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07-26-2005, 10:45 PM

Stripping tobacco leaves in Kentucky in August. Don't know if that job ever got mechanized but back when I was a kid, you had to do it by hand. All the men in the family would converge on my grandparent's tobacco farm to get the job done. I was just a little kid and a girl at that, so I was spared. I'd climb high up in the loft of the tobacco barn (the best loft because it was far higher than the one in the dairy barn) and build a fortress for myself out of bales of straw that were stored up in that loft and hide the barn cats from my two cousins from Alabama and their new daisey BB guns. Me and the cats would stretch out up there, paralyzed from the heat and the humidity and watch my Daddy and GrandDaddy and uncles come in below with the tobacco leaves as tall as I was to be hung to dry. The drying sheaves of leaves would turn golden in the afternoon sunlight that came in through the slats on the barn. Best smell in the world!

jinx · 07-27-2005, 10:38 AM

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Drink the right things such as a couple of tall cold glasses of milk. Avoid fluids hyped by commercial propaganda.

Huh. I actually can't think of a fluid more hyped than milk.

So, the headache guy didn't eat anything for 2 days either, just drank water? Or you're saying that only cow milk can replenish a human body after a hot day? Eating and drinking anything else is just a waste of time then, or what?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-27-2005, 01:56 PM

MMMmmmmm......milk.

mrnoodle · 07-27-2005, 02:49 PM

Well. THAT should result in a few cartons going sour from disuse.

plthijinx · 07-27-2005, 05:42 PM

i thought we were talking about heat here. she appears to be quite chilly!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-27-2005, 05:49 PM

No, that's a normal healthy cow teat.

footfootfoot · 07-27-2005, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

Avoid fluids hyped by commercial propaganda.

GOT MILK?
http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/...alDairyCouncil

I worked with a couple of carpenters that would pound 3 Bud tallboys in rapid succession at about three o'clock each day.

They never left the roof. One and a half quarts of beer in the sun and I'd be down for the count.

They were hard workers though.

Elspode · 07-27-2005, 11:16 PM

Were we talking worst heat work experiences?

Baling very dry alfalfa hay in August in East Central Kansas. You end up coated from head to foot, inside *and* out, with a fine, green, granular powder which sticks to you like some sort of Satanic adhesive, and itches like crazy. When you finally get to shower it off, it sticks in all the folds of your joints and inside your ears.

Thank the gods I'll never have to do that again.

Queen of the Ryche · 07-28-2005, 09:49 AM

It's been a nice balmy 90s the past few days........w/ 90 % humidity........
worst for me: our vacation Ranch is just this side of Death Valley/back side of the Sierras - grandpa built it forever ago - laid his own pipeline from a creek from the Sierras, three miles down to the house - Forest Service told us we had to remove all of his pipeline - some back to nature crap - had three months to get it out or they'd seize our property (200 acres) - spent 10 weekends in a row in the summer (at least 100 degrees in the direct desert sun) driving up after work on Friday, spending Sat & Sun digging out three miles of cast iron, concrete and pvc pipe by hand, dragging it back down to the Ranch. I swear I lost ten pounds in those 2 1/2 months. (But we did git er done, and had a big party to celebrate on the last weekend. Screw you, Forest Service.)

wolf · 07-28-2005, 11:47 AM

No worry, the Forest Service will find some other reason to seize your property.

Elspode · 07-28-2005, 12:47 PM

Wolf is right. Unless you are a large corporate Right Wing campaign donor, and therefore automatically good for the economy (interesting how that works, idnit?), you no longer have any property rights.

So...what did you do for water after that? And what the hell ever happened to Grandfathering of easement rights (no pun intended)?

Queen of the Ryche · 07-28-2005, 12:50 PM

The Ranch is the only private land for miles up there - we are surrounded by Forest Service and LADWP land - (the freakin L A Aqueduct runs across the bottom of the property). They have been trying to get it out of our hands for the last 100 years - the water battle has been ongoing. We have been on a waiting list for a well for about 10 years now, which will run us about $25,000. (They only allow water rights to so many people because the water table is so low, thanks to Mulholland and his damned aqueduct.) So for now, we bring all of our water with us.

plthijinx · 07-28-2005, 12:58 PM

i guess drilling a well is out of the question?

