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I want again. Welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, beverage of your choice. Let's see what's happening.

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Spring wheat $6.30 a bushel, 550lb steer calf $5 and a nickel. $5.05 per pound. A 100lb fat lamb billings at $2.91 a pound. But, guys, there's more, much more.

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It's the last day of April. Mayday, tomorrow. Hey. Hey. Hey. Spring has sprung. The grasses riase. I wonder where the flowers is. It's a nice time of the year for a walk. And in fact, I was out for my morning walk yesterday morning, and I went by the high school. I used to call it the new high school, but yeah. By the high school.

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There's something I noticed immediately. First off, that's a nice school, but another thing I noticed is all the cars in the parking lot was school in session. Wow. It wasn't full, but it was pretty full. If you wanna see it full, go to a home basketball game, then it's full to overflowing.

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I usually park on the South Parking lot. It always has room and then I can get another little walk. But as I looked at all the cars in the school parking yesterday, I was reminded of something else. I was reminded of the old high school where I went to school. You guys remember it right next to where the old gym still stands.

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Now stick with me. It'll sound like I'm running off course. But next time you're in the library, go pull out some annuals from the late 1960's and the early to mid 1970's. Look at how many students were in Malta High School back then. My class had over 70 classmates.

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There were some classes that had over 80, and I did hear tell that there was some younger grades that even had 90 or more in their class for a period of time. Now I told you all that so you'll understand this. We too had cars that we would drive to school and we did not have a parking lot. Next time you drive by the old gym, think about that. Now I'm not complaining.

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It worked fine, but I'm not sure how. We had over twice as many students in school as there are now and we didn't have a parking lot and yet many students drove their cars. Where in the world did we park? Well, I know for a fact that I would park on the west side of the school building over there near the Vo-Ag shop. That was my spot.

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Almost always, I could find a space there for the 1970 Buick GS. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I remember well the day I came out after the last class and I climbed inside to start the Buick up sitting there right next to the Vo-Ag shop and I hit the key and bang. A great explosion rang out.

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Wow. Thought my engine blew up. I jump out and pull the hood latch and start looking things over. And here comes Ronnie Tuma and Brian Schuffelmeyer and they're laughing their fool heads off. Ronnie had hooked up what they call called an auto fooler to my spark plug wire.

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As soon as I hit the ignition, kabang. It was a good joke. I laughed. I was actually relieved. I thought the car was shot. I'd have to walk.

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But anyway, do any of you remember the auto foolers? It seems like you could even buy them in a store right here in Malta, but I can't verify that. They were a serious practical joke. So anyhoo, next time you drive by the old gym, ponder in your mind where in the world did all those students park their cars.

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Spencer had a GTO, Bruce Sunset had a big 4 wheel drive pickup Ford, oh, the list goes on and on. But where in the world did we park? Now thinking back, it was never really an issue we talked about. Uh-uh. That's just the way it was and we liked it.

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Oh, how we loved it. This program was brought to you by I can't remember what I was saying, so I'll end with a bible verse. Do you think I can find one that talks about crowded situations like crowded parking? Listen. That's a verse we have all heard from, Luke, the gospel of Luke 2:7

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And she gave birth to her 1st born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and lay him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke two seven. Oh, yes. It was crowded there as well, but they made do.

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So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.