Monument At Main And Gilbert.
7. Custard Cup
8. The Veterans Hospital & Cemetary.

9. The True Reminder Of The Wildlife At Kickapoo State Park
10.The Road That Travels Over Ellsworth Park
11.Fairchild Street Subway
12.Interstate 74

13.Fair Oaks
14.Mikes Grill
15.Danville High School
16.The Sign That Says; "To Turn Left Make Three Right Turns"
17.Steak N Shake
18.The Only Time You Can See The Mill St Bridge Is In The Winter When The Leaves Are
Off The Tree's.
19.The Winding Road Of Hungry Hollow

20.The One Lane Viaduct On Winter Ave
21.Rhodes & Burford
22.American Legion
23.Georgetown Road
24.Danville Stadium
25.Prescription Shop
26.Images Of Lincoln
27.Saint James Church
28.Harrison Park Golf Course And Snow Hill
29.If You Remember St Elizabeth Hospital
30.Fishing At Horseshoe Lake Behind The Hospital.

31.Little Nugget
32.Fischer Theater
33.Vermilion River
34.Celebrity Signs For The Danville Famous
35.Vermilion County Court House
36.Route 1 Jog From Gilbert, Fairchild To Vermilion North.

37.Madison Square
38.Old A&W Rootbeer Stand
39.Danville Junior College
40 Danville Commercial News
41.Memorial Bridge
42.Vermilion County Museum
43.Springhill Cemetary
44.Labor Day Parade

45.Old Post Office
46.The Three Antenna Towers At WITY
47.The Old Public Library
48.Seeing Clyde At A Danville High Sporting Event.
49.Holiday Hills
50.Danville Care

There Is No Santa Claus??

One Christmas Eve I Sat In The Dark Watching Out The Upstairs Window Waiting To Catch A Glimpse Of Santa Making His Deliveries.
That's When My Life Shattering News Was Delivered To Me By My Brother Tuck. He Simply Told Me To Go To Bed Because There Was No Such Thing As Santa Claus. No Santa?
His Announcement Brought Both Sadness And Joy At The Same Time. I Felt Sad Because I Felt I Lost My Best Friend. However My Joy Came When I Realized My Mom Was In Fact Faithful To My Dad. It Upset Me So When I Would Hear My Mother Sing Along With The Radio As It Played The All Familiar Christmas Songs. The Only One That Bothered Me The Most Was When She Sang "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".
Now I Understood And All Is Well.
Even Though Tuck's Intentions Were Good I Refuse To Believe Him. I Will Always Believe In Santa.

Just A Sidewalk?

Are You Kidding? Think About It. Just My Sidewalk Alone Holds Alot Of Memories.
My Sidewalk Took Me To School Each Day. I First Learned To Ride My Bike There.
That's The Place I Vowed Never To Step On A Crack For Fear In Breaking My Mothers Back!
I Can Remember Old Mr Roth Who Lived Next Door. He Hated The Grass In The Cracks Of The Sidewalk. He Would Pour Gasoline Where The Grass Was Growing And Ignite It And Let It Burn.
I Guess Maybe He Was Too Poor To Buy Grass & Weed Killer. He Would Be Out There Burning The Grass In His Cracks About Every Other Month Or So.
Over The Past 35 Years Or More I Shoveled Several Feet Of Snow From That Sidewalk.
Don't Tell Any Of The Guys But When Things Were Really Boring And I Couldn't Get Up A Game With The Neighbor Kids I Would Hop Scotch On My Sisters Chalked Squares.
A Lemonade/Koolaid Stand Once Stood In Front Of 713 On A Hot Summer Day.
It's Hard To Tell How Many Famous Footsteps Walked Accross That Slab Of Concrete Over The Years.
If Your Sidewalk Could Talk What Would It Have To Say?

