Attack of the Fifty States
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Comment from judiverse
Oh, the joys of traveling with the family. Imagine such a water shortage. I'm glad I've never experienced that. It must automatically make you feel thirsty. Breaking the thermos at such a time was not a good move. I always think of Idaho in connection with potatoes. I think any baking potato is now called an Idaho potato, whether it's from there or not. I didn't know about the nuclear power plant there. Interesting, especially when it came to your travels. judi
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Oh, the joys of traveling with the family. Imagine such a water shortage. I'm glad I've never experienced that. It must automatically make you feel thirsty. Breaking the thermos at such a time was not a good move. I always think of Idaho in connection with potatoes. I think any baking potato is now called an Idaho potato, whether it's from there or not. I didn't know about the nuclear power plant there. Interesting, especially when it came to your travels. judi
Comment Written 28-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 28-Aug-2020
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Billy the youngest and dumbest.
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That was just one incident. Bad timing, though. judi
Comment from Pam (respa)
-Good image and story, Bill.
-The answer to your first
question is e) hardly ever:)
-You did tell a good tale
about the water or lack of it.
-Under the heading of learning
something new everyday, I now
know that Idaho supplies half
of McDonald's fries. I guess that
is why they taste so good.
-I look forward to Obama Land.
reply by the author on 27-Aug-2020
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-Good image and story, Bill.
-The answer to your first
question is e) hardly ever:)
-You did tell a good tale
about the water or lack of it.
-Under the heading of learning
something new everyday, I now
know that Idaho supplies half
of McDonald's fries. I guess that
is why they taste so good.
-I look forward to Obama Land.
Comment Written 27-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 27-Aug-2020
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Thank you, Pam
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You are welcome.
Comment from lyenochka
I really enjoyed your post of Idaho. And we have friends in Idaho and once considered moving to Boise. Our friends at one time lived at quite a high elevation and I remember I couldn't drink enough water. The waitress refilled my glass with no complaint. What a visit you had!
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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I really enjoyed your post of Idaho. And we have friends in Idaho and once considered moving to Boise. Our friends at one time lived at quite a high elevation and I remember I couldn't drink enough water. The waitress refilled my glass with no complaint. What a visit you had!
Comment Written 26-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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The whole trip haunts me.
Comment from Mistydawn
I take it Idaho is one of your favorite states, lol. I knew they grew potatoes but I didn't realize it was to that great extent. Half of Mcdonald's french fries, that's a lot of spuds. I can only imagine what your take is going to be on Ill. land of soybeans and corn.
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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I take it Idaho is one of your favorite states, lol. I knew they grew potatoes but I didn't realize it was to that great extent. Half of Mcdonald's french fries, that's a lot of spuds. I can only imagine what your take is going to be on Ill. land of soybeans and corn.
Comment Written 26-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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They?ll never be the same. : )
Comment from robyn corum
Bill,
Are we talking about the kind of thermos with the built-in 'icy layer that breaks when you drop it? One of my uncles was in an accident once and when we saw the car, I'll never forget that ice EVERYWHERE!
I don't want to imagine the 14 yo boy having to use the potty with dad standing with his back turned... oh, wait. Just did.
Obama, huh? I might have to skip that one. But I enjoyed this one!!
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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Bill,
Are we talking about the kind of thermos with the built-in 'icy layer that breaks when you drop it? One of my uncles was in an accident once and when we saw the car, I'll never forget that ice EVERYWHERE!
I don't want to imagine the 14 yo boy having to use the potty with dad standing with his back turned... oh, wait. Just did.
Obama, huh? I might have to skip that one. But I enjoyed this one!!
Comment Written 26-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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I said that because it?s the Land of Lincoln and Obama was a senator from there. It irks Judiverse as she is a staunch conservative, Lincoln lover, and NeverObamer. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
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hahaha Well, I am not an Obama either, obviously. I am also a staunch conservative. But don't tell Judi, though I enjoy her Lincoln posts a LOT, I'm not a big fan of Lincoln, either... egad! and GASP!
Comment from Cindy Decker
Bill,
I chucked several times at your humorous account of visiting Idaho as a teenager, especially about the waitress whom neither of you 'knew she was a waitress!'
Just one question: should it be "noisy Boise...kind of Greenland "is", instead of "did." Even so, you've written a humorous, informative story. Right now, I could use some water. Lol. Bottled, thank you.
