David Wallace said:
All I know is that I have to get there by mornin'. Those jerks in Houston took my saddle and then I broke my leg when I was in Sante Fe. Frickin' blind judge.
I hope you guys up there have clothing stores, because everything that I got is just what I've got on...
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TommyBrady said:
I don't eat that poor quality slop. Everything I eat comes from producers I know. Keep defending destroying that aquifer its a good look for ya.
CDUB98 said:TommyBrady said:
I forgot we aren't allowed to challenge anyone even when they try to belittle you.
You're not challenging anyone. You're condemning an entire group of people who have put food on the table for millions of people. You are attacking their lives and livelihood.
You need to retreat back into your ivory tower and contemplate what your life would be like without farmers and ranchers like canyonag.
TommyBrady said:
Canyon Ag you are a hero
Young white liberal who has never recovered from pandemic induced mental breakdown is my guess.CanyonAg77 said:TommyBrady said:
Canyon Ag you are a hero
What is wrong with you?
LBJ stole the Texas senate election from Coke Stevenson. Dead people voting in south Texas. Dems have been at this a very long time. They just got waay better at it. Democrat - party of thugs and crooks.Burdizzo said:nortex97 said:
I always knew Amarillo would someday recover from LBJ's hatefulness.
Refresh my memory on LBJ and Amarillo.
NM. I looked it up. LBJ was such an ass
Or worse. Thank you for the info.CanyonAg77 said:
For those that don't know the story, the Amarillo area was one of the only spots in Texas that voted for Goldwater in 1964
In 1965, LBJ announced the closing of Amarillo AFB. Height of both the Cold War and Vietnam. It was a SAC base, with B-52s, one of the 5 longest runways on the US (now down to #12 or so). Three foot thick concrete where they parked the alert aircraft. Ten foot thick on the end of the runway where planes touched down. Pipelines to deliver jet fuel directly from the refineries, 60 miles away. Five miles down the road from the plant that assembled nuclear weapons. On Route 66 (now I40) and highway 60. . Rail service directly onto the base
So, obviously, just a little backwater base with no redeeming features.
Moral of the story: Don't cross a Democrat, or they will stab you in the back
I would assume that every major airport has a pipeline bringing in fuel.CanyonAg77 said:
For those that don't know the story, the Amarillo area was one of the only spots in Texas that voted for Goldwater in 1964
In 1965, LBJ announced the closing of Amarillo AFB. Height of both the Cold War and Vietnam. It was a SAC base, with B-52s, one of the 5 longest runways on the US (now down to #12 or so). Three foot thick concrete where they parked the alert aircraft. Ten foot thick on the end of the runway where planes touched down. Pipelines to deliver jet fuel directly from the refineries, 60 miles away. Five miles down the road from the plant that assembled nuclear weapons. On Route 66 (now I40) and highway 60. . Rail service directly onto the base
So, obviously, just a little backwater base with no redeeming features.
Moral of the story: Don't cross a Democrat, or they will stab you in the back
eric76 said:
I would assume that every major airport has a pipeline bringing in fuel.
How many tanker trucks of jet fuel would it take to fill one B-52?CanyonAg77 said:eric76 said:
I would assume that every major airport has a pipeline bringing in fuel.
Why would you assume that?
TommyBrady said:CanyonAg77 said:No.Thaddeus73 said:
Is the Ogallala aquifer holding up OK?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ogallala-aquifer/#:~:text=Today%20the%20Ogallala%20Aquifer%20is,keep%20up%20with%20human%20demands.
Its absolutely disgusting how much damage to the aquifer has been done by the people of the panhandle.
Spider69 said:TommyBrady said:CanyonAg77 said:No.Thaddeus73 said:
Is the Ogallala aquifer holding up OK?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ogallala-aquifer/#:~:text=Today%20the%20Ogallala%20Aquifer%20is,keep%20up%20with%20human%20demands.
Its absolutely disgusting how much damage to the aquifer has been done by the people of the panhandle.
Suggest you brush up on Texas groundwater laws Tommy! That water is the property of the landowner subject only to any restrictions from a local water conservation board or district. It's their right to use it within those limits. I'm all in favor of conservation, efficient irrigation practices, but I or no one else has a say in how they use their property. They can't tell you how you can use your property. I lived in Amarillo for 30 years. I loved it! I moved on retirement for family, medical reasons. All my three Aggie children ('92, '94, '01) graduated from Amarillo High School. My 30 years (Oct. 1983 to May 2013) was spent working on Agricultural research for USDA-ARS at Bushland, TX (~10 mi W of Amarillo on I-40) attempting to improve water management in agriculture, advance irrigation technology, and precisely measure the water consumed in irrigated and dryland agriculture production. I don't know a Panhandle producer that can afford to waste or to misuse groundwater and not be bankrupt in a short time. The producers that I knew and worked with were aware of the importance in using their groundwater efficiently,
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I probably know you. My wife worked for A&M at bushland in the mid 90's before moving to the Etter station in 98 ish.
WestTxWood88 said:
Your aunt deserves a medal, donut shop is a panhandle staple. A few years ago Krispy Kreme came into town and ran away less than a year later with their tail between their legs.
Did you let him do any harvesting?annie88 said:
I once had a boyfriend from Pampa.
Moot point anyway. We booked one on I40 and Soncy in Amarillo. Headed to Colorado Springs the next day. Probably get up and hit up Calico County for breakfast, then go on Tascosa Road to check out the floating mesa thing I've read about. Will likely veer off to see Johnson Mesa on your recommendation. Hoping to make it to Pueblo in time to purchase some edibles (or something) to see if THC will have a positive effect on a tremor I have had in my right arm after a stroke from a couple of years ago.CanyonAg77 said:Maybe oil and gas, maybe windmill workers. Maybe just demand due to fewer choices.TequilaMockingbird said:
Same hotel would be something like $109 in Amarillo. I thought maybe the rodeo was in town or something.
BBQ cookoff this coming weekend
Had occasion to travel from Amarillo to Pampa once a week for a class that left me with an hour to kill. Passed by this historical marker every time and finally got bored enough to stop and see what it was about. It was a couple of ancient dying trees (Chinese elm, maybe?) that you see in spots driving around West Texas surrounded by a 2 foot wrought iron fence. The history? It was to commemorate the first trees known to have been planted in the Panhandle and they were planted by Goodnight himself. This was in the mid-80's so there is no telling how old those trees were then. I've searched google earth but can't find it so they must have died and the marker removed.Thaddeus73 said:
Charlie Goodnight was a true pioneer, and a VERY hardy man for settling that area....
Not just to be correcting you or anything, but I-40 was already in place when we moved to Amarillo from Lubbock in 1972. I-27 was already under construction as well, but I didn't recall anybody referring to it as an interstate until the mid-90's. But I could be wrong about I-27.CanyonAg77 said:That is an old map. Route 66 was gone, and it was I-40 by 1985. WTAMU has not been West Texas State since 1993. It is newer than 1965, as it has Lake Meredith. I-27 began in about 1975, so that's probably about a 1970 map.Thaddeus73 said:
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I didn't recall anybody referring to it as an interstate until the mid-90's.