100 Things About McGregor

1. I Am The Second Child Born To My Parents.
2. I Am Lefthanded.
3. I Am Red And Green Color Blind.
4. I Was Born Two Weeks Before 5-5-55.
5. I Do Not Like Citris Fruit.
6. I Love Cashews.
7. Cashews Don't Like Me.
8. President Kennedy Was Shot When I Was In The Third Grade.
9. I Am Afraid Of Heights.
10. I Grew A Beard While Serving In The Navy.
11. I Still Have My Beard.
12. I Read The Newspaper From The Back To The Front.
13. Blue Is My Favorite Color.
14. Pink Is My Least Favorite Color.
15. I Married My Childhood Sweetheart.
16. I Hit More Homeruns Than Anyone In Little League In 1967.
17. Number 4 Is My Favorite Number.
18. 666 Is My Least Favorite Number.
19. I Love Bowling, But I Bowl Righthanded.
20. I Love Rummage Sales.
21. I Enjoy Going To Auctions.
22. I Enjoy Giving To Others.
23. I Always Have A Buckeye In My Left Pocket.
24. I Once Found A Needle In A Hay Stack.
25. I Use To Deliver Newspapers.
26. I Will Be Celebrating 10 Years Of Not Smoking In April 2008.
27. I Collect Danville High School Yearbooks.
28. Dick Van Dyke Signed His Senior Photo In My 1944 Yearbook.
29. I Shook Hands With Dick Van Dyke.
30. Jerry Van Dyke Signed His Senior Photo In My 1950 Yearbook.
31. I Shook Hands With Ronald Reagan Before He Became President.
32. My Former Boss Nicknamed Me McGregor.
33. My Hair And Beard Have Gray In It.
34. I Have Epilepsy.
35. My Eyes Are Green.
36. I Had A Bicycle That Was 7 Feet Tall.
37. I Hate Cold Weather.
38. I Love Mushroom Hunting.
39. I Love To Play Euchre.
40. I Enjoy Shooting Pool.
41. I Am The Man From Nantucket.
42. I Still Remember My Childhood Telephone Number.
43. My Father Is A Retired Firefighter.
44. My Mother Collects Smiley Faces.
45. I Love The Smell Of Peanut Butter Fudge.
46. I Love Peanut Butter Fudge:)
47. I Can't Read Without Glasses.
48. I Love Ice Cream
49. I Hate Anything Sour.
50. I Hate Saurkraught.
51. I Went To School With David Crockett And Richard Burton.
52. <<< That's How Old I Am.
53. I Am Not Musically Inclined.
54. I Read The Newspaper Everyday.
55. I Am Addicted To Watching The Weather Report On Television.
56. My Favorite Movie Is First Blood.
57. I Always Wanted TO Learn How To Fly An Airplane.
58. I Am A Die Hard Cub Fan.
59. My Brother Operates Hams.
60. I Love April Fools Day.
61. I Use To Be Terrified Of Fireworks.
62. My Favorite Holiday Is The 4th Of July.
63. My Health Care Provider Is The Veterans Affairs Hospital.
64. I Was A Former Member Of The American Legion.
65. I Raised A Baboon For About Four Years.
66. I Wear A Size 10 Shoe.
67. I Weighed Between 130-135 For More Than 20 years.
68. I Was Rewarded 1.00 For Standing On My Head For A Little Over 2 Hours.
69. I Have Planted 2 Trees
70. I Have Always Wanted To See The Statue Of Liberty.
71. I Am A Brother To A Robin
72. I Believe In Santa.
73. I Have A Tattoo
74. I Use Have A CB Radio. My Handle Was Monkey Trainer.
75. I Use To Attend Franklin Grade School.
76. I Operated A Fax Machine Before They Were Sold To The General Public.
77. I Use To Videotape Weddings When Camera's Sold For Than $1,600.00.
78. My Favorite Sport Figure Is Walter Ray Williams.
79. I Have Never Been In A Building Taller Than 12 Stories.
80. My Grandfather Taught Me How To Fish.
81. My Best Friend Growing Up Was John Thurston.
82. I Hated School.
83. I Love Shrimp, Shhhh
84. I Buy A New Watch Every Year.
85. My First Job Was Frying Donuts At 4:30 In The Morning.
86. My First Car Was A Corvair Convertable.
87. I Won't Wear A Dark Colored Shirt In The Summer.
88. I Miss The Old Drive In Movies Theaters.
89. My Favorite Teacher Was Mrs. Bandy.
90. I Played In The Outfield In Little League Baseball.
91. I Like Cantalope Melon
92. I Don't Care For Football.
93. Gas Was 32.Cents A Gallon When I First Started Driving.
94. My Cousin Was My Aunts Husbands Brother In Law.
95. The Only Good Snow Is Melting Snow.
96. My Father Taught Me How To Ride A Bike.
97. I Love To Watch The Young And The Restless.
98. I Love To Watch The Reruns Of The Andy Griffith Show.
99. I Love Listening To The Oldies On The Radio.
100.I Cannot Dance,

I Have The Answer!

This Has Been "The" Question Of The Century But Nobody Has Stepped Forward With The Correct Answer.
I Happen To Have The Solution To This Unsolved Question.
I Don't Know What To Do About It Though.
I Should Get Some Compensation For It. No Differently Than The Person Who Invented The Pet Rock. He Made MIllions Of Dollars. For A Rock!
So what Do You Think? I Do Have The Answer And Have The Proof That I Do.
It Should Be Worth A Few Extra Bucks.
Q; Which Came First? The Chicken Or The Egg. So Simple.
Can't See The Forrest For All The Tree's.

I Just Love Thursdays!

