Saturday, March 06, 2010
Hawg Wild with Uncle Jack
My sister has been in western North Carolina this week visiting our centenarian Uncle Jack, who still drives, sometimes wakes up 4 am & thinks it 4 pm. (he doesn't care, just watches TV), & frequently dines at restaurants like HAWG WILD BAR-B-QUE. The menu at HAWG WILD website is the "Hawg Feed." It nust be good barbecue because you couldn't stay in business down there otherwise. Jack also likes Huddle House, a franchise not to be confused with Waffle House, neither of which we have in New Jersey. But it's like Denny's with "Biscuit and Sausage Gravy OR Grits and Toast." Jack's not looking for sliced turkey breast on whole grain with arugula, vine tomato, & a drizzle of olive oil.
Jean would be delighted if Uncle Jack would move to Jersey into assisted living near her. That's a project she could plan & pull off, & Jack knows it. Although she'd hide his car keys. He'd have a home-cooked dinner once in awhile, & be an excuse for Jean to bake cookies more often. He'd have trips to the mall. My niece would visit him from NYC & he'd have two attractive women doting on him. He could reacquaint himself with White Castle, since he grew up here, graduated from Rutgers, & resided in Jersey until he retired. My sister would even take him for rides on winding, hilly back roads if he needed thrills. She's driven me through places in Hunterdon County that look like Appalachia, some of her "short cuts." I think it'd be swell for him. But Uncle Jack's not budging. Not even for an Italian Hot Dog.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Jean would be delighted if Uncle Jack would move to Jersey into assisted living near her. That's a project she could plan & pull off, & Jack knows it. Although she'd hide his car keys. He'd have a home-cooked dinner once in awhile, & be an excuse for Jean to bake cookies more often. He'd have trips to the mall. My niece would visit him from NYC & he'd have two attractive women doting on him. He could reacquaint himself with White Castle, since he grew up here, graduated from Rutgers, & resided in Jersey until he retired. My sister would even take him for rides on winding, hilly back roads if he needed thrills. She's driven me through places in Hunterdon County that look like Appalachia, some of her "short cuts." I think it'd be swell for him. But Uncle Jack's not budging. Not even for an Italian Hot Dog.
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