When Grasshopper No.2 was going to UW in Madison in the early 1980’s, the “Bucky Wagon” always made a grand entrance before the football game from the tunnel at the north end of Camp Randall stadium. It was a bright red 1932 American LaFrance fire truck donated by some wealthy alumni. The cheerleaders would cling to the fire truck as it made it’s entrance and the whole stadium would come alive.
In recent years there has been no fire truck. I don’t know if it fell in to dis-repair or the “green junkies” protested the gas burning engine. I have heard that the Bucky Wagon is back. It has been restored by Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton including an electric power plant that will propel it 40 miles on a single battery charge. Camp Randall already rocks on a football weekend. The fire truck will add to the excitement.
My dilemma is that there is an “occupy Wall Street” protest in New York this weekend. I need to choose between flying out to New York for the protest or driving over to Madison for the Indiana football game. Let me see! New York or Madison? Hmmmm! I’ll let you know my decision.
A Reporter in Sheboygan phoned me personally last night to let me know that Grasshopper No.4 and son won their Youth Football game in the rain, 40-12. There was a reference to “kicking ass”. I think there are two games to go and the Raider Gold is undefeated. Now the pressure begins to build. Can the team finish unbeaten? Can they win the championship? My advice is to stay grounded. Take one game at a time. Keep the players focused. I’ll bet that advice has never been given before.
My challenge for next week is to solve my “motion sensing light” in the back yard. The light is supposed to activate when a person walks at night along the back of the house. It is an excellent security device. The damn light goes on constantly probably activated by our large bunny rabbit population. I temporarily put a piece of cardboard in front of the electric eye with a piece of duct tape. The idea was to disable the device until I could figure out a way to keep it from being super sensitive. Even with the electric eye covered, the light still activates (but not as much). What the hell? I will solve the problem!
Go Packers, Brewers, and Badgers. All play big games again this weekend. Does it get any better?
Love,
Dad