RECORD STORE TALES #1086: Seven Tales for Seven Photos
Instead of one new Record Store Tale, today I present seven mini-stories! With photo accompaniment.
#1087 A: Canadian Redneck
Found this guy on my Facebook one morning. No idea who he is. Looks kind of familiar. “Hey ya’ll!” he said, apparently on his vacation. “Take a vacation from yourselves once in a while!” he said. Should I be taking advice from this guy? Something tells me no, but something also tells me yes….
I’ll give this guy credit for one thing, whoever he is: great hair. That’s a classic style he’s sporting there.
#1087 B: A Couple Turkeys
Fall has arrived and it’s turkey season. I snapped this selfie up at The Beef Way, north of Kincardine Ontario.
Regular readers here know we take food very seriously. We had some bad luck earlier at a Kitchener store called Robert’s Boxed Meats. I am here to tell you that we will never shop at Robert’s Boxed Meats ever again. Twice he sold us spoiled beef, and the last time was an expensive tomahawk steak.
The Beef Way sold us three freshly butchered tomahawks this summer, not to mention some T-bones, porterhouses and ribeyes. He also sold us the best bacon I’ve ever had in my life, some amazing “fry-pies”, and condiments & jams. It is a shame the Beef Way is so far from home, but we won’t be wasting any more dollars at Robert’s Boxed Meats. Which is a shame, since Robert’s is the only place within 100 kilometers that sells A5 Waygu steaks. Just not worth the risk. Don’t be a turkey; don’t buy from Robert’s. One pack of spoiled meat is an isolated incident. Two is a problem. You have been warned.
#1087 C: Jen is Joining Tee Bone Man!
Harrison has created a prototype Jen figure for the Adventures of Tee Bone Man! But this is not her final form, and we have her own Jen In Space spinoff planned. I have purchased a number of different hair pieces and hats for Jen as she ventures into space on board the Galaxy Explorer.
You will just have to keep reading Tee Bone Man to see how she fits into the story. Though she has been mentioned in the past, a few people asked me “Why is Jen not in the Tee Bone Man stories?” The truth is there isn’t a good reason, aside from the fact that we don’t write together very well. We never have. We tried to write our own Trailer Park Boys fan fiction when we first met, and we immediately realized we do not collaborate well with the written word. At all. We’re better off creatively with me writing and her knitting!
However, this winter we’re going to start integrating her character into the story — wish us luck!
#1087 D: If It’s Too Loud Then You’re Too Old
The porch is my happy place. Music sounds better out there in the great green open! And I play it loud. It’s easy to forget how easily sounds carry at the lake. You’d think the trees would act as a sound baffle, preventing the music from carrying. You’d be wrong!
Maybe it’s the lack of city background noise, but if I am cranking it really loud, you can hear the tunes almost all the way down at the beach. At normal volume, passers by can hear it from the road.
And they know I’m playing music way cooler than they are!
A few weeks ago, a couple kids were biking down the road with some kind of speaker on their bikes. They were blasting “Kickstart My Heart” by Motley Crue.
“GOOD SONG!” said one kid to the other.
I just laughed, and remembered being told to turn that song down when I was their age, about 34 years ago!
1087 E: Green Lamborghini
Driving home from the cottage on October 1, I snapped a photo at a stoplight. I know, I know. You’re not supposed to handle your phone at any time in a car, even a stoplight. But I could not resist this beauty. Two kids crossing the road filmed this car as it sat low to the ground, ready to rip.
He did not “rip” though; he drove the speed limit the whole way, even on Highway 8, which surprised us.
It was a pleasant drive home, with only one guy zipping in and out of passing cars, and it wasn’t this guy. It was some guy whose car sounded like a weedwhacker when he gunned it. Lambo Man just kept going the speed limit.
Good going, Lambo Man!
1087 F: A Penny For Her Thoughts
I just found these coins in my music room: one of each major denomination of Canadian coinage. But why did I have this set in my music room?
Back in April, I gathered these coins to send to my former friend MarriedandHeels. You read all about that parcel I sent her back in #1072: Darkness Be My Friend. Why did she never receive these coins? Two reasons.
On her third Grab A Stack of Rock special, both of us explained how we were going to be sending parcels back and forth, kind of like penpals. This was her idea, since she was sure her husband would not “allow” her to visit Canada as she said she wished. So, she came up with the parcel swapping idea, which her husband then forbid! I don’t know why she couldn’t just tell her husband to fuck off, like most people would. I would happily do it for her…
Mr. Husband allowed me to send one, and only one parcel instead of many over a period of months. I had been holding onto these coins for parcel #2, which was never going to happen.
I also decided that she had enough of my money already.
So, this is all laundry money now. I hope she knows how badly she blew it. We certainly know now why she doesn’t have any friends!
#1087 G: The Face of Terror
Ah, childhood photos. Always good for a laugh…or pure horror!
My parents took me to meet “celebrities” a couple times. Once was David Prowse, dressed as Darth Vader. He even signed his autograph as “Darth Vader”. That terrified me…but just look at Bert and Ernie here!
I may be smiling, but I was terrified and did not want to be there. Bert was tickling me. I was not amused! I wanted the hell out of there!
Somewhere out there is a guy who used to dress as Bert and tickle kids to get them to smile.
Parents, never do this to your kids! They will only post the photo to shame you down the road!