Sunday, July 21, 2024
Wish You Were Here, from August Hutaf
But more importantly, what's with this jarringly untraditional term 'straw-ride'? For goodness sake, how could Hutaf know the activity, but not know it is a hayride? Now I'll grant you, out in the midwest grain-growing belt, I suppose they might actually refer to it as a straw-ride, since they produce lots of straw there. But Hutaf was a New Jersey guy, and here on the east coast we're hay-makers. And yes, I refuse to explain the difference to you city slickers. Look it up yerself, fancy-pants.
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For that matter, "vacationists"? One suspects both are affectations to imply genteel manners and/or distance from the sort of people who take vacations rather than travel, especially to destinations where city wage slaves ride on farm equipment. Perhaps comically ironic, or perhaps to cloak a "racy" gag as a respectable elder's advice.
"P.C.K" was the name of a fairly large Post Card printer of the time, the Paul C. Koeber company of New York and Kirchheim, Germany.
In hunting through old Post Cards, you may recall their trademark; a small Peacock with plumage spread into a circular shape, with words descending through the feathers to below the bird's feet," THE PCK SERIES".
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In hunting through old Post Cards, you may recall their trademark; a small Peacock with plumage spread into a circular shape, with words descending through the feathers to below the bird's feet," THE PCK SERIES".
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