{"id":263,"date":"2008-07-15T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:08:20","slug":"cheese-days-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/15\/cheese-days-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Days 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year 40 some odd aging friends of Papa Russo converge at his trailer down by the river to get drunk, float down the river, and then blow up their leftover illegal fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>We call it Cheese Days, and I look forward to it every year.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about this<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"what its all about by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2672944760\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3174\/2672944760_10f2d76ef7.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"what its all about\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and this<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"useful by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2672126527\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3065\/2672126527_19de1b5925.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"useful\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and this<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"hammock by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2672944548\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3249\/2672944548_e7c5bfde2b.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"hammock\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and this<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"weiner roast by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2672945724\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3285\/2672945724_2356261412.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"weiner roast\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a lotta good times<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Ghosts of Cheese Days past:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.blogspot.com\/2005\/07\/cheese-daze.html\">Cheese Days 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/cheese-days.html\">Cheese Days 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/sets\/72157600877068484\/show\/\">Cheese Days 2007<\/a> (flickr slide show &#8211; no blog post that year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/images\/pub\/feed-icon16x16.png?w=1080\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\">Subscribe to CoffeeJitters<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. All rights reserved.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year 40 some odd aging friends of Papa Russo converge at his trailer down by the river to get drunk, float down the river, and then blow up their leftover illegal fireworks. We call it Cheese Days, and I look forward to it every year. 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