The End of an Era

Hey, kids...another week is at the end...and it is FRIDAY!...my memory of a former Teach friend, the late Jeannine Gann...for brightening up the day...with her singing of FRIDAY!...I'll never forget it and her...geez, that's kind of sad and happy at the same time, huh...for you former, North High Vikings, you'll know what I am talking about...

My blog title has to do with what Volkswagen has announced...that they are through with their production of the BEETLE!...the Bug...really?...in my time...I owned 2...and a camper van, to boot...but, the Beetle, was a thang...then, it became a throwback...the first one, was an economical tool of a car...no AC...the engine in the rear...small radio, shoot, small everything...I swear you could hear the rubber bands make the car go...then...they stopped making that style...at least to us...somehow, Mexico had and still have that version as Taxis...

The re-entry of the car, the Bug, was done by VW in 2002...they called it the 'New Beetle'...the design  was similar to the original...but this time they did it right...all the bells and whistles were in it, to rival any of the that era car...I got myself a black one...and I lurved it...at the time, there was another 'old time' roadster type car made by Plymouth/Dodge/Chrysler, called the PT Cruiser...kind of a cheaply made version of what it should have been...in fact, the Beetle was actually bigger than that...weird, but true...

Yup, me first Bug was baby blue...then, VDoub named it the 'Super Beetle' ...for all the hullabaloo, it got crappy mileage...like 13 mpg...really...but, I bought it used...and when I sold it, a couple of years (maybe 3?), I got what I originally PAID for it!...think that could ever happen now?...another memory shot here, is that I recall my good buddy, and coaching co-hort, John Bartlett...and HIS Bug...like a real oldie (the car and him)...he had a coat hanger that he used to keep the door closed...quite often it would open when taking a turn...life back then...

Let's go...

The storm was real on the east coast...the water, and er, the ocean surge is devastating...water levels have risen immensely, primarily on the coast of North Carolina...and inland from there...not really sure what 'mandatory evacuation'...means...but, there were a lot of people who decided to 'hunker down' and ride it out...and you got it...there are rescues going on of people as I write this...some on roof tops...stranded...as the flood waters have engulfed the area...no power, no nuttin'...

Why would a guy, go out of his way, to tell a lie, that no one will agree with?...no one...not even his same party affiliates?...Trump...and the death toll in the storm that hit Puerto Rico...does he think that he can say anything, and get away with it?...right, he does...such a sad sad sad bloke...

Paul Manafort...yup, him...about to go thru another trial...has rumored to cop a deal with the special Prosecutor...that may mean, more dirt on guess who?...the walls keep closing in, Donny...I can hear it now, 'Manafort is a rat'...or the like...

Somehow, we stayed up to watch the Tonight Show...Jimmy Fallon had 2 gals on as his guests...Blake Lively...who not only is like 6 foot tall, but a real charming character...and Carrie Underwood...yes, who is preggers...and we fell asleep before she sang...dang...oh yea, I forgot this...his show was done at Central Park, and not in studio...

The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings just turned weird...for the Supreme Court...

Well now, a new book is in the works...this one by Stormy Daniels...oh my, Donny, what say you?...I bet he tries to block it...executive privilege?...can he do that?...

FOX's guy, Tucker Carlson...his interview, er, lambasting of Stormy's lawyer...'creepy porn lawyer'...was Carlson's name for him...on air, mind you...do not complain about CNN, you Repubs...after this 'interview'...oh my...

Let's switch to me Fantasy...er, Football, that is...sorry, Tucker, a play on words...the Horse picked up the QB from the Bengals...Andy Dalton...and did NOT play him last night...alas, he scored 29.25 points!...you KNOW that my QB, Aaron Rodgers, will probably not play Sunday...and I made yet another boo boo...fire the coach!!!

You know, I don't like politicians much...but, that's all we got, kids...they are in the system...that's their lot in life...that's what they do...and it's up to us, to filter through and find the best ones available, right?...

Vacay time...some may say that I am ALWAYS on vacay...ha ha ha...