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Midwest Old Threshers

Posted by khalling 9 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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so, the town I grew up in -just off the Mississippi in SE Iowa, has a famous steam engine event every Labor Day weekend. Kinda missing it this weekend. Every day at noon, all these vintage steam engines-trains and tractors let their whistles blow! Enjoy
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  • Posted by dwlievert 9 years, 2 months ago
    At the risk of stating the obvious, until the invention of the steam engine, man had either walked, ran, or rode an animal to get from "A" to "B" (wind and sail excluded). It is difficult to underestimate the impact to civilization and living standards made possible by the transition from a "methane" footprint to a carbon one.
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    • Posted by Ibecame 9 years, 2 months ago
      As long as you brought up the "carbon footprint": Way back when the plains of Midwest (including Mississippi) were flowing with Buffalo and Bison we eliminated most of these extreme methane (carbon pollution) producers. Since methane is by far one of the greatest offenders (much worse than carbon dioxide), and so many of them were eliminated, there truly is no "Carbon" surplus. In fact utilizing a simple calculator and using conservative numbers, we are still just slightly at a Carbon defect. Which makes me wonder why everything from my power bill to the purchase of a SUV has a carbon surplus tax.

      I can only surmise that Politicians and Scientists can not read, or fathom the intricacies of a calculator.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 2 months ago
    What fun!
    The parade -- true Americana. The nostalgia is too much. Being a trombone player, I marched with the high school band in many a parade, at football games, at basketball games, (My high school was the basketball state champs two of the three years I was there) baseball games, and weirdest of all a Scottish Gathering of the Clans at University of Michigan Stadium. We played in the heat, in the cold, in the snow and in the rain. A brass player in the rain could get a slippery lip.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 9 years, 2 months ago
    We attended a steam gathering in London, OH one time. It was amazing! To see those old engines, still working, and the technology of the time was actually humbling. It is great what people can do and create out of necessity. Everyone was so upbeat, learning orremembering..
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