Happy b’day Sam!
Not Uncle Sam, my cockerel Sam – hatched on this day in 2018. Making him kind of an oldie (my bantams live on average 3-5 years). Mo is three days older. The boys seem a lot more durable than the girls, though.
July 4th was never one of my favorite holidays. I mean, Stars ‘n’ Stripes forever and all that, but it’s always hot as hell on the 4th, and then add open fires and explosives? Take me to my fainting couch!
But happy Independence Day to all you 4th of July enjoyers!
Perhaps you can help us settle something. Uncle B and I have, our whole lives, believed the expression “salad days” meant happy days generally and referred to that brief season in summer and fall when fresh salad was available (pre-supermarket).
I’ve only recently read that it actually means your youth or heyday or glory days. And it was backed up with examples and Google searches.
What’s your notion? And if we got ite wrong, how did we manage that from 3,000 miles and two different education systems apart?
July 4, 2023 — 7:18 pm
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