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We're out!

The other day while I had to get out to the store I decided to just drive around the local area to see what others were doing. I was pretty amazed at how many cars were back on the roads. Getting over to the Brentwood Promenade there were as many cars heading in similar directions as I was. Clayton Road, Big Bend, Hanley, Brentwood, all filled with cars. It was like the days before the virus shutdown.

I was thankful I'd gone to the grocery store at 6 that morning. So people are now leaving home, going places (shopping as always). Actually, heading back to the seminary on Sunday afternoon from Collinsville Interstate 55/70 and Highway 64/40 had heavy traffic. Someone must have dropped the checker flag for getting out and going places.

But, here also comes the mattresses and ladders onto local highways. The tally has jumped since the last report.

Mattresses 42

Ladders 43

Mattresses turn to fall this morning

Ladders 38

Mattresses 37

Tally catch up

I've missed a couple from last week

Mattresses 36

Ladders 37

Falling ladders making a comeback

Mattresses 34

Ladders 35

A ladder report

Mattresses 34

Ladders 33

An award you probably didn't know existed

It seems there was a bracket challenge recently pitting city flags from all over the country. 64 city flags made the tournament and little by little flags were eliminated by public online voting. The idea was for the winning flag be named, Coolest U.S. City Flag.

St. Louis' flag won!

Here is the beginning bracket, you can click it to enlarge for better viewing.

The finals came down to the flags of St. Louis and Tulsa.

St. Louis' flag symbolizes the confluence of the Missouri, Mississippi, and Meramec Rivers. The Fleur-de-lis in the middle is there to give homage to the city’s French heritage.

On the Tulsa flag the blue represents the Arkansaw River which runs through the city. The gold represents black gold (oil). The shield represents Native Americans who were forcibly relocated to the area. The red circle represents the blood of those killed in the Tulsa race riots, the star is the future of the city and the cream bottom represents the warm of its citizens.

I don't know if Collinsville has an official city flag, but if they did it would probably look something like this:

Nothing stops these things from falling off vehicles

It's still happening folks, even with so many people not having to drive into work.

Mattresses 33

Ladders

Nothing stops these things from falling off vehicles

It's still happening folks, even with so many people not having to drive into work.

Mattresses 33

Ladders

Nothing stops these things from falling off vehicles

It's still happening folks, even with so many people not having to drive into work.

Mattresses 33

Ladders

Mattresses and ladders stop for no virus

I've lost track of the mattresses and ladders which hit our highways recently. Being at home all the time my focus has been pretty narrow, but it seems there are still people out and about on the roads with unsecured mattresses and ladders. If you must be on the roads, stay alert.

Current total

Mattresses 30

Ladders 25