I resolved myself to drive south until the temperature gauge in the beast was above freezing. I have spent the past couple of weeks while traveling using the growler I got from Firehouse Brewery in Rapid City, SD - filling up with warm water in the morning and leaving it in my cooler while on the road to keep the grocery contents from freezing.
The great thing about most of the towns in the MidWest is that you can take virtually any road in a general direction, and rest assured that it will keep going in that direction until it ends. I took Holmes south out of Kansas City (driving a couple miles east long enough to get a lottery ticket I had neglected to get last week) until it became simply Rte D. I went east far enough to get on state highway 71 south to Lamar – birthplace of Harry S. Truman the 33rd (32nd according to the site monument) President of these United States. Media References: Jim Carey movie, In Cold Blood, Fletch, Will & Grace.
Advertising: Oklahoma is not unlike most markets where the television networks generate money by selling advertising space to entities that hope to promote their products (& causes) by reaching the masses. For some reason, the Cherokee Nation is a key advertiser in Oklahoma – describing the good deeds the tribe does for the community. I am not sure why they are compelled to do this, but somehow I am going to think it has something to do with gambling.
Gambling: The Oklahoma license plate has the slogan ‘Native America.’ In case you didn’t see it on all the cars, you can count that every county has a tribe and you will know that because there will be a casino that is open 24 hours. I have rethought my position on gambling – I once considered it an unnecessarily regulated activity that caused governments to forego regulatory revenue.
But driving through dozens of Indian reservations and states that allow for legalized gambling – and seeing the way it is ubiquitously, conspicuously, and tastelessly thrust upon the public in every diner, grocery store, and gas station… I can only imagine a cluttered and littered environment – before I even consider the fact that these all seem to be self-sustaining (demand) with potential for ancillary social problems and their related public cost.
Quote: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." (O.W. Holmes, Sr. 1858)
Pics: a) Ice along a highway cut, b) HST birthplace, c) bowling ball lawn ornaments across from GWC National Park
The great thing about most of the towns in the MidWest is that you can take virtually any road in a general direction, and rest assured that it will keep going in that direction until it ends. I took Holmes south out of Kansas City (driving a couple miles east long enough to get a lottery ticket I had neglected to get last week) until it became simply Rte D. I went east far enough to get on state highway 71 south to Lamar – birthplace of Harry S. Truman the 33rd (32nd according to the site monument) President of these United States. Media References: Jim Carey movie, In Cold Blood, Fletch, Will & Grace.
Advertising: Oklahoma is not unlike most markets where the television networks generate money by selling advertising space to entities that hope to promote their products (& causes) by reaching the masses. For some reason, the Cherokee Nation is a key advertiser in Oklahoma – describing the good deeds the tribe does for the community. I am not sure why they are compelled to do this, but somehow I am going to think it has something to do with gambling.
Gambling: The Oklahoma license plate has the slogan ‘Native America.’ In case you didn’t see it on all the cars, you can count that every county has a tribe and you will know that because there will be a casino that is open 24 hours. I have rethought my position on gambling – I once considered it an unnecessarily regulated activity that caused governments to forego regulatory revenue.
But driving through dozens of Indian reservations and states that allow for legalized gambling – and seeing the way it is ubiquitously, conspicuously, and tastelessly thrust upon the public in every diner, grocery store, and gas station… I can only imagine a cluttered and littered environment – before I even consider the fact that these all seem to be self-sustaining (demand) with potential for ancillary social problems and their related public cost.
Quote: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." (O.W. Holmes, Sr. 1858)
Pics: a) Ice along a highway cut, b) HST birthplace, c) bowling ball lawn ornaments across from GWC National Park
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Max Fax:
Today Miles: 290; Total Miles: 8,399
Morning Temp In KC MO: 8
Wind Chill: -8
Price of gas in Lamar, MO: $2.97
Price of one post card at birthplace of Harry Truman: $0.27
Unpleasant Freeze experience (unusable): Barbasol Shaving Cream
Astronauts from Carthage, MO: Janet Kavandi
Today Miles: 290; Total Miles: 8,399
Morning Temp In KC MO: 8
Wind Chill: -8
Price of gas in Lamar, MO: $2.97
Price of one post card at birthplace of Harry Truman: $0.27
Unpleasant Freeze experience (unusable): Barbasol Shaving Cream
Astronauts from Carthage, MO: Janet Kavandi
Scientists from Diamond, MO: George Washington Carver
Famous battles of carthage:
(c.149 BC): The only major engagement of the Third Punic War, which was a protracted siege starting somewhere between 149 BC and 147 BC, and ending in the spring of 146 BC with the complete destruction of the city of Carthage.
(238): The decisive conflict in the revolt of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (Gordian II) against the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus (Maximinus Thrax).
(533): also known as the Battle of Ad Decimum, fought between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), under the command of general Belisarius.
(698): part of the Islamic conquests, fought between the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa, and the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate.
(1861): a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on July 5, 1861 in Jasper County, Missouri. It was the first victory for the Confederate Army in Missouri.
Famous battles of carthage:
(c.149 BC): The only major engagement of the Third Punic War, which was a protracted siege starting somewhere between 149 BC and 147 BC, and ending in the spring of 146 BC with the complete destruction of the city of Carthage.
(238): The decisive conflict in the revolt of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (Gordian II) against the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus (Maximinus Thrax).
(533): also known as the Battle of Ad Decimum, fought between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), under the command of general Belisarius.
(698): part of the Islamic conquests, fought between the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa, and the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate.
(1861): a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on July 5, 1861 in Jasper County, Missouri. It was the first victory for the Confederate Army in Missouri.
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