Everyone loves a parade?

[KYS]

My Friend lives next door to Pasadena and he watches it from his T.V.
if he watches it all.
I started watching the re-runs and fell asleep.
I missed the Stealth bomber. My Aunt said it was awesome.
When I was with my X, we would sleep overnight in the car and
watch the parade the next morning. I remember how cold it was.
Now I watch it from the TV tube.
I got a kick watching the dog Tillman
ride the skateboard on the float. I remember him and his owner
from that T.V. program "Best talented Dog or something like that".

[kitten645]

I LOVE parades! I always feel like I missed out on lots when I was young cause my sister was scared of EVERY bloody thing! Parades, clowns, circus', dark theatres...oi vey! We still give her a hard time about it.
I do remember going to the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade one year..I must have been 7 or 8, and freezing my proverbial tookus off!
I go to every parade I can now. Gay Pride in SF is not to be missed! I even rode a float once LOL! St Pats is pretty fun too. I'd love to see the Rose Parade.
Fireworks and Parades are the two things that make me teary in a good way.
Claudia

[Logan]

I saw Tyler and Tillman on the NBC Nightly News tonight. What cuties and how great that they had their own float! Mack wished he could be with them.
We turned on the parade for a while this morning. My first cousin, Nancy, was with Al Roker, hosting the parade and it was nice to see her. We don't get to visit in person very much these days, being on the opposite sides of the country.
All my husband could say when we were watching was "what a waste of good money". I guess I have to agree with him.

[RICHARD]

The post parade market is quite lucrative.

You used to be able to see the parade floats after for free. I went with my dad once to try, no parking -10 bucks a spot and three to get into the area.

A few years ago it's ? to park, 10 to get in and they strip the flowers, package them as potpourri and sell them for some jacked up price.


The float 'steel' and forms are recycled.

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Cold concrete on hemorrhoids is usually a good reason to skip a parade.

[pomtzu]

I'm feeling kind of un-American here, since parades, especially if they're lengthy, tend to bore me. I like the little hometown parades with the local fire companies and school bands - just short enough. I've never managed to watch the Rose Parade all the way through, and the only time I paid any real attention to it was the year back in high school when our school band was in it.

And the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia - 12 hours!- no way. This year the city cut funding so the parade was shortened to just over 6 hours. That's still at least 5 hours more than I could handle!

[Grace]

I'm feeling kind of un-American here, since parades, especially if they're lengthy, tend to bore me. I like the little hometown parades with the local fire companies and school bands - just short enough. I've never managed to watch the Rose Parade all the way through, and the only time I paid any real attention to it was the year back in high school when our school band was in it.

And the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia - 12 hours!- no way. This year the city cut funding so the parade was shortened to just over 6 hours. That's still at least 5 hours more than I could handle!

I remember that - the year was 1960. Does that date us?

[pomtzu]

I remember that - the year was 1960. Does that date us?

You got it!!! I wasn't in the band, but had friends that were. It was such a BIG deal and was I ever envious! And in 1961 they were in the Inaugural Parade too. We may have been Little Rhody - but we were good!!!
I guess our age is no secret anymore! Yes all you young PTers - we've been around for a while.