Paw Paws Place

By this Blog you will able to tell that I have too much time on my hands. I was thinking about how the "old Barber Shop" has changed for most men. (I think most men) When I was a Little guy living in Miami I use to get my hair cut by Miami Edison High School. The shop was located on NW 2 nd Ave and 62 street. Next door to it was a open beer garden with bright colors and lights. I remember the inside of the barber shop was hot and plenty of hair on the floor (I think they swept up at the end of the day). The only fans I remember were the type on a stand and they never were pointed at you. I don't remember the type of reading materials that were available, if there were no pictures I was in trouble ! I do remember the cigarette and cigar smoke and a lot of coughing. When I moved to Bradenton I started my haircuts downtown at Bill Howards dad's shop, I am not sure I remember the name, maybe Royal Palm or City Shop, Connie will let me know later and I will inse...

It has been a slow week for the Gallo's which is ok with me. Pat and I work some in the yard as one of our oak trees needed some pruning and trimming. Pat stayed out longer than I did as she loves working outside instead of just sitting around. She continued her quest on staying outside when she went to Doug an Darenda's home to help them. They were trimming a tree and cleaning up their back yard. Better her then me, I have finally made a decision to hire my yard mowing and etc out. I am not lazy as I have been doing that work since I was 10 years old. I just cannot keep up that stamina that I use to have and the heat just kills me. Yesterday I watched the Orange & Blue game on TV, noon game in Gainesville too hot for me. I must say that then Gator's were not impressive at all in my mind. Brantly looked terrible as he was 4 of 14 for 45 yards. We do have some good tight ends and running backs. I would say that coach Will Muschamps era started with a re-sounding "TH...