tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post769979439192147552..comments2024-03-21T14:41:14.622-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Living large in MethburghFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-71288196444491930792017-05-14T15:42:48.490-07:002017-05-14T15:42:48.490-07:00Relax Chief, before your fury turns into a mini-st...Relax Chief, before your fury turns into a mini-stroke! Forget about the Qin Shi Huang wannabee in the White House. <br /><br />You are in the perfect place to give us the real lowdown on the Cobleskill Massacre instead of the bland pap on Wikipedia. And you are not that far from Cooperstown. Did old James Fenimore C himself write of the Schoharie Valley? I bet he did. Not in his leatherstocking tales or his sea stories, but I believe he wrote quite a few non-fiction historical accounts of the tribulations of Euro-Americans migrating into that part of New York State.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-73458968614502347252017-05-14T04:35:36.008-07:002017-05-14T04:35:36.008-07:00I've got a post on the geology of the area I&#...I've got a post on the geology of the area I'm staying - Schoharie Valley region - but the internet access at the rental joint the contractor is putting me up in just got turned off...so it may be a while. Probably just as well; the transparently kleptocratic firing of The Bastard Comey makes me incandescent with fury that our so-called "Arsenal of Democracy" is now such an obvious banana republic run by Banana Republicans.<br /><br />Somewhere in Hell, Richard Nixon looks up at the FOX "News" feed that is a Hell-standard (natch...) and curses ruefully.<br /><br />"Where the Gingrich was this GOP when I needed them?" he whines.<br /><br />"You were just ahead of your time, Dicky..." the torturer-demon replies, setting down the file with which he's been sharpening the spines of his barbed penis. "Okay, break-time's over. Bend over and assume the position. For what you are about to receive..."<br /><br />"...I have goddamn John Dean to thank. Fucker!" snarls the former Chief Executive as he grabs his ankles.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-57676924010188529852017-05-13T23:03:22.581-07:002017-05-13T23:03:22.581-07:00Each time I head east on I-70, I get a bit of view...Each time I head east on I-70, I get a bit of view of geologic history, IYI<br /><br />http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/geotopics/timeChart.html<br /><br /><br />https://goo.gl/maps/ceqocDpQ8xR2<br /><br /><br />bbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-79403398829396940912017-05-12T09:18:38.206-07:002017-05-12T09:18:38.206-07:00My bride is from the 'Finger Lakes' area. ...My bride is from the 'Finger Lakes' area. That entire region looks like it is God's country. I never studied or understood geology. But seeing Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, and Skinny-Alice lakes from the window of a Rochester bound aircraft opened my eyes to our planet's history.<br /><br />Lots of shale up there. God bless those billy badass environmental cops I say. They were the ones that shut down fracking in that region. They probably needed that tactical gear for protection when confronting frackers and some outraged landowners that saw their promised millions disappear. Better the NYDEP than Big Oil IMHO.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-23715016296408688482017-05-11T12:48:37.279-07:002017-05-11T12:48:37.279-07:00Flashbacks to my college days in the Southern Tier...Flashbacks to my college days in the Southern Tier (for non New Yorkers this is the part of the state just above the Pennsylvania border, and is the northern limit of the Appalachian Hillbilly). The North Country up around Plattsburgh etc. has always been a poor hardscrabble place compared to the more prosperous down state and deindustrialization hasn't helped.<br />Of course this also means I've heard of Price Chopper although I've never shopped in one. Big Daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-52338458621560874722017-05-07T07:25:55.458-07:002017-05-07T07:25:55.458-07:00Wow, those coppers must be packing 10-15 kilos wor...Wow, those coppers must be packing 10-15 kilos worth of crap. Including assault weapons and armour. They must suffer horribly when the sun comes out. <br /><br />Of course, that means that they will tend to hang out near motorized vehicles. No protecting the environment if it means hiking up a steep hill or wading through a swamp for them. <br /><br />Have you danced a jig on the dance floor on top of Vroman's nose yet?Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com