Cows Must Be Smarter Than I Thought

When I was a kid, my dad always told me cattle were dumb but I really didn't believe they were the most stupid animal as some think.

As a kid I had cattle that I worked with and, they would come to me on a voice command.  And, I know that cattle know that they are going to be fed when they see you approach a feed trough.

I also think that cattle can sense when a person is afraid of them and some will even provoke a person and will chase people who are afraid.  Been there, done that!!

I found this article and after reading it, I truly believe that cattle must be smarter than what most think.   It was written by a veterinarian and she is the involved in her state's humane association, but it appears to be a non-slanted story.  I feel this story is really touching...too bad the ending isn't better.  Read and enjoy and think about it when you next eat veal.

http://worldtruth.tv/cow-proves-animals-love-think-act-feel/

Old History
(taken from the History of Menard and Mason Counties - 1879)

Early Manners and Customs:

The articles used in the culinary department were as few and simple as can be imagined. A "flat-oven" or skillet, a frying-pan, an iron pot or kettle, with, occasionally, a coffee-pot, completed the outfit of the best furnished kitchen. Stoves were then entirely unknown, hence all the cooking was done on the fireplace. The oven was set on a bed of glowing coals, and the frugal housewife, taking as much stiff dough of Indian meal as she could conveniently hold in both hands, and deftly tossing from hand to h and to mold it into the desired shape, tossed it into the oven, patting it with her hand to the desired thickness. About three of these "dodgers" would fill the oven, when the ready heated lid was placed on the oven, and all was covered with burning coals. As soon as the bread was done, it was taken out upon a tin platter and set on the hearth near the fire to keep warm.

Generally, the impress of the fingers of the cook were plainly visible in each "dodger." In the oven from which the bread was taken the ham or venison was then fried, and often, in the fall and winter, the grease tried out of the meat when fried was allowed to remain and in it the "lye-hominy," made also of Indian corn, was seasoned for the meal. Tho the repast was prepared, and sweeter bread or more savory meats were never eaten than was prepared on those rude fire-places. As to sweetmeats and confections, they were things entirely unknown.

Sugar was unknown save in sections of country where sugar-maple abounded; but nearly all of the early settlers had an abundance of the finest hones in their cabins the year round; for wild honey-bees were found in great numbers whenever there was timber. Sometimes wild crabs, wild grapes, and berries of various kinds were preserved in hones; but these were only opened on the most important occasions. For many years after the settlements were commenced in this section wheat bread was entirely unknown.

Quote For The Day

I don't care what is written about me,

so long as it isn't true.

--Dorothy Parker

Do you remember the old typing drill...."now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country"???

Typing this phrase is a good way to increase your typing skills if you are a horrible typist.....me!  I make lots of errors these days....too many stiff finger mornings.....or is it a loss of brain waves, going from the brain to the fingers.  It seems that I get my pinkies on the wrong keys more often than not.....but I try to ignore those new words I'm making up.....in fact, maybe I should submit some of them to Webster from inclusion as the latest word.    The funny thing is, when I read something someone else has typed with erroneous words, I know what they mean.....is that natural??  I kind of like internet shorthand, but I don't know the standard shorthand, so I kind of make up my own. 

If I typed "let;s mewt fpr linch".....you probably know that I meant "let's meet for lunch". The Pinkies moved over keys a couple of times!  LOL

So if you want to become a better typist, practice the "come to the aid of their country" drill.....and be sure to put a period at the end.....as old Thelma E. used to say:  "if you type it right, it will completely fill in a 70 space line with the period at the end."

The drill sergeant Thelma, knew just about everything.....but she sure was nice and, wow could she teach!!

And if you get bored with the aid to the country one, do this one:  the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".  I think it's harder.....but it might keep you from getting bored.

Fingers on the keyboard, and eyes on your paper....as Thelma would say!

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High Cost of Politics

What you read isn't always right.......

My dad might not have had the best education in the world but he was very smart.   He was brilliant in mathematics.  Many times he told me that the two conversation topics that a person never wants to enter into are.....religion and politics.  And, wow, was he ever right.

When a person starts discussing their political beliefs in my presence, it's best that I remain silent and based on what I've seen this year, so should a lot of others.  No one is perfect and especially political candidates, but these days, when it's election year, each person's choice of candidate or political party is perfect no matter what the candidate/party thinks, says, or does.

