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   Good labor day morning my friends. 
Hoping each of you are having a blessed weekend. 
Yesterday two friends and I rode motorcycles up to Hollister MO to see the Blue Angles and air show. 
Te went down a couple little roads looking for a place we could see. 
We pulled over and were watching some sky divers and trying to decide if we were at a good spot. 
An older gentleman came walking up from a nice house and yard down the street a little. 
He told us not to park there because he was worried our motorcycles would get hit. He said we could park in his yard. 
He told us across the road was a very good place to view the show.  We thanked him and had a good visit. 
We then walked up the road and found a good clear spot in a big yard. 
We saw some folks on their back porch so we asked if we could watch from there. They said no problem. 
We sat down in the grass and started seeing planes doing stunts. 
Soon a lady came from the house where we were sitting and  brought use each a folding chair to sit in. 
As she handed us chairs, the First Gentleman we saw across the road brought us sandwiches and cold soda pops. 
The weather was absolutely perfect and it was nice to see there’s still some very nice people around the country. 
The air show was phenomenal. 
We got to see an F22 in action and the Blue Angles were spectacular. 

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Thad in AR. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Arkansas Points: 9656	Post Options Post Reply Quote Thad in AR. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: I’d like to share a story Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 5:10am
	Good labor day morning my friends. Hoping each of you are having a blessed weekend. Yesterday two friends and I rode motorcycles up to Hollister MO to see the Blue Angles and air show. Te went down a couple little roads looking for a place we could see. We pulled over and were watching some sky divers and trying to decide if we were at a good spot. An older gentleman came walking up from a nice house and yard down the street a little. He told us not to park there because he was worried our motorcycles would get hit. He said we could park in his yard. He told us across the road was a very good place to view the show. We thanked him and had a good visit. We then walked up the road and found a good clear spot in a big yard. We saw some folks on their back porch so we asked if we could watch from there. They said no problem. We sat down in the grass and started seeing planes doing stunts. Soon a lady came from the house where we were sitting and brought use each a folding chair to sit in. As she handed us chairs, the First Gentleman we saw across the road brought us sandwiches and cold soda pops. The weather was absolutely perfect and it was nice to see there’s still some very nice people around the country. The air show was phenomenal. We got to see an F22 in action and the Blue Angles were spectacular.

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JoeM(GA) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Cumming,GA Points: 4818	Post Options Post Reply Quote JoeM(GA) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 6:13am
	this is the America I miss, glad you found a little bit of it to enjoy! A little bit of nice and friendly is a great thing to experience, I sure wish some more people would return to that! Thanks for sharing that Thad!, please enjoy the holiday, we’ve worked hard for it.
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jaybmiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 24675	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaybmiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:03am
	When I was young, we'd always go to the CNE in Toronto, last 2 days of the show, as the CNE AIR SHOW was on ...great lots of planes to watch.... time passes...now can watch live feed on the internet..... this year ,a DISMAL display BUT for you, the USA, showed up with an F-35, probably came 100s of miles away.. Meanwhile , the ONLY airworthy Lancaster sat in it's hanger 42 miles away. sigh, guess I'm one of those 'old and cranky' guys now.....
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Tbone95 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 12172	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tbone95 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 9:46am
	Yeah, why go out, enjoy the day, take in the speed and splendor, grab a burger and a beer when you can just stare at a friggin screen some more?

DMiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 33965	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 12:45pm
	Getting a few things done here, air show in Chesterfield MO this weekend is usually a good one. Will miss it this year as most of our older friends are debilitated enough cannot go with us, miss those days when we all went.

Hubert (Ga)engine7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6467	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hubert (Ga)engine7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 1:28pm
	Glad you found some of the few nice people left in this country. Like Joe said this is the America I miss. There are some good people out there and most of them have old tractors, old cars or ride motorcycles. Hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe Labor Day.
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DiyDave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 54105	Post Options Post Reply Quote DiyDave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 3:17pm
	I kinda take them for granted, living near Annapolis, get to see them spring and fall. I have a customer that I mow for who lives close enough that I see the reverse view of the show that everybody at the stadium sees, while mowing that lawn... Edited by DiyDave - 01 Sep 2025 at 3:18pm
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	Regardless of what is told on the Internet, News and Facebook there are still good people. And we are all Americans!

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	What an awesome story. Iy warms my heart
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	Agree with Joe , the America we miss . Glad there's still a few good people around and glad you got to enjoy the day
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