Excellent work, Bill. I can't wait for the next installment.
Cindy
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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Bill,
I chucked several times at your humorous account of visiting Idaho as a teenager, especially about the waitress whom neither of you 'knew she was a waitress!'
Just one question: should it be "noisy Boise...kind of Greenland "is", instead of "did." Even so, you've written a humorous, informative story. Right now, I could use some water. Lol. Bottled, thank you.
Excellent work, Bill. I can't wait for the next installment.
Cindy
Comment Written 26-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 26-Aug-2020
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Noisy Boise would be a slogan, so both would be capitalized. The allusion to Greenland was in reference to it being called Greenland as an advertising ploy to get people to move there. The sentence is good in that context.
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Bill, I didn?t have a problem with Noise Boise, and now I know why you said ??Greenland did?. I?m going to have to remember your poems and prose are impeccable written extremely well with no mistakes. Thanks for being patient and not cussing me out. I am changing your rating.😊
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Not sure if that was sarcasm, Cindy, but I hope you didn?t think I was upset in explaining the Boise and Greenland stuff. If I sounded short, I apologize. : )
Comment from Suzanna Ray
Dear Bill, you report on your adventures of your youth, with your usual sense of humor!
It was eye opening indeed, to read about the nuclear power, I will need to get on the internet the moment I finish this review ( I do want to learn all about how and where )
The only thing I didn't know about the french fries, was the name of the guy who made the deal with Kroc.
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Dear Bill, you report on your adventures of your youth, with your usual sense of humor!
It was eye opening indeed, to read about the nuclear power, I will need to get on the internet the moment I finish this review ( I do want to learn all about how and where )
The only thing I didn't know about the french fries, was the name of the guy who made the deal with Kroc.
Comment Written 25-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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You and me both.
Comment from Cass Carlton
Idaho isn't exactly the land of your dreams, then, Bill. I too, dropped a large thermos when I was five and a bit. I had been told to take the owner's lunch out to him where he sat at around lunchtime. It was a packet of sandwiches and a flask of tea. I was a small girl that had to negotiate fallen branches and other obstacles dragging my burden after me. Needless to say the lunch pack and thermos didn't fare all that well and Mr. Wells dipped out on his lunchtime cuppa. When he arrived back at the homestead later that day, he told my parents about the broken flask.
I copped it for not telling them about it when I got home, but apart from that, it was passed along as "just one of those things" We in South Aus
have been in a drought for several years, with sales of half flushing toilets going through the roof. Well, enough of Idaho home of the radio active potato." Obama country" sounds VERY interesting. cheers Cass
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Idaho isn't exactly the land of your dreams, then, Bill. I too, dropped a large thermos when I was five and a bit. I had been told to take the owner's lunch out to him where he sat at around lunchtime. It was a packet of sandwiches and a flask of tea. I was a small girl that had to negotiate fallen branches and other obstacles dragging my burden after me. Needless to say the lunch pack and thermos didn't fare all that well and Mr. Wells dipped out on his lunchtime cuppa. When he arrived back at the homestead later that day, he told my parents about the broken flask.
I copped it for not telling them about it when I got home, but apart from that, it was passed along as "just one of those things" We in South Aus
have been in a drought for several years, with sales of half flushing toilets going through the roof. Well, enough of Idaho home of the radio active potato." Obama country" sounds VERY interesting. cheers Cass
Comment Written 25-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Glad to join the LAST TO ASK TO CARRY THE FLASK club. Thanks for the great review, Cass.
Comment from Ayan3
That was an amazing story and I hope you can write more stories and I also could not stop reading it and I hope you get the recognition you need for this story.
Sincerely, Ayan
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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That was an amazing story and I hope you can write more stories and I also could not stop reading it and I hope you get the recognition you need for this story.
Sincerely, Ayan
Comment Written 25-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Thank you, Ayan . Yours is what I am seeking.
Comment from Jerome Goldberg
Bill, this is a well written autobiographical sketch that reminds me of Garrison Keillor. I can almost hear the harmonica in the background. Stay well - Jerry
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Bill, this is a well written autobiographical sketch that reminds me of Garrison Keillor. I can almost hear the harmonica in the background. Stay well - Jerry
Comment Written 25-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 25-Aug-2020
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Thanks, Jerry, for the flattering comment.
