An observation at a yard sale I went to yesterday.

[Diamond_Dog]

The sale was in a neighborhood very close to mine, so I thought I’d stop and have a look. As you approached the garage, this woman had a yard sign displayed in front of the sale tables - I wish I could remember the wording exactly - but it said something like “in this house, all people are treated with dignity, women have equal rights with men, Black Lives Matter, etc. etc.”. Several ladies there including me told the homeowner they loved her sign and was it for sale! She replied that the drug store near a park on Youngstown’s north side was giving them out for free. It was so refreshing to see this interest in the sign in this (mostly white) neighborhood.

(and I scored a Bob Feller bobble head that he had autographed (this was from 2002) … along with the game ticket and a photo of him signing it, in a nice plastic case! Ten bucks!!

🙂⚾️🙂

[Jade Fox]

1. Heartening to hear....nt

[LakeArenal]

2. Go Ohio!!!

[Diamond_Dog]

5. 🙂🙂🙂

OH-IO

I really am beginning to believe there are more of us than I thought before.

Saw an elderly white guy in the convenience store recently wearing a mask that said Black Lives Matter.

It’s a start ….

[LakeArenal]

6. Yes. WI just might get rid of Ron Johnson.

Hope we live to see the stranglehold loosen.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. That is one guy

I would love to personally put a boot print on his behind.

C’mon Wisconsin!

[aggiesal]

23. I felt in 2001 when GWMcIdiot was sElected ...

"Am I the only one that's seeing what is happening?"
Then I found DU, and was shocked & pleased that I wasn't alone.

[NJCher]

26. you and me both!

I thought I was going to have to go to New York for Democratic comradery. Which I did, for a while. Then the Dems out here got more active, so it turned out OK.

[calimary]

39. That's how I felt after bush v Gore.

Very early in 2001 I somehow stumbled onto this place and I’ve been here ever since. It’s a refuge and an inspiration!

[lunatica]

50. I found DU after the SCOTUS picked Bush over Gore.

And never left.

[MontanaMama]

3. Nice find!

And even better you were surrounded by good people for a moment…there are more of us than there are of them. Count on that.

⚾️ ❤️ 😀

[Diamond_Dog]

7. TY Montana Mama!

All of us older white ladies loving this sign. It was such a good feeling.

[rurallib]

4. Ten bucks for that Bob Feller memorabilia!

That is a like stealing home on Feller himself!

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Lol!

I sure did get a “steal”!

I also have a book he wrote and signed, so this bobble adds to my collection nicely.

I now have 12 Cleveland Indians bobble heads. 🙂. I need to get a Guardians one now!

[Marthe48]

19. We met Bob Feller at a signing

I had a season program cover my Dad had kept, and a Life magazine with an ad in it featuring him. He was having a pretty routine day till he saw our items. The program wasn't dated, so he looked at it for awhile and thought it might be around 1938, because the field had lights for evening games. When he saw the ad, he said, "I'll be damned. I bought a car like that for my mother." I think we sold the cover on eBay, but probably still have the magazine, somewhere :/

I have a brick from the old Cleveland Stadium, and 2 Indians shirts, and maybe a hat.

It is refreshing to see signs like that. Several people in town display signs with positive messages. I think there are more good people than bad. The nasties are the ones we hear about. Thanks for sharing!

[Diamond_Dog]

28. Thank you for the interesting Feller story Marthe48

My dad pitched in the Cleveland sandlots. Feller was his boyhood idol. I’ve never met Feller, but I have met Rocky Colavito and Gaylord Perry.

Remember the phrase “the silent majority“? I think that’s what group we belong to now. You’re right, it seems like the real crazies get all the publicity.

[llmart]

38. Interesting.

My brother pitched in the sandlots also. Our paternal grandfather used to take my father to League Park when he was just a lad. My father sat next to Early Wynn in a bar and he gave my father an autographed baseball. I have no idea whatever happened to it, but my brother was thrilled. I spent many a childhood summer at Municipal Stadium.

[Karadeniz]

10. WOW!!!!

[PatSeg]

11. Thanks for sharing

At first I was afraid it was going to turn out to be a MAGAT house!

[TomWilm]

12. There are many variations around...

https://www.amazon.com/DesignThatSign-Believe-Equality-Rights-Matter/dp/B089Y9Q6RP

[Diamond_Dog]

13. Oh, nice!

That’s very similar, thank you!

[Stuart G]

14. K and R...Thanks for posting..

[rsdsharp]

15. You scored a deal on the Feller bobble head. He charged $10 for his autograph

at his museum in Van Meter — his Iowa home town. Rapid Robert had two moods: avuncular grandpa and axe murderer. I caught him in the second, he charged me, signed, and was rude about it. In that order.