As I read some of the politically related posts or ones which contain articles which were written to exaggerate the situation, rule, law or happening on the social networks, I just about bust out laughing at some of them.  So many of the articles which are being shared have been written with a political agenda in mind.....no one checks the facts and even when someone adds a posts which completely discredits the shared post, everyone ignores the actual and correct interpretation.  Whatever has been written by the political party at the moment and in the post, is always correct, even when it isn't.   It seems to me that one political party is worse than the other when it comes to writing and posting and sharing these incorrect and exaggerated posts.  Their aim is to get the word out....even when the word is erroneous.  That to me is unfair to the American public.  I personally want to form my opinions based on something factual and not written to advance a certain political figure or party.

I'm not stating what my political party choice is these days.  If you state what party you're affiliated with,  you seem to be labelled.   There are certain geographical areas of the country which seem to be of one party and then in another part of the country, the other political party may reign. 

I may have strong beliefs, but that's my right.  Just as every person has the right to believe the content of erroneous messages written with a political slant if they want.  I would just encourage persons that in any political election year,  everything you read isn't always accurate......form your opinions on truth and not the fever of advancing a political party.  Rant over.  Sorry dad I had to use politics as the subject today!!

Old Pictures

Springfield public square

1835 - 1865

We know this as the Old State Capitol

in downtown Springfield.

A 1903 postcard showing the

Sattley Plow Works and the Post Office in Springfield, IL.

Springfield Motel

U.S. 66 North

Sheraton Inn, 3090 Stevenson Drive

Springfield

This Inn has been demolished.

Quote For The Day

I know for sure that what we dwell on

is who we become.

--Oprah Winfrey

Who has gone to the store and bought one of those ever pinching Lobsters....ALIVE!!  Well I have.....those pinchers begin to reach for your arm, your hair, and especially your nose.  Those dang lobsters have a thing for people noses.  I call them Angry Seafood!!

I think that live lobsters have the feeling that if they can just get to your nose, you won't follow through with the cooking and will throw them out.  Where in the world do these lobsters think that people in the Midwest are going to throw them?  Do they think there is an ocean around every corner.  Or, do they think the pond in the back year will do....that dinky dingy dirty pond which is about 2.5 feet deep. 

Can you imagine growing lobsters in the back yard?  And, if that nose pinching lobster thinks I'm going to buy another nose pinching lobster so that he has company in that dirty backyard pond, he's nuts......one nose pinching lobster is enough for me.

Besides,  I have a perfectly reasonable disposal for these  angry nose pinching lobsters......the cooking pot.....if they're pinching and searching for your nose, get him in the boiling pot as soon as you can....just avoid those lethal pinchers.  Once they get your nose, you will be noseless......as these angry seafood live lobsters love the taste of noses. They will pinch it off in a New York minute.....they are quick.....believe me......that's why I look a bit weirdo these days....half of my nose is gone from one of those angry seafood monsters.  Too bad they didn't get my butt.....it needed to have some pinched off.

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Boredom Leads To .....

What do you think....does boredom lead to things?

To me boredom can cause many things which are either bad for our health or bad for us in general or downright terrible things like strange behavior......BUT....boredom can also result in creativeness and adventure and even healthy brain stimulation.

Give me a handful of gizmos or whatever and I usually can create something.....even if I'm bored.....and usually the more bored I am the better the result. 

But I know persons who bask in boredom and want even more....the more bored they are, the more bored they want to be.  To me ....if such persons don't find a healthy environment to entertain their mind, then boredom could very well lead to them becoming really stale....like an old loaf of bread.  To me, most persons who are responsible adults, can lift the life of boredom and would most likely be easily entertained in life.....doing creative things.

Boredom....is it for you????  In today's environment of high gas prices, high food prices and everything else that's expensive, just managing your finances should keep everyone from being wrapped in the embraces of boredom.  Life should never be boring....it should be exhilarating.  So go for it....crawl out of your boredom hole if you're there!!!

Vintage Area things.....

(you can click on most pictures to get an enlarged view)

1901 Building Springfield Lincoln Library

1879 Illinois legislature in session.

Lincoln....Sheers Buggies with the

court house in back

Area corn shelling in 1964.  Corn shelling at that date was still

a viable business, however, it wasn't long after that farmers began buying columbines which would not only pick corn but also shell it.  My father did custom corn shelling .... farmers would hire him

to shell their corn from their grain bins.

