'Don't think I've ever been to Jefferson, but I probable "know" it fairly well; I've driven past and through many of 'em; 'flown at 500 to 800 feet in BUFF's over a bunch of 'em, too. Also, don't forget, I spent 2 1/2 years and three winters as an aircraft mechanic/maintenance crew chief on the flightline at Lincoln, NE, not terribly far away. 'Left Lincoln first of Mar, 1960, to attend OCS. Blizzard the night before had laid 10 inches of dry snow across all of Iowa; 'drove down the middle of the roads "breaking" trail eastbound all the way across Iowa on a '56 Chevy pulling a two-wheel utility trailer loaded with everything we owned. In retrospect, a very dangerous trip - possibly getting stranded in the snow, etc. 'Saw VERY few cars on the road that day all the way across the state. 'Obviously, had more guts than brain; 'had a lota luck, too.
BTW, speaking of more guts than brain, remind me to tell you sometime about my Cessna 182 flight all the way across MI (south to north) in a blizzard on Christmas Eve literally at tree-top level - I mean up and down some of the hills, too. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wonko the Sane" <don.b...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT cooking > Ironically, I can't seem to grow sweet corn here. Tomatoes kick ... > (checking which list I am on) ... butt. I buy sweet corn at the local > farmer's market. Peppers and cucumbers do well. And if you don't want to > garden, you just walk to the farmer's market and buy freshly picked organic > produce for an embarrassingly low price. > > You'd love it here, Wilton. Jefferson is an ... er, elderly community. The > 65+ age group has a better social life than I do. And when the time comes to > get some care, you move into one of three facilities where you have your own > apartment, your own nurses, and an on-call physician. > > Wanna do the VFW thing? They are the biggest club in town, complete with a > former Special Forces Army guy in charge. You can't pay for your own beer in > Jefferson if you are a veteran. > > $100K, maybe $70K in this market, will get you a house like mine, a 3 > bedroom ranch with a four car garage. $200K will have lawyers and doctors > next door. $300K+ you are living in one of the new construction custom > mansions. > > It does get cold during the winter, but as God is my witness, 10F here feels > like 30F did when I lived in Elizabeth City. We get snow, but for $30 a guy > comes by and clears your sidewalk and driveway. You might see -20F once or > twice a year, but you just stay indoors and remark on how cold it is. > > A retired O-5 could live like a king on his retirement income in Jefferson, > and shove money into a savings account every month without feeling the > pinch. > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > > > 'Don't need no stinkin' code to grow (or cook) corn in Iowa!!!!! > > ;<)))))))) > > > > Wilton > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090318/31 1e8d70/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
