From A Wide Spot In The Road

Shot some pool in Colby, Kansas when I was sixteen. Worked in the wheat harvest from Texas to Canada
when I was sixteen. Was guest of honor and speaker at open house in Colby when I was thirty. Did the hiring
for a large manufacturing plant in Colby when I was thirty. Western Kansas was my domain cause I'm from
the western part of the puzzle.
 
The last western novel I read was anchored in Wichita, Kansas
about a traveling nurse. In fact I haven't finished it yet. She did
perform surgery on a doctor she was helping out after he was
shot.
 
I'm sure it is. I'm only familiar with western Kansas. I went up through
eastern Kansas one time on vacation. I didn't have a destination in mind
until I got out of Kansas and went over to St Louis and on up to Wisconsin.
Also worked in Nebraska, Grand Island west. I have found all parts the USA
are pretty country, mostly fine people and a few old sore heads like myself.
But mostly peope all over have similar goals, want much the same things,
and are quite friendly if given the chance.
 
Ok, later. I've got a novel to finish and a nap to take and
I must find something else to read when I finish what I'm
reading, which is no easy chore. Take care your self. It's
a jungle out there. Drifting along with the tumbling tumble
weed.
 
Knocked my glasses off the night stand beside my bed last night.
Had a heck of a time finding them this morning. Had to get down
on my knees and look under the bed. Finally found them under
some electrical cable under the bed and behind a control box. And
a faint light can be seen under the bed on a dark night. Anyway
finally found then had dtrouble getting up on my feet. Mickey Mouse.
 
drifter said:
Knocked my glasses off the night stand beside my bed last night.
Had a heck of a time finding them this morning. Had to get down
on my knees and look under the bed. Finally found them under
some electrical cable under the bed and behind a control box. And
a faint light can be seen under the bed on a dark night. Anyway
finally found then had dtrouble getting up on my feet. Mickey Mouse.
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Well it's good you found them and didn't get hurt!
 
Yeah, @RadishRose, it was good to find them and and them unbroken.

You know we had three days of snow and I never once
thought of my camera. But you must be used to snow
in your part of the world.
 
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drifter said:
Yeah, @RadishRose, it was good to find them and and them unbroken.

You know we had three days of snow and I never once
thought of my camera. But you must be used to snow
in your part of the world.
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yes I am. We had a big storm over night last night/this morning.

I was visiting once in OK when they had an ice storm. Walmart emptied bags of bird seed all over the parking lot. Nobody had any sand or salt ready- it was a surprise.
 
@RadishRose
I lived most of my life in Texas. It has always been said, one county in your
part of the world has more-snow removal equipment and more sand than the whole state
of Texas? Certainly true for Oklahoma.
 
We had an-ice storm a few months ago and as a result, a power outage.
I was with out for five days, but some ten or twelve households were
with out power for almost three weeks. Can you imagine or maybe you can.
 
drifter said:
We had an-ice storm a few months ago and as a result, a power outage.
I was with out for five days, but some ten or twelve households were
with out power for almost three weeks. Can you imagine or maybe you can.
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Yes, we went through one a few years ago. a week without power but I was still working then. My office had a gym and showers thank goodness but some people were out 2 weeks I heard.

Ice is terrible. I could even hear tree branches cracking and falling outside.
 
RadishRose said:
I like your current avatar behind the camera. You look like a celebrity "Man With A Camera" going around snapping candid shots for National Geographic.

Hah! I almost said Life Magazine. :LOL:
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RadishRose said:
I like your current avatar behind the camera. You look like a celebrity "Man With A Camera" going around snapping candid shots for National Geographic.

Hah! I almost said Life Magazine. :LOL:
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Thanks. I have a copy of "The Bestof Life" dated 1973, here in my office.
 
watching college playoff's, #21 Oklahoma state vs #18 Miami. The Lord willing and the ice stays away I will watch later tonight Texas and Colorado.
 

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