Let’s see where the wind blows me

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

A whole lot of -Flat- today
And the wind was blowing Northeast

‘Northern Texas’

“Well, that’s 83 South. And this road here will hook you up with I-40 East. Um…if you turn right, that’ll take you to Amarillo, Flagstaff, California. And if you head back that direction, you’ll find a whole lot of nothin’ all the way to Canada.”

[GOPAPA]

I can relate to you being sad about getting rid of the windmill .. I took a radiator fan blade from a D-6 cat and riveted on license plates on the fins of all the states that my family was born in .. when I sold I left it there .. like you ,Eric ,,I now wish I had kept it to restore and put up again..

Them are some really nice looking BIG windmills you built back to new.. nice job

[Steeveedee]

Look at all those Chevy trucks still working for a living!

[Ol Blue K20]

Not even a little hill. Wow! I have never seen anything like that before.

[DeadheadNM]

On board! Can’t believe you two randomly bumped into each other. That’s too cool.

[57taskforce]

That biker is clearly jealous of you, I agree your hat is much cooler than his!

[Low Elco]

I grew up in Wichita, and I know I've been at that building. What is it?

[Chevyland]

It’s at the university

[Chevyland]

He also designed a house a few miles away
Nearly 50 years earlier in 1915

I went on the moonlight tour,
A beautiful home, that was before it’s time

https://www.google.com/search?q=alle...wEAbQo4loIAAAA



Off to Nebraska

[LT7A]

Cool FLLW stuff! How did you get interested in his work? The building at the University does not seem to be in use, I wonder what it is meant to be used for.

[72 tigger]

“Off to Nebraska”

Nebraska is 452 miles (if l recall correctly) of excitement! I have a friend from there that claimed if the state found 3 or more trees growing in close proximity to each other, it was deemed a state park

[Chevyland]

Question
To the farmers out there

What do they call these watering devices ?
I’m sure a massive pump pushes the water through,,
Do the wheels also turn from the water pressure ??

They are everywhere
But seem especially prolific on Nebraska

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Question
To the farmers out there

What do they call these watering devices ?
I’m sure a massive pump pushes the water through,,
Do the wheels also turn from the water pressure ??

They are everywhere
But seem especially prolific on Nebraska

the round patterns are called center pivot irrigation and the rectangular patterns are called linear irrigation.. they run on electric motors and electric pumps.. proximity sensors and switches control the movement as programmed..

the center pivot circles are noticeable throughout the agricultural regions across the united states and many other countries from your airliner window

[Chevyland]

Thanks Killer
Now I know..
Didn’t even think about those circles
We see from the airplane

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Cool FLLW stuff! How did you get interested in his work? The building at the University does not seem to be in use, I wonder what it is meant to be used for.

I went to Visit Taliesin West one year when I was down in Arizona
Thought it was very cool
Then, Just by chance my son and I visited
Taliesin in Wisconcin on our road trip, years back

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...717185&page=10

So now I look for his buildings wherever I go
It’s not always easy to get in them


The building at the university still is used
But looked abandoned (due to COVID) I think
Also it is old and tired

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

I went to Visit Taliesin West one year when I was down in Arizona
Thought it was very cool
Then, Just by chance my son and I visited
Taliesin in Wisconcin on our road trip, years back

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...717185&page=10

So now I look for his buildings wherever I go
It’s not always easy to get in them


The building at the university still is used
But looked abandoned (due to COVID) I think
Also it is old and tired

Pretty cool that you've gotten to see both of the Taliesin homes. And that it got you interested in seeing the rest of what he's done. If you feel like starting a thread with pictures of the FLLW places you've visited, feel free. You'll have at least one subscriber

Thoroughly enjoyed all the pictures of the museum too. Automotive and memorabilia. They definitely were purposeful about how things were displayed and it presents very well.

[1976gmc20]

"sprinklers"

The ones that go around in a circle are called "center pivots"

[Stocker]

I don't know for sure but I always assumed the wheels were propelled by water pressure. Probably adjustable so the rate of travel can be changed.

Hopefully someone who actually knows will chime in. Hopefully I won't sound like a fool.

[57taskforce]

They are driven off of water pressure and the wheels are actually on timers, so they move a little, then water, then move a little more etc. or at least that’s how they are here in northern NM/southern CO.

Also for what it’s worth it really sucks when they run on your oil field well locations. Turns everything into a mud bog in no time.

[1976gmc20]

A guy I worked for one year had a sprinkler with big narrow metal spoked wheels, that you had to move by hand. It was supposed to turn them all the way along but it didn't quite work so you had to walk along and move it little by little in a long S-pattern.

I didn't end up doing the summer irrigation, but I kept having to move the sprinkler out of the way to work the ground and seed it. Of course later on you would have had to either shut off the pump from the river, or else dress appropriately and enjoy cooling off from 95* heat

[Chevyland]

Get ready for a
‘Double Block’
Of pictures tonight

[Ol Blue K20]

I still have a "Welcome Back Kotter" lunch box and thermos..Some great pics. Thanks Erick

[weq92f]

.

I can smell the inside of that thing.

-klb

[57taskforce]

Love that engine museum! I’m gonna have to check that out! Here’s my hand-me-down lunchbox i had in elementary school in the early ‘90’s. My aunt used it when she was in school and gave it to me. I’ve still got it packed away somewhere. I borrowed this picture from the net.

[1976gmc20]

I lived about three blocks from grade school and usually went home for lunch.

High school was "double sessions" so you went straight through either before or after noon. Not sure what I did for lunch my last couple years after moving to CO, but the last half of my senior year I was done with classes before noon and going to work.

I was in 7th grade in 78

I was in Alaska: working construction, cutting firewood, and driving school bus.