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[wkerfoot]

2air,

Thanks for the site, I can only count 5 that we have been two and that is if you count Wall Drug twice ( it is shown twice).

Bill

[codybear]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

At the Corn Palace do they have a Hall of Fame?

Hi Kent,

If they did, I didn't see it!

Hi 2air,

I've been to the Wall Drug, even rode atop that horsey

Went to Plant City, Florida, for a conference w/my husband..but we didn't want to go to the Dinasour World..

[2airishuman]

ck....i'd bee a-maized if they didn't!

bill...check back a page or 2 in the ronsaari stuff....

http://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/

he has route66, the lincoln highway, deco signs, diners and a variety of neat americana images...pretty cool stuff. takes me back to my childhood and goofy trips...wait i still take goofy trips.

cheers
2air'

[Chaplain Kent]

I was curious about the hall of fame at the corn palace since I do have a nomination for that hall of fame if it does exist.
Common among halls of names that the little knowns of the famous would be often overlooked even if they attained great fame in a region of thier own. To no fault of their own sometimes a little known regional Farmer can not get out and gain national fame. Such is the case of my nomination. You might have guessed it is not a national star from a big conglomerate corn hybrid seed company like Cargil or Monsanto, they must have many entries in the hall already. No my nomination comes from the company named Sid's. Sid's Hybrids. The nomination is #56. Actually it is now called #56P but more about that later.
#56 started off life as any other corn hybrid seed does, in the dirt. It was planted by a 12 row planter with a flat tire on the right side. Eighteen days after planting it began to germinate and soon sprouted through the rich black earth of Iowa. (it is a foreign variety) #56s life was rather unspectacular in its adolescence other than the application of the herbicide and an occasional walk through of Sid himself nothing spectacular occurred. One day some men trimmed back several rows by the road and put up signs that read: Hybrid # 56 By Sid. but that was all. Then when #56's tassels were almost grown a group of young kids came by and pulled every other row of them off. Boy did that hurt. But there was this one kid who had worked at Orville's popcorn farm the day before and got fired for popping off at the mouth. Sid hired him without checking to see if he had washed his hands from the day before and put him on the #56 pulling squad. Now this kid was still in a huff over getting canned and he did not pull every tassel in fact you could say he tussled with some of the tassels. Some sex was spared in the rows of old #56 so to speak that summer. However, Sid was no wiser to the hanky panky going on behind the signs along the road. The summer wore on and the corn ripened and the seeds were harvested and carefully bagged for sale. #56 was a big seller for Sid and those who planted that variety found that each stalk produced not one but two ears of corn! A miracle and Sid was a hero. He immediately planted more of his #56 Hybrid and everyone wanted a bag full of this wonderful two ear on a stalk corn. Then one summer it became very hot, an Iowa (this is a foreign story) hot summer. Temperatures rose into the 100's. Then the strangest thing began to happen in all of the corn fields where Sid's #56 Hybrid was planted, it began to pop. The fields turned into popped popcorn. What was going on? An investigator was called in (CSI Ottumwa) and the kid who was fired from Orville who did not wash his hands from the day before who was sloppy in the detasseling was found to be the fault. Now what to do with all this popcorn. The people thought of opening a drive in theater, but no G rated movies were running that summer. Then someone thought of importing hogs to eat the popcorn. And that is what they did and that is why Iowa is known as the hog state today.
Now you see why #56 hybrid needs to be in the corn hall of fame.

[azflycaster]

kent - Can you tell us more about the flat tire? Was it a Maraton or a bias tire?

[Chaplain Kent]

Originally Posted by azflycaster

kent - Can you tell us more about the flat tire? Was it a Maraton or a bias tire?

You will need to clean up your comments about tires.

[sander17]

Originally Posted by 2airishuman

has been to most of these odd unique attractions....

cheers
2air'

Has anyone been to "South of the Border" on I-95? It is home
of the bottling plant for Blenheim ginger ale. That stuff will
take the top of your head off. Tasty...

[Zeppelinium]

Originally Posted by 2airishuman

hi bill....

isn't south dakota in nebraska?