Is There A Particular Day Of The Week You Look Forward To More Than Any Other?
For Me, That Day Is Thursdays. On Thursday Afternoons I Bowl In The Senior Citizen Bowling League.
I'm One Of The Youngest Pups On The Lanes With The Exception Of My Bowling Buddy Bob.
Bob And I Go Way Back In Time. I Have Yet To Hear The Man Sing. I Have Been Told He Was A Good Singer And Maybe One Day I Will Get The Chance To Hear Him.
I Have Such A Great Time Bowling With The Old Folks.
Take My Buddy Terry For Example. He Lives Across The Street From Me. We Always Ride Down Together And Also Share A Locker To Keep Our Equipment In. He's One Of The Cubbies! He Plays On The Same Team As Bob And My Mother, Sammy.
Sammy Has Bowled Off And On For Many Years. She Let Me Bowl In Her Position When I Finally Got "Old Enough" To Join A Team. This Is My Third Year On This League And I Hope There Will Be Many Years Of Bowling Fun.
My Father And I Bowl On The Same Team Called The Keenagers. Our Mr Magoo Look A Like, Ralph X Is Our Lefty For The Good Guys.
I Could Probably Say A Thing Or Two About All The Good People I Encounter On My Favorite Day Of The Week.
My Bowling Sucks! I Have Fun Though. :)

Just Call Me Mac......

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have You Ever Had A Year Where You Had To Sit And Think For A Moment If There Was Anything To Be Thankful For At Thanksgiving? This Year Is That Year For Me.
This Past Year For Me Has Been A Roller Coaster Ride For Me.
This Past Summer I Lost A Brother In An Auto Accident. A Beloved Uncle Passed Away. I Also Lost One Of My Very Closest Friends Who Died But Not Discovered For Two Days In His Home. Finally My Beloved And Loyal Dog, Mr Bear Was Viciously Attacked And I Had No Choice Other Than To Have Him Put To Sleep.
Realizing As I Get Older I Will Lose More Friends Through Death And This Must Be Something I Should Prepare Myself For. I Have Always Had A Difficult Time Dealing With Death.
In Spite Of All The Heartache This Past Year Has Brought Me I Can Say There Is Still Much To Be Thankful For.
I Am Thankful For My Health. Even That Was Skeptical When I Was Having Severe Pain In My Upper Shoulder Area. After All The Test Had Been Returned I Was Going To Have To Live With A Condition That Would Never Go Away. However It Is Somewhat Treatable With Pain Medication. Far Better Than What I Initially Thought May Have Been A Heart Related Condition.
I Will Always Have My Moments Of Pain But It's Tolerable And I Am Still Able To Continue With My Charatible Mission. I'm Just Thankful It Was Not My Right Shoulder or Otherwise I Would Not Be Able To Bowl Any Longer.
I Am Also Thankful For The Good Health Of My Parents. Because Of That We Can All Share The Joy Of Bowling Together On The "Old Folks League".
Ofcourse My Grandchildren Bring Me Much Joy And Am Thankful I Can See Them Often.
I Am Thankful For The Friendships I Have.
I Am Thankful I Was A Part Of Delivering Thanksgiving Meals To A Couple Needy Families This Year And See Their Joy In Receiving.
So All In All When Things Look So Bad, There Are Always Things To Be Thankful For.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

PS. Happy Birthday Mr Bear. I Will Always Remember You And Your Courage To The Very End.

Living In Denial!

My Tenth Year Anniversary Of Quitting Smoking Will Arrive In The Springtime.
One Of My Preparations In Quitting Was To Rid Myself Of All Shirts With Front Pockets. Fast Forward 9 1/2 years>>>>
My Eyes Are Old! Yea I know It Would Eventually Happen But Was Hoping I Could Buy A Little Extra Time. I Am Far Sighted.
It Has Reached The Point Where I Will Have To Take My Reading Glasses Everywhere I Go. There Have Been Many Times When I Needed My Glasses And I Have To Depend On Someone Who Can Read The Fine Print For Me.
I Am Also A Realist And Know My Time Is Running Out When I Will Soon Be Wearing Glasses Full Time. In The Meantime I Need To Discipline Myself In Remembering My Glasses Need To Be With Me 24/7.
So If You See Me Out In Public Without My Glasses, It's A Sure Bet I'm Not Reading Much Of Anything.

Now What Was That You Said?

Have You Ever Heard Of A One Track Mind? I Have One Of Those And I Don't Mind Telling You So.
If I Am Reading The Newspaper I Am Doing Just That. If You Plan To Interupt My Reading You Had Better Get My Attention. Otherwise Whatever You Said May Have Went Into Cyberspace Or Wherever It Goes When It's Not Heard.
I Cannot Hold On A Conversation With You While I Am Watching Television. In Most Cases I Lose Almost All Attention To The Television And That Frustrates Me To No End Especially If What I Missed Was Important To Me.
It Seems As I Get Older My Comprehension Is More Difficult. I Can Read The Same Paragraph Three Times And Still End Up Scratching My Head.
Asking Me To Assemble Something? Hahaha!! I Gave Up Years Ago And Told Myself I Would Never Assemble Anything Ever Again. I Will Pay To Have It Done.
I Don't Know Whether They Have A Name For It Or Not But I Just Can't Seem To Concentrate On What I Am Doing Anymore. My Mind Wonders Off And Then I Forget What I Was Doing. What's The Matter With Me? Am I The Only One With This Problem? Is It All To Do With The Aging Process? Good God I Am Heading For Trouble In Years To Come.
Sometimes I Wonder If I Am Coming Or Going.
I Don't Know Whether Or Not I Can Walk And Chew Gum At The Same Time. At This Point I'm Afraid To Try!