Carnation milk - 65 YEARS AGO

A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since she was old enough to walk, with hours of hard work and little compensation.

When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the
1940s, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan.

The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with 'Carnation Milk is best of all.' She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this!

She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said, "Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 even though we will not be able to use it!"

ABCD - Will You Take Part?

Gary France over at USA Tour on a Harley - Davidson came up with this idea.

A Bloggers Centerline Day, or ABCD, will take place on Sunday 1st May 2011.

The plan is to inspire as many bloggers as possible to go outside and take a photograph of themselves on this day, wherever they are in the world. The photo can be creative, arty, contain more than one person, be in any type of location and can contain anything else you like. It must however contain the centerline of a road and at least part of you, the blogger.

There are 5 rules....

Rule 1 - the picture must be taken on 1st May 2011.

Rule 2 - the picture must be of yourself, and you must be a person that publishes a blog. You can include whatever else you like in the picture, including other people if you wish.

Rule 3 - the picture must include the centerline of a road.

Rule 4 – you should publish the picture on your blog on 1st May 2011, along with a few words about the picture and why you chose that location or pose.

Rule 5 - when you have posted the picture on your own blog, put a comment on http://garysusatour.blogspot.com/2011/04/abcd-will-you-take-part.html and include in that comment the address of your own blog post containing your own picture.

Gary France will then pick his favourite photos and publish these as being the winners. There will be a prize of $100 awarded to the overall single winner, as chosen by Gary.
In order to get this event known as widely as possible, please copy and paste this posting onto your own blog, including the title. Please do that today!
As a reminder to yourself to take the photo and post it, put an entry into your diary for 1st May 2011.
Let’s see if we can get as any people to join in as possible.

Please Don't Hold It Against Me

To all our friends – Regarding the April Fools blog that AZ Harley Dude posted - As I kept reading all the well wishes everyone was sending me, I kept feeling worse and worse and worse about the post.


I want everyone to know that I was not a willing participant in this, but he kept after me until he wore me down and I finally gave in. I fully expected him to add “April Fools” at the end of the blog, but of course he did not and he swore me to secrecy.

Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes - it is nice to know that you all care.

Take care - AZ Harley Nana

Confession of an Ass

Ladies and Gentlemen it is time to come clean. My post, Ever Had One of Those Days?, was a hoax. An April Fools Day post as it were. The first two paragraphs were absolutely true.  Starting at the third paragraph, Hitting the Loop 101 south, is where I choose to draw the reading public into the foolishness.  I continued the ruse all the way until the last paragraph, We missed Bike Night.

Linda was privy to the fact that I wanted a picture of her with two black eyes for an April Fools post, but had no idea the extent of my plan, or the nature of the post.  As the people started commenting on their heartfelt concern for her recovery, she and I began to feel badly about the post.  Linda asked me repeatedly to confess.  But, I chose to wait, thinking some might be waiting for that confession.

So, I am now confessing and hope that all will accept my explanation about my intent.  It wasn't to hurt feelings or make anyone feel foolish.  Linda wasn't injured in any way and hopefully will recover from my boorish behavior in the next two weeks.