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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on January 26, 2014 at 11:50

A great start. Thank you for starting to run with this. Should be a HIT. I

have lot of things I want to post and will start as soon as I get some spare time.

I think in the end you will have enough "stuff" to write several books.

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 27, 2014 at 5:13

Here are the comments that led to the formation of this discussion.  Hope you enjoy.

Reply by Krkyoldhag yesterday
      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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     REPLY BY: Permalink Reply by cocodrie man yesterday

    I too enjoy the "back and forth" of this thread. 
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       Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. yesterday

    Krzyoldhag,
    Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. yesterday
    Krzyoldhag,
        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!
Reply by jim weyland yesterday

    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.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge yesterday

    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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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. yesterday

    krkzyoldhag,

    I think your idea for section for us "Oldies" is great. Bet some of the younger members will read it too. I think it could be invaluable to the younger generation. While we are around we should "educate" youngsters on "what it was like back then."

    I think we have come a long way with this site. Most of current members will not remember when I originally proposed that we expand site to cover Smackover formation. There was a hue and cry by some members that the site was just for Haynesville Shale. Funny thing is that Haynesville shale is but small part of Haynesville Formation. Long story short, we did start a Smackover formation which morphed into LSBD.

    I very much hope that someone will make the effort to propose a site such as you mentioned. We might even add some tidbits about development and changes in oil business over last 75+ years.

    Maybe we can help one another with advice about repairing wash pots and even the use of "hay wire" which is rapidly being replaced by JB Weld. BTW, if you

And now you know how it all began.

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Permalink Reply by jim weyland on January 27, 2014 at 9:22

i can't tell whether it was mr. sanders or mr. aldridge that responded inre: the prospect of getting the wash pot brazed. 

so, to whomsoever, thank you, sir, jim weyland

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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on January 27, 2014 at 10:46

Credit to Joe.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on January 28, 2014 at 2:02

The interesting thing about this thread is: My last Aunt past away in the last month. She was 102 years old. The Minister at the funeral read off the changes that had happened during her life. We just don't understand how far we have come in such a short time or how fast the world has changed during the past 100 years.

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Permalink Reply by Krkyoldhag on January 28, 2014 at 3:42

You might post some of those changes your aunt lived to see and experience.

She was old enough to have survived the fashions of the day that demanded the tight corsets with 17 inch waists and the high button shoes and the weight of half a dozen petticoats. She was before women could vote.  She was before women could control their own assets.

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