The Ford Barn

GB SISSON · 12-12-2020, 08:33 PM

OK, I wrote this this morning over a strong cup of hot black coffee. I know it isn't Ford, but I don't do social media etc. Perhaps it has no place here, but here goes.....

T'was the Christmas of Covid and all through the mall,
Not a shopper was shopping, their paycheck too small.
Their masks had been hung on the bare Christmas tree,
In hopes a vaccine would soon come to be.
The families were ordered to shelter in place,
And only hug Grandpa with six feet of space.
With Ma in her nightgown and I in my shorts,
We'd turned off the tv, bad news and no sports.
When out on the drive there arose such a clatter,
Was it rioters, looters, just what was the matter?
Away to the window I had to look out,
But there wasn't a riot or looter about.
The shine from the streetlights like that old Christmas star
Showed a beat up old towtruck with a hook on my car.
With a little old driver so sneaky and quick,
I knew I'd been repo'd the Bank's dirty trick.
No way to commute, parttime job faraway,
So I got on my knees to reluctantly pray.
There were many out there giving care to the ill.
Or working on millions of viles to fill.
They fought through the Spring and the Summer and Fall,
A world wide race bent on saving us all.
More rapid than ever these drugs were created,
Now off to be frozen and styrofoam crated.
On Fauchi,on Merck, on Moderna and Pfizer,
On Masks and good distance and hand sanitizer.
Now fill up those Fedex and UPS trucks,
And cure this damn virus, the loneliness sucks!

Joe777 · 12-12-2020, 08:38 PM

Excellent GB! This pandemic is becoming tedious to say the least. Hope y'all are well out there!

Bored&Stroked · 12-12-2020, 08:42 PM

Really cool piece of work GB - thanks for creating it and sharing it with this motley crew! Merry Christmas to you and yours - 2021 HAS to be better!

GB SISSON · 12-12-2020, 08:47 PM

2021 it just has to be better,
Or I'm sending you Aunt Martha's
Ugly Christmas sweater!

Joe Immler · 12-12-2020, 08:49 PM

Outstanding!

adileo · 12-12-2020, 08:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Really cool piece of work GB - thanks for creating it and sharing it with this motley crew! Merry Christmas to you and yours - 2021 HAS to be better!

Amen!

Bored&Stroked · 12-12-2020, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

2021 it just has to be better,
Or I'm sending you Aunt Martha's
Ugly Christmas sweater!

Or that one damn fruitcake that nobody will eat - so we put it straight back in the tin and give it to the next guy!

I'm convinced, only ONE was ever made . . .

VeryTangled · 12-12-2020, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

There were many out there giving care to the ill.
Or working on millions of vials to fill.

GB Your poem is fabulous!

I seem to remember your better half is/was in health care. All recognition goes to everyone trying their level best to dig us out of this situation.

GB SISSON · 12-12-2020, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by VeryTangled

GB Your poem is fabulous!

I seem to remember your better half is/was in health care. All recognition goes to everyone trying their level best to dig us out of this situation.

Great memory! She WAS in healthcare and did all the blood draws and all the xrays at our clinic here for 26 years (and 20 years as emt and firefighter volunteer) until a big Seattle conglomerate bought out the operation and they asked her where she got her degree in radiology and flabotomy..... "here at the clinic when it was in the old cinder block building that's now the tavern".

flathead48 · 12-12-2020, 09:15 PM

GB you should have been a writer, excellent

51504bat · 12-12-2020, 09:24 PM

Thanks GB.

Scotty's 52 F3 · 12-12-2020, 11:22 PM

That's AWESOME! Very creative and totally appropriate to 2020.

You can work wood AND words!

DavidG · 12-12-2020, 11:33 PM

Well done; thanks for sharing it!

outlaw · 12-13-2020, 12:26 AM

Great poem GB! Very fitting for the times that we are living in! Thanks for sharing it. Merry Christmas!

cas3 · 12-13-2020, 01:19 AM

fantastic!