Petersburg New Salem.  Lincoln-Berry Store

Quote For The Day

Honesty is the first chapter

of the book of wisdom.

--Thomas Jefferson



I understand that internet dating is becoming really popular... and even on church internet dating sites... That's not anything I would want to do......maybe someone who finds a jerk on the internet dating site can use this "Love" (??) poem.

I thought I loved you, even tho I don't know you

Let me count the 10 ways you killed my internet love

Way one....your filthy mouth stinks

Way two......you fart too much and I can hear it on skype

Way three.....you're too fat

Way four.....your mouth is too large

Way five.....you're too short

Way six.....you don't have enuf money

Way seven.....you think you're smart but you aren't

Way eight.....your feet stink and I can smell them through skype they are so bad

Way nine......you need to wise up

Way ten.....find someone else, do I need to say more?

Hope that internet admirer got the message!!??

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Marbold Home Made The List

Yes, it's official, the Marbold home made the list of the 10 most endangered sites by Illinois Landmarks.  Read about it in the State Journal Register article below.  The site has been purchased by the Historic Marbold Farmstead Association....but they need help to be able to achieve restoration.  Help if you can......give generously.....this is our community.....and the Marbold mansion has always been a part of our lives.

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x787567958/Three-area-sites-on-states-most-endangered-list?zc_p=2

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If a wicked witch would wave her wand over your head and spoke the words "you will only be able to speak the truth to your wife, your family, your boss and your friends, would you be worried??

Maybe not if you are a very honest person, but a lot of people, would not be able to live in this world being able to speak only the truth.  I really don't know how some people can go about life telling stories which are not the truth.  I know about 3 people who do this and I'm always catching them in these fabrications of the truth.  But this is their way of life......people know they lie like a rug and just ignore them.

Can you imagine not being able to call your boss and say "I'm sick today"??!!  About 3/4 of the work field has done this many times in their working life.  I have, I must admit.....not often but a few times when I really needed a day off.  And when my employees did this, I could tolerate this as long as it wasn't often and didn't consist of multiple days without the employee being able to produce a doctor's excuse.

When it comes to only being able to tell the truth to your spouse, some will really have a hard time.  Lots of persons don't want to tell the spouse that they stopped to have a beer, or the amount they spent on a new item, or if they flirted or even worse that they had an affair.  But if the wicked witch waved her wand and put the old truth curse on you, watch out......your spouse is going to hear the truth, and nothing but the truth......and it might get bad for some!!

So if you happen to see an ugly old witch, with a wart on her nose, and she is carrying a sign which says "Truth" and is carrying her wand, you better run for cover......if her wand waves over you, your mouth will only speak the truth and no lies forevermore.  Unless, that is,  you can find her and persuade her to "unwand" you.

From Then To Now......

What happened on this day in history??

1719.....Robinson Crusoe novel was published

1859.....Work began on Suez Canal in Egypt

1898.....United States declares war on Spain

1925.....General Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president of Germany

1938.....Seeing eye dog is used for the first time

1956.....Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel goes number one on the charts

1962.....A U. S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the moon

1980.....President Jimmy Carter tells the American people about the hostage rescue disaster in Iran

2012.....You are reading this blog and making history....come back again and make history again!

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Biggest Lies

If the government tells you something, do you believe it?  Gag gag.....only at your own risk!

What kind of things can you remember that you just know were lies by the government (federal, state, county, city)???  No more taxes is a good one!!!

The biggest lie I can think of is that the government swore there was no Area 51 in southern Nevada.  Then, persons who had worked there, became whistle blowers and the lie was discovered  .... the government had to admit it.

And, of course, the government for years said there were no aliens and no UFO crash at Roswell New Mexico in  July, 1947.  Well of course that was a lie......aliens really were taken.  I happen to know that Aliens were taken as one of the Alien kids that was taken, grew up, and I married him.  Yes, he was my first husband.

You see, no one wanted US citizens to know that Aliens really existed so all mouths were zipped.  My ex-husband was raised by his Alien parents in an underground bunker, first at Roswell, then at Area 51. When Area 51 became a realization., my ex's family was moved there to finish out their days.  Except.....my ex escaped from the captive bunker.   