... ...

here is a link to a fellow who has been to most of these odd unique attractions....

http://www.ronsaari.com/photoindex.p...ideAttractions

pretty good pictures.

how many have you been to....anyone? 13 for me as i count.
... ...
cheers
2air'

Just 3, but 4 if you count like wkerfoot. But... but... but, where is the Spam Museum? I know Buttercup must have been there, since it's a staple at Burnstream Court...

[clancy_boy]

Originally Posted by sander17

Has anyone been to "South of the Border" on I-95? It is home
of the bottling plant for Blenheim ginger ale. That stuff will
take the top of your head off. Tasty...

You see their signs for miles before you get anywhere near the turn off. Never been - all the hype turns me off when traveling along the interstates, I like the mom amd pop stuff.

[wkerfoot]

Originally Posted by Zeppelinium

Just 3, but 4 if you count like wkerfoot. But... but... but, where is the Spam Museum? I know Buttercup must have been there, since it's a staple at Burnstream Court...

Attachment 24797

The Spam Museum is in Austin, Minnesota of course, the headquarters of Hormel.

Bill

[codybear]

Originally Posted by Zeppelinium

Just 3, but 4 if you count like wkerfoot. But... but... but, where is the Spam Museum? I know Buttercup must have been there, since it's a staple at Burnstream Court...

Attachment 24797

Hi Zep,

Yum Yum Spam!..we went to the Spam Museum..it's in Austin, Minnesota

[2airishuman]

Originally Posted by sander17

Has anyone been to "South of the Border" on I-95? It is home of the bottling plant for Blenheim ginger ale. That stuff will
take the top of your head off. Tasty...

yep...been there; drank that! wish the extra bottles had made it home...

love the ginger ale...always in search of a fine ginger brew...

infact i was thinking exactly about ginger ales and root beers when looking at those americana images...and i was sippin' a sprecher rb at the time....
http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/sodas.php

hot and spicy ginger brew...it's good for ya!

we need 2 have a soft drink rally...everyone brings a case of some really good, cane sugar beverage....

we can temper the sugar high with something more potent later...

cheers
2air'

[markjoandall]

If you count the spam museum, I've been to 7. BTW the airstream has been with me to all of them. I even gave a fleeting thought to buy some Hormel stock after seeing their fine museum.

Mark

[markjoandall]

I just wanted to know how many have been to Winslow AZ and seen the Eagles Bronze statue and the mural with "girl in the flatbed ford"?

Been there also with the airstream

Mark

[azflycaster]

Originally Posted by markjoandall

I just wanted to know how many have been to Winslow AZ and seen the Eagles Bronze statue and the mural with "girl in the flatbed ford"?

Been there also with the airstream

Mark

Don't forget the museum "Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona". I drove by it with my TT once and got a few waves...

[Chaplain Kent]

By the way the does the Spam Museum have a hall of fame?

[codybear]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

By the way the does the Spam Museum have a hall of fame?

Hey Chaplain Kent,

Are you on a serious Hall of Fame or what????..Same answer to you: if there was a Hall of Fame at the Spam Museum, I didn't see it!!!!

We did go to a Sports Hall of Fame in Kansas City Missouri, though..they had baseball, bowling, football and basketball..check it out!!

Also, did you know that Otis Redding died in the waters in Madison in your home State?..

[Chaplain Kent]

Originally Posted by codybear

Also, did you know that Otis Redding died in the waters in Madison in your home State?..

They were "sitting on the dock by the bay" as his plane sank in the waters of Lake Mendota.

Is Otis Redding in the Spam Hall of Fame?

[codybear]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

They were "sitting on the dock by the bay" as his plane sank in the waters of Lake Mendota.

Oh, I thought you were going to say 'they were singing: sitting on the dock of the bay"!

Is Otis Redding in the Spam Hall of Fame?

Hey, I just thought of somethin'...perhaps YOU were in the Hall of Fame, eh???

[2airishuman]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

By the way the does the Spam Museum have a hall of fame?

well ck....

corn, spam and otis redding....

i sure hope your polyp doesn't qualify for the 'colon museum' hall of fame...

good luck with the removal this week and

here is to a speedy; uneventful recovery.

i'll be sipping clear liquids in your honor....

yep there IS a beer hall of fame....

cheers
2air'