Saturday Night!

[Steven Ogborn]

It's Saturday night! I have a pot of coffee made, Beesource on my computer, and I just got back from Wataburger with a double meat,
double cheese with jalapenos and bacon! WAA-HOO!!

[snl]

Would not want to anywhere close to you!

[Steven Ogborn]

I'm just a simple guy with simple needs.

[Daddy'sBees]

Just make sure you get those jalapenos grilled next time with the onions!

[sqkcrk]

I'm eating lasagna and listening to Prairie Home Companion while beesourceing and e-mailing. The wife brought me in some fresh baked cookies. Yum.

[honeyman46408]

Just had stake and backed tator with choc cake fer desert and now chating with keeps in chat room

[sqkcrk]

Did you stake yer backed tator to yer fourhed?

[Joebee]

Watching the Red Green Show.....I might learn something.

[oldreliable]

often wondered how red green show would handle beehives

[Joebee]

often wondered how red green show would handle beehives

I'm sure he would use the beekeepers "secret weapon"......duct tape.

[Charlie B]

I'm having a 7-11 burrito and Reeser's potato salad in a tub because I spent all my money on bees.

[Steven Ogborn]

Charlie, That burger last night was a splurge for me. 18 bucks to feed me and my son was way to expensive for me for just one meal.
After a crappy day at work with the weekend here. I just got a little excited and thankful for it. I didn't have any money for bees this
year. So I stole it from the people I owe money to. Not the money for the food, the money to order two more packages and build hives.

[Charlie B]

I like the way you think Steve!

[Intheswamp]

<snip>I didn't have any money for bees this
year. So I stole it from the people I owe money to. Not the money for the food, the money to order two more packages and build hives.

I could respond in more detail, but it's the Christmas season so I'll refrain. But, don't you think the people you owed deserved their money first?

[wildbranch2007]

Just had stake and backed tator with choc cake fer desert and now chating with keeps in chat room

didn't have my glasses n, I thought at first you said backed gator

[Steven Ogborn]

Lighten up. I was just trying to be silly.

[Swobee]

We took our 7 year old grandson to another world this last Saturday. 650 feet below ground to the Kansas Underground Salt Mine Museum at Hutchinson. Like going to the moon - surreal, peaceful, awe-inspiring and an all around superb tour of a world beneath the world. He likes science and unusual things like that. Part of it is where Hollywood legendary films are stored due to the climate and absolute dry conditions- Underground Vaults and Storage. My daughter's clinic and many others maintain long-term records down there, among all sorts of papers and things needing protected. I need to post some photos. Never heard of a two-thumbed glove before. Wear the gloves, wear out the palms then switch hands and you have a brand new pair of unworn palms due to the second set of thumbs! Talk about being frugal and makes sense - I've never worn out the back side of a pair of gloves. They did things like that in the 30's & 40's to preserve material and get the most from the least. Might be a little dangerous around moving equipment.

[Steven Ogborn]

Swobee,
So the two thumbed gloves were from back when the salt mine was in use? Did they have any of the big mining equipment
on display? That would be a cool day trip with the kids.

[Swobee]

They have a saying 'whatever goes down the mine, stays in the mine'. There were modified autos- a model A pickup with no unnecessary accessories, such as windshield, doors, tailgate, and it was converted to electric with a long cord. It's sitting along a pillar where it was left years ago. Everything has to be carried down using an elevator. That means the equipment comes down in pieces and it's considered a waste of manpower time to dismantle and return it to the surface.

Some old specially made rail cars are still there, a trash pile they found when they opened up a long abandoned area, old tractor (maybe IHC W-9?- no labels on it), and some unusual looking mining equipment. Unusual because the ceilings are only 6-10 feet depending on the time it was mined so no high wheeled equipment could be used down there.

The mine is still operating and they say there is a 2,500 year estimated supply of salt. The museum and underground vault is in an area that hasn't been used for several decades. I'll try to post a few shots I took. The gloves still amaze me- how practical! Of course, those were Depression & WW-II era times.

Mike Rowe did a show there for Dirty Jobs five years ago. One of the few times he was actually serious and talked a lot about how the crew has to work with battery change-outs on cameras, lights, etc. Cool episode. Well, they all are cool IMO. I highly recommend the tour, our grandson is still talking about it.

[Swobee]

I have to ask - Prairie Home Companion... is that a real radio show? We watched the movie about the imaginary last night of production of the radio show. A lot of stars and some old fashioned entertainment. Reminded me of watching the old Porter Wagoner Show as a kid. An old timer moved into the area a few years ago and told me he was Porter's original drummer. He told stories of Dolly joining the show and meeting so many old stars from that era.