World's Fair Tunbridge Vt 2010

A couple of weeks ago at my Thursday morning coffee time, I said I was going to the World's Fair, my friends started asking about the fair and then thought it a big joke, so I took them the World's Fair book to read, didn't help much, they still don't understand what the Fair is all about.

Well, Nancy and I went to the fair and had a great time. Last year we went for the first time in 30 years and had a great time, this year was even better. One big difference this year was that our family from Denver came for the fair. For the first time we spent time at the fair with three of our grandchildren, that was a new and wonderful experience.

Why do I go to the fair, well you see people you don't see anywhere else, you get to eat all the great fair food that you shouldn't, the animals are great and this year they had a lot of rare breeds, which got a lot of press for the fair and the rare breeds. Also both Nancy and I really enjoy the pulling, Pony, Horse, and Oxen. We sit for hours watching this great event. I have watched Pulling since I was a small child when I would go with my father who was a really big fan. Pulling over the years has not really changed that much, the folks spend a lot more on their horses and threat them better but the characters are still there is their bib overalls and dirty tee shirts( no fashion statements here) doing what they love and putting on a show for the faithful followers.

If you have never been to the "fair", you really should, it is really a slice of Americana that should not be missed, I'm sure that Nancy and I will be back in Tunbridge next September, hope to see you there.

Facebook

We hear a lot on the news about the bad things that happen when people use social newworks, like Facebook, My Space etc. Being a senior citazen I actual like Facebook and spend a lot of time there. I don't use it to post naked pictures, groos jokes, or things that will hurt anyone, I use to stay in touch with many people across this great country. To me, it is like a local newspaper, something like the Herald used to be, where you would read about who went where, who's be sick, who went on a great vacaton. Of course you can't read anything like that in the paper any more, May Cole and Grace are gone and nobody today wants to take the time to check on people.

This may be the last Lunch Post

Two weeks of the new post and I think this will be the last. Why, well it doesn't appear the very many people are reading the new direction I was going, so I guess this wasn't such a good idea. I will still be going to lunch with Nancy on Thursday, just not wasting my time writing about it.

We did go to lunch today in Downtown Wildwood, well sort of, it was on Highway 44 East about a mile out of town. Some of you may know this place, The Speckled Butterbean, a good place to go, it is a "Country Buffet" featuring Fried Chicken, Baked Pork, Mac & Cheese, Mashed Patato, Fried Okra, Beef Stew, and about twenty other sides, plus a complete salad bar.. Desserts to, pie,cake, brownies and more. All this for only $8.95, all you can eat...They also serve dinner, and have different goodies, I think on Friday night it is seafood, although we have not tried dinner...Place is clean, service is good, an interesting place to go. So enjoy what is coming in the future, have fun. Oh, they have a website...Thespeckledbutterbean@yahoo.com