As I went to town today, I noticed the newspaper tubes at the end of many driveways. I don’t know what they are used for since the Reporter stopped home delivery five years ago and the Urinal stopped in November 2011. When the Tulsa World stopped selling papers a year ago, the few tubes theyContinue reading “Mailing it in”
Tag Archives: southeast Kansas
Letting the heat out of the heat dome
Here along the Kansas-Oklahoma border we have managed to escape the heat waves taking over the Southwest and the East Coast. It’s hot enough, but not the usual 100 degrees it should be. The medium term weather forecast calls for some cooling and then back to near 100 degrees. Now if can just get aContinue reading “Letting the heat out of the heat dome”
Garbage time
One of the biggest problems living in a rural area is garbage disposal. Just finding someone to pick up your garbage is a challenge. The fees are outrageous if you can find someone. I currently pay a quarterly fee that amounts to $80 a month. In most rural areas you can haul your own garbageContinue reading “Garbage time”
Taking care of the help
I have posted several times on this blog about employees not wanting to work. They may be lazy, but the way some employers have treated the help in the past haven’t encouraged a work ethic. My first job in Kansas was loading cabinets at a cabinet company in Neodesha, about 30 miles from my house.Continue reading “Taking care of the help”
Fireworks
When I moved to Kansas in 2006, it was the first time I lived in a state where fireworks were legal to use. What was even better was only being an hour from Missouri, where almost everything was legal. I moved right after July Fourth in 2006 then missed 2007 because severe flooding eliminated fireworksContinue reading “Fireworks”
Juneteenth
Today was the 158th anniversary of the announcement in Galveston, Texas of the end of slavery. This has been a federal holiday for two years now. Other than not getting any mail today, it was business as usual today. I have to go back to work tonight.
Summer has arrived
Just a few days before solstice, warm temperatures have arrived. I bought a new window fan to replace one that stopped working this week. Today I actually needed it as the temperature reached 88 degrees. By Tuesday, it will reach the 90s on a regular basis.
The Amish have arrived
About a decade ago a small group of Amish arrived in neighboring Labette County. Last month, three families have moved to the area south and west of Independence. This would put them near the airport and the Little House on the Prairie Museum. The museum has an old post office and one room schoolhouse thatContinue reading “The Amish have arrived”
Rearranging the rocks
We had a big storm last night. It was big enough to bring out the county’s road crews out for the next week to scrape the dirt roads, including the ones I live on. Some of them will get some gravel put on them. Since we are still in rainy season, the repair is shortContinue reading “Rearranging the rocks”
News is supposed to be new
Our local rag, known as the Urinal, is a twice a week paper. It comes out Tuesday and Friday each week. The Kansas all classes state track meet was held last Friday and Saturday. Were there any results in the Tuesday edition? NOooo… That’s OK, the weekly Chronicle will come out tomorrow and not onlyContinue reading “News is supposed to be new”
Footyfried 