I.......... love a parade! (photo heavy!)

480sparky · Jun 9, 2012

Todays' local festival:

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Comments welcome!

HughTFall · Jul 20, 2012

For me, all photos are perfectly taken and well detailed. By the way Sparky, what kind of camera are you using here?

JoshuaSimPhotography · Jul 20, 2012

Haha! I love number 8, she is just like ‘haters gonna hate!'

greybeard · Jul 20, 2012

#15 is my fav

sm4him · Jul 20, 2012

You had me when you started off with Boy Scouts!
I spent many a year getting scouts ready to march in the parade...such fun!

What was the festival about?

480sparky · Jul 20, 2012

sm4him said:
You had me when you started off with Boy Scouts!
I spent many a year getting scouts ready to march in the parade...such fun!

What was the festival about?

Local festival they do instead of the 4th of July.... Governor's Day as the city is named after one.

What is sad is the total lack of respect for the flag these days. When I was that age, I'd get my head smacked and my butt kicked if I did what the sideliners are doing in that photo. I think I was the only one who took my hat off.

I remember parades in my youth where I was simply amazed at the invisible wave that swept down the street as the flag was presented.... Everyone fell silent, stood up and placed their hands on their hearts. New soldiers in crisp new uniforms snapped a salute, as did old soldiers in bib overalls. The only sounds were the scout's feet and the engines of the upcoming fire trucks.

Today, it's GIMME THE CANDY! THROW ME THE CANDY!!!!!!

rexbobcat · Jul 20, 2012

480sparky said:
Local festival they do instead of the 4th of July.... Governor's Day as the city is named after one.

What is sad is the total lack of respect for the flag these days. When I was that age, I'd get my head smacked and my butt kicked if I did what the sideliners are doing in that photo. I think I was the only one who took my hat off.

I remember parades in my youth where I was simply amazed at the invisible wave that swept down the street as the flag was presented.... Everyone fell silent, stood up and placed their hands on their hearts. New soldiers in crisp new uniforms snapped a salute, as did old soldiers in bib overalls. The only sounds were the scout's feet and the engines of the upcoming fire trucks.

Today, it's GIMME THE CANDY! THROW ME THE CANDY!!!!!!

Because people today are more apathetic and/or more ignorant than back then?

I really like the Case tractor photo. My dad's side of the family has been a dealer of Case equipment for a LONG time.

480sparky · Jul 20, 2012

rexbobcat said:
Because people today are more apathetic and/or more ignorant than back then?........

I think it's more parents these days are too lazy to teach their kids respect.

sm4him · Jul 20, 2012

480sparky said:
sm4him said:

You had me when you started off with Boy Scouts!
I spent many a year getting scouts ready to march in the parade...such fun!

What was the festival about?

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Local festival they do instead of the 4th of July.... Governor's Day as the city is named after one.

What is sad is the total lack of respect for the flag these days. When I was that age, I'd get my head smacked and my butt kicked if I did what the sideliners are doing in that photo. I think I was the only one who took my hat off.

I remember parades in my youth where I was simply amazed at the invisible wave that swept down the street as the flag was presented.... Everyone fell silent, stood up and placed their hands on their hearts. New soldiers in crisp new uniforms snapped a salute, as did old soldiers in bib overalls. The only sounds were the scout's feet and the engines of the upcoming fire trucks.

Today, it's GIMME THE CANDY! THROW ME THE CANDY!!!!!!

I agree, it's sad. I see a bit more respect than that around here, but not like when I was little and everyone knew to get quiet and remove your hats and place your hand on your heart when the flag was presented.
I'm most annoyed at ball games these days, where I've seen people just continue eating, drinking and talking while the Star Spangled Banner is played.

On another note: I'm also annoyed by the fact that now your signature isn't just down below your post and creeping into my "reply" space...it's actually FOLLOWING me, scrolling down as I type and completely covering over what I type.
So this whole post is likely going to be a mess of typos. I just hope when I go to edit it, your sig won't still be covering it up.

EDIT: Yay, the signature didn't follow me this time! That was very odd. And for the record, I only had ONE typo that was caused by not actually being able to SEE what I'd typed. Yay me!

480sparky · Jul 20, 2012

sm4him said:
[Q.........On another note: I'm also annoyed by the fact that now your signature isn't just down below your post and creeping into my "reply" space...it's actually FOLLOWING me, scrolling down as I type and completely covering over what I type.
So this whole post is likely going to be a mess of typos. I just hope when I go to edit it, your sig won't still be covering it up.
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Click on the Go Advanced button in the bottom right. That will solve the issue.

sm4him · Jul 20, 2012

480sparky said:
sm4him said:

[Q.........On another note: I'm also annoyed by the fact that now your signature isn't just down below your post and creeping into my "reply" space...it's actually FOLLOWING me, scrolling down as I type and completely covering over what I type.
So this whole post is likely going to be a mess of typos. I just hope when I go to edit it, your sig won't still be covering it up.
..........

Click to expand...

Click on the Go Advanced button in the bottom right. That will solve the issue.

DUH. I knew that. I just never think to do it.

And, your sig isn't doing that now, anyway. It only did it that one time. Weird.
Also, I'm seeing different amounts of your sig in every post. In your first two posts, I don't see your sig at all. In the third one, I see the whole thing, and in the last one, I can see all but the last line. Wonky doesn't even begin to describe the layout problems lately.