old movies. A bunch of guys, usually
"old guys", sitting around a cracker
barrel or a pot belly stove gabbing
about the "good old days."
Since I "retired" I find myself
very content in that scene!
Yesterday two of our good friends
joined my wife and I on a trip
into New York State where we
met up with another old buddy
and his wife and did a lot of
gabbing about good times we've
shared in the past and plans for
great times in the future.
We did not discuss
the State of the Union speech, the
Republican Presidential candidates,
or anything to do with Penn State!
We let the talk shows and
Facebook handle all the "hard stuff"
Several of us...well me at least ..
brought our own "pot belly"
to the gathering!
We rally at a Cracker Barrel
restaurant that's about an hour
an 15 minutes north for us and
about an hour and a half south from
my friend's house.
It has become our regular meeting
place.
I'm still not sure if they're
happy to see us coming or not!
My friend brought his camera
and took about 20 pictures from the
time he got out of his car till the
moment we got back in ours.
He's already got shots of nearly all
of the waitresses and knows most of
their names as well as that of their
children!
His memory is so good, though
often supported by sticky notes, that
we have no trouble recalling tons of
old time to talk about.
Anybody who's
been on staff there any lenght of time
knows we're not an "eat and run gang."
In fact they're apt to give us menus
for lunch and dinner just to make sure
they've got us covered for a long as
necessary.
The place was crowded when we
arrived. But they found a table for 6
tucked away in a corner.
We've often been given another table
but that one was crowded with a group
of women who stayed nearly as long
as us. Guess they were talking about
"old times" too!
If you're really lucky you've got a
few friends like mine! Hopefully
you're got your own cracker barrel
some place where you can meet and
enjoy time together!
Hope you do and that all your
NEWS is good!
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