Weighing Bales of Cotton, Port of Houston, Harris County, Texas
November 1939 by Russell Lee
Wednesday When Cotton Was King Open Commentary
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Weighing Bales of Cotton, Port of Houston, Harris County, Texas
November 1939 by Russell Lee
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#49 mharper42,
Happy Birthday to the lovely lady you are. 🙂 A great way to spend the day with friends virtually and in person. Hope the cats had a celebration ready for you when you got home.
Nite all. Signing off out here.
#49 – I’m glad that you had a nice birthday party. I’ve got about another hour to kill here before I head for the bed, so I’ll find something on YT to watch. I did complete the greenhouse today, and I think it may stay put in the wind, but we’ll find out soon enough about that. Surprisingly, it turns… Read more »
Thanks again, every one of you Couch Critters, for the birthday wishes. I had a nice day, including a birthday lunch prepared by my 81-y.o. neighbor. He’s a good cook, and it’s all real food, nothing like what I put on my plate for mealtimes at home. One of the usual neighbors for Ken’s holiday meals had a medical appointment… Read more »
#46 – Samsung has ‘smart switch’ – light it up on both old & new phones and set them side-by-side.
At least IME it has worked like a champ.
#45
Wow, that’s gruesome.
I’ve been jacking around with swapping phones for most of the day. Since I broke the glass on my old one, and it was covered by insurance, I got a replacement phone. I’ve never actually done the data transfer before, as hubby and I both usually go to the T-Mobile store and let the techs do it for us. I… Read more »
You may remember that a few weeks ago a female ramp attendant in Montgomery Alabama was just minding her own business servicing a jet airplane whose engines were still running and was sucked into the engine with bad results. Blancolirio is on the job reviewing the preliminary NTSB findings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QGi9RIIF-E
#37
Thank you, texanadian!
Dang autocorrect.
Went back for a nap, but a friend called and we wound up talking for a while. Now it’s too late for my nap, but a little early yet for dinner. Supposed to drop down to 28 tonight, but I think I don’t need to cover my plants. I think they need prolonged cold in the 20s or less before… Read more »
Yo Squawkster – we know monkeyworx eyeballs AIR traffic correct?
Does He also peek at Ocean traffic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc3B1y7QfBo
Prostrate prostate prostrate whales?
yarrrrrrr! Where’s me harpoon?
Tedtam
I bet you wouldn’t have if GJT said prostate whaling. 🙂
When Caleb and Amber realized they were just too ugly to ever be fashion models and were turned down as slasher movie stunt men, they decided to become artists and began practicing with spray cans on pro-life clinic buildings. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged two members of the radical left-wing group Antifa with vandalizing Florida pregnancy clinics. Prosecutors say Caleb Freestone and… Read more »
Right in the blackheart of all that is evil in the rotted state of Virginia lies the smallest county in America populated with rich lobbyists, glorified bureaucrats and government trough feeders… A former president of the Arlington teachers union, who was ousted last spring, has been charged with embezzling more than $400,000 from the organization. Ingrid Gant, 54, of Woodbridge,… Read more »
Adam Schiff said it. It was on C-Span so it must be true… All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made… Read more »
Happy Birthday Ms. Harper. Wishing you many more.
I was just going to keep my mouth shut…
29 GJT
Whaling?
Damn Democrats killing whales, now?
RE: Murder of Whistleblower Seth Rich The just busted senior FBI agent Charles McGonigal was in charge of the buried and covered up Seth Rich murder investigation. Many believe Rich was involved in leaking the DNC hacking story and was going to deliver other damaging information. McGonigal was involved in the illegal and corrupt charges against an innocent Carter Page.… Read more »
Bellville is 175 years old this year.
For you nerds (you know who you are), that’s what you call a demisemiseptcentennial,
School board terms should be two years as far as I’m concerned. Four years is too long to wait once parents discover the candidate lied and now school trustee Leroy identifies as Lee Ann and wants to invite drag queens to apply as teaching assistants.
#20 – I was asking a couple of friends about the lid on publicity on that story. I would have thought that would be the news story of the year, at least in the Dallas area. I was told that these high end retirement villages don’t like that kind of publicity, and that they have both the financial and political… Read more »
’bout dang time: Josh Hawley introduces PELOSI Act to bar lawmakers from trading stocks and profiting while in office The bill comes after revelations last year that Nancy’s husband, Paul Pelosi, traded between $1 million and $5 million of stocks for semiconductors just days before Congress allocated $52 million to the industry. The stocks were later sold at a loss… Read more »
From comments: I’m digging the revamp of the FL teacher arrangements. Here’s another victory: In Iowa, the Based Gov Lady signed a new law: “allows any Iowa family to use taxpayer funds to pay for private school tuition — at a cost of $345 million annually to the state once fully phased in.” /tapping microphone/ tap, tap, tap…Hello, Texas? Can… Read more »
More from the Legal Department at CoffeeandCovid.com: The California lawsuit regarding the muzzling restriction of free speech rights of doctors to actually discuss the WLR virus and treatments is moving forward. You know, was it “disinformation” or “scientific scrutiny” kind of thing? The California law has punishments for doctors who don’t toe the party line. But the judge doesn’t get… Read more »
And there was whaling and gnashing of teeth.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/01/25/schiff-swalwell-whine-about-getting-booted-off-the-intel-committee-and-theres-not-enough-popcorn/
Morning, gang, and thanks for the b-day wishes. I am having a b-day lunch next door at 2 pm thanks to the 80+y.o. neighbor. He has been on a lunch kick since Thanksgiving. Lived next door to him for 27 years and this is definitely a new phase for him. These are home-cooked meals he’s doing!
