Big John and Sparky

Remember Big John and Sparky?  It was a radio show for kids from 1950 to 1958.  It was the kind of show that you didn't have to screen or find  the ratings for, to know that it was a really good show for kids and had an adult following as well.  It was my very favorite show when I was small.

I don't know why that old radio show came to mind.  Maybe because it was a soft and gentle Saturday morning show with soft moral teachings and ethics.  The kind of show or child geared entertainment that is hard to find in today's world.  Your going to say Sponge Bog, right.  Wrong.  Watch that show closely and listen well.  Read between the lines, if you can, and think about it.

'Most everyone I know that may read this, was born after the show ran its course and TV took over and became an insidious downhill slider.  Entertainment on Black Ice.  You can't see the spin until its too late.

My sister was crazy about Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans.    My older brother was addicted to Gene Autry.  We also listened to The Green Hornet, Fibber McGee and Mollie, The Lone Ranger, Dark shadows, Dick Tracy, and the original country and music station out of Wheeling, West Virgina.  On a clear night you could pull in a lot of distant stations or hear the sound of a far off whistle blow on  a train headed for somewhere or nowhere..  Your imagination could soar, esp. if you had a good antenna and the old vacuum tubes didn't burn out on that old time radio.

I have been at my de-junking job for three days.  I have a large bag filled with old books, old phone books, old magazines and various old papers and old mail.  I have made a lot of progress.  Now I don't feel like a hoarder...so very much.  It takes time to look through stuff.  I once threw out a check for $130.00 bucks, so I am more careful now.

The rug in the living room was shampooed this afternoon along with the couch and one chair that got "rained on."  The sofa came out fairly decent.  The stains are still there, but much less noticeable.  The living room looks much better, but I still have some signed prints to be re-hung.  I also vacuumed the carpet over and over trying to get as much debre' up as possible.  There is paint on the rug, some on the furniture and a lot of hits and misses.  At least the indoor swimming pool is now a bad memory. 

 Here is another sad fact.  I got my bill for my auto insurance today.  It has gone up...a lot.  I do not drink, do drugs, made no claims, have not had a ticket or done anything for such a rate increase.  I was told it was raised because of all the storms.  OK, a little raise is to be expected, but not that much.  Ouch.

So it goes and we go with it.

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