Small town life and observations in the mid-west.
10 Aug 2019 3 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is a plant that is consumed in virtually every country on Earth. It is thought to have been cultivated some 6,000 years ago in the Americas. Many native tribes attributed spiritual significance to the plant. Farmers in th...
9 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
I'm a third-year electrician apprentice. There are some days that I go to work and I actually feel like an electrician: I'll replace a panel and get everything back up and running like it's supposed to be or I'll install a new service. Those days ar...
3 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
Two of my uncles in the early 50s. The younger died of leukemia not long after this photo was taken. Edited with GIMP 2.8.22
2 Aug 2019 1 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
This is a photo of my grandmother taken in 1935 somewhere in Georgia. She was 16 at the time. She said that she first saw a Model T about this time. I colored this with GIMP a few years back. I was looking through my files yesterday and thought that...
1 Aug 2019 1 minute read 3 comments uthus2000
Some time in the last few days I strained my back at work. I took today and tomorrow off so I could rest and maybe be up to par on Monday. Being off, I've had time to think about things I normally don't have time for during the week. What should toda...
31 Jul 2019 2 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
What kind of music do you expect to hear in Hawai'i? I'd never thought about it before I lived there. My exposure to the islands before then was Hawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I. I knew there was Hawaiian music but I didn't know an names other than Don...
28 Jul 2019 4 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
Hurricane Iniki was the most powerful hurricane to strike the U.S. state of Hawaii in recorded history... It was the first hurricane to hit the state since Hurricane Iwa in the 1982 season, and the first major hurricane since Hurricane Dot in 1959. O...
27 Jul 2019 3 minute read 1 comment uthus2000
I was going to reply to TrekJunk's article I'm a strong proponent of Linux but realized the reply was more of a story and would be fairly long so I linked the article. Getting Started About 20 years ago I was working in the dining facility of a priva...
22 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
We went to get a lawnmower from our daughter yesterday. The kill cable on our mower is rusty and I can no longer start it. They've got 13 acres way out in the country and until recently had horses and goats to keep their one field in check. The hous...
20 Jul 2019 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
50 years ago tonight I was 3 years and 13 days old. One of my oldest memories is from then... I remember going with my dad to pick my mother up from work. She had gone into labor with my brother. We were living on the Nashville Highway just southeas...
