[AT] OT don't take any Buffalo Nickels and weather.

Sat Jun 29 21:34:20 PDT 2019

Hi all,
I also hope that these great posts from the list are archived
someware. I always enjoy reading these.
Last year (2018), I also had a really great visit with Herb Metz. I
was in Atlanta visiting family and my Uncle Kirk drove me down to
Herb's place. I really enjoyed my time, listening to him chat about
his Allis tractors, and all of the neat things he owns. I also enjoyed
the chat about his time in the Navy.
I made it down to Georgia this past March again, but my family down
there had most of it already planned, and so there wasn't much time
for resting...

As a small update on my tractor situation, I haven't had much of a
chance to get back to it. The temps have been so hot in my part of
Iowa that you go outside and everything sticks to you. It has been
pretty close to 100 each day and heat index has been much higher.
Thanks again for all the great information!
Take Care,
Tyler Juranek

On 6/29/19, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not been to Portland for some time but it's on my must do list this
> year.
>
>
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> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:12 PM HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Warren, yes we had an enjoyable visit. And because of your recommendation
>> Barbara and I enjoyed a special good observation of the lunar eclipse (at
>> Clemson campus). Herb
>>
>>
>> On June 28, 2019 at 10:52 PM Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Farmer:
>>
>> I'm 5 days late but want to say I really enjoy the posts you make like
>> this. You too, Cecil. And all the rest of you.
>>
>> I hope the ATIS list is well archived somewhere because there is a real
>> wealth of information shared by all it's members.
>>
>> I still sorely miss George Willer and will never forget my visit with
>> Herb
>> Metz at his home.
>>
>> I  think I need to add Portland to my bucket list to meet you folks.
>>
>> Warren
>>
>>
>> On 6/23/2019 2:52 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>>
>> I find this discussion a little surprising... I was taught in about the
>> 6th grade (in a small rural school in the 1950's) that what we all call
>> buffalo are really scientifically true bison and that early explorers
>> were
>> just guessing as to what they were. It was much like them thinking at
>> first
>> that this was the far side of the world and them calling everybody
>> "Indians". The name just stuck and so did buffalo.
>> Even back when I was in school it was understood that most people would
>> probably always continue to call them buffalo in casual conservation and
>> I
>> still do. By the time I learned that they were really bison I had already
>> learned the words dog, cat, cow etc. and bison was a strange sounding
>> name
>> to me.
>> Languages are funny things... Always evolving but not always in a good
>> way. I have a few pet peeves from more recent years about how people
>> butcher things. I watch a lot of DIY stuff and keep saying (mostly to the
>> TV screen) "No, that is not ship-lap. Every old 8" board is not
>> ship-lap!"
>> or "No that is not a "cinder block! It is either a cement block or a
>> concrete block... It is only a cinder block if it was produced using
>> cinders for the aggregate and very few of those are being produced these
>> days."
>> Rambling farther off track (not a cinder track).  :-)
>> When Diana and I got married in June 1963 we rented a small house at the
>> edge of town for a year and a half that was on a full basement all made
>> of
>> actual cinder block. When that first winter came along I got a real
>> shock.
>> The cinders were quite coarse and the block walls were not even close to
>> being air tight. When the winter winds began to howl you could not heat
>> the
>> basement. If you lit a candle (I really did) and held it next to the west
>> wall on a high wind day it would blow the candle out.
>> Speaking of languages, we have become friends with a Greek family who
>> have
>> a local gyro based restaurant (pronounced ˈyērō). Really nice family. We
>> were eating there a day or two ago and a lady and I believe her daughter
>> sat a the booth behind me and were chatting. I wasn't sure what language
>> they were speaking but it wasn't English. When things slowed down our
>> friends came out to visit with them and I realized that that they had
>> been
>> chatting in Greek. It was a happy visit for the 4 of them and I had to
>> chuckle a few times as they talked listening to them as all 4 of them
>> flip-flopped from Greek to English over and over again. It was maybe
>> about
>> 60% Greek and 40% English. Our friends are quite good at English so it
>> was
>> funny hearing the sudden  shift from rapid fire Greek to a perfectly
>> enunciated full sentence or more in English then instantly back to Greek.
>> I
>> can only assume that some thoughts just might be easier to express in
>> English and some easier in Greek. We have some Chinese friends but they
>> always speak all Chinese or all English. We also have Hispanic friends
>> and
>> family and they also speak mostly all one or the other. I have always
>> wished I could learn other languages but while I have learned many thing
>> in
>> my time, other languages are just not a big part of my skill set. I do
>> speak American English, British English, Australian English and a little
>> New  Zealand English...  :-)  I do also speak a little dog, cat and
>> horse.
>> .
>> Dang! I'm getting burned out on daily raining... Crops are all over the
>> place in quality and some fields are still not planted and still standing
>> water. One problem with a really wet spring here is that if the ground
>> stays too wet too long the corn will not put down many deep roots then if
>> it suddenly turns very dry it doesn't have a root system deep enough to
>> get
>> good moisture. If that happens the guys that use irrigation here may
>> benefit from its use.
>> It's been "interesting" with these everyday rains going past the local
>> Whitecastle joint in a down pour of rain and seeing their sprinkler
>> system
>> running. It must be under "corporate control".
>>
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