Racoons were definitely around.

The real question is, had they evolved to wearing coats yet?

If humans wore "racoon coats" … does that mean … :yikes:

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!

US Women 1, Netherlands Women 0, World Cup final. As 1226 EDT, 7 July 2019.

It's been a while, but I'm weaning myself back onto the site. I hope that you're all well, maintaining our weird mix of smut and class.

And the final score was US 2, Netherlands 0, giving the US Women their second World Cup title in a row, and fourth overall.

Congratulations to the ladies! Well done!

We'll be off to Indianapolis to see our grandson in the leading role in a musical. Taking my laptop so hopefully will be able to get on and report on things from Indiana. :)

Oh? Which musical?

Excellent news, DB.

Got to the local county fair today. Ended up in the wine & distiller's tent.

Did you taste any? How was it? County fairs are always fun. Hope you had a good time.

Yeah, they got me with the free sample taste. didn't actually intend to buy anything at first. But I've never had rum with a range of complex flavors before.

DB congrats to your grandson. Sounds like it was a lot of fun.

I love country fairs. So much to see and do. I mean where else can you take part in cow-plop-BINGO, throw water balloons, see all kinds of farm animals, horse pulls, judging for best pies, jellys, and quilting, and usually two or 3 live bands with varied music always get the crowd up and dancing, singing...….

But the best part is the food!! OMG, the best fries, blooming onions, corn on the cob that dribbles butter down your chin, strawberry shortcake, corn dogs, and more...…
not a good place to go if you're dieting. Ohhhh, and the fudge is sooo good.

Our local fair is not for another week or two. I'm ready now.

Really bugs me that our local "Wally-World" doesn't seem to be keeping it's shelves as well stocked as it used to. We used to buy 80-90% of our groceries there … but, it's probably down to 60%. There are a lot of other products that seem to be gone that had been regular purchases in the past. It's still the biggest and best stocked store in our town, but it's losing ground. I don't know if online shopping is doing it or if there's another reason, but it's awfully disappointing.

One disappointment with the fair food was that the candy vandor can't seem to get insect candies any more. I asked, but they said "Nope, can't get them."

And another minor disappointment was that there was no homebrew this year. Probably how I ended up in the commercial wine & distillers tent. Expensive, but worth it.

Bo oh, the farm & garden show was wild with peppers. My mouth start watering, just looking at them.