Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition

[stormchaser2014]

All of the tree loss in NE Iowa is maybe the equal or worse than Dutch Elm disease. Remember going off to ISU as a freshman, August 1969, and coming home for Thanksgiving and being in shock as I drove the mile from downtown to my parents house. The solid canopy of elms was gone and all that was left was utility poles and lines which I'd never noticed before. You used to drive down Franklin under a solid cathedral arch of elms. I was worse than at ISU where I had visited the summer of '69 and when I got there for school in the fall all of the elms were gone. The LA Building and Dairy looked naked although the four huge elms in the Dairy courtyard were still alive (but not for long). People born after the 1970's have no idea how much city landscapes have changed. There are a couple of streets in the Twin Cities that still have elms, it's like some sort of throwback visually to scenes I grew up with.

Speaking of elms, **** dead elm trees!

 

[VeloClone]

Speaking of elms, **** dead elm trees!

Not so fast my friend. I like the dead elms when mushroom hunting...

 

[SCyclone]

Red elm is about as fine a wood as you can burn, also. Burns long and slow, and good heat given off. When we heated with a woodburning stove, we actively hunted for fallen red elm logs. (It also splits easily, if well seasoned.)

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Give a little kid a dollar and you would think you gave them a million

 

[BoxsterCy]

My daughter and her husband were over this weekend. Apparently they had grilled some corn on the cob, but found out they had no butter. They ate it anyway -- said it was not very good. I said that was because all an ear of corn is, is a vehicle to transfer butter from the dish to your mouth, with the false premise that because it's a vegetable, corn is good for you.

Corn is a vehicle to transfer butter to your mustache. Even more of an issue now with my cray cray Covid-19 Brimley tribute stache.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Corn is a vehicle to transfer butter to your mustache. Even more of an issue now with my cray cray Covid-19 Brimley tribute stache.

Lew loves fresh corn on the cob, but he ALWAYS cuts the kernels off and eats them with a fork.

 

[KnappShack]

I've said it before.....I'll double down

Rebel Wilson was hot before and after the weight loss

 

[BCClone]

Give a little kid a dollar and you would think you gave them a million

You handing out dollars? I’m not too proud and am still happy with a dollar. Usually what I have left after the wife and kids ask for money (I guess asking has ceased, it just happens now). Should change my name to ATMClone.

 

[BCClone]

Lew loves fresh corn on the cob, but he ALWAYS cuts the kernels off and eats them with a fork.

That is legal grounds for divorce in Iowa. There are some things in this state that while legal, just aren’t right.

 

[VeloClone]

That is legal grounds for divorce in Iowa. There are some things in this state that while legal, just aren’t right.

Daughter has braces now. She rarely eats corn anymore when we are eating CotC. It is just too disappointing for her to cut it off to eat it.

 

[CloneLawman]

Lew loves fresh corn on the cob, but he ALWAYS cuts the kernels off and eats them with a fork.

And here I had this image of Lew as one of the very coolest dudes around. Wow.

 

[CloneLawman]

All of the tree loss in NE Iowa is maybe the equal or worse than Dutch Elm disease. Remember going off to ISU as a freshman, August 1969, and coming home for Thanksgiving and being in shock as I drove the mile from downtown to my parents house. The solid canopy of elms was gone and all that was left was utility poles and lines which I'd never noticed before. You used to drive down Franklin under a solid cathedral arch of elms. I was worse than at ISU where I had visited the summer of '69 and when I got there for school in the fall all of the elms were gone. The LA Building and Dairy looked naked although the four huge elms in the Dairy courtyard were still alive (but not for long). People born after the 1970's have no idea how much city landscapes have changed. There are a couple of streets in the Twin Cities that still have elms, it's like some sort of throwback visually to scenes I grew up with.

Are you saying it was like ...

 

[CloneLawman]

That is legal grounds for divorce in Iowa. There are some things in this state that while legal, just aren’t right.

#FAKENEWS-- Iowa has no-fault dissolution of marriage.

 

[madguy30]

Don't care how bad it will likely be, I'm going to see the new Bill and Ted movie when available and love it.

 

[BCClone]

Don't care how bad it will likely be, I'm going to see the new Bill and Ted movie and love it.

Are movie theaters open?

 

[madguy30]

Are movie theaters open?

Not sure...I'd assume it will be available at some point via streaming or whatever.

It comes out on 8/28 and the commercial did say something about theaters?

 

[BCClone]

Not sure...I'd assume it will be available at some point via streaming or whatever.

It comes out on 8/28 and the commercial did say something about theaters?

If you want to see it in the theater I would go ASAP. Doubt it has a long shelf life. I would probably have more faith in another bevis and butthead movie than BnT part3. Wyld Stallyns are toast. I think I know a lawyer that had an intramural VBteam with that name.

 

[madguy30]

If you want to see it in the theater I would go ASAP. Doubt it has a long shelf life. I would probably have more faith in another bevis and butthead movie than BnT part3. Wyld Stallyns are toast. I think I know a lawyer that had an intramural VBteam with that name.

It will be on Netflix or some other form...no way I go to a theater right now.

It's going to be awful but I don't care.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Lew says:
Cool is as cool does, and he's too cool for school.

 

[SCyclone]

Lew says:
Cool is as cool does, and he's too cool for school.

But is he too sexy for his shirt?