He was kind of a handsome Alien, but rather skinny.  But, I thought as good a cook as I was, I could probably fatten him up..... even though I'm not married to him these days, he's still fattened up and getting to look a lot like his Alien relatives.  I only know that from the pictures I've seen of his family. 

So now I'm waiting anxiously to see my children grow a bit older.  I want to see if the Alien is coming out in them as they age.  So far, they're pretty cute and the thin reed like features so prevalent in Aliens of this type, still haven't shown up.  Whew.....!!

I'm telling the world at this point, that the Roswell crash did happen.....and if they don't believe that I married one of the children who survived the crash, please get hold of me so that I can send you proof.  I might even send you my ex's address....perhaps you may want to become his next Alien bride.   Or, maybe there are some other Aliens, related though the same branch or totally different branches, who will see this and want to get together with my ex's Alien branch.  Let me know.


Old Tyme Greenview
(taken from the Greenview Scrapbook)

Earl Van Landingham came to Greenview in 1923, to engage in the auto sales business.  He occupied the Meers building on the west side of the square for a time, but later moved to the Marbold Garage, where he has more show room, and has added oil and service.  He handles a large business in used cars.

Both Clarence Rogers and Ward Beauchamp were in the dray business in 1923.  E. W. Blane handled pumps and windmills and A.L. Barnett was buying and shipping poultry and eggs.

The next year, he and Mrs. Barnett opened the Barnett Hotel in the Bracken building, which they operated for about five years, when they retired.  But Mrs. Barnett's cooking was so popular that she was continually called upon to serve meals, and now, at almost seventy years of age, she has five or six regular boarders and does he own housework.  "Dee" Barnett, a cheerful and happy disposition, is a well known and beloved lady of our village.  Mr. Barnett died of a heart attack in 1939.

Mr. P. J. Palmquist, jeweler, in business here since 1870, passed away August 7, 1923.  He was a great lover of hunting and fishing, and loved to camp out.  He built a cabin on his land near Salt Creek, where the family enjoyed entertaining their Greenview friends over weekends during hot weather. Paul J. Palmquist has carried on the business in the same location since his father's death.

In an effort to provide more water for Greenview, a small plat of ground lying west of the railroad was purchased and a well was sunk, with water mains connect with he old mains, but the water was alkali and discolored and never very satisfactory.

The flags purchased by the merchants of Greenview through the American Legion were unfurled for the first time in celebrating Washington's birthday in February, 1924.  Thirty eight merchants subscribed for the flags and eight additional emblems were presented to the village by the American Legion.

A new Linotype was installed in the Review Print shop which was a great improvement in the business, in 1926.  Since that time a power press has also been added, testifying to the prosperity of the Petrie plant.

Quote For The Day

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

--Ronald Reagan

YAY...I worked in the flower garden yesterday.  My cup runneth over....I think I bought too many plants....or, maybe I'm tired of planting and it's not really too many.....just a tired butt coming into play.

It's so hard to find plants which will grow under a canopy of trees.  I have to search for areas of the yard which have a bit of sun so I can have plants with those nice big healthy blooms all summer.  I found some sun areas which I had not really planted anything over the years.  Now I will have both shrubs and flowers in that part.  That is the if moles and the deer don't eat them.  The moles eat from underground and the deer munch from the top. 

One year I had to replace one bush three times after deer cropped the top, with chomps almost to the roots.  Finally, I put a noisy little wind twirly thing beside it and voila....no deer chomps on my third bush in the same spot.

Now that we are having spring after we had summer in the latter part of February and March, the nights are a bit cool but not freezing. 

If you haven't bought your plants yet, go for it.  I'm getting anxious to see yards with pretty flowers.

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Hey Diddle Diddle

Blogger has changed and I'm bumbling my way through it.....it was hard to use before and now it's horrible....so bear with me.  I'm trying.

I now know diddly squat about how this will look....so I guess I am diddling around today.....it's a diddle diddle day...what ever that is. I just went to dictionary and it says diddle means to cheat, swindle.  Well I'm not doing that.....but maybe I am because I'm cheating you guys out of a good post.....cause I can't get used to the things I have to do on this to get it right.....and I really can't think of another thing to post this morning so I'm just telling you my woes of using blogger......that's a diddle day for me.

