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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 24, 2014 at 22:35

In December I was lamenting that this site had lost its "back and forth colorful interaction on comments".This discussion got it back to the way it used to be.

Last few weeks have brought in all kinds of comments..some funny, some with good information, but all civil and with an edge of humor.  Glad to see a lively discussion again.

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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on January 25, 2014 at 4:13

I like this!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Todd Parrish on January 25, 2014 at 5:39

its a good start, lets hope it last

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 25, 2014 at 5:59

I think it will ...last that is.

the experts saying its the cold weather..but the NG for this spell was bought long ago...its not taking the "gas off the shelf" ...

There are several factors I have been watching.

One..when natural gas goes up along with the markets I discount that rise...it usually  drops back down on the next trading day.  But when natural gas rises as the market is dropping it more likely to hold.

This was an amazing rise as market dropped.

I also read all I can relating to the big rigs converting to natural gas, the situations in Mid East, and I watch the employment levels of the good old boys around here.  If energy related firms are hiring it is an indicator for me.

Then anytime news of more fueling stations for natural gas vehicles comes out it is also a positive.

I am old enough to remember going to Jefferson in a horse drawn wagon with my grandfather to get supplies.  But have lived long enough to have flown on the Concorde before it was shut down.  Our telephone was on the wall with a hand crank and our signal was two long and a short ring.  Now I carry an I phone that is a computer.

I used the first whiteout to correct errors made with my old Royal typewriter. Now I have Windows 8 that lets me copy and paste and whiteout is no more.

Couple of my friends just bought new SUV's with Flex fuel.  Both want to know why natural gas vehicles aren't already on market.  I wonder too.

I have seen a lot and enjoyed most of it.  (well the out door plumbing wasn't so enjoyable) but the wood burning fireplaces were best heat ever.  Dairy products were kept in the well to cool, meat was in the smoke house, leftover food was always under a clothe on the dining table between meals and never seemed to spoil,  a small generator supplied some light and batteries gave us radio.

Now I am looking forward to the rise of price of natural gas and the increase in drilling around the area. And a NG fueled pickup. In this lifetime..but it best come quick..I closer to 100 then 50.

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Permalink Reply by cocodrie man on January 25, 2014 at 6:13

I too enjoy the "back and forth" of this thread.

Hasn't Ford come out with an F150 powered by natural gas?

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 25, 2014 at 6:27

Didn't have an SUV with ng  but she didn't ask about pickups.  I only one in bunch that loves my Jeep Commache.

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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on January 25, 2014 at 10:56

Krzyoldhag,

I believe you can order a Ford-150 from dealer setup to add Ford approved NG. That conversion will cost between $7500 and $9500.

Your "growing up life", I can relate to, and have experienced every thing you described. And I would not change a thing. I recall how we always had an outdated Sears Roebuck, Montgomery-Ward, or Speigals catalog in the outhouse.'

About 25 years ago I saw 6 Concorde's together on tarmac at Heathrow at same time. I was not so fortunate as to fly on one.

And, I might add, "I am nearer 100 yrs. than I am to 60 yrs. of age". Ain't life grand? I always enjoy your postings. Keep it up!

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 25, 2014 at 11:04

It was just good luck that I got to take my son on the Concorde.  We took the QE11 to England and the choice then was return trip on ship or take the Concorde.  I thought it was a great opportunity to fly it.

I still remember the wonder smells of the farm .. the way the smoke house smelled, the fresh hay, playing in the peanuts in the loft (who cared about rats?)

and this is gross but I loved Hog Killing Day..the huge cast iron pots boiling, and the crowd helping, the whole thing.  How everyone who helped  went home with a big hunk of pork that day.

I got opportunity to buy one of the huge cast iron boiling pots at an "antique" place last year.  Cost a miserable fortune but its in my yard today.

My dad logged huge cypress logs out of the Sabine and had it milled for a building. Have a picture of me sitting on top of 3 of the logs on the truck..I was about 4 years old ..3 logs made a load.

He and I loved living on the farm. He left to go to war and we never returned to it.  Hope someone documented those special days for later.

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Permalink Reply by Martin on January 25, 2014 at 12:13

In my mother's family those were wash pots. Fill with water, soap, build a fire and bring to boil. Add clothes. Stir with a stick. Remove after 10 minutes or so, wring out water by hand. Then rinse  in fresh water. Again wring out. Hang up to dry in the sun. You can  not duplicate the oder of sheets and pillow cases washed this way.

  They would slaughter hogs on the first winter cold snap.  Then the pots were used to fry out (try) the pork skin and belly for the lard.  The cracklings could not be beat!

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 25, 2014 at 13:23

maybe us older ones should start a discussion page and relate these memories ...they are  things never talked about  and didn't think about til lately..when I got to thinking about the contrasts of then and now. Started out riding in a horse drawn wagon and now the auto has seat warmers and dvd player and ..well you know..

Forgot about the launch to the moon...so much has happened since I was born.

Do you remember the smell of the bread rising on back of the wood stove every  morning.  How did they ever get the temp right?

We had some kind of dessert that was made with whipped cream and jello all whipped together with berries.  No refrig so no jello in those days..

And that sweet butter right out of the churn on hot bisquits...ohhhhh so good.

And a treat was a Grapette soda pop.  I still have a couple of my dresses made from flour sacks and remember how the Aunts would dig around in the pile of bags of flour to be sure to match the bag they already had.

The reason I still have mineral rights was becasue of the wisdom of my Dad..he would say there never going to be "no more" land ...and never never sell mineral rights.

Permalink Reply by jim weyland on January 25, 2014 at 13:46

i have a large (probably 4' to 5' across the top)  legged wash pot from somewhere in n. la., i believe. with something its size there was some serious laundry going on. 

my dad's mom used to scour la and large parts of s.ar, e.tx and w.ms buying antiques for resale in in her shop in s'port.

unfortunately, in the '50s, someone in the family, probably my grandmother, decided to turn the pot into a "bbq" pit by torch cutting a  5" by 3" rectangle out of it in the bottom part of it kind of before where the pot's shape went from gently sloping inward to where it formed its actual bottom. they also had fabricated a cold steel lid to cover its top and two grates,one for the meat and one for the coals. the later one was pretty much level with the torch cut area.

the thing of it is: it s_cked as a bbq pit. it was almost as bad as a grill when cooking w/o the lid.

the pot sits in a backyard now, still as stout as the day it was casted, but for the rectangle that was cut out of it. 

i've long thought of finding/getting someone to weld a piece of cast iron back into it. but, i'm told cast iron doesn't weld for heck.

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on January 26, 2014 at 1:55

Jim,

The pot could be brazed. I had an old B/S engine that through a rod and broke the cast iron block. My Father took it down to a friend of his that was a master welder and he brazed it up. Never leaked oil. Ran fine after I rebuild it. If you had that done to your pot it would add character to it. Just would show that things can be used for one purpose then altered and then restored to there original purpose. Good Luck. I hope you can find a welder that can do it.

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