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I pulled over to get a shot of this beauty sitting in a church parking lot..

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Some finds at the flea market yesterday. Not everything I got. The tools are posted in the tool thread. The catchers mitt sitting on the envelope I got in the mail but still a nice old Montgomery Ward glove. I ordered 6 gloves on eBay too. That’s one of them. The other two pictured are from the flea market. I’m going to relace them. The others I’m having someone else do because they want the practice so I’m going to let them do them. And then 3 of the 6 that I ordered will also be for me. I’m having him do 4 total one I already had and the catchers mitt plus two others from eBay. Some cool glove pictures coming soon.
 
I found this today at a yard sale. I never go to them but figured I would today. Bought a vacuum sealed bag with a throw rug for $1... lol
70s shag..good enough for my office... When I opened it...it exploded..

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View attachment 159377Some finds at the flea market yesterday. Not everything I got. The tools are posted in the tool thread. The catchers mitt sitting on the envelope I got in the mail but still a nice old Montgomery Ward glove. I ordered 6 gloves on eBay too. That’s one of them. The other two pictured are from the flea market. I’m going to relace them. The others I’m having someone else do because they want the practice so I’m going to let them do them. And then 3 of the 6 that I ordered will also be for me. I’m having him do 4 total one I already had and the catchers mitt plus two others from eBay. Some cool glove pictures coming soon.
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I could get you some White Sox or Cubs (2016 World Series Champs! One year off!) next time I'm in Chicago.. if you want stuff from some GOOD teams. lol ;)
 
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I could get you some White Sox or Cubs (2016 World Series Champs! One year off!) next time I'm in Chicago.. if you want stuff from some GOOD teams. lol ;)
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Sure lol. As long as it isn’t anything from the Yankees, Dodgers or Giants lol. I don’t like those teams. Lol. I’m having my first base mitt done in dark blue and maybe a touch of white for the San Diego Padres my favorite team. Then the catchers mitt dark blue and gold for the Milwaukee Brewers my second favorite team. Haven’t decided what I’m going to do the rest of the gloves like yet. Probably a couple standard ones and maybe one in red and in orange maybe haha.
 
Here is a neat old color photo from the early '50s of a lady posing next to her '53 Buick Super V-8 on Route 66 headed west towards Gallup, New Mexico probably in the Ft. Wingate, NM area with Church Rock in the background. And the train has been identified as a Santa Fe work train.
This photo is courtesy of Derik Lattig.
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Here is a great story about "Fred Newton of Clinton, OK" along old Route 66 in 1930.

"On the morning of July 6, 1930, Fred Newton waded into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis and started swimming. He told reporters he planned to reach New Orleans in 90 days. An athletic 27-year-old from Clinton, Oklahoma, Newton aimed to be the first person to swim the river’s length, hoping the exploit would bring wealth and fame. His younger brother Byron followed in a rowboat, carrying supplies and taking notes to document Fred’s torturous journey.

On the second day, Newton encountered floating mats of manure and stinking animal parts dumped off the stockyards of South St. Paul. But he kept swimming, even amid the Upper Mississippi’s treacherous whirlpools. Along the way, Newton stopped in riverside towns. A talented artist, he sometimes painted signs for local businesses in exchange for a meal or a bed.

By December, the water was frigid, so Newton donned wool underwear and slathered himself in axle grease for insulation. When he reached New Orleans on December 29—three months behind schedule—a crowd gathered to greet him, and the New Orleans Athletic Club offered him a hot bath.

Though Newton’s feat earned him a world record, it didn’t bring him riches. He went on to make a living as an insurance salesman and later founded a company that sold orthopedic products. He died at age 89 in 1992 in Gainesville, Texas, where, according to his son Phil, he mostly preferred to watch other people swim."

This is courtesy of Steve Gundstrom.
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GON said:
Here is a great story about "Fred Newton of Clinton, OK" along old Route 66 in 1930.

"On the morning of July 6, 1930, Fred Newton waded into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis and started swimming. He told reporters he planned to reach New Orleans in 90 days. An athletic 27-year-old from Clinton, Oklahoma, Newton aimed to be the first person to swim the river’s length, hoping the exploit would bring wealth and fame. His younger brother Byron followed in a rowboat, carrying supplies and taking notes to document Fred’s torturous journey.

On the second day, Newton encountered floating mats of manure and stinking animal parts dumped off the stockyards of South St. Paul. But he kept swimming, even amid the Upper Mississippi’s treacherous whirlpools. Along the way, Newton stopped in riverside towns. A talented artist, he sometimes painted signs for local businesses in exchange for a meal or a bed.

By December, the water was frigid, so Newton donned wool underwear and slathered himself in axle grease for insulation. When he reached New Orleans on December 29—three months behind schedule—a crowd gathered to greet him, and the New Orleans Athletic Club offered him a hot bath.

Though Newton’s feat earned him a world record, it didn’t bring him riches. He went on to make a living as an insurance salesman and later founded a company that sold orthopedic products. He died at age 89 in 1992 in Gainesville, Texas, where, according to his son Phil, he mostly preferred to watch other people swim."

This is courtesy of Steve Gundstrom.
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I think I would pass on the swimsuit, but it’s a great story nevertheless.
 
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