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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 1, 2023 21:55:29 GMT
Now, regarding your avatar, jim: Way back a million years ago when I was a kid, we had Squirt in our big old ice-cold drink cooler at our filling station; I thought it was nectar from heaven; cold enough to bust your teeth coming out of that old cooler that only had one setting = ice cold. The thick glass bottles hung by their necks in "tracks"; and, you worked your selection out of the track and pulled it up and out via this bear-trap of a mechanism that your money released the jaws to allow one drink bottle to pass. Thanks, Buckskin. I remember those old pop machines also - where you'd have to drag a bottle along the row where it was hanging by its bottle-neck. We also had that kind of machine at our school except there it had choc. and white small bottles of milk in it instead of pop (Oops. I guess everyone calls it "soda" these days :) ). BTW, I have an original early '50's Squirt decal/sticker like we had as kids so I made my avatar from one of those. We would soak the decal in water until the photo would slide off its paper backing and then carefully apply it to a window or our on bike fender, etc. where it would stick nicely. ![](https://i.ibb.co/KjBLq4j/Little-Squirt.webp) Once in a while I will stumble upon an old country store that still has a genuine drink cooler where the bottles are so cold that it hurts your bare hand to hold them; unlike the big glass barn-door-fronted drink displays of today where the drink is barely below room temperature if that; and then, they will have a gazillion different drink species behind one door and people will stand there with the door wide open while they try to decide which flavor they want.
When I become dictator, that's one of my first moves = enforce a maximum temperature of 34° for drinks and only allow thick glass bottles.
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Post by WayneS on Aug 2, 2023 1:03:03 GMT
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 2, 2023 4:21:54 GMT
And now for something different. A piper was practicing at the ponds this evening. ![](https://i.ibb.co/1G8zXW4/sean-bagpipes-CAS00937.jpg) ![](https://i.ibb.co/QmVpLfH/sean-bagpipes-CAS00910.jpg)
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 2, 2023 6:10:37 GMT
"When I become dictator, that's one of my first moves = enforce a maximum temperature of 34° for drinks and only allow thick glass bottles." Made me smile BuckSkin. And the thick bottles have been returned and refilled many times. There are wear abrasions on the bottom edges of the glass. Memories. 👍😊
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 2, 2023 9:45:47 GMT
"When I become dictator, that's one of my first moves = enforce a maximum temperature of 34° for drinks and only allow thick glass bottles." Made me smile BuckSkin. And the thick bottles have been returned and refilled many times. There are wear abrasions on the bottom edges of the glass. Memories. 👍😊 It didn't help the taste any when our ever-intelligent government made them quit adding a trace of Cocaine to drinks in 1976; what do you think made Coca-Cola the most popular drink in the world ? The name gives it away.
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Post by Inspeqtor on Aug 2, 2023 11:25:09 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 2, 2023 16:59:26 GMT
HERE ya Go
A bit pricey but most of the reviews claim it is the real deal made with plenty of politically incorrect genuine cane sugar.
At least it seems pricey to me; the wife says I need to go to the grocery store - a place I have not been in probably forty years.
The six-pack she got me at Cracker Barrel actually had the little Squirt boy on the bottle.
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Post by Howard on Aug 2, 2023 22:46:15 GMT
A piper was practicing at the ponds this evening. The definition of a gentleman...someone who can play the bagpipes. But doesn't.
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 3, 2023 0:21:32 GMT
A piper was practicing at the ponds this evening. The definition of a gentleman...someone who can play the bagpipes. But doesn't. If they actually know what they are doing - I LOVE 'em = It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Now, if they sound like a cat hung in a chicken-wire fence --- then NO.
