Sunday, January 20, 2008

Happy Birthday to me...


Here is a picture from the parade held in my honor last night. You know how it it is in these small east texas towns where everybody knows everybody. The local leaders are kind enough to drop everything and honor birthdays by letting the celebrant drive the fire truck through town. In my case this was an extra special evening because they put the Christmas decorations back up.
These events have a good turn out because everyone can't wait till it's their birthday and they get to drive the fire truck. There is only one way that you can miss out on driving the fire truck and that's if you write a letter to the editor of the Lufkin News and mention something about driving the fire truck and its postmarked before your birthday they won't let you drive it. Kind of a silly rule but a lot of the newcomers get tripped up by it and miss out on their first time and have to wait till next year. One of those unspoken good old boy rules that you have to find out the hard way.
Thanks again for all cards, letters and firetruck rides.

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