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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
My late uncle Sam had a large cattle ranch in Iowa and sold cattle to LBJ.
"Folks came out of the cemeteries to vote the day he got elected!" Sam used to roar, laughing, implying of course fraudulent election practices.
Sam was kind of a character. Also, I believe, a Republican.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 06, 2019, 10:00:36 pm ---My late uncle Sam had a large cattle ranch in Iowa and sold cattle to LBJ.
"Folks came out of the cemeteries to vote the day he got elected!" Sam used to roar, laughing, implying of course fraudulent election practices.
Sam was kind of a character. Also, I believe, a Republican.
--- End quote ---
An Iowan sells cattle to a Texan? Seems like it would be the other way 'round! I'm just now learning about some of my ancestors in Iowa and there may be a trip in my future to that place.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 07, 2019, 10:45:38 am ---An Iowan sells cattle to a Texan? Seems like it would be the other way 'round! I'm just now learning about some of my ancestors in Iowa and there may be a trip in my future to that place.
--- End quote ---
I'll meet you there! My folks was Iowan, along with many other ancestors.
Jeff Wrangler:
Anybody want to try Nashville hot chicken (Feb. 4)?
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 07, 2019, 02:29:57 pm ---Anybody want to try Nashville hot chicken (Feb. 4)?
--- End quote ---
Just reading about it was painful! My boyfriend R. loves hot chicken and waffles, even worse than just hot chicken, because you slather the waffles with butter, top with the hot chicken, and pour maple syrup over everything!!
I also read the article about the young Dutch man, Boyan Slat, who is proposing to clean up the ocean's plastic with a plastic horseshoe-shaped boom named Wilson. He's getting a lot of criticism but methinks the criticism is mostly jealousy from those with more reasonable ideas and more experience who haven't been able to draw the interest and funding that Slat has. I myself felt a growing resentment/sigh of resignation as I read his many quotable sayings that echoed those of Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. Why do people listen so intently to what comes out of a 22-year-old's mouth and so quickly dismiss what a 82-year-old says? Still, I wish him well and am cheering for him as so many people are.
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