tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7478956743790665496..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: The eternal present...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48588506408706630542010-01-13T12:36:10.508-05:002010-01-13T12:36:10.508-05:00"...Nice place, Kansas, at least in June...&q...<em>"...Nice place, Kansas, at least in June..."</em><br /><br />HAH!<br /><br />If you are talking about the temperature, well, <em>maybe</em>, but the general weather is about as stable as a hungry lion. Oh sure, it might look pretty, but don't trust your eyes, as it will turn around on a dime and tear your 'effin head off. Prime tornado season, right there. Can't remember how many I've literally watched from my doorstep, but it's much too much.<br /><br />If you like June, please come visit in July, when it really gets hot.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49573210053815934922010-01-13T12:31:21.878-05:002010-01-13T12:31:21.878-05:00I'll be looking for that book today.
My grand...I'll be looking for that book today.<br /><br />My grandparents pulled up stakes in 1935 or 1936 and left the drylands of Matheson Colo. Dad was 7 or 8 years old. Unfortunately, he passed away two years ago and I somehow never got all the stories.<br /><br />I remember him saying they cover the windows with wet towels, and they would always leave their plates upside down on the table until the food was ready.Larry Ashcrafthttp://landsashcraft.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13269462815023092162010-01-13T12:10:32.165-05:002010-01-13T12:10:32.165-05:00Borepatch --
You forgot the obligatory "y&qu...Borepatch --<br /><br />You forgot the obligatory "y" someplace else than where it belongs.<br /><br /><i>I'm Tyffani. Fly me!"</i><br /><br />See Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing (http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/)Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69200318357372298292010-01-13T11:12:39.306-05:002010-01-13T11:12:39.306-05:00"Nice place, Kansas, at least in June."
...<i>"Nice place, Kansas, at least in June."</i><br /><br />I think so.<br /><br />'BergMark B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10086247362078772092010-01-13T10:38:20.672-05:002010-01-13T10:38:20.672-05:00I got to visit an ADM fertilizer, grain, and chemi...I got to visit an ADM fertilizer, grain, and chemical outlet in Kinsley, KS about four years ago for my then-job.<br /><br />You can see a looooong way from the top of a grain elevator; the more so in Kansas. Nice place, Kansas, at least in June.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61448255120860627692010-01-13T09:48:12.020-05:002010-01-13T09:48:12.020-05:00Oh, trust me, I'm reading it more as a work of...Oh, trust me, I'm reading it more as a work of oral history than agronomy and meteorology.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86571061901233092712010-01-13T09:41:38.515-05:002010-01-13T09:41:38.515-05:00Donald Worster's book is good BUT he overstate...Donald Worster's book is good BUT he overstates the role of plowing and wheat in the Dust Bowl. The area blew back in the 1830s and earlier, it blew under areas that had never been plowed, and it blows under pastures today. As Geoff Cunfer's more recent book shows, the drought had a lot to do with the dust storms. Worster's work is great, but the story is a lot more complicated than just careless suitcase capitalists destroying the grass.<br /> LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83578969390627593692010-01-13T09:10:42.522-05:002010-01-13T09:10:42.522-05:00"I'm Tiffani. Fly me!"<i>"I'm Tiffani. Fly me!"</i>Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79993077331160467892010-01-13T08:35:04.202-05:002010-01-13T08:35:04.202-05:00I would bet even money that everyone at, say, a gu...<i>I would bet even money that everyone at, say, a gunblogger get together, is capable of going into "Live very cheaply" mode at about a moments notice. Some are already there.</i> <br /><br />Damn straight. Those are the friends you want to have in times like this.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72403007503099150782010-01-13T07:44:04.466-05:002010-01-13T07:44:04.466-05:00I have to go with SB on this one. Clearly she read...I have to go with SB on this one. Clearly she read the sentence, and had a real question about elevator technology.<br /><br />Here's the germ if my idea:<br /><br />The wood elevators that would have been a common sight in 1930 have largely been replaced by newer ones.<br /><br />Even early concrete silos and elevators are much more modernistic appearing things than the ordinary buildings of their eras. Someone familiar with the typical low level brick, stone, and wood construction of the 1890-1920 period could be forgiven for thinking a concrete elevator postated the dust bowl.<br /><br />So if all you saw were the elevators along the tracks in 2005, you might well wonder what they used in 1930.<br /><br />So she might be a braniac after all.<br /><br />UNLESS, "for" and "elevators" are transposed...staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59237849724477206852010-01-13T03:52:48.655-05:002010-01-13T03:52:48.655-05:00I'll cut a life-long cityslicker a little slac...I'll cut a life-long cityslicker a little slack.<br /><br />It's easily possible for someone in the NE to have never seen a grain elevator. When I was a kid, I had no clue that they were different from other elevators until an adult pointed one out for me.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53909211467165506412010-01-13T03:28:51.514-05:002010-01-13T03:28:51.514-05:00I am sorely tempted to link to this post on some o...I am sorely tempted to link to this post on some offbeat pretext, and to credit it to "Tammi".<br /><br />But my life is worth more than that.wrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102470737392693528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36521219631455547982010-01-13T00:57:16.202-05:002010-01-13T00:57:16.202-05:00Guess who's 67th birthday is in four minutes?
