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Pajamafied John
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well I agree with butter, whiskey and pints anyway!
farmerwithmutt
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Then there were the guys that drank
atrazine.
atrazine.
Farming with Dynamite: When I was a kid, the neighbors hired a man who was a dynamite expert to make a ditch in gumbo soil with dynamite. I was told that he loaded half sticks of dynamite a certain distance apart and set off the dynamite for a half mile ditch. The explosion made a ditch about 5 ft. deep and 8-9 feet wide. The dirt was distributed far and wide so there was no banks on the ditch. It was a fast clean ditch dug in one operation. The guy truly was a dynamite expert. I was in school so I didn't see the explosions, but I sure admired that ditch afterwards.
Bob Harvey
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I support all of the above, and still live ! P.S. we just got a MASSIVE $5.90+ (monthly) increase in our Gov't pension. Yah freakin' hoo.
Steve@Advance
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My how times have changed!
The butter poster... Wasn't too long ago being thin was a sign of poverty! Being overweight meant you had plenty and didn't have to work for it! LOL
Remember the tobacco ads where doctors and dentists were recommending smoking and dipping?
The butter poster... Wasn't too long ago being thin was a sign of poverty! Being overweight meant you had plenty and didn't have to work for it! LOL
Remember the tobacco ads where doctors and dentists were recommending smoking and dipping?
flying belgian
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I've heard tell that drinking Roundup is safer then many city water supplies. Don't know if true but that's what i heard.
Jon Erickson
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- Minnesota
That is one outstanding collection! I admire the way you presented it on this posting. Really is interesting.
Pete in MD
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- Central Maryland
And it all went to the Part B premium.
farmerwithmutt
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They told my mom to start smoking when she was pregnant.1956
My grandfather received Life Magazine from the very first issue to the first time they stopped publishing it. I have all of them to this day. The ads are almost shocking to read. He was a commercial artist, so he could create those same kinds of ads, and worked on advertising campaigns for the state of NY in the commerce office. I have some of his old work too. Advertising created a lot of jobs in this back then. He was well known because of his talent, I still hear that today from people who knew him, the fee that are left. I still cannot believe the cigarette ads, took em til '64 to figure out that smoke was toxic! I don't buy that at all. At the same time that surgeon generals report came out, my grandfather created an ad that he had stickers made for, a skull and cross bones with a lit cigarette and the slogan "cancer sticks". It was copyrighted and I'll be darned if I can't find one of those stickers today, there was a stack of them here somewhere.
The farmer I worked for as a kid in the 60 used to go down the road to the guy who sold dynamite and buy a few sticks for projects around the farm. I drilled by hand a
few holes in rocks from time to time and he would blow them. One time he wanted to get rid of a concrete retaining wall on each side of the drive into his walk out
basement and we blew that with carefully placed 1/4 stick charges one at a time some almost in his basement. The story goes that one time, It was maybe in the late 50 or
early 60 he or his father found a case of dynamite in one of the farm buildings that had become old and runny- unstable and he decided to take it out in a field and blow
it up. I still have the clippings from a couple of newspapers about the "mystery blast" that shook windows in a couple of nearby towns. The clippings discuss whether it
could have been a sonic boom from military planes from the nearby Quonset Naval Air Station, or other causes, never coming to a conclusion. This story wasn't told much
for a long time. I think my family was away on vacation at the time. A couple of years after this took place I started working at the farm and didn't hear of this for a
few years still, and was still cautioned to stay quiet about it, he was afraid of legal issues from the authorities. This farmer is no longer living and the farm is no
longer. Bought out by Met Life ins. for their New England headquarters.
few holes in rocks from time to time and he would blow them. One time he wanted to get rid of a concrete retaining wall on each side of the drive into his walk out
basement and we blew that with carefully placed 1/4 stick charges one at a time some almost in his basement. The story goes that one time, It was maybe in the late 50 or
early 60 he or his father found a case of dynamite in one of the farm buildings that had become old and runny- unstable and he decided to take it out in a field and blow
it up. I still have the clippings from a couple of newspapers about the "mystery blast" that shook windows in a couple of nearby towns. The clippings discuss whether it
could have been a sonic boom from military planes from the nearby Quonset Naval Air Station, or other causes, never coming to a conclusion. This story wasn't told much
for a long time. I think my family was away on vacation at the time. A couple of years after this took place I started working at the farm and didn't hear of this for a
few years still, and was still cautioned to stay quiet about it, he was afraid of legal issues from the authorities. This farmer is no longer living and the farm is no
longer. Bought out by Met Life ins. for their New England headquarters.
TomH in PA
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It's come full circle on the butter/lard question. Now it's good for you.
Conspiracy theory is that the sugar industry knew high cholesterol is caused by too much sugar and refined flour, but deflected it with bogus studies showing fat and eggs were the culprit.
Conspiracy theory is that the sugar industry knew high cholesterol is caused by too much sugar and refined flour, but deflected it with bogus studies showing fat and eggs were the culprit.
rockyridgefarm
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It's not a conspiracy. There's documented evidence that the Sugar Research foundation hired Harvard scientists to downplay the evidence that sugar contributed to heart disease starting in the 1960's. Instead, they shifted the focus on fat. Here's the article -
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html?_r=0
The love of money is the root of all evil. These scientists wrote their article for the equivalent of $50,000. Coca Cola today spends millions of dollars to "prove" that sugar is ok. They have a lot of money at stake. May as well figure that ANY corporation is lying to you for money.
Bruce from Can.
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Never bought into that BS about lard or butter being bad for anyone. Both had been
around for hundreds of years before someone told us that eating "vegetable oils " were
much better for us , then "animal fats" . Hydrogenated vegetable oils , like in
shorting , and margarine have really only be widely available since WW2. Which is
coincidentally the same time when folks started to have cholesterol problems, go
figure. Hydrogenated vegetable oils , were nothing more than a cheap substitute for
the more costly animal products, and have received wide use by the food processing
industry to increase profits , with no concern to the health effects on those whom ate
the food.
around for hundreds of years before someone told us that eating "vegetable oils " were
much better for us , then "animal fats" . Hydrogenated vegetable oils , like in
shorting , and margarine have really only be widely available since WW2. Which is
coincidentally the same time when folks started to have cholesterol problems, go
figure. Hydrogenated vegetable oils , were nothing more than a cheap substitute for
the more costly animal products, and have received wide use by the food processing
industry to increase profits , with no concern to the health effects on those whom ate
the food.
We were still using dinamite in the early 60's to blast rocks so we could remove from fields. As a teenager I was pretty proficient at it. Better at placing charges than my dad. In school my voc ag teacher assigned us to make a ag related visual aid. I made a slide series on how to dinamite a rock, complete with the rock 6' in the air. Today that would get me suspended for life! Somewhere I have a copy of that book. Quite a guide to dinamiting as I remember.
Traditional Farmer
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- Location
- Virginia
I don't know lard probably killed my grandmother that's all she would ever cook with and she only made it to 96.
I do know a fellow that is allergic to vegetable oil doesn't use anything but lard wanted my overweight hogs because they had lots of fat on them.
I do know a fellow that is allergic to vegetable oil doesn't use anything but lard wanted my overweight hogs because they had lots of fat on them.
Traditional Farmer
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- Location
- Virginia
if you want more $$$ get a job works for me.
Thomasthetankengine
Member
Arthur Godfrey wasn't so keen on
selling cigarettes after they removed
one of his lungs.
selling cigarettes after they removed
one of his lungs.
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