Talked at lunch the other day with Lowell Priestley, 78, of Tuscola County. Said that when he hired in at Eaton #foundry in Vassar, #Michigan in 1966, there were 670 workers. The place, later known as Metavation L.L.C. foundry, closed in 2013 in Vassar, pop. 2,600. #MichiganThumb

When you're sittin' in a lawn chair (indoors) using a pile of clean clothes as an ottoman, drinkin' milk from the jug. #singlelife

As an #OhioState #widereceivers coach, #ZachSmith doesn't look much like a wide receiver. #nimbleandquick? #recruitermaybe

Thanks #MattPatricia for making the faces we #Lions fans have made since, oh, 1957. #NFL #welcomebrother

Frankenmuth High School's Sophia Lee outshot adversity to lead her #golf team to the state finals. #scoliosis tuscolatoday.com/index.php/2018…

Free roofs, home repairs offered in #TuscolaCounty, where need is 'phenomenal.' #HabitatforHumanity #Michigan tuscolatoday.com/index.php/2019…

Wind chill of 22, but Curly Cone in #Millington is open. #chilidog

When a Tuscola County family's well went dry, Bob Traver hauled free water to them for nine months -- until #HabitatforHumanity provided a new well. #goodSamaritan facebook.com/161180584185/p…

When you're an #Uberdriver and your passenger's friends wish you "Good luck" as they help him/her into your back seat. #andtheystayatparty

When your meaningful #collegefootball game is interrupted by #ABC flashing a yellow FINAL ALERT icon, only for you to learn it's a score from an #NBA regular-season game.

#Veterinarian Dr. Pol loses #Michigan court decision after he appeals state decision placing him on professional probation. #drpol #natgeowild tuscolatoday.com/index.php/2020…

A main reason for the fascination with Matthew #Stafford is he joined the #NFL #Lions just as #FantasyFootball was becoming a national hobby. Never have individual stats been so exciting, and fun to root for.

Grow up in Michigan's Thumb, and tales of Bigfoot are almost as common as sugar beets. Well, here's another one. #Bigfoot #sasquatch tuscolatoday.com/2021/07/21/big…

#BIG10 refs gave Cofi Cockburn everything but s'mores this afternoon as they allowed the Illinois Men's Basketball star to camp out for a couple hours in the lane against Michigan Men's Basketball.

Today's words I spontaneously spoke (aloud) to myself while preparing my coffee at the party store: "Yeah, we got somethin' goin' here, DON'T we?" #huhdude #oldman #itsOKhoney

People who have #presidentsday off and want to text or send Facebook messages to the rest of us.

I'm thinking the day could come when a #sports venue is christened "Insufficient Funds Fee Arena." #banks #money #BIGcrowdhereattheIFFA

So Friday night I drove down #Michigan M-46 at age 58, leaving #KingstonMichigan with a #Beagios pizza, playing imaginary cowbell with the #ELO song "Do Ya" at full volume in my #Buick Lucerne. It didn't seem legal. #70ssyndrome #ButIiivvveeNEVERSEENNOTHINLIKEYOU

I never understood old men who squirreled #money away in sock drawers and coffee cans. Then I became an old man. #nofees #banks

There's a line at the #CurlyCone in #Millington. #spring #Michigan #MichiganThumb