Random Obs

I bet you did a double take and hurt your neck when you saw that price!!

 

Mary Collins graciously shared this recent photo of herself next to the famous "Wedding Oak" in San Saba, Texas. The Wedding Oak of San Saba is a magnificent Live Oak tree that can’t be missed if you happen to be traveling on FM 200/China Creek Road, about 4 miles northwest of downtown San Saba. It is believed to be more than 1,000 years old.

Per the State of Texas, the Comanches chose this tree as site for council meetings, and it also served as a sacred venue for braves and squaws to exchange their wedding vows. Legend has it that they believed the tree to have magical powers to bless their wedding and ensure an everlasting and trusting relationship between the brave and the squaw.

In the mid-1800’s, early white settlers learned about the alleged powers of the wedding oak and began exchanging their vows there as well. In fact, there have been countless actual wedding ceremonies under its boughs including 3 that happened on Christmas Eve in 1911.
The tree lost a major limb during a big storm in the summer of 2017 and another in 2018. I posted about it then and hoped that it would survive. In all honesty, as old as the tree is and as big as the branches that fell were, I didn't have high hopes for it. But it appears to be rebounding. The last time I visited, in 2022, new branches were growing in the spot where the limbs had fallen as the tree was beginning to try to shield its trunk from the morning sun. You can see that in the blackened area above Mary's head in the upper right corner of the photo. I'm hoping it lives for a thousand more years.
Thank you, Mary

 

A few days ago I posted a photo of the famed Wedding Oak in San Saba, Texas, which is believed to be 1000 years old. An antique photo shows E.E. Riesen and students in front of the Wedding Oak roughly 100 years ago.

 

The more I look at this saw, the more I see it

 

I guess it was only a matter of time ....
As the old saying goes .... when pigs fly!

 

Identifies as a helicopter?

 

I hope that's not the expected upgrade to the FHC corporate helicopter!

 

Catch that BACON...

 

What will they think of next.... automobile hail protection!

 

Why pay for insurance? Will the insurance companies give a discount if you own one of these? Will they still cover hail damage if you get a discount? Seams silly to me.

 

Obviously you haven’t filed any claims with insurance company lately. Example water damage reputable repair cost $70,000 insurance company first offer is $16,000 then fight 2 years to get it increased until you get $50,000 and say I need my life back.. I know what rules say; But after major losses that’s new policy. At this point IMO you have insurance because it is required NOT because it provides any protection whatsoever..

 

The photo is not dated but certainly early 1900s. Excellent sun bonnets! I'm not sure what they are doing on that woodpile, but they might be cracking pecans?

Sun bonnets, half handers or gloves and long sleeves. What women did when there was no such thing as sunscreen.

 

"If it's on the internet its true"~~Forrest Gump, 1973

Willie Nelson and Keith Richards building the pyramids, I can't verify its authenticity. I believe they were instrumental in helping Noah build the ARK also.

 

Saw this at the gas station today. Asked the driver if I could take a picture. Says "Why" all grumpy. I said "I know some guys that I could irritate with this picture". He says " Well the 1/2 ton Dodge is my buddy's and the Super Duty is mine.....and Yes I am irritated". But it can hardly be rare occurrence, a half ton Dodge towing a lame duck Ford? Only thing could have been better if the Ford was full of firewood. Then I would have posted in the "Loaded Truck" thread

 

That's the guy right there, gassing up the Dodge? He definitely looks the part of a grumpy Santa

 

That was him. Kinda looked the part but he had a ponytail and a braid in his beard. I was going to make a Santa comment but he had a "Don't even think about it!" look in his eye. Figured I'd gotten away with enough just asking about the picture!