Of course there have been many days where I diddled and dawdled when I should have been doing something constructive....and the result of the diddle dawdle day was about as blank as a chalkboard which just had been cleaned......in other words.....nothing!

Guess I better get on with this practice post .... maybe by tomorrow I will have learned the new elements of posting on the blog so that I don't have another diddle day.

DAVID PROPST, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Greenview ; was born
in Greenbrier Co., W. Va., Jan. 26, 1818. His father, Nicholas Propst, was a
native of German}'. He came to the United States when he was a boy and located in
Virginia, where he married. He was the father of eight children, three of whom are
now living. In 1829, he removed to Illinois and settled in Sugar Grove, Menard Co.
Mr. Propst in his lifetime was a great help to the early settlers of Menard Co. He
had considerable means and he furnished many a settler with money, at a low rate,
to enter land with. He was an " Old Line Whig," as were his sons, until the organiza-
tion of the Republican party, when they became identified with it. Our subject passed
his youth on his father's farm ; received a limited education, as there were but few
schools in that early da} r . He now owns and is living on the place settled by his father,
in 1829. When he was yet a young man he purchased, with land warrants, 160 acres
of land on Salt Creek, for which he paid 75c per acre ; six years after, he sold the land
for $20 per acre. This and like transactions are characteristic of his success in life.
He now owns over 400 acres of well-improved land. He was united in marriage with
Sarah Wilcox April 10, 1851. She was born in Menard Co., 111., Aug. 11,
1829 ; her parents came from Green County, Ky., in a very early day. From this
union there are two children Ephraim, born Feb. 1, 1853, and Melinda, born March
26, 1855. Mr. Propst is a stanch Republican in politics and a firm believer and advo-
cate of its principles.

LEVI PROPST, carpenter and joiner, Sweetwater; was born in Greenbrier
Co., W. Va., Aug. 9, 1828. His grandfather, Nicholas Propst, was a native of Ger-
many, and came to Sugar Grove in 1829. John, his eldest son and the father of Levi,
came to Menard Co. in 1840. Here our subject passed his youth assisting his father
on the farm. His father taught him to read and write, and this was all the education
young Propst received. Later in life, however, he applied himself to his books and be-
came quite proficient. At 20 years of age, he began to learn the carpenter's trade, a
busim ss he has followed all his life except eight years, when he was engaged in the drug
business in the village of Sweetwater, during which time he was also village Postmaster.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Swank April 10, 1851. She was born in Putnam
Co., Ind., July 1, 1829. From this union there were six children, three of whom
are now living Elzina, David E. and James A. The names of those deceased are
Mary E., Annie E. and Clara E. Mr. Propst is a Democrat and a self-made man.

E. L. SWINEY, farmer and stock -raiser, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Greenview ; was born in
Bath Co., Ky., July 28, 1823. His father died when he was 2 years old. He
lived in Kentucky until he was 11 years of age, when he came to Indian Point,
Menard Co., with Mr. Kennedy Kincaid. They brought a flock of sheep with them,
which young Swiney helped to drive. He continued to live with Mr. Kincaid until
21 years of age. He received such education as the schools of that early day afforded.
In 1845, he bought 285 acres of land in Sugar Grove Precinct, upon which he has since
resided. He now owns 700 acres of land upon which are good buildings. He was
united in marriage with Melinda Johnson Sept. 10, 1846. She was born in Menard
Co., 111., Aug. 25, 1824. Her parents came to the county in 1823, and her mother,
who is now living, is one of the oldest living settlers. Mr. Swiney is the father of seven
children, five of whom are now living Emma, Elijah, Laura, Ned and Frank. Mrs.
Swiney departed this life Feb. 9, 1877. Mr. Swiney is a stanch Republican in politics.

ADAM SHARP, boot and shoemaker, Sweetwater; was born in Baden, Germany,
Sept. 18, 1850. His father was a shoemaker by trade, a business he taught his three
sons. In 1853, John, the eldest son, came to the United States, and located in the
village of Sweetwater, Menard Co., 111. ; he also lived in Missouri about five years. He
died in 1878. Adam came to this country in 1872, and commenced working at his
trade in the village of Sweetwater the same year. He was united in marriage with
Bertha Kyle Dec. 11, 1877 ; she was born in Logan Co., 111., Feb. 16, 1857. They
have had one child Augustus, born Jan. 5, 1879, died April 12, 1879. Mr. Sharp
came to this country as a poor German lad, but by close attention to his trade, com-
bined with industry and economy, he has gained quite a competency. He owns a large
shop, in which he always keeps a large and well-selected stock. He also owns one of
the nicest residences in the village.

