Terry Wiegand Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Barbara and I want to take this opportunity to wish all of our old Buick enthusiast friends a Very Merry Christmas and a Really Happy New Year. No Christmas greeting can be complete without a little humor thrown in to get the grins and giggles started. When we lived in Northeast Iowa, we listened to a radio station out of Oelwein, Iowa with call letters of KOEL. Every year at Christmas time they would play seasonal music by some guys way, way up in Northern Minnesotio or quite possibly across the border in that country called Canada. The local DJ called it 'HOSERLAND'. Anyway, these guys called themselves the Yoopers. They had a little song that they sang to the tune of Jingle Bells. It went something like this - Jingle Bells Shotgun Shells Rabbits All The Way Oh What Fun It Is To Drive A Rusty Chevrolet! We dedicate this little ditty to all the hosers out there and don't have too much fun in one place! We sincerely hope that Thriller is not offended or anything like that. We certainly wouldn't put him in the category of being a hoser. Merry Christmas friends from our home to yours. Terry and Barbara Wiegand Out Doo Dah Way 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Well, Terry and Barbra, a Merry Christmas to you and all the rest of our Buick Buddies from some Pennsylvania (gas pump) "Hosers". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_Heil Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Well, here you go, eh? Merry Christmas from Michigan! Da Yoopers is a traveling comedy show and musical group from Ishpeming, Michigan. They are known primarily for their humorous songs and skits, most of which center on life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The band's name includes the term "Yooper," slang for residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the use of "da" instead of "the" is typical of the Yooper dialect. Da Yoopers has released thirteen albums, all on their personal label, You Guys Records. The band's lineup consists of Jim Bellmore (guitar, vocals), Lynn Bellmore (keyboards, vocals), Jim DeCaire (percussion, vocals), Bobby Symons (drums), and Matt Bullock (sketch comedy actor). Da Yoopers was founded in 1975 by drummer Jim DeCaire and guitarist Rodney "Joe" Potila, along with keyboardist Lynn Anderson and bass guitarist Jim Pennell.[1] The band took their name from the word "yooper", a common term for people of the "U.P.", an abbreviation for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and "Da" came from the Yooper dialect pronunciation of "the".[2] The band toured throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula for several years, before recording their first album, Yoopanese, in 1986 on their personal label, You Guys Records. This album included nine songs, all written by Potila and DeCaire. A second album, Culture Shock, was released a year later. This second album featured several comedy songs, including "Second Week of Deer Camp" and "Rusty Chevrolet" (the latter a parody of "Jingle Bells"), both of which became local hits,[1][3][4] including airplay on stations in Chicago and Milwaukee. In addition, "Second Week of Deer Camp" would later be played on several Dr. Demento shows. "2nd Week of Deer Camp" has also received heavy radio air-play in North Central Pennsylvania annually since 1995 in late November and early December during deer hunting season. This album also featured humorous dialogue and skits between songs, a feature later duplicated both in concert and on subsequent albums. Several local guest musicians also performed on this album. By the release of Camp Fever, the band's third album, Pennell left and was replaced with Joe DeLongchamp.[5] In addition, Lynn Anderson married Jerry Coffey, who joined as a vocalist and percussionist.[1] It also included the first song of the band's career not to be written by Potila or DeCaire, as DeLongchamp wrote the title track. Yoop It Up, their fourth cassette, was released in 1989. Edited December 10, 2017 by Brian_Heil (see edit history) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Thanks Brian...my first guess was that they would be from Michigan. Great seasonal family shot. Terry, there's no offense in calling a spade a spade. I'm comfortable being called a hoser and a redneck. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Here is a bit of Michigan trivia. Do you know what people from the Michigan Upper Peninsula call people that live in the Lower Peninsula? Trolls, because they live below the bridge. Edited December 10, 2017 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all Yoopers, Trolls, Hosers, & Rednecks who frequent these forums... We will be having a very Merry Christmas here in The Great Northwest with lots of the local Scandahoovians. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Merry Christmas from the Bolands in Canada. (The Christmas card appeared in "General" but belongs here too). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Wiegand Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Hey Brian, what are you guys gettin' Finn for Christmas? J. H., we love that Christmas greeting with the snow and all. Terry Wiegand South Hutchinson, Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_Heil Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Finn is still working on his list. He said he had a ‘ruff’ draft. He he also took exception to being called a Yooper. He prefers Pooper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 19 minutes ago, Terry Wiegand said: Hey Brian, what are you guys gettin' Finn for Christmas? J. H., we love that Christmas greeting with the snow and all. Terry Wiegand South Hutchinson, Kansas The picture was shot on an 80 F day in September ! Photoshop did the rest ! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Brian_Heil said: Finn is still working on his list. He said he had a ‘ruff’ draft. He he also took exception to being called a Yooper. He prefers Pooper. Groan. Bad pun alert! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Milewski Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Merry Christmas from the Milewski's 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Great photo Jim. Is that a Christmas wreath on the barn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Milewski Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 The pic was us getting ready for Brookfield - it is actually a solar powered peace sign - we have almost six inches of snow on the ground - the cars are all stored in the barn until spring ! Happy Holidays to all ! Heading to Gettysburg in 2018 - hope to see all there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Wiegand Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Jim, what's going on in Gettysburg next year? Terry Wiegand South Hutchinson, Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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