THE VACUUM @ THE INDY 500!

      It was a little chilly the other afternoon at a recent grandson's football game here in Williamsburg. One of the parents mentioned about keeping warm with a little "something" in the coffee and then that brought up how much alcohol used to be brought in at football games at places like Kinnick Stadium many years ago until they really tightened up!

      Then, of course, it reminded me of an interesting memory of the days when I used to attend the Indy 500 every year back in the late 1970's and 1980's. You were allowed to actually bring a"case" of beer in with you in a certain size container set by the track officials!

       After the race was over, you can't imagine how deep the beer cans were under the bleachers. On one ocassion, I remember watching a guy operating this huge tubing affair which was actually a vacuum cleaner attached to this huge truck. I never had or have seen that much stuff being sucked up so quickly! They probably have a little smaller one used   for dug-outs at major league baseball parks!