Yes it was quite exciting for him. It was a complete surprise. A few minutes before the appointed time (#:)) PM), his father brought him out to shoot baskets on the backboard and net installed in their driveway. When the first car came by, blowing its horn, he was shocked to see some of his friends hanging out the windows and waving. After the cars (about 30) came the parade of fire equipment.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 3:16 AM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Must be very exciting for the kid! Well maintained suburb (& vintage > Fire Engine)! > > Alan C > > On 28-Apr-20 04:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > As I said in a previous PESO, Birthday Parties are a very big thing for > > grade school children in the suburbs. Big parties, at home or some > special > > place, are unthinkable in these days of lockdown. Instead, now there > are > > drive-by birthday celebrations. Friends of the birthday child have their > > parents drive them past the birthday kid's home, and they honk their > horns, > > yell, wave and hold signs. > > > > My neighbors' son had a birthday Saturday. There was a parade of at > least > > 30 cars filled with classmates, and 7 pieces of apparatus from two local > > volunteer fire companies. > > > > Here are a few images of the parade: > > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/27/birthday-parade > > > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR > > Comments and criticisms are invited and appreciated. > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
