Summer Vacation Dispatches

After working four days in a row, I feel like I’m on vacation. Plus, it’s raining, so I really feel like I’m on vacation. The Zach is tomorrow, so it should be a fun morning to be downtown. Darryl has a better look at the T-Shirt logo and also mentions the lone dissenter on the Northwoods League baseball proposal.

• There’s a golf outing to honor Bob Duckett on Monday to benefit the Waukesha Education Foundation. I wasn’t invited. In my 56-plus years, I’ve been at Merrill Hills once, which lets you know where I fit in Waukesha’s social structure.
• People in my social class, cops, firemen, carpenters, salesmen, plumbers, electricians, all the people who make everything work, support the Billy D’s annual golf outing. Don’t look for a link to the website, there is no web site. The people who go to this outing don’t create websites. Food, drinks games, raffles all in support of St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic. It’s at the end of August, but I don’t remember the exact date. It’s at Willow Run or Western Lakes, I forget which. Call Billy D’s at (262) 544-6550 and ask.
• In my social class, we like our fish fried with french fries, coleslaw and rye bread. The fancy-schmancy places we go add a lemon wedge. Our favorite salmon comes out of a can, skinless and boneless. However, I understand that some people get to live a hoity-toity lifestyle and enjoy eating your orange roughy. Bennie’s has a good reputation. Did you know that orange roughy is a part of the slimehead family?
• Waukesha Metro ridership is up 2.8% but expenses for the system have to be up, conservatively, over 50%, don’t you think? I think you should all take public transportation. More gas for me.
• Waukesha Police are making life less comfortable for the offender society. Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
• The Livestock Auction is tonight at the Waukesha County Fair. To me, it’s one of the best parts of the fair. Maybe I’ll go see if anybody has some extra free tickets. Maybe I’ll buy a cow for Watson to play with.
• An excellent and lengthy Sound Off today including some people who tell us to quit whining about the trains and more apparently unheeded criticism of the Frame Park baseball plan.