Small town life and observations in the mid-west.
14 Feb 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
I don't go around looking at product warning labels but today as I was pumping gas I noticed this on the pump. Really? How many aviators are pulling up to the self service at QT? I figure most wingspans wouldn't allow them access to the islands anywa...
10 Feb 2020 1 minute read 5 comments uthus2000
I had to run to the dollar store this afternoon to pick up a couple of things. As I stepped out of my truck and was heading in the store, a smell from my childhood stopped me dead in my tracks. It was the smoky, oily smell of an old yearly farming c...
8 Feb 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
I'm not here to debate the dubious origins of the virus. Research that yourself and be sure to also use sources other than the MSM. (Especially check the zerohedge story that was squashed by Twitter). If this indeed turns out to be a pandemic, I'll c...
7 Feb 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
Today I am sitting in a doctor's office waiting room. The wife has an appointment and since we only have one working vehicle, I've taken the day off to go with her. We don't watch any television at home. Well I guess we do but none of the shows are l...
30 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
We lived in a small town. Well actually I didn't live in town but about a mile and a half from it. The population couldn't have been more than a few hundred. We had a post office, a convenience store, a mom and pop store and two churches. There was a...
29 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
Tim lived about a quarter mile from an old freight line. I believe that CSX was the line that went through there but I'm not sure. The tracks have long since been taken up. We spent many a spring and summer day walking up and down that track goi...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
I may be obtuse, some who know me probably think so, but I really don't get this obsession that people have for people that they have never met and probably never will meet. There was a girl who worked for me years ago who was distraught that Michael...
25 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
I was probably 11 when I walked into Ms. Lucas's English class that day. I have no clue what the discussion was about or what we were studying at the time. I only know that she called on me for some reason and I wasn't prepared. "Why don't you have y...
22 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
I couldn't tell you how many times Tim and I went "hunting". I don't think we ever got anything other than pigeons in the barn and cooters in the ponds. It was just an excuse to get out of the house. We started off with pellet rifles. He had a Crosma...
19 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
This is our second winter in this house and I didn't see this last year. I can only assume that it is water that has been pulled up through the roots and then for some reason has run out this severed limb hole. I just noticed this about a half hour a...
