The Daily Dose/July 15, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Editor’s Note: This is Part 9 in our 33-part Life in a Small Town series.
CAPSULE RESTAURANT REVIEW: The Creekside Grill, Hayden, CO: One of the things a small town needs is a place to eat. It doesn’t even have to be a particularly great place to eat, but it does have to be good, some place you can go to at reasonable hours for a decent meal. It’s good for town morale.
Fly In The Ointment: This has been a hit-and-miss proposition the past few years here in Hayden. There was a really good diner downtown but our buddy Charlie – a retired Army cook who knew what growing boys like us wanted to eat – retired and the city slicker he sold it to had it closed within a year. The last restaurant was across from the post office on the other side of town, and it has had several tenants in the past decade or so, none of which were able to make a go of it. And that coffee place a block off Main Street serves pizza three or four evenings a week, and there are some food trucks, too, but we’ve long needed a stable, sit-down restaurant.
Back On Message: Creekside opened this past weekend, to about as much fanfare as a weary small town could muster, though we weren’t able to make it in until breakfast recently. The interior hadn’t changed much and the service was dead slow, an element so traditional here we strongly suspect “slow service” is a municipal regulation or something.
There were some attractive breakfast options, too, and it broke our heart to pass on biscuits and gravy and hotcakes for our standard cheese and onion omelet. It came with toast and potatoes and we cranked up the action with a side of sausage – patty, our favorite – and we’re pleased to report it was good, except for the toast, which had the top layer torn off because the butter they tried to apply was frozen. At $16, including a 20% tip, the cost wasn’t too bad, either.
A Break In The Action: Here is the Daily Dose rating system: 1 – The Very Best; 2 – Very Good; 3 – Good; 4 – Average; 5 – A Steaming Pile
Final Ranking: 3: The omelet and sausage were very good, and in portions we appreciated, but the slow service – while not being particularly minded – and the top being torn off our toast prevented a higher ranking. Still though, they’re open every day for three meals a day, and we’ll be back.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has news from the small town. Today’s Diary.
The big news – and it’s about as big as it gets – is the new restaurant in our small town opened!!!…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1806 – The US Army’s Pike Expedition leaves an Army fort near St Louis, on an expedition to explore southern and western lands obtained in the Louisiana Purchase. After exploring present-day Colorado, a collection of errors led them into Spanish territory where some expedition members were taken prisoner by the Spanish though because the countries weren’t at war all were released, though some not for several years. The expedition was led by Lt. Zebulon Pike, for whom Pikes Peak is named.
In 1876 – George Bradley of the St Louis Brown Stockings (NL) pitches the first no-hitter in major league history in a 2-0 win over the Hartford Dark Blues. It was the ninth of a major league record 16 shutouts on the season by Bradley, a mark tied in 1916 by Grover Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies and which still stands. To date, 317 no-hitters have been pitched in the major leagues, a figure that does not include no-hitters of less than nine innings or those in the National Association, which is not recognized as a major league by either the major league record book or the staff of On This Date.
In 1989 – Simply Red is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with If You Don’t Know Me By Now. It was the fourth of five Top 40 hits for the group and their second and final #1 song. The song also went to #1 in New Zealand and Australia, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #38 on Billboard’s soul chart, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The song was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and in 1972 a version by Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes went #3 pop and #1 soul.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
We are conscious of an animal in us, which awakens in proportion as our higher nature slumbers…Nature is hard to overcome, but she must be overcome.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Tammy Wynette had 15 #1 country hits in Canada between 1967 and 1974.
Today’s Stumper
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Who was the first major leaguer to pitch multiple no-hitters? – Answer next time!
