This is quite beautiful.Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2026 5:42 pm My wife embellished this travel mug for Independence Day but since today is Flag Day, I wanted to post it.
Happy Flag Day!
And a lot of work.

This is quite beautiful.Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2026 5:42 pm My wife embellished this travel mug for Independence Day but since today is Flag Day, I wanted to post it.
Happy Flag Day!
Stunning!
That's cool!

Nice little tractor.

Throw in a cold root beer...

Looks like a Detroit Coney, but you need a little more onion and mustard.

PM sent - enjoy!



I agree with you 100% David. We get out dogs shipped to us from a Polish meat packer in New Britain CT but that’s just because we like their recipe - any good GRILLED dog works!
In a tall iced over mug!
I see where Coney Island in Fort Wayne, Indiana is the oldest hotdog stand in the US.


Good post, Rick! I like stopping at little roadside spots like that.


That is pretty cool, Steve! My wife tells me that these self service stands are gaining popularity but this is the only one I have ever seen so far.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. My wife would thump me for the post.Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2026 12:06 amThat is pretty cool, Steve! My wife tells me that these self service stands are gaining popularity but this is the only one I have ever seen so far.
It’s been pretty hot here lately and it was hot the day I stopped there too. It was downright COLD inside that shed. It hit me as soon as I opened the door.
I hope yours is a lucrative business. I told the other drivers about it because we all rotate routes and all of them drive past this stand just like I do when they drive the North Route.
It was great to pull over and grab some homemade baked goods and get back on the road. Very convenient because I am often on a tight schedule and can’t venture too far off of the route.
Best of luck to you with your vegetable stand!

LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2026 12:19 am Sorry for the misunderstanding. My wife would thump me for the post.
I STOP AT A VEGETABLE STAND. It’s behind the the farm house not on the road.
It is not mine.
My grandparents had a roadside stand about 55-60 years ago. Self service, definitely not an air conditioned shed, no place to swipe a credit card. Put your cash in the #10 can nailed to the post.
Side note my Aunt told me part of the reason that the Schaffter Darleson grocery store went out of business, was because Grandpa gave credit to help people in the day. We sold the small farmet (Some Day Farm) after uncle Jack passed.
Sorry for my confusing post.
Steve



Great post, Ike!Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2026 8:16 pm Went to the grand opening of a new bridge across the Mississippi at Chester, Il. today. The old bridge (1942) will be nothing more than a memory in a month or so. Rod Steiger chased down a fugitive on the old bridge for the filming of "In The Heat of the Night". In the background of the shot of the cranes you can see Menard Correctional Center. John Wayne Gacy was housed there before being sent up to Stateville for execution.