Now, more awesome Florida news: Governor DeSantis tossed another political hand-grenade yesterday, when he announced his newest package of education reforms. ….among a bunch of other great individual pieces, DeSantis intends to break up the teachers’ unions and the blue school boards. Buckle up, lefties, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride! First, it rewrites a bunch of the rules related… Read more »
I love me some menudo. I cannot stand chitterlings. As we know February is black history month. I could care less about that. However while in Germany the powers that be decided that every Friday during Black History month chitterlings would be served in the chow hall to honor Black folks and give white folks a taste of Black heritage.… Read more »
Speaking of Seth Rich: Since we’re speaking of Seth Rich… remember Seth? He was the DNC’s 2016 voter expansion data director who turned whistleblower and was promptly murdered under suspicious circumstances. You may not know that there’s a lawsuit percolating through the courts against the FBI for, among other things, failing to investigate and failing to respond to FOIA requests… Read more »
I worked late last night, so I’m a little late getting going this morning. I had my coffee already, and actually ate breakfast. Took care of a few tasks. Got my rosary in, will say other prayers later. I’ve had my time with the BGS, so that’s over. I’m going to treadmill a bit, since I skipped yesterday. Before then,… Read more »
NASA Sis checked in this morning. She said took garbage bags and a rake to a nearby area to help with cleanup. She met a lady who was having a hard time talking. In just the last three weeks, Monica has had a stroke, lost her father, and lost her home to a tornado.
Y’all, if anyone needs prayers…
I love Menudo and seek it out when I’m on the road in Texas. I always check out the authentic hole-in-the-wall Messican places wherever I go. I have a NASA buddy, raised in Lubbock that used to make it and bring some to work for me. His is outstanding.
Menudo… I’ll pass. The Vietnamese can opt for tripe in their steaming bowls of Pho noodle soup. I’ve tried it a few times over the years. I’m done trying. It is too chewy.
Gordo’s #14 AARP article is pretty dang scary indeed. I’d never even heard anything about this serial killer until I read this article.
I had always assumed that those assisted living communities had pretty tight security based on what you pay to live there. The management of those places should be found guilty in those wrongful death lawsuits.
#15 – Mixed bag for me for menudo……..I do like the broth and the hominy – the tripe NOT so much (too danged chewy) One Chapter Brother’s Mom & Pop used to come visit around Christmas from Lubbock. I got NO CLUE what Mom’s secret(s) may be – but Her Menudo is as YUMMY as ANY good beef stew I’ve… Read more »
Saturday is menudo day in SS. At least 3 restaurants, including the one I frequent, offers menudo on Saturdays only, and if you want some you’d better get there early because it sells out quickly. As for me, think I’ll wait a little longer before trying my first bowl of menduo. Back in my drinking days, menudo was supposed to… Read more »
Beef Tripe:
Edible you say? I choose a jury trial.
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Uh……No.
January is National Menudo Month. National Menudo month got its humble beginnings from Juanita foods in 2018. So lets all gather round the Menudo tree and have a steaming hot bowl of menudo from Juanita Foods. 5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MENUDO It is alleged to cure hangovers Some claim that Menudo is the perfect cure for hangovers. Your elixir for the… Read more »
I’m bringing this post over from last night since I think it is an interesting and informative piece, particularly of interest to people in our age bracket. Sort of a PSA if you will. Here’s a really scary story, and I’m not kidding around. All these places are near where BFF lived. https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-2022/texas-elder-murders.html Kind of discouraging to hear that they… Read more »
Back from TOK now. Still cool outside, but bright and sunny. Might try to complete greenhouse today if the wind will remain calm. Still need to figure out how to anchor it down so the prevailing winds will not blow it away. Should have some seeds arriving today, so should get started on round one of preparing for the spring… Read more »
Somebody go wake up MHarper, there is one piece of cake left and the ice cream’s gone.
Hey no one told me it is MHarper’s birthday!!
Happy Birthday MHarper
One more- happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, mharper!
Winter wonderland: Storm brings widespread snowfall to South Plains, Panhandle A winter storm system pushing its way across the country throughout the week has blanketed the U.S. Southern Plains in snow — with most of the Texas High Plains region accumulating between 4 to 7 inches by 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport recorded 7.1 inches of… Read more »
Morning gang. Dateline TOK. Happy birthday mharper. 37 degrees out here as the sun rises. Have a great day you all