Quote For The Day

I could dance with you until the cows come home.

On second thought I would rather dance with the

cows until you come home.

--Groucho Marx

Today is my day to do a product review.  I guess I could acutally name the product but the widget I'm talking about is owned by a company and they would probably see my awful review and sue me for 20 million dollars....then I would be in great debt and the proud owner of this awful widget which cost me $2.98.

I know that you can't trust widgets when they cost $2.98.  A person should always at least pay $3.00 for widgets.....that 2 cents often will make the difference.

But I know that if the acual manufacturer of the widget I'm reviewing would ask me, I would sure tell them that it sucks.  I would not tell them that my model has no problems....unless they offered me a big chunk of money.  A big chunk of money might get a lot of fake words coming from my mouth....like....this model of widget is wonderful (choke choke), it was so cost effective and I would buy another and another if the darn thing ever wears out (choke choke)......God forgive me for lying please!

No....I think this widget is so bad I wouldn't even give a postivie review for a cash settlement....now that's bad!

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Things To Do In An Elevator

Elevator riding can get funny.

People who work in big cities where the buildings are huge, seem to need to ride the elevators for many minutes a day.  What do you do when you are in the elevator?

Do you people watch?  Do you read your newspaper?  Do you listen to every word the two people behind you are saying?  Do you try not to listen to the conversation behind you?  Do you sniff the air and smell 20 different deodorants and the 20 different colognes, some of which are cheap dimestore sweet and sickening.  When you sniff, do you smell the body odor from the 5 people who only take a bath or a shower once a week.

Do you smell the fart someone just let off?  OMG this happened often in the building I worked in.  Someone in that building was always letting the most rotten smelling toots in the world.  I just know that they purposely ate eggs every day just so their glorious farts would smell like something for which a maggot would turn its head in order to avoid the putrid smell.

Each time that happened I would look around the elevator to see if I could see the culprit.  I was looking for the most sheepest and most guilty looking person in the elevator.....but I could never find the guilty party.  I figured they had this little escapade down pat and had probably been doing this for a long time. 

Being the jokester that I am, I thought one day,  if I were ever faced with the need to let a big one go while in the elevator, I knew what I was going to do.  I was going to let the big old fart and find a person whom I really didn't like in that elevator and stare at them and make a face of horror.  I awaited the day for sure. 

Then it happened.  I had been a bean eater a for a couple of days and wow I had gas which was just waiting to explode.  I was in the operator and it happened to me.....I just couldn't hold it in.  A big old silent fart came out.  Luckily the person standing near me was someone I just couldn't stand and he was a jerk to everyone and I couldn't think of a person who liked him.  So I made a big production of smelling the air and crinkled my nose and looked over at my elevator mate.  I could tell he had smelled the fart and was wondering who let it.....it appeared he was rather mad it happened while he was a passenger.....the arrogance of the man!! 

Anyway I crinkled my nose and got a look of horror on my face and looked his way.  Other persons in the elevator saw me looking his way with a look of disgust on my face and those persons also began looking his way and crinkling their nose as they got the power of the fragrance......he was caught!  He began to stare back at persons......everyone was looking at him.....he was the culprit....just as I planned.  HA HA HA....what fun I had.  I knew now why the other culprit, who usually let the farts, was eating lots of beans and eggs and letting the stinkies in the elevator.  It was fun.

I did this same thing a few more times.....and once that same jerk was on the elevator so I made sure I looked his way with a disgust on my face.  He began to be known as Mr. Stinky Fart and no one wanted to be in the same elevator as he was.  How laughable is that!!!

I guess the moral of this story is:  "fart if you must, but be sure there is someone else on the elevator so you can blame that other person."  And, be sure to keep staring at them with a crinkle in your nose and a look of disgust on your face.  It's a good way to get back at people you immensely dislike.....just make sure your fart is one of the silent deadly kind!!!  You want to make sure the putrid smell creeps up on the elevator mates.....noise gives it away!