Queen of the Ryche · 07-28-2005, 01:00 PM

You have to have "water rights" which we are on the list to get approved for, the we have to hire someone to come drill it, which will run us around $25,000.

footfootfoot · 07-28-2005, 07:55 PM

Have you looked in the yellow pages under "stealth drilling"? Worth a shot.

07-27-2005, 01:56 PM	#63
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	MMMmmmmm......milk. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:55 PM.

07-27-2005, 05:42 PM	#65
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i thought we were talking about heat here. she appears to be quite chilly! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-27-2005, 05:49 PM	#66
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, that's a normal healthy cow teat. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-27-2005, 11:16 PM	#68
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Were we talking worst heat work experiences? Baling very dry alfalfa hay in August in East Central Kansas. You end up coated from head to foot, inside and out, with a fine, green, granular powder which sticks to you like some sort of Satanic adhesive, and itches like crazy. When you finally get to shower it off, it sticks in all the folds of your joints and inside your ears. Thank the gods I'll never have to do that again. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-28-2005, 09:49 AM	#69
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	It's been a nice balmy 90s the past few days........w/ 90 % humidity........ worst for me: our vacation Ranch is just this side of Death Valley/back side of the Sierras - grandpa built it forever ago - laid his own pipeline from a creek from the Sierras, three miles down to the house - Forest Service told us we had to remove all of his pipeline - some back to nature crap - had three months to get it out or they'd seize our property (200 acres) - spent 10 weekends in a row in the summer (at least 100 degrees in the direct desert sun) driving up after work on Friday, spending Sat & Sun digging out three miles of cast iron, concrete and pvc pipe by hand, dragging it back down to the Ranch. I swear I lost ten pounds in those 2 1/2 months. (But we did git er done, and had a big party to celebrate on the last weekend. Screw you, Forest Service.) __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-26-2005, 10:45 PM	#61
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Stripping tobacco leaves in Kentucky in August. Don't know if that job ever got mechanized but back when I was a kid, you had to do it by hand. All the men in the family would converge on my grandparent's tobacco farm to get the job done. I was just a little kid and a girl at that, so I was spared. I'd climb high up in the loft of the tobacco barn (the best loft because it was far higher than the one in the dairy barn) and build a fortress for myself out of bales of straw that were stored up in that loft and hide the barn cats from my two cousins from Alabama and their new daisey BB guns. Me and the cats would stretch out up there, paralyzed from the heat and the humidity and watch my Daddy and GrandDaddy and uncles come in below with the tobacco leaves as tall as I was to be hung to dry. The drying sheaves of leaves would turn golden in the afternoon sunlight that came in through the slats on the barn. Best smell in the world!

07-27-2005, 02:49 PM	#64
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Well. THAT should result in a few cartons going sour from disuse.

07-28-2005, 11:47 AM	#70
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	No worry, the Forest Service will find some other reason to seize your property. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-28-2005, 12:47 PM	#71
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Wolf is right. Unless you are a large corporate Right Wing campaign donor, and therefore automatically good for the economy (interesting how that works, idnit?), you no longer have any property rights. So...what did you do for water after that? And what the hell ever happened to Grandfathering of easement rights (no pun intended)? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-28-2005, 12:50 PM	#72
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	The Ranch is the only private land for miles up there - we are surrounded by Forest Service and LADWP land - (the freakin L A Aqueduct runs across the bottom of the property). They have been trying to get it out of our hands for the last 100 years - the water battle has been ongoing. We have been on a waiting list for a well for about 10 years now, which will run us about $25,000. (They only allow water rights to so many people because the water table is so low, thanks to Mulholland and his damned aqueduct.) So for now, we bring all of our water with us. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-28-2005, 12:58 PM	#73
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i guess drilling a well is out of the question? __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-28-2005, 01:00 PM	#74
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	You have to have "water rights" which we are on the list to get approved for, the we have to hire someone to come drill it, which will run us around $25,000. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-28-2005, 07:55 PM	#75
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Have you looked in the yellow pages under "stealth drilling"? Worth a shot. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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