FREEWAYS HAPPY HOU

FREEWAYS HAPPY HOUR


INMY YOUNGER YEARS I WAS FORTUNATE TO BELONG TO A GROUP OF GUYS THAT ATTENDED A SATURDAY MORNING "HAPPY HOUR BREAKFAST'
WE WOULD ARRIVE AT HOUSE ON THE LAKE ,ABOUT 15 OF US, AT 6;30 AM AND SOCIALIZE AND HAVE HAPPY HOUR OF "BLOODY MARYS" WHILE SOME OF US TOOK TURNS OF COOKING UP BACON,SCRAMBLED EGGS, GRITTS, GRAVY, HOME MADE BISCUITS ,FRIED TENDERLOIN AND OTHER GOOD THINGS TO EAT FOR BREALKFAST, WE HAD A GOOD TIME ,TALKING ABOUT THE PAST WEEKS WORK, OUR FAMILIES ETC, THE GUY WHOSE PAD IT OCCURED WAS NOT MARRIED AND IT WAS A MASCULINE PLACE, BY 8;30 WE HAD A GOOD BREAKFAST AND WENT BACK TO OUR JOBS,OFFICES AR WHAT EVER.WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SAT, AM DETAILS AND BE OFF BY NOON SINCE MOST PEOPLE HAD TO WORK A HALF DAY ON SATURDAY.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN BUT THE SATURDAY MORNING 'BLOODY MARY BREAKFAST 'STILL GOES ON . BUT ONLY ONCE A YEAR A SATURDAY MORNING IN DECEMBER AND IT ISD A MEMORIAL EVENT.

TODAY WAS BLOODY MARY BREAKFAST DAY, WE GATHERED IN A GUYS BASEMENT A DEN NICELY FURNISHED,NOGALISTICALY ,A HAND CRANK TELEPHONE ON THE WALL LOTS OF WWII PICTURES AND F,D,R,S PICTURE SAM SNEEDS PICTURE AN OLD SELF PLAYER PIANO WITH HUNDREDS OF PAPER ROLLS {TUNES FOR THE PLAYER} A POOL TABLE READY FOR PLAYING,AN OLD WOOD STOVE GOING TWO TELEVISIONS PLAYING MOVIES OF GENE AUTRY TOM MIX BONNIE AND CLYDE, LOT OF EASY CHAIRS AND A CORNER BAR SERVING BLOODY MARYS OR HOT COFFEE,
THE GUYS BEGAN ARRIVING,A FEW OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP AND ALSO SOME NEWER ONES, THEY LOOKED DIFFERENT, GREY, WHITE HAIR OR NO HAIR THEIR FACES WERE WRINKLED THEIR EYES WERE FADE OR WATERY SOME HAD CANES SOME LIMPED AND WALKED SIDE WAYS SOME JUST WALKED SLOWLY, ALL WERE GLAD TO SEE EACH OTHER , SHOOK HANDS AND WEHAD A HAPPY HOUR. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CRAZY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW. WE HAD OUR BREAKFAST OF BACON EGGS BAKED FATBACK GRITS AND TOMATOGRAVY BISCUITS AND TENDERLOIN. AT THE TABLE WE WERE TALKING OF FOOTBALL TEAMSAT L,H,S IN THE 1940 's FREEWAY WAS THE CLASS OF 43 HIS NEXT SEATMATE WAS THE CLASS OF 44 AT THE END OF THE TABLE WAS THE CLASS OF 45 ACROSS THE TABLE WAS THE CLASS OF 41.SO WE SPENT BREAKFAST REPLAYING THE HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL YEAR OF 1942 WITH ONLY 6 POINTS SCORED AGAINST LEX HI IN 13 GAMES,
WE PASSED THE OFFERING PLATE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMPTY STOCKING FUND AND COLLECTED ABOUT $300.
ABOUT 8;30 WE WADDELED OUR WAY TO OUR CARS TO RETURN HOME
FREEWAY IS LOOKING FOWARD TO NEXT DECEMBER.