Vintage Springfield (click on pictures to get an enlarged view on most pics)

A. C. Connor's Cash Meat Market, Springfield

Shown in 1912, but unknown location.  Housewives shopped at this meat market and went to stores like Oliver's grocery shown below for staples such as flour, sugar, and canned goods.  The prices look good on the window, but the average laborer only earned about $5.00 per week.

Oliver's Super Market, Springfield

Unknown date and location but represents one of the grocers located in the city in the early 1900's.

Springfield Dry Goods, Springfield

It moved to this building on the north side of the downtown

square in 1929.  It had been located on the east side of the square prior to the move.  This store carried fabrics, towels, buttons, bows and ribbons.  I can remember this store being at this location in the 1960's.

Circa 1970-71 Remodel of the Illinois State Capitol

R. D. Lawrence was the Construction Company

1942 Labor Day Parade, Springfield

This crane is presented by the Operating

Engineers, Local Union 965, and is moving south on 5th street in downtown Springfield.  You can see the Myers Brother sign and in the far background, the Orpheum Theater sign.

Lake Springfield Bridge 1968 construction work

Sangamo Construction company

3.3 mile stretch of I-55, Springfield,  completed by Sangamo Construction.  I-55 officially opened November 8, 1971.

Spaulding Dam, Lake Springfield 1933 circa

Quote For The Day

One woman can change anything,

Many women can change everything.

---Women For Women, Intl.

 I hope you enjoyed todays post of pictures from my Springfield collection.  Due to the fact my post contained more pictures than usual and the length of this post, I will simply say.....have a good weekend....enjoy your day....bon jour!!

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Evil .... Are We All Scared Of Evil

Are you scared of evil?

I know dang well I'm scared of evil things.  Especially the supernatural entity we know as the devil.  Also don't like evil tyrants.  Evil masquerading as goodness.  Persons/employers and others abusing power is an evil act.

Evil seems to be measurable in our human world.  And as I see it, Evil is the absence of good.

The bible, Romans 12:9 says: abhor that which is evil, cleave that to which is good.  Psalms 97:10 says:  Let those who love the Lord hate evil.  Amos 5:15 says:  Hate evil, love good.  And there are many more bible passages which indicate to believers that evil is something which we should hate and beware of.

As a child and during a Bible or religion learning process, we probably all came to think of evil as the devil.  And, if you were like many of us, you might have wondered how the devil came to be if God created the world and everything in it....does that mean God created the evil devil?  I always wondered that.  Then taking that one step further, I always wondered as a Christian, if God tells me to love everything and one another, then why does the Bible tell me to hate Evil.  I was very confused as a child and sometimes I still don't see the path I'm supposed to take.

I want to firmly believe that God could snatch the Devil from this world at any one moment....and that if he can, he will when the time is right.  But I guess that the Evil and the Devil himself must exist so that humans will have something to morally hate as we are told in the Bible.  Without Evil and the Devil, perhaps we wouldn't have the ability to hate anything.  I don't know, and I don't have an answer and I don't think anyone does.  Maybe we aren't supposed to know.


A Few Old Things

Chandlerville 1909, Main street looking north.

1916 Bath Illinois School

Highway Hotel Postcard

On U.S. Rte 36

1 mile west of Springfield

Mason City Photo...unknown date.

Chestnut Street

Quote For The Day

A person is always startled when he hears himself

seriously called an old man for the first time.

--Oliver Wendell Holmes

The rat race is upon us.  There are all kinds of things in the rat race these days.

You might ask just exactly what is a rat race!  To me it's a race to the finish that is pointless and you can't win.  Almost self-defeating.  Kind of like watching a dog chase its tail.....the dog isn't going to catch it, yet the dog continues to give chase.  Or maybe like a mouse trying to find its way out of a closed maze.  When things or entities or people are in a pointless rat race, you almost have to feel sorry for them.  They race around and think they are going to win and they won't.

This year's politicians are like that.  There will be one winner to each race and the others are just in the rat race....chasing their tails.....chasing to the end that isn't there.  At the end, they will be dizzy from so much spinning around in the rat race, and their career will not have gone anywhere....but their finances will be greatly reduced.  For what?  A term in office which will give them stress, gray hair, heart attacks, problems at home, complaints, etc.  Is it worth it?  Ask the dog which is chasing its tail....or ask the mouse in the close maze.  I bet they would tell you it ain't worth it.....if they could talk that is.

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Blue Skies

Blue Skies Are Always Good!

