Who are you?

[New-born baby]

that hemp was growing wild in the hedge rows and we got chased and shot at by a few farmers who didn't want any northerners down there picking for free. we started going up to the farm houses and offering to pay to pick.

Shame on you, Ski. To run from a shotgun blast like that! And to think you were a Viet Nam veteran, too! Say, you weren't with the Americal Division, were you?

[Websman]

how much property was there webs. you see that fence and the hedge row planted in it. they used to plant hemp in their fences like that in kentucky and tennesse and we used to go down there and pick it. this was back in the late and early 60's and 70's. pretty neat place you had there. were you a military brat growning up webs.

It sat on 6 acres. There's a lot of stories I could tell you about this place. It had a lot of history to it.

The guy that bought it was a fool for tearing the buildings down. I've still consider making an offer to buy the property back.

And...Yep, I was a military brat. My Dad was a Major in the Air Force.

[Websman]

Hemp was Kentucky's #1 crop in 1900, and was a world leader in its production for rope. Then the New Orleans jazz crowd started smoking the stuff, and the US Congress outlawed its production. That's the real reason Appalachia is poor.

My family are tobacco growers from Barren County, Ky. The farm was settled in 1813 and passed down through the family until my dad sold it just a few months before leukemia took his life in 1997. There was 167 acres. If you google map search, you can find Owen Road in Barren County, near Glasgow, and that road dead ends into the center of the place--right at the home place. In fact the entire road runs into the farm. My grandfather built the house when my father was one year old. My father was born in a log cabin. The house is very sturdily built of oak.

During the Civil War Braxton Bragg's army passed right through the homeplace in its invasion of KY in 1862. There is a historical marker just over the hill from our place signifying the event(s). It is marker 698, and you can read it here: http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/Marker...ounty&county=5

They still grow Hemp...just illegally. This place was in Breathitt County. That's about as Appalachian as you can get.

[New-born baby]

They still grow Hemp...just illegally. This place was in Breathitt County. That's about as Appalachian as you can get.

I thought Highway 23, South and East of Breathitt Co, was as Appalachian as you can get. I have never landed in Jackson, KY that I can recollect. Preached in Richmond, KY for two weeks. Once I travelled up 23--"the Official Country Music Highway" (as per the signs) and took 402 across from Prestonburg to Winchester, and just missed Jackson by about 15 miles or so. My loss I am sure.

Have you been to Glasgow? Cave City? Mammouth Cave?

[Websman]

I thought Highway 23, South and East of Breathitt Co, was as Appalachian as you can get. I have never landed in Jackson, KY that I can recollect. Preached in Richmond, KY for two weeks. Once I travelled up 23--"the Official Country Music Highway" (as per the signs) and took 402 across from Prestonburg to Winchester, and just missed Jackson by about 15 miles or so. My loss I am sure.

Have you been to Glasgow? Cave City? Mammouth Cave?

I've never been to mammoth Cave, but I'd like to go. I'm sure I've been through Glasgow.

Richmond is where EKU is. My Brother went there.

[New-born baby]

I've never been to mammoth Cave, but I'd like to go. I'm sure I've been through Glasgow.

Richmond is where EKU is. My Brother went there.

We need to have a MM gathering in KY. Ya'll.

[skiracer]

We need to have a MM gathering in KY. Ya'll.

when i got out of boot camp i was stationed at fort knox between Radcliff and Elizabethtown. it was the worst place in the world. red mud everywhere. i left there for fort polk, louisianna which was worse than knox. there was a bar called the first chance and last chance bar right outside of knox on route 31W or the Dixie Hwy. when i came back to the states the first time i came back to knox and me and a couple of other guys got into a fight with some redneck locals the first week i was back. some guys got banged up pretty bad and i landed in the brig. i had two choices. leavenworth or back to viet nam. I was on my way back to nam in less than 3 weeks for a second tour. I went back to nam and hooked up with the same outfit i was with the first time.

[New-born baby]

when i got out of boot camp i was stationed at fort knox between Radcliff and Elizabethtown. it was the worst place in the world. red mud everywhere. i left there for fort polk, louisianna which was worse than knox. there was a bar called the first chance and last chance bar right outside of knox on route 31W or the Dixie Hwy. when i came back to the states the first time i came back to knox and me and a couple of other guys got into a fight with some redneck locals the first week i was back. some guys got banged up pretty bad and i landed in the brig. i had two choices. leavenworth or back to viet nam. I was on my way back to nam in less than 3 weeks for a second tour. I went back to nam and hooked up with the same outfit i was with the first time.

Ski! What a story! My wife groaned when I read it to her.

Of course I know Knox well. Took the family their to the museum a few years back. Can't comment on any bars as we took no note of them. No rednecks bothered us. We are used to the red clay. And the 3rd Armor is just alright with us.

I think Webs ought to visit the Fort--as well as Elizabethtown and Lincoln's boyhood home--while he's in the area to see the cave(s).

[billyjoe]

I've never been to mammoth Cave, but I'd like to go. I'm sure I've been through Glasgow.

Richmond is where EKU is. My Brother went there.

Webs,
Great photo of the old home place. I'd say that guy was nuts to tear down the buildings. You'd love Mammoth Cave. Sign up for all the tours you can in advance. Most are free. Go before you get too old to bend. I can't do it anymore. We camped out there with the kids twice. An easy walk to the caves. They have special guided tours by the National Park rangers that are limited to a few people. They'll take you to places the public isn't allowed. If you like history sign up for the "Floyd Collins" tour. It was fascinating. The only bad thing it was the hottest day in Kentucky history when we were camping. Something like 105 degrees but 54 in the caves. Also if you like Corvettes take a tour of the Corvette assembly factory in nearby Bowling Green Kentucky. You can eat off the factory floor. Very impressive. Only the best employees of GM are allowed to transfer to that factory.

---------------billy

[New-born baby]

Webs,
Great photo of the old home place. I'd say that guy was nuts to tear down the buildings. You'd love Mammoth Cave. Sign up for all the tours you can in advance. Most are free. Go before you get too old to bend. I can't do it anymore. We camped out there with the kids twice. An easy walk to the caves. They have special guided tours by the National Park rangers that are limited to a few people. They'll take you to places the public isn't allowed. If you like history sign up for the "Floyd Collins" tour. It was fascinating. The only bad thing it was the hottest day in Kentucky history when we were camping. Something like 105 degrees but 54 in the caves. Also if you like Corvettes take a tour of the Corvette assembly factory in nearby Bowling Green Kentucky. You can eat off the factory floor. Very impressive. Only the best employees of GM are allowed to transfer to that factory.

---------------billy

All this is excellent advice. Floyd Collins is very interesting.

[Websman]

An updated phot

[peanuts]

Here's a recent shot of me. This is Intramuros Golf Club in downtown Manila, Philippines. This place is awesome. It is an 18 hole course that surrounds an old Spanish fort situated among high-rises in the center of the city. I was so out of practice that a few (yes, more than one) drives went into traffic:

[New-born baby]

Peanuts:
Are you saying that you're a threat to public safety? lol

BTW, I'm no golfer at all.

But I must say that's a great photo of Webs, and also a great shot of you, Peanuts.

[IIC]

Some recent photos of me:






Here's one for your wallet:

[Websman]

I'm posting all 3 of those pics up on my wall...