GB SISSON · 12-13-2020, 05:03 AM

I made a couple of small edits to remove what could have been considered offensive to some. Of course suggested by my kids......Didn't change the tale. Thanks for all the nice comments.

flatford8 · 12-13-2020, 05:35 AM

Great job Gary!!.....Merry Christmas to all of you way over there.......Mark

KDL · 12-13-2020, 06:13 AM

Nicely done.

Bill · 12-13-2020, 06:52 AM

Thanks GB! We all needed this with our coffee n toast this morning..Bill

bob from red oak · 12-13-2020, 07:19 AM

Well done GB! Thanks for sharing. Hope we all can find things we are grateful for after a rough year for so many.

FortyNiner · 12-13-2020, 07:29 AM

Author! Author! Bravo.!

I am so stealing this- with proper attribution, of course.

mfirth · 12-13-2020, 07:59 AM

And i thought i had a poetic gift........cuddos G B.....GR8 stuff. Thanks for sharing and......
MERRY CHRISTmas !

al's28/33 · 12-13-2020, 08:41 AM

Good writing.....CHEERS!!!

deuce5wndw · 12-13-2020, 10:11 AM

Very enjoyable! I certainly hope 2021 is a lot better!

Ford46 · 12-13-2020, 06:59 PM

Nicely done GB! Here is to a Healthy and Happy New Year in 2021.

McMimmcs · 12-13-2020, 07:03 PM

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great effort on your part! Merry Christmas! Wayne

Zeke3 · 12-13-2020, 09:05 PM

Thanks GB, very enjoyable. Merry Christmas to all and to all, well you know.

40cpe · 12-13-2020, 10:24 PM

Copy-rite it, QUICK!

GB SISSON · 12-14-2020, 09:31 PM

My son and I listen to a Seattle radio talk show in the afternoon with Host Dori Monson on KIRO radio. Today after work he suggested I send the poem to Dori, as it is pretty much based on today's news and will only be fresh for a short while. Well, I did and Dori just responded and said it was fantastic and will be sharing it with his audience tomorrow. Holy Crap!

Zeke3 · 12-14-2020, 10:08 PM

Congratulations, it is well worth the attention.

Tinker · 12-15-2020, 01:30 AM

I dig it. Love and truth. Some get so paranoid and get into conspiracy sometimes and forget we are just people. Merry Christmas!

4tcoupe · 12-15-2020, 11:11 AM

Great. Should be on YouTube!

GB SISSON · 12-15-2020, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4tcoupe

Great. Should be on YouTube!

OH look, it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2IJL8pihZQ

OldGold360 · 12-15-2020, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob from red oak

Well done GB! Thanks for sharing. Hope we all can find things we are grateful for after a rough year for so many.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

OH look, it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2IJL8pihZQ

Good job sir. I read this the other day and thought it was brilliant. Then to hear Dori Monson reading it on his show. Dori is the last voice of reason here in the PNW and I have so much respect for him, so it was really great when I heard this on his show. I did think he made a mistake while reading it or that he purposely changed a certain part that was in the original version you posted, but I now see that it was your doing. Great work.

GB SISSON · 12-15-2020, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldGold360

Good job sir. I read this the other day and thought it was brilliant. Then to hear Dori Monson reading it on his show. Dori is the last voice of reason here in the PNW and I have so much respect for him, so it was really great when I heard this on his show. I did think he made a mistake while reading it or that he purposely changed a certain part that was in the original version you posted, but I now see that it was your doing. Great work.

Yeah, Dori is the old skool guy around these here parts..... If some bigtime new guy had read it on his show it would not have had the same effect.... I'm sure all you Barners have new guys in town that don't get it... But here on the left coast things grow so fast that as a 67 year old where do you find other natives of your city? Thank you 'OldGold'

truckdog62563 · 12-16-2020, 01:56 AM

Bravo Gary. Nicely said. And great to have had it read on the air. Stu

rufus39 · 12-16-2020, 12:23 PM

Very well Done Sir !
My brain could not have come close to that on 12 very strong cups !
Thank you for sharing .

Als48 · 12-16-2020, 12:24 PM

Great Job, Gary! Are you copyrighting? Or may we use it?

Al Hook

GB SISSON · 12-16-2020, 07:43 PM

No thoughts on copywrite... I make my money making stuff outa wood. If somebody steals it, at least my friends know who really penned it. Use it. I say it's only fresh right now... Like the next week or so. After the 15th shipment of vaccine from the Pfizer plant it will be old news, not even on the back page.

Shu47 · 12-16-2020, 09:55 PM

Very good job.... Thanks

Hope you can get the vaccine soon and be able to hug your loved ones.

Fortunateson · 12-17-2020, 12:43 AM

Nice work. 2021 will be like the Beatles " Getting better all the time (can't get much worse)!

12-12-2020, 08:33 PM	#1
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,914	Off topic but a Christmas sentiment OK, I wrote this this morning over a strong cup of hot black coffee. I know it isn't Ford, but I don't do social media etc. Perhaps it has no place here, but here goes..... T'was the Christmas of Covid and all through the mall, Not a shopper was shopping, their paycheck too small. Their masks had been hung on the bare Christmas tree, In hopes a vaccine would soon come to be. The families were ordered to shelter in place, And only hug Grandpa with six feet of space. With Ma in her nightgown and I in my shorts, We'd turned off the tv, bad news and no sports. When out on the drive there arose such a clatter, Was it rioters, looters, just what was the matter? Away to the window I had to look out, But there wasn't a riot or looter about. The shine from the streetlights like that old Christmas star Showed a beat up old towtruck with a hook on my car. With a little old driver so sneaky and quick, I knew I'd been repo'd the Bank's dirty trick. No way to commute, parttime job faraway, So I got on my knees to reluctantly pray. There were many out there giving care to the ill. Or working on millions of viles to fill. They fought through the Spring and the Summer and Fall, A world wide race bent on saving us all. More rapid than ever these drugs were created, Now off to be frozen and styrofoam crated. On Fauchi,on Merck, on Moderna and Pfizer, On Masks and good distance and hand sanitizer. Now fill up those Fedex and UPS trucks, And cure this damn virus, the loneliness sucks! __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) Last edited by GB SISSON; 12-13-2020 at 04:58 AM.

12-12-2020, 08:38 PM	#2
Joe777 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: W.Pa Posts: 103	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Excellent GB! This pandemic is becoming tedious to say the least. Hope y'all are well out there!

12-12-2020, 08:42 PM	#3
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,062	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Really cool piece of work GB - thanks for creating it and sharing it with this motley crew! Merry Christmas to you and yours - 2021 HAS to be better!

12-12-2020, 08:47 PM	#4
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,914	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment 2021 it just has to be better, Or I'm sending you Aunt Martha's Ugly Christmas sweater! __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-12-2020, 08:49 PM	#5
Joe Immler Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Massillon, Ohio Posts: 783	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Outstanding!

12-12-2020, 09:15 PM	#10
flathead48 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Posts: 1,110	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment GB you should have been a writer, excellent

12-12-2020, 09:24 PM	#11
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,009	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Thanks GB. __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.

12-12-2020, 11:22 PM	#12
Scotty's 52 F3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Marana, AZ. Posts: 414	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment That's AWESOME! Very creative and totally appropriate to 2020. You can work wood AND words!

12-12-2020, 11:33 PM	#13
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,094	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Well done; thanks for sharing it!

12-13-2020, 12:26 AM	#14
outlaw Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eagle River,Alaska Posts: 352	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Great poem GB! Very fitting for the times that we are living in! Thanks for sharing it. Merry Christmas!

12-13-2020, 01:19 AM	#15
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,567	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment fantastic!

12-13-2020, 05:03 AM	#16
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,914	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment I made a couple of small edits to remove what could have been considered offensive to some. Of course suggested by my kids......Didn't change the tale. Thanks for all the nice comments. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-13-2020, 05:35 AM	#17
flatford8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lyman,ME. Posts: 2,623	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Great job Gary!!.....Merry Christmas to all of you way over there.......Mark __________________ I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver

12-13-2020, 06:13 AM	#18
KDL Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Central MA Posts: 186	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Nicely done.

12-13-2020, 06:52 AM	#19
Bill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 469	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Thanks GB! We all needed this with our coffee n toast this morning..Bill

12-13-2020, 07:19 AM	#20
bob from red oak Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: red oak texas Posts: 65	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Well done GB! Thanks for sharing. Hope we all can find things we are grateful for after a rough year for so many.

12-13-2020, 07:29 AM	#21
FortyNiner Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin Posts: 1,136	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Author! Author! Bravo.! I am so stealing this- with proper attribution, of course. __________________ 19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it

12-13-2020, 07:59 AM	#22
mfirth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: ohio Posts: 986	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment And i thought i had a poetic gift........cuddos G B.....GR8 stuff. Thanks for sharing and...... MERRY CHRISTmas !

12-13-2020, 08:41 AM	#23
al's28/33 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Redwood City, CA Posts: 1,591	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Good writing.....CHEERS!!! __________________ 1928 "A" Phaeton (mid year with many early features) 1933 "V8" Closed-Cab Pickup Truck (originally a Model B, 4 Cylinder dating to May, 1933)

12-13-2020, 10:11 AM	#24
deuce5wndw Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Liberty, KY Posts: 899	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Very enjoyable! I certainly hope 2021 is a lot better!

12-13-2020, 06:59 PM	#25
Ford46 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southeastern, MA Posts: 434	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Nicely done GB! Here is to a Healthy and Happy New Year in 2021.

12-13-2020, 07:03 PM	#26
McMimmcs Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan Posts: 2,296	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) great effort on your part! Merry Christmas! Wayne

12-13-2020, 09:05 PM	#27
Zeke3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 1,406	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Thanks GB, very enjoyable. Merry Christmas to all and to all, well you know.

12-13-2020, 10:24 PM	#28
40cpe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Star, MS Posts: 4,024	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Copy-rite it, QUICK!

12-14-2020, 09:31 PM	#29
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,914	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment My son and I listen to a Seattle radio talk show in the afternoon with Host Dori Monson on KIRO radio. Today after work he suggested I send the poem to Dori, as it is pretty much based on today's news and will only be fresh for a short while. Well, I did and Dori just responded and said it was fantastic and will be sharing it with his audience tomorrow. Holy Crap! __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) Last edited by GB SISSON; 12-14-2020 at 09:52 PM.

12-14-2020, 10:08 PM	#30
Zeke3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 1,406	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Congratulations, it is well worth the attention.

12-15-2020, 01:30 AM	#31
Tinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7,053	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment I dig it. Love and truth. Some get so paranoid and get into conspiracy sometimes and forget we are just people. Merry Christmas! Last edited by Tinker; 12-15-2020 at 01:37 AM.

12-15-2020, 11:11 AM	#32
4tcoupe Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: north central Oklahoma Posts: 38	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Great. Should be on YouTube!

12-16-2020, 01:56 AM	#36
truckdog62563 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rochester, Il Posts: 599	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Bravo Gary. Nicely said. And great to have had it read on the air. Stu __________________ Stu McMillan Marmon-Herringtons

12-16-2020, 12:23 PM	#37
rufus39 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: North Georgia Posts: 111	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Very well Done Sir ! My brain could not have come close to that on 12 very strong cups ! Thank you for sharing .

12-16-2020, 12:24 PM	#38
Als48 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Paducah Ky Posts: 279	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Great Job, Gary! Are you copyrighting? Or may we use it? Al Hook

12-16-2020, 07:43 PM	#39
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,914	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment No thoughts on copywrite... I make my money making stuff outa wood. If somebody steals it, at least my friends know who really penned it. Use it. I say it's only fresh right now... Like the next week or so. After the 15th shipment of vaccine from the Pfizer plant it will be old news, not even on the back page. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-16-2020, 09:55 PM	#40
Shu47 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maltby, Washington Posts: 187	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Very good job.... Thanks Hope you can get the vaccine soon and be able to hug your loved ones.

12-17-2020, 12:43 AM	#41
Fortunateson Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 511	Re: Off topic but a Christmas sentiment Nice work. 2021 will be like the Beatles " Getting better all the time (can't get much worse)!