And, they got to be dressed appropriate; not like some 70-yr-old Bart Simpson wannabe.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 3, 2023 3:37:25 GMT
It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Agree. And, they got to be dressed appropriate; not like some 70-yr-old Bart Simpson wannabe. Also agree, but Sean was just practicing for two upcoming parades at which he will wear a kilt etc., so he gets a "let" when he is practicing at the ponds.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 3, 2023 3:46:29 GMT
Had great time talking to these lovely and cheery Hutterite ladies this morning. See here. They were in town for a day outing and lunch with members of two families from two colonies. A couple (one from each location) is getting married next Sunday. Most Hutterites are very modern despite their clothing styles. They all have cell phones, many have Facebook accounts and most colonies are large and they are excellent farmers. Most colonies are diverse and grow a range of crops, raise cattle, chickens and pigs in modern facilities. And there is always a large garden from which produce is sold at local markets. They generally have the latest in farm equipment including large tractors and grain combines. ![](https://i.ibb.co/GCxwBCV/hutterite-ladies-CAS00944.jpg)
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 3, 2023 5:40:47 GMT
A couple (one from each location) is getting married next Sunday.
I can't speak for him; but, I would stomp my phone, change my name, grab a handful of boxcar and leave for points unknown --- they just look creepy to me.are diverse and grow a range of crops, raise cattle, chickens and pigs
This diversity business reminded me of a conversation I had with a guy; he is not affiliated with any cult or clan but just an old Kentucky Redneck Farmboy from Pellyton with more kids than he can afford.
He said him and his boys had diversified and started taking free bottle calves from some of the dairy farms.
Both he and I both knew that there is no future in raising bottle calves = mostly buzzard bait and dead expense plus a lot of filthy work mixing the bottles and then getting slobbered all over.
If you are in the bottle calf business it helps to have a big sinkhole close by, but not too close to the house.
However, he had a good point behind his decision.
He said that those calves were a marketable asset at any stage of their growth that could be turned into immediate cash as soon as the nearest stock sale day --- sooner than that if you want to take a loss and sell to a penhooker.
He said that, if an unforeseen expense should strike, like say the refrigerator quits, or a rod flies through the truck engine, or he gets sick and down for a couple weeks, one or two or a dozen or the whole lot can be cashed in for immediate spendable greenback.
If nothing such happens, although they are not by any means a get rich quick scheme, more so a lose-your-tail if you keep records endeavor, they just keep getting bigger and bigger and soon you will have a load lot, 50,000 lbs; and; win or lose, that is some serious money all at once for an old redneck Kentucky boy = take a bit of a loss below market and get silent non-trackable greenback cash and nobody the wiser and you could even go to the Grand Canyon.
When I was a kid, people had a similar plan with hogs.
They would notch their ears and turn them into the woods to sink or swim with no input whatsoever from the landowner/hog-owner.
This lent a lot of credence to the age old answer when someone inquired as to the whereabouts of someone who hadn't been seen for a few days = " 'e went t' sh__t an' th' hogs eat 'eem(him)" = a very likely outcome if one ventured out of the house after dark.
You didn't have to warn the kids to stay out of the woods; they had seen what the hogs had did to little Johnny and they didn't want a like outcome to themselves.
If a sudden need for cash arrived = round up a few hogs and sell them; and, during hog killing weather, fill the smokehouse at no more expense than the time required and eat high on the hog all winter while the wealthy townies did without.
But then the guvment stepped in on behalf of the big mega-meat producers and now you can't give a hog away.
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Post by hmca on Aug 3, 2023 20:52:51 GMT
Had lunch with a friend in a near-by town today. Took two quick pictures. Such a colorful town...I really need to go back just for the purpose of taking some pictures. ![](https://i.ibb.co/yP2Gcp1/IMG-6500.jpg) ![](https://i.ibb.co/RgTVLQs/IMG-6501-Edit.jpg)
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Post by hmca on Aug 5, 2023 22:24:52 GMT
Caught this guy heading out this morning on what I think is a longboard paddle board.....it seemed huge as I was watching him carrying it. ![](https://i.ibb.co/qnBrjYQ/DSC3142.jpg)
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