March 20, 2026

 

I think he meant Fry Day!!

I am NOT dipping my toe into politics!!  I love cartoonist Dave Martinez and I thought this was funny!

David Kiley took issue -- perhaps even umbrage -- at my assertion that he drove a Big Wheel in the family driveway while I was cruising Oscar's in my '52 Ford and he forwarded photographic proof of what he was REALLY driving -- an all-metal American tractor.
 

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The back of this Oscar's menu, which I think I stole in 1963, lists TWO Oscar's on El Cajon Blvd.  So THERE, David Kiley!!  Click HERE if you wanna see the rest of the menu.

Jeez, those '71 Colts are like flies at a picnic.  Here are a few gathered at Konito's in PB last Monday.  Click HERE to see which one is actually a Cardinal.

65 YEARS AGO -- From the March 25, 1961 Evening Tribune

55 YEARS AGO -- From the March 21, 1971 San Diego Union

"Indian Schools in Old Mission Valley" was written on this photo, posted on Facebook by Tom Isom.  I'd guess it was circa 1900.  Can you see Admiral Baker Field in the background?  Of course not.  I just wanted to get you pointed in the right direction before you clicked HERE for the big picture -- and the original.