[AT] Glub glub

[Larry D. Goss]

I suppose you know about Tom's Ice Cream Bowl in Zanesville then, Gene.
We celebrated by having supper there a week ago last Thursday night.
We've been visiting that establishment for 42 years.  I always have the
Black and White Special #3 with nuts.  In the old days, it was only
$1.75 for the whole concoction.  Today it's still served in the same
HEAVY ceramic bowls (very reminiscent of rabbit bowls) on a saucer to
catch the overflow and they still make their own ice cream, but the
price is $3.95.

Anyway, it took us two hours to make the three miles from marker 132 to
129.  The big bottleneck was caused by single lane traffic on US 40
between Hebron and Luray.  We jogged up to Ohio 16 and came on into
Columbus that way.  I-70 was open when we went back on Saturday morning,
but as I said, they closed it down again after we came back through on
Tuesday.

They're using a bunch of quad tractors with duallies front and back to
service the flooded areas down here along the Wabash in Posey and Gibson
counties.  It's a little scary to see those guys driving through water
that's up to the hubs with all eight tires spinning freely in the mud.
I hope the seals are good.  Otherwise there's going to be a bunch of
transmission rebuilding going on this spring.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Gene Dotson
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:51 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Glub glub

    The tile ditches are indeed running full. Seem to be doing
their job. My road to the east of me is closed due to high
water.
Have to make a 4 mile detour to get to my neighbor 2 miles
down the road. Lots of low laying ground here as I am only 1
mile from the little Miami River, so the runoff has to come past
here and the county ditches are well beyond capacity.
    George is right about Larry being closest to the high
point at Campbell Hill. I am probably the lowest elevation
of the three of us. Fortunately for me, my farm is located
 on a bit of a plateau so the water runs off of me on all
sides.
    My area here was at one time known as the Lewistown
Swamp. There are many low lying potholes that collect water
and are so low that they have no real drain outlet. Mainly the
water either perks into the ground or lays there till it
evaporates.
    The county road west of Bellefontaine where the Sheriff's
office is located is closed by a quarter mile standing water.
The drive is open but they can only go out one way on the road.
    I used to live close to I-70 in Buckeye Lake and know very
well the flooding tendency of this stretch of highway. It was
closed between Routes 13 and Route 37 yesterday and I
suppose it is still closed tonight.
    I believe Ohio will have adequate subsoil moisture for
the planting season.

                    Gene


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From: <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: [AT] Glub glub


: On 14 Jan 2005 at 9:10, Larry D. Goss wrote:
:
: > Just think, Gene, you're near the high spot of the whole
state!  They
: > were closing I-70 behind us as we came through east of
Columbus a couple
: > of days ago, and the flatlands in the Scioto basin are like
one big long
: > swampy lake.
: >
: > Larry
:
:
:
:
:
: Yesterday I was out on the hill where we were pulling the #$%&
CUBs at Cubfest
: walking in about 1 inch of water when I ran across several
crawdad holes with
: water coming up out of them. I hope our crawdads don't
drown...   :-)
: Today it is fairly dry and frozen. I'll bet that Gene's new
tile ditches are
: running full.
:
:
: --
: farmer, Esq.
:       Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
:
:
: Francis Robinson
: Central Indiana USA
: robinson at svs.net
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