I’d like to share a story
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Topic: I’d like to share a story
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: I’d like to share a story
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 5:10am
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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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Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 6:13am
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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. ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:03am
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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..... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date 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? |
Posted By: DMiller
Date 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. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 1:28pm
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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. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date 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...
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:46pm
| Regardless of what is told on the Internet, News and Facebook there are still good people. And we are all Americans! |
Posted By: 8070nc
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 8:30pm
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What an awesome story. Iy warms my heart ------------- 1984 80780 1957 D14 DES 300 with 25000 engine 616 tractor |
Posted By: sparky
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 9:15pm
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X’s 2 ------------- It's the color tractor my grandpa had! |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 12:14pm
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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 ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |