I'm sitting in a diner called "Pappy's" in downtown Brazil (right smack dab on Rte 40). It's actually a bar and grill, but I don't see any place for a bar, so I'll consider it a diner. Terra was right--this is the absolutely BEST pulled pork I have ever tasted. I'm enjoying every morsel. It is not open on Sunday and Monday, so we were not able to get here together, but in wandering around Main Street today, my last day here, I saw that it was open, so here I am!! Unfortunately, she had to work today, or I would have loved to be wandering with her.
Pappy's is not a "sticky table restaurant", either. That's Terra's name for the hometown places that don't clean their tables very well, so cups, plates, fingers, and arms stick to the tables. Ewwww.... I had never heard that expression, but I think I'm going to adopt it. I love it. I've been to quite a few of those places in my life, and now I have something to call them!! ha ha
This morning, I learned about "country miles" from Uncle Jack. We drove out to the cemetery after breakfast, and on the way back I asked him about the street signs that said "900N", "800S", etc. I didn't know why they had numbers and compass directions instead of names. There are some streets that have names, and some have a number and a compass direction. He said most of Brazil is laid out in "country miles", so the 911 operators know where to send an emergency vehicle. "800N" is 8 miles parallel to Rt 40, for instance, and each numbered road is a mile long. So, at the end of a road, you know you've gone a mile, then it will intersect with a "new" road, a new name or number, and a new direction. I just thought that was fascinating. I love learning new facts, and any trivia is good trivia. It makes a lot of sense, and now I can see why people around here speak of driving in compass direction terms, instead of "left" and "right". As in: at the next road, go west. Instead of: at the next road, turn left. Of course, there's still the right and left directions, but it's interspersed with a compass point.
Ahh,,,,the things you learn visiting family!!!!
My cousin Brian is coming down from Indianapolis today so I can spend the night at his house and we can be closer to the airport tomorrow morning. That will save me a few hours sleep in the morning, and anytime I can sleep in, I'm happy!! ha ha.
Well, I have finished my absolutely, positively delicious lunch. Even the potato salad is wonderful. Not vinegary. My taste buds will be remembering this for a long time!!! yum yum!!!! And, my laptop is very glad it's not a sticky table restaurant!
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