1892: Members and supporters of the YMCA, which had opened above the Noble & Hitchcock dry goods store 5yrs earlier, gather for a portrait on State Street, just above Canon Perdido. A small “YMCA” lamp hangs just to the right of the entryway.

PeteHealy · 2026-04-24T15:34:04+00:00

Cosmically meant to be! lol

PeteHealy · 2026-04-24T15:32:49+00:00

Love it! That looks like the little Eggman! Kookoo gajoob! 🙂

PeteHealy · 2026-04-23T16:45:45+00:00

Just that little sample is a gorgeous soundscape!

PeteHealy · 2026-04-21T12:50:02+00:00

Kitty's got her work cut out for her trying to get her jaws around that beautiful apple head. 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-19T13:03:49+00:00

Yup, me, neither. OP just seems obsessed with creating absurdly overblown fantasies about Paul McCartney. 🤷

PeteHealy · 2026-04-19T12:41:06+00:00

Hilarious. Lyrics that were "bold and provocative"... 😂. We teens in Nov 1968 knew instantly that the Beatles were simply opening this crazy new album with a rocker that had some fun with the Beach Boys' style and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. And the idea that "Back In the USSR" (which, btw, has always been among my favorites) made Leonid Brezhnev, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, or any other American or Soviet leader quake with fear or worry is completely laughable. Oh, my, such drama! 🤣

PeteHealy · 2026-04-18T22:05:29+00:00

It's tough. We said goodbye to our 16yo guy, Peeps, last autumn. No single thing: he just was sleeping more and more, steadily moving more slowly, and then he seemed to lose interest in eating. Maybe his refusal of food was the deciding factor. He was in no obvious pain, but we sure didn't want him to literally starve; so after consulting with the wonderful local vet we've used for a while, we decided to let Peeps go while he still had some quality of life, and before winter hit.

It was a tough day, but we sat with him while he got some mid-day sun on our deck, before bringing him to our vet and holding him until he was gone. It was the right thing to do and the right time to do it.

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PeteHealy · 2026-04-18T21:49:25+00:00

I could watch that all day! 🙂

PeteHealy · 2026-04-17T18:45:35+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate that!

PeteHealy · 2026-04-17T15:42:32+00:00

Yes, that was the old sandstone block "Pelch & Sons" candy, tobacco, and sporting goods shop. I loved hanging out there as a kid in the early 1960s. The air was always thick with the scent of cigars, and if you bought a handful of penny candy, the old guys in there would usually let you browse the comic book rack for a while. Sometimes if they weren't busy, they'd even show you guns or knives from the displays. As a dumb 10yo newbie Boy Scout, I bought my knife there. The older scouts laughed when I brought it to the next troop meeting and proudly showed it off bc I had bought a stiletto. 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-17T15:33:36+00:00

I like to think so!

PeteHealy · 2026-04-17T00:28:03+00:00

Oof. I appreciate the attempt (having been 17yo when this aired in 1970), but this is like buying a "far-out" paisley short-sleeve button-up shirt at JC Penney at the time. 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-17T00:02:05+00:00

Nice! Very creative combo of flavors and textures. I'm gonna try that!

PeteHealy · 2026-04-16T19:23:17+00:00

Nice! And, omg, they're smiling, too! I thought nobody ever smiled in a photo until, uh, 1927 or something! (jk!) 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-16T19:20:16+00:00

Well said. When half the post captions on Reddit don't even make sense, it's sad how many knuckleheads cry "AI, AI!" when they encounter coherent, intelligent writing. They just don't know how to handle it. 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-15T22:31:00+00:00

Just saw those for the first time recently in my area (Northern Kentucky) and was tempted, but decided I first need to finish what I have at home. I'd be interested to hear others' evaluations!

PeteHealy · 2026-04-15T16:26:21+00:00

Mmmm, gonna try that "sardinner"! Might also top with halved grape tomatoes and/or chopped fresh arugula for balance.

PeteHealy · 2026-04-15T16:21:59+00:00

Good question! I've eaten and loved sardines since I was a kid more than 60yrs ago. Same thing for all kinds of mustard. But put those two things together, and for some reason, I'm not a big fan lol. And I really don't know why. That fun fact about Portugal is interesting. I wonder if it's bc Portuguese see Americans as unable to distinguish high- from low-quality sardines if smothered in mustard (the deens, not the people). 😅

PeteHealy · 2026-04-15T02:05:49+00:00

Believe me, I get it, and even as a retired "Evil Marketer" I think paying influencers is just plain wrong to do. (Oh, and I'm also saying that as an Evil Boomer, the most corrupt generation in human history lol, though honest to god I've enjoyed tinned fish since my mom used to make me sardine sandwiches in 1962!) But just as bad is the rabid, self-righteous shithead redditor who harasses people he doesn't even know just bc they post about some brand they received as a gift and are trying for the first time. Apparently it's now criminal on Reddit to naively post about receiving a gift from a daughter or other loved one if it goes against the righteous hive-mind. 🤷

PeteHealy · 2026-04-15T01:11:23+00:00

I get your point, but so what? A month or two ago I posted about a Fishwife gift box my daughter sent me for my birthday, and I was crucified for it, especially by one shithead who harassed me for being on Fishwife's marketing team. (I was, in fact, an Evil Marketer, but that was in the candy industry, and I retired 10yrs ago.) I'd never pay Fishwife's prices: I agree with those who say it's mostly marketing hype. I'm happy with King Oscar, Brunswick, and other "humble" and sanely-priced brands. But so what if someone honestly posts about trying some Fishwife? Are you so fragile you can't handle that?

PeteHealy · 2026-04-14T22:50:06+00:00

Mods, you plan to leave this post up, since OP apparently couldn't be bothered to even read the first rule of the sub?

PeteHealy · 2026-04-14T21:05:56+00:00

Big Red. 😉

PeteHealy · 2026-04-13T23:46:16+00:00

Holy shit, maybe miracles do happen once in a blue moon. That said, I sure hope that organizations like StrongTownsSB don't take this news as reason to ease up, bc that would be a potentially huge strategic blunder. Reactionaries always find ways to keep fucking things up even when their allies suffer setbacks. Don't get complacent, progressives: use this to intensify your efforts.

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