Blue is the coolest color in the palette.  It colors the sky, the ocean, the night, the twilight.  Azure means blue.  It means the weather is good....usually the sun is shining when the sky is blue.  Blue is calming.

"Blue sky" thinking is when you think you are making a great thought but others see right through it....your thoughts might not be grounded.  "Blue Sky Laws" protect investors against securities fraud.

Blue is associated with depth and stability.  Persons are more productive in blue rooms.  Blue is linked to intellect and consciousness.  Blue suppresses the appetite.  Blue symbolizes loyalty, thus many women and men wear dark blue business clothes.  Blue is a masculine color and is used for baby boys.  In the flag, blue signifies justice, perseverance and vigilance.

"Blue streak" means speed in doing things.  "True blue" means loyalty.  A blue ribbon means an award of excellence.

The only drawback I see surrounding blue is when a person feels blue, it means they feel down.  Not good to feel down in spirits!

I think Mother Nature knew what she was doing when she made blue.  It means a lot to humans.  It means a lot to me.  It should mean a lot to you. It colors our world!!   Don't be feeling blue about anything.....see the wonderful aspects of blue.  And smile......!!

What Would You Rather Have?

Remember your past.  When I was growing up in the 1960's, cool cars were the thing.  The Corvette.....the GTO.....the Chevelle.....and many more.  But trucks at that time, around this farming community, were for farming.  Sure the farm boys may have driven a truck to town, but it wasn't their choice....it was what daddy said they had to drive to town.

In the present day world, that's not true.  Old trucks are hot.  And so are old cars.  Ones from our past are getting harder and harder to find.....and they are getting so expensive, some are becoming difficult to find at a reasonable cost.

Here are some pictures of old trucks and cars. A few of these are like ones which were around our town in the olden days.  Which one would you like to have?  Pick one!  I  bet it will be hard as they are all cool vehicles.....and you would most likely be proud to be behind the wheel of any of them.

1941 Chevy Truck.  Highly collectible.

1946 Ford Truck.  Highly collectible

truck.

1957 Black Chevy, 4 door

There are a couple of persons around our town who

currently have one similar to this.

1957 Dusk Pearl Chevy.....one family in our town

had one like this in the 1950's.

1958 Oldsmobile....my family had one like this

in the early 1960's

and so did another family.

1959 GMC Pickup

We now have one of these but ours is still a rust

bucket awaiting restoration. 

 One day it might look similar to this.

Trucks of this era are a hot item at this time.

An old rat rod truck.  The year of a rat rod isn't

important as it is typically made up of  parts from various vehicle and from various years.....most of the time, frames from a newer type vehicle are used to allow for better steering and more

convenient items such as power brakes and power steering.

Rat Rods are really hot at this time and are very expensive to

buy one which is completely restored....sometime as much as $30,000 or more.  I want one!!!

Another rat rod truck.

1967 GTO Convertible

1968 Corvette Convertible.

Seems like I see the car everyday sitting

 in the garage.

It's up to you....pick one....it will be hard to do.

I know that any one of you would look classy driving any one of these.  Try it....you might like it!!

Quote For The Day

Man invented language to satisfy his deep

need to complain.

--Lily Tomlin

Do you remember that toy you might have slept with as a child.  I do....it was a brown and white teddy bear.  An old Cubbi Gund teddy bear....and I still have it.  But.......I want to make sure you know I DO NOT STILL SLEEP WITH THIS TEDDY BEAR!!!!!

That old bear got me through many nights of being sick as a little puppy.  And, also many nights of being scared.  Our house was an old one and made many creaking noises.  The registers popped and I know the bogeyman lived in the furnace registers.  So my faithful little Cubby Bear protected me.  He allowed me to cuddle him tightly.  He covered my face so the bogeyman wouldn't get me.  He never talked to me, but I sure talked a lot to him.....and when I was mad, I didn't have to worry about his talking back.

I bet most people had a favorite thing which graced their bed at nights when they were young.  Some might not be willing to admit it, but every kid needs something to hold on through those impressionable years of their youth.

Most people probably didn't hold onto their favorite old cuddly bedmate like I did.  But I'm a pack rat....I even have dolls from my past.

If you have your old cuddle mate, bring it out and give it a hug.  It might brighten your day.....or at least bring back a memory or two.

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