DIDJA LOCK THE CAR DOORS? Scene: Mid September, B-Kwik parking lot in the village of Youngstown, NY Martha to John: Didja lock the car doors? John to Martha: Do you think Im crazy? Of COURSE I did! No, they werent afraid that if they left the car unlocked it would be stolen. They were afraid that as soon as they were out of sight some neighbor would sneak up and fill it up with his excess harvest of zucchini and yellow squash and a ton of ripe tomatoes! Yes, its that time of year around here. Everyone who planted a vegetable garden this past spring realizes once again that it wasnt such a good idea to plant 50 tomato plants for just the two of them! And, yes, zucchini and yellow squash and tomatoes are delicious and so are beans and green peppers and eggplant. And melons and corn and cucumbers and all the other delicious delicacies that can be grown in just a small patch out back. But what do you do when you have had your fill of eating them, of trying to find some sort of a different recipe for them and have just about had it standing over a steaming canning kettle putting everything up in Mason jars when you still have a cellar full from last year??? What do you do?? You try to give them away! You load up a card table in the front yard with them and put out a Free sign on it. Oh, what a great feeling when someone actually pulls up and takes a few of them off your hands! You call all your neighbors and even offer to deliver some to them--as many as they would like! And then when that fails, you start lurking around the market parking lot ready to pounce on the first fool who leaves his car doors unlocked! Scene: Later that evening at home. John to Martha: Quick, outen the lights! Here comes our neighbor Henry with a loaded wheelbarrow of vegetables! Did Martha outen the lights? What, do you think shes crazy? Of COURSE she did! vee