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see those triangular chevron'd areas ?  that's the start of this whole deal Remember the Tony Romo incident in Milwaukee: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/07/tony-tony-tony.html I happened to see another article on the citations: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/former-cowboys-star-tony-romo-hit-with-3-new-citations-after-arrest-in-wisconsin/ar-AA2b8q8N But the thing that caught me eye was this: So the reason why Tony Romo was pulled over was that he crossed the gore.  I'll be honest, I had never heard gore used in this context before.  The only gore I remember from drivers ed were those scare you to death accident movies that we saw ("did you see that one guy ?  were those his brains ?").  Here is what the wiki says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(road) So basically just don't cross a solid white line to save a little time in Milwaukee, the time savings will go "poof".  Also in Tony Romo's case, it gives CBS an excuse to get out from un...

The Brewers had a day off on Monday, August 24, 2026.  So why not listen to game one from the Braves - Yankees 1957 World Series ? https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/yankeesclassicradio/1957%2010%2002%20Braves%20at%20Yankees%20World%20Series%20Game%201%20Radio%20Broadcast.mp3 (BTW if you don't like the usage of serious for series then don't read the book, You Know Me Al , by Holden Caufield's favorite author: Ring Lardner - OK, Lardner was his favorite author other than his brother D.B.): https://archive.org/details/youknowmealbushe00larduoft/page/n7/mode/2up . Here is the story that Holden mentions: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/ring-lardner/short-fiction/text/there-are-smiles     A few thoughts on the game: Earl Gillespie did the intro !! Earl was a local sportscaster at WITI channel 6 in Milwaukee when I was a kid.  He gives Tony Kubek a shoutout as being from Milwaukee of course.  AND he doesn't say HANK Aaron, he says Henry Aaron !  .322 batti...

Tiger Woods and Tony Romo https://socalgolfer.org/tony-romos-nightmare-day-on-the-golf-course-ends-with-arrest-after-wisconsin-amateur/ The Not so special 6 PM If you're ever in Milwaukee you better drive right you better not swerve, boy you keep your course tight don't mix your drink with driving while cruising south on 43 cause the sheriff's guns will sack you and then you'll be up a tree Let the Midnight Special  shine a light on me Let the Midnight Special  shine it's ever-lovin' light on me With apologies to the legendary Lead Belly, et. al. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song) This is probably the version I heard first: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbrBAodZvu0 I was trained as an engineer, not a poet :) Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

Mentioned before: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/05/saturday-miscellany.html The blue, city connect uniforms with Wisco on the front: seemed to be bad luck earlier in the season but Jacob Misiorowski, The Miz, was at it again: 95 pitch complete game,  1 hit, no walks,  shutout,  15 strikeouts, faced the minimum 27 Phillies. source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgEN_VsoIA An amazing game but I have to admit that I fell asleep listening at the end. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

I was living in Milwaukee in 1957 but I was 2 years old so that's my excuse for not remembering this: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ssyM57Kjo The first World Series played in Milwaukee - 7 games and the good guys won !!   I had seen Tony Kubek on all those NBC MLB games on TV and knew he was a Yankee - he often mentioned Stengel, Berra, Mantle and so on.  But I didn't know he was from Milwaukee.  He's still alive and living in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Yankees and the Braves played another 7 game series in 1958 as well but the bad guys won that one: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15WrNtLTeg I've blogged on the Braves before: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-bat-versus-ball.html https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/12/warped-perception.html https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/09/leaving-early.html but by the time I was old enough to be a fan the Braves were headed for Atlanta - they weren't all that good at the end in Milwaukee. Best R...

Went tramping through the woods, looking for ramps when I came upon this scene: Not sure how old it is but those appear to be turkey feathers.  I see their tracks in the snow during the winter. Someday I will have to try a wildlife cam - a good way to use batteries AND a good excuse to get exercise tramping out in the woods after the ramps are done. Lucky Strike Extra:  I went to the store yesterday and bought a dozen large eggs:  $1.39 - last weeks price $3.09. payment info blanked out just because I could :) So eggs are less than 1/2 price this week ! Is the Wisco curse over ? Maybe only partially, left fielder Lockridge hurt himself badly (bone visible, yikes !) running into a low wall: The Brewers gotta do something about that padding on the wall ! Oh yeah, the Miz had a good night, the 5 fastest pitches thrown by a starter: Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

