{"id":4267,"date":"2019-11-07T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:00:41","slug":"whatever-happened-to-old-man-nick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/2019\/11\/whatever-happened-to-old-man-nick\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever Happened to Old Man Nick?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Whatever happened to old man nick?<\/p>\n

Lost his bees and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He Lost his..schtick<\/p>\n

All those mags<\/p>\n

the counter Bee\u2019hind<\/p>\n

Behind behind,<\/p>\n

Oh, ladies oh so kind.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I stopped at red roof<\/p>\n

Out here in A-ri-zona<\/p>\n

To see any sign-a<\/p>\n

That might now make it known-a<\/p>\n

I remember the first time\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With grandfather Paul\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Grandamolie got candy<\/p>\n

But I went with Tall<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cLena\u201d<\/p>\n

They called him<\/p>\n

For he was quite thin<\/p>\n

We gazed at the hives<\/p>\n

Drones humming within.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But, Whatever REALLY happened\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to old man nick?<\/p>\n

Lost his bees and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lost his…<\/p>\n

Pick of which heir<\/p>\n

Appeared\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to bee<\/p>\n

Next in line\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to charge the fee.<\/p>\n

For next in TIME<\/p>\n

In Roadside travel<\/p>\n

Kids places to go\u2026<\/p>\n

Spray the gravel<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But not here cuz<\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t got no buzz<\/p>\n

Few trips with gramps<\/p>\n

no tales no fuzz<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Hive Hut Still Standing<\/p><\/div>\n

So why the relic?<\/p>\n

There still standing<\/p>\n

Strange red roof<\/p>\n

Was so commanding<\/p>\n

Why the bees<\/p>\n

And candy corn?<\/p>\n

Mixed in with it<\/p>\n

You think some…<\/p>\n

Poorrrr….nother coke<\/p>\n

Just take your time…<\/p>\n

Grandma\u2019s shopping<\/p>\n

Grandpa fine.<\/p>\n

Go see hive<\/p>\n

Wow, see THAT honey<\/p>\n

Find the drone<\/p>\n

And spend some money<\/p>\n

(great selection)<\/p>\n

What a rack<\/p>\n

\u2018Hind the counter<\/p>\n

More in back<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Grandpa\u2019s here!<\/p>\n

( but keep sealed lips)<\/p>\n

And first the bees<\/p>\n

Some edu-tips<\/p>\n

And so it was<\/p>\n

The story ended<\/p>\n

Historic credits<\/p>\n

On property, lended?<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t google<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t \u2018wik\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I just imagine<\/p>\n

It happened so quick<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When \u2018ol man\u2019 was<\/p>\n

Starting to fail<\/p>\n

Next of kin knew<\/p>\n

Bees would bail<\/p>\n

But oh so clever<\/p>\n

He was, I see<\/p>\n

Would he pay penance<\/p>\n

To every bee?<\/p>\n

That lost its job<\/p>\n

Were they set free?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What really happened?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d better stop…<\/p>\n

At these old haunts<\/p>\n

These roads my jaunts<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Still see red roofs<\/p>\n

in states across<\/p>\n

The Wild West<\/p>\n

But where\u2019s the boss?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Hit the lair, if you dare…<\/p><\/div>\n

I could stop in<\/p>\n

The place next door<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be discreet<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t buy any poooorrr…<\/p>\n

nnn\u2019Nice items inside!\u2019<\/p>\n

And toys galore<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You think funny pops\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now test this out?<\/p>\n

What an idea\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To carry about<\/p>\n

Gets me to the next stop<\/p>\n

Where I will get out.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And when I imagine<\/p>\n

Kids running around<\/p>\n

flipping switches\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hearing sounds<\/p>\n

It is a comfort<\/p>\n

That\u00a0 <\/span>things don\u2019t change<\/p>\n

All that much<\/p>\n

Just rearrange<\/p>\n

And I will stop\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018nother pic ‘nother state<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll report, I won\u2019t be late<\/p>\n

Just ask directions<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s the loo?\u201d<\/p>\n

Use the ladies\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some candy too<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And if they ask<\/p>\n

Why I stopped there<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be real casual<\/p>\n

As I stand in the lair<\/p>\n

\u2018New to Arizona\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018My phones not stable\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018You have strong wi fi\u2019<\/p>\n

Good fiber and cable<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Wi Who Really Rules?<\/p><\/div>\n

An\u2019 in my mind<\/p>\n

He sends me out back<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to imagine<\/p>\n

To the funny red shack<\/p>\n

So altogether now<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got the BUZZ<\/p>\n

“It’s Not about stops<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about the FUZZ!”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So \u2018Whatever happened to<\/p>\n

\u2018Ol man nick\u2019<\/p>\n

Son lost his bees\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And he lost his schtick.<\/p>\n

Without any bees<\/p>\n

Well, there was no honey<\/p>\n

Sugar or spice<\/p>\n

And there was no money<\/p>\n

To keep up the roof<\/p>\n

So let’s inspect<\/p>\n

A Cultural icon<\/p>\n

It’s still<\/em><\/strong> erect!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whatever happened to old man nick? Lost his bees and\u00a0 He Lost his..schtick All those mags the counter Bee\u2019hind Behind behind, Oh, ladies oh so kind.   I stopped at red roof Out here in A-ri-zona To see any sign-a That might now make it known-a I remember the first time\u00a0 With grandfather Paul\u00a0 Grandamolie… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4267"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4280,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions\/4280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}