...Guess who's 67th birthday is in four minutes?<br /><br />Mine, Caprica!Mal Reynoldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63836386345213583062010-01-12T23:50:59.081-05:002010-01-12T23:50:59.081-05:00Tammi wouldn't be that bad. Means 'oak'...Tammi wouldn't be that bad. Means 'oak' in my language. On the other hand, a lot of real Finnish first names for women end with i, and it's not considered in any way cutesy here, so I suppose I'm not really qualified to judge.Marjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41585295917538278192010-01-12T23:33:36.673-05:002010-01-12T23:33:36.673-05:00People have had their noses shoved into books in c...<i><br />People have had their noses shoved into books in college down through the years and managed to emerge unscathed, as five minute with most any current professor will reveal.</i><br /><br />This is entirely true also.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68984002943711570962010-01-12T23:05:19.969-05:002010-01-12T23:05:19.969-05:00Out in Woodward, Oklahoma, one of the lower levels...Out in Woodward, Oklahoma, one of the lower levels of the Dust Bowl, there's a grain elevator downtown with a Burger King sitting in its shadow.<br /><br />One of these days I'm going to figure out exactly what that juxtaposition portends.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23184609869938386152010-01-12T21:12:00.562-05:002010-01-12T21:12:00.562-05:00-chagrined--chagrined-Shermlock Shomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987125290107001437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64798538339985075602010-01-12T20:53:42.763-05:002010-01-12T20:53:42.763-05:00Kandi used to be a Marine.
I've take o a coup...<a href="http://www.holsters.com/team-safariland/kandi-blick.asp" rel="nofollow">Kandi</a> used to be a Marine.<br /><br />I've take o a couple of courses from her.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266828722290789801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30545960706734391352010-01-12T20:50:46.435-05:002010-01-12T20:50:46.435-05:00"with most any current professor"
I was..."<i>with</i> <b>most</b> <i>any current professor</i>"<br /><br />I was thinking of you when I typed that sentence. Ahem. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4686059545818692792010-01-12T20:30:23.843-05:002010-01-12T20:30:23.843-05:00Ahem.Ahem.Shermlock Shomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987125290107001437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87930246052630762332010-01-12T20:12:31.331-05:002010-01-12T20:12:31.331-05:00"If nothing else, she at least had her nose i..."<i>If nothing else, she at least had her nose in the book.</i>"<br /><br />People have had their noses shoved into books in college down through the years and managed to emerge unscathed, as five minute with most any current professor will reveal.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33002327674194130922010-01-12T20:05:02.786-05:002010-01-12T20:05:02.786-05:00If nothing else, she at least had her nose in the ...If nothing else, she at least had her nose in the book.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25831254202848738272010-01-12T19:52:02.851-05:002010-01-12T19:52:02.851-05:00"If you ever see me sign off as "Tammi&q..."If you ever see me sign off as "Tammi""<br /><br />I believe we will take up a collection and have you put out of your misery by a professional.<br /><br />.22 One shot. Close range.<br /><br />It'd be a tribute. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75361456779443882472010-01-12T19:46:06.988-05:002010-01-12T19:46:06.988-05:00The funny thing is, they look just like the tall s...The funny thing is, they look just like the tall structures we fill with rocks and sand. You can't eat rocks and sand though.<br />During the Depression Grandpa scraped together enough money to get a Krag - about $1.50 - and shot food to feed his young family. Uncle Oscar rode broncs, did the hobo thing for a while, and got in fights.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90949822371359352642010-01-12T19:34:28.373-05:002010-01-12T19:34:28.373-05:00I'm the child generation of Depression survivo...I'm the child generation of Depression survivors. We scraped for everything, even when scraping was unnecesary. I remember how to scrape, and I would bet even money that everyone at, say, a gunblogger get together, is capable of going into "Live very cheaply" mode at about a moments notice. Some are already there. <br /><br />This will not be easy. It will be very very hard. But we will make it. And some of making it will mean leaning on each other. Sharing surplus, making do, doing without. I look forward to reading the book, just reserved the copy at the library.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.com