The story that keeps on giving: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKlOY5wPS9U Milwaukee Journal article from 10 years ago:  https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/15-minutes-of-fame-for-welcome-to-cleveland-sign-lasts-37-years-b99627742z1-360471381.html/   Every time a local Milwaukee TV station, newspaper or a blogger somewhere finds out about the story it lives again - I love it !  There's too much serious in the world but not enough silly.   If you punch "welcome to cleveland" into Google it'll take you to this: Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm 

This short video from Milwaukee PBS popped up on the Youtube feed: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8MqEDQJyqQ Quite interesting, at least to a Wisconsinite :)  When I was a kid in the 1960s we had an Evinrude outboard motor, a Yachtwin - as I recall it was light blue and white as contrasted with the camo green of a Johnson motor :)  We didn't use the motor that much so Dad would periodically run it in a garbage can filled with water.  This was in the garage where he had a small setup made of 2 x 4s nailed to the wall to hold the motor.  When the motor was fitted to a rowboat it didn't go very fast but I guess it wasn't meant to - it was for moving sailboats while in the harbor ?  I think my lack of interest in boating was kind of a disappointment for my Dad - he had been in the Naval Reserve, owned a small sailboat, loved to go fishing - me: not so much :) A Yachtwin Evinrude's 1st outboard motor patent: source:  https://patentimages.storage....

In the summer of 1965 I was 9 years old.  The local shopping center, Brown Port, had a new movie theater open in February: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/31412/ Previously the closest theater to my house was the Fox-Bay on Silver Spring in Whitefish Bay.  The Brown-Port theater was easier for kids to get to, although the Fox-Bay had a balcony.  One weird fact, one of my classmates lived on Port Washington road at the entrance to the theater.  His family actually physically moved their house about a mile south to Glendale, just past the Lutheran church. Anyway, I wish I had access to the Milwaukee Journal archives to verify this but I remember going to see the Beatles movie,  HELP! multiple times that summer at the Brown-Port with my friends.  So I remember the movie.  A copy of HELP! was posted on Youtube: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUAbwGnxRXk The stuff I thought was the coolest was near the beginning: They approach 4 differ...

source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24WKKj0kA4 And the White Sox are already in last place: This game reminded me of a Jean Shepherd story about the White Sox: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e3Ov1lFyg The Old Man hated Lou Gehrig ?  I shudder to think what he said when The Pride Of The Yankees premiered !  And what would The Old Man have said when Munetaka Murakami (the big money slugger from Japan) hit a 9th inning homer into the 2nd deck in right field for the Sox on opening day 2026 ?  Just like Lou did  :) Lou Gehrig: source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig Ted Lyons: source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lyons Zeke "Banana Nose" Bonura: source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeke_Bonura   Munetaka Murakami:    wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami   BTW, if any part of Jean's story is untrue I don't want to know it :) update: here is the story on the Shepherd WOR...

I went to the Co-op today to pay my bill, then proceeded to Mann's where I was going to get some milk for the corn pudding: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-thanksgiving-fave.html But of course I completely forgot the milk !  I realized this on the way home but there was just enough snow to prevent going back :( I did find this picture of my Mom (left) and Grandmother (right): the old Ansco 126 does it again They're standing between the dining room and kitchen of my Grandparent's home at some seasonal dinner like Christmas or New Year's. So I remembered both of the cooks and saved the calories of the corn pudding - probably just as well I forgot ! BTW, saw a news item that Prairie Farms milk was recalled due to "cleaning agent" contamination, yuck.   https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/11/28/prairie-farms-milk-recalled-cleaning-agents/87511632007/ So maybe I dodged a bullet by forgetting the milk since Prairie Farms is the brand that is sold at...

In game 4 of the NLCS, Shohei happened: 6 scoreless innings pitched with 10 strikeouts: 3 home runs: Maybe if he applies himself he can hit 4 home runs and pitch a perfect game in the world series ?  :) I guess the Brewers peaked too early in 2025 with the various win streaks including 14 in a row.  Also the Brewers won 97 games, the best record in MLB.  And they swept the Dodgers in the regular season.  But the Dodgers won the post season. Even if it was sunny today it would still be a gloomy day here. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm