Archive for September 24th, 2025
Cool cars: old fire truck edition
Wednesday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Apparently, there’s a museum dedicated to baseball player Roberto Clemente in an old firehouse on Penn Avenue, and they park an old fire truck outside of it – which must be a lure to bring in passing lookie loos. Here’s their link, btw.
Caught my attention, I’ll tell’s ya. Love me a cool car.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
I grew up idolizing comic book artists and film directors, so the cult surrounding athletes is one I’m not a part of.
Want to talk Jack Kirby? I’m down. Want to discuss an athlete? I get quiet and listen but don’t participate in the conversation as I don’t have anything to offer on the subject. Did Roberto Clemente create the Fantastic Four, or the Avengers? Pfft.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a complete curmudgeon, I’ll go to a baseball or hockey game if you like. Won’t watch one on TV, although I will listen to a baseball game on the radio (the natural broadcast medium for baseball is AM radio) occasionally.
Couldn’t care less about football or basketball, me.
Saying that, sports means the world to a lot of people. Clemente is remembered by Pittsburgh in several conspicuous places. There’s a bridge named for him, as well as a street. A statue of the man greets entrants to PNC Park, where the Pirates compete.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Couldn’t help but pop out a few shots of the thing. My allocation of time for the walk was running down and I needed to keep moving.
Twirling, always twirling towards freedom, that’s me.
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