A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

We're off to a parade in Palmyra!...

They spent money on parades and decorations and grandstands but did not have that mud street paved with brick? And in Pennsylvania, no less, the land of brick-making!!!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And no one is smiling. The three guys on the far left, hmmm.

I theorize that hats were a serious business in those days, so maybe once you had one on, you had to straighten-up, wipe-off the smile, and be proper. Eh?

Well, yes. Wearing a hat was expected not unlike a tie and even a vest under that coat over the long shirt.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:o

We're off to a parade in Palmyra!...

They spent money on parades and decorations and grandstands but did not have that mud street paved with brick? And in Pennsylvania, no less, the land of brick-making!!!

Very few (none?) of the RPPDs that I have posted show paved roads - paved sidewalks for people, dirt for horse drawn vehicles. Easier on the hooves......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

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...Very few (none?) of the RPPDs that I have posted show paved roads - paved sidewalks for people, dirt for horse drawn vehicles. Easier on the hooves......

Ooooohhhhhh, I never thought of that concerning
hooves. I see, now. (Are you an optometrist too?)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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...Very few (none?) of the RPPDs that I have posted show paved roads - paved sidewalks for people, dirt for horse drawn vehicles. Easier on the hooves......

Ooooohhhhhh, I never thought of that concerning hooves. I see, now. (Are you an optometrist too?)

An optometrist? No. Nor have I ever been a farrier, despite having the tools of that profession oddly enough in my home office; I did have a complete field surgery kit as well at one time.....

I am, however, working very hard at becoming a total blight on and another useless millstone around the neck of society........read: I shall indeed be retiring in 2017!

[rogruth]

Rufus,
If you don't have fun after you retire, it is your fault.

[G3750]

Palmyra, PA is about 4 miles away from where I live.

Looks the same.

George

[rex desilets]

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I am, however, working very hard at becoming a total blight on and another useless millstone around the neck of society........read: I shall indeed be retiring in 2017!

Oh, stuff & nonsense.

[rogruth]

Rufus,

Are you going to have time to post all the stuff you do after you retire?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus,
If you don't have fun after you retire, it is your fault.

I have fun now!

Oh, stuff & nonsense.

Really? What, you don't believe me? Had my official retirement separation meeting last week over with an ~20 page checklist of stuff that I already had done in advance.......and have already filled 5 dumpsters of paper off to recycling; equipment to surplus.

Palmyra, PA is about 4 miles away from where I live.

Looks the same

Some thing just never do change,

Are you going to have time to post all the stuff you do after you retire?

Hard to say.........they are going to re-hire me to work part time,

[rogruth]

Rufus,
I know you have fun now.
I went back part-time for three years.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And the band played on............

[rex desilets]

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Oh, stuff & nonsense.

<snip> have already filled 5 dumpsters of paper off to recycling; equipment to surplus.
Oh. That. At age 78+ it occurs to me that all the precious material I've kept in storage will not likely be used again, let alone be of interest to the new age engineers. On the bright side, more room to store my toy trains.
<snip>

Are you going to have time to post all the stuff you do after you retire?

Hard to say.........they are going to re-hire me to work part time,

Did the same thing, except that part time turned into full time pretty quickly. You're warned.

[rex desilets]

Murph..Didja check out that Sousaphone leading the band?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

<snip> have already filled 5 dumpsters of paper off to recycling; equipment to surplus.
Oh. That. At age 78+ it occurs to me that all the precious material I've kept in storage will not likely be used again, let alone be of interest to the new age engineers. On the bright side, more room to store my toy trains.
<snip>

Cleared out a few shelves of of books from my own library - donated to the county library to sell......

Hard to say.........they are going to re-hire me to work part time, :lol

Did the same thing, except that part time turned into full time pretty quickly. You're warned.

:

They can ask, but that's up to me -- now I can say "No!".