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On call today, still no jury.

The main entertainment this afternoon was the football. French fans, including moi, dared to hope but it was not to be. Nederlands did its part by defeating Romania, opening the door for the winner of Italia-France. An early injury to France's main playmaker followed shortly by a France red card in the penalty area and subsequent Italian goal started the spiral down. France played with only 10 and could not produce a miracle. Final score: Italy 2, France 0.

I think the likely analysis is that France played the first and last of the three games without two of its best three players. And even in the middle game when they had two of the three they still played without their captain. In the end France didn't scare anyone with the lineup they put on the pitch and home they go. With France out I have donned the oranje cap and I am totally, completely, without reservation for the Dutch.

Next Friday, Saturday and Sunday is the annual Back to the 50s car show at the Fairgrounds. Lots and lots of old cars in town and this place, a drive-in, will be jumping. Today instead of riding past I swung in to get a look at the menu.As I suspected, burgers do seem to be available, although I do admit to surprise that they are not at the very top of the menu. It may not be too obvious from the photo but each sandwich includes a combo offer which is fries and a mug of root beer. That looks like the traditional "basket" to me.

The A&W Root Beer Floats start at less than $2 and top out at jumbo for $3.69, I think.

Also you press one of those buttons at the bottom right to order from the car. The other button is to summon someone to come and get your tray. I didn't hang around long enough to see if that is actually possible but with all those old cars hanging around next weekend it would be only fitting and proper if activation of that button brings out a high school girl on roller skates. If I ride past that way I will try to find out if that is true.