"The Green Blitz" My First Wheels

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:05:00 GMT

This is a picture of my first set of wheels. It's a 1969 Volkswagen Bug. The man that sold it to us was an artist and detailed the car with small lightning bolts and the words "The Green Blitz." I'm not sure why because if you floored it, the car went 50mph. I never once got a speeding ticket in that car. It was semi-automatic which means that you had to shift gears but there was no clutch. The heater didn't work but the radio...it's okay! That VW got me to and from my first 2 radio jobs. I put quite a few miles on that baby working in Falmouth, Kentucky and Batesville, Indiana. You never forget your first car and I have wonderful memories of that Beetle.

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The Blizzard of '78

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:00 GMT

I remember it well. I was a junior at Oak Hills High School and thrilled that we missed several days of school because of it. If you weren't living in the Tri-State at the time or need a refresher course, here are some frozen factoids...

Blizzard Warnings were issued on January 26th, 1978. It was the worst blizzard in the history of the Tri-State with wind gusts up to 50mph and wind chills at 52 below zero. There were 10 inches of snow on the ground and reports of 7 foot snow drifts in Boone County...15 ft drifts in Clermont and Adams counties. The mayor of Cincinnati was Jerry Springer and he urged all businesses to remain closed until the roads improved. Roads were like skating rinks covered with a combination of snow and ice. Snow plows were being damaged by all the ice on the roads and maintenance crews were scrambling to find replacement parts. It was too cold for any of the road salt to work and the strong winds blew the sand that road crews put down away from the streets. Police cruisers had to put chains on their tires to get around town. Metro buses had a tough time trying to maneuver past all the stranded cars on the roads. The airport closed, stranding about 200 people who had to sleep on cots in the terminal. Not only was the bitter cold and snow and ice a problem but the Ohio River rose to 2 feet above flood stage.

We were staying indoors listening to these songs on the radio...the top 5 from the week of the Blizzard of '78...

5) Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon (we were certainly doing that)

4) You're In My Heart Rod Stewart

3) Stayin' Alive BeeGees ( the Gibb Brothers knew what we were going through)

2) Short People Randy Newman

1) Baby Come Back Player

Shows we were watching that week on TV were Wonder Woman, Chico and the Man, Quincy, Rockford Files, Donny & Marie Show, Rhoda, All in the Family, Alice, 6 Million Dollar Man and the Carol Burnett Show.

It makes you appreciate this mild winter, doesn't it. I'm celebrating with a Blizzard from my nearby Dairy Queen.

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Happy 22nd Birthday WGRR!!!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT

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