To be fair, most of my contact with him was on a day when he’d torn the guts out of his Jag by running over something on I80 at 70 mph. He was pissed about that, and worried about how he was going to pick up Ted Williams who was resting at a Des Moines hotel. At another time, he signed his book for my daughter, and couldn’t have been nicer.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Oh, my!!!!!

Can you imagine being in a space with Bob Feller AND Ted Williams, BOTH in a bad mood?

[rsdsharp]

18. Ted was in a pretty good mood that day.

He and Feller were signing autographs. Ted’s was $25 on a museum provided photo — it was a fund raiser for the museum. They announced he wouldn’t sign balls, but I had my copy of the Science of Hitting, and wanted him to sign the famous strike zone full of balls picture in the middle.

They tried to take it away from me before I went into the room, but I persisted. He agreed to sign it, and I tried to flatten it out for him. He tried a couple of times, looked up and said, “I’ll sign if you let go of it, DEAR!” Bear in mind that I am a very large man. 🤣

[MyOwnPeace]

20. WOW! Great story!

[Diamond_Dog]

34. Haha

Great story!

[BHDem53]

21. The Heater from Van Meter.

[rsdsharp]

24. Bullet Bob.

[Diamond_Dog]

29. I've heard that about him.

Oh well. Glad he was nice to your daughter.

[rsdsharp]

37. Frankly, most of the time he was a very nice guy.

One time we were waiting to get into his museum to get Ozzie Smith’s autograph, on a cold, windy October afternoon. He actually came out with cups of coffee, and stood around schmoozing.

When he found himself, at the age of 80, 700 miles from home, with a car leaking trans fluid, oil, antifreeze and brake fluid, for which he had a $1000 deductible, when an ailing Ted Williams was looking to him for transportation, he was pretty cranky. Understandable, but memorable just the same.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

17. 💙💙💙

That's great news!

[ultralite001]

22. Bob Feller...

Score!!!

That is all...

[Sky Jewels]

25. That's great. We've had those signs all over my (mostly white) neighborhood

since the dawn of the Trump era, but I live in a very blue city in a very blue state. It's nice to hear about it happening in Ohio.

[Diamond_Dog]

30. Every little bit helps.

[Evolve Dammit]

27. Nice. And big SCORE on the Feller memorabilia!

[Different Drummer]

31. Nice get! n/t

[Boomerproud]

32. I hope that Ohio comes to its senses on November.

The crazies have been in power way too long.

[Diamond_Dog]

33. You and me both, Boomerproud.

[Boomerproud]

35. I have deep roots in NE Ohio (Portage County) and I know

what good, hard-working, salt of the earth folks live there.

[usonian]

36. Here are some copies I shot at home, so feel free to use.

Yes. it's real, the sign is bent a little.
Three sizes below if you want to print, or just share.


small, 738KB

Copy the following line, paste into your browser, and remove the space to get the pic.
https://i.ibb.co/myGKcjC/DSCN 03651.jpg

Larger, 1.9 MB


Copy the following line, paste into your browser, and remove the space to get the pic.
https://i.ibb.co/txZkzd5/DSCN 0365.jpg

All the camera could deliver, 4.9 MB


I don't want to flood DU users with big images, hence the split up URL.

[Diamond_Dog]

42. Awesome! Thank you so much!

[samplegirl]

40. Your a buckeye girl!

Go find! It’s most disappointing to go to a garage sale and then see some Rightwing books for sale! Always stopped me from buying anything!

[Diamond_Dog]

41. A few years ago I would see Trump flags at yard sales

Don’t see them any more, thankfully!

[Duncanpup]

43. Was there any fishing gear for sale

[Diamond_Dog]

46. sorry, no Duncanpup, no fishing gear.

There were some Harley Davidson sweatshirts at the sale across the street though

[EnergizedLib]

44. Rapid Robert

I met him in 2006 just before I began high school, he signed a ball and three cards for me.

Good for you. Bobbleheads and autographs, two of my favorite things.

[JohnnyRingo]

45. How uplifting!

It's so affirming to know others get it.
Sometimes I feel I'm missing something that these wackos see that causes them to worship a man. I mean I don't still wear Obama gear.

Thanx for posting DD! K&R

[Diamond_Dog]

49. I hear ya Johnny

I think must be only weak minded people get into that cult worship stuff. It escapes me, too.

[yellowdogintexas]

47. We have that sign in our yard. I think I acquired it in 2018

I drove by a house not far from ours and it was in their yard and of course I wanted one.

So I knocked on the door and asked - they had a dozen of them so I bought one.

There are a number of them in our part of town.

[Diamond_Dog]

48. It's so encouraging

To see these signs in an area that went for Trump in the last election.

At least some of us have compassion and believe in dignity for all.