tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.comments2022-02-11T15:10:06.937-05:00Random things from life as I see it.4thBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630910580190343467noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-4724461400971678762018-10-21T21:58:03.573-04:002018-10-21T21:58:03.573-04:00This is about the most heartwarming well written p...This is about the most heartwarming well written piece of literature or memoir that I have ever read.Thanks for including the names of my gang,Tuck,Butch,Dugley,Spirit,Larry.... All went to heaven after wonderful enjoyable lives... I am sure they are enjoying the company of Forrest and Jenny.<br /> Rarely do I run across something on Facebook that strikes such a familiar chord in my heart.Perhaps we humans, that are so insanely crazy about our pets are the real winners in this game of "how much do I love these four legged creatures"... Let me count the ways. Thanks so much for sharing the entire commentary. I hope I can print it. Well done Sir. Godspeed,<br /> Annie CruittAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071967426602693234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-7794995420720218262014-10-25T19:36:22.250-04:002014-10-25T19:36:22.250-04:00Excellent photographs and blog, its is so great to...Excellent photographs and blog, its is so great to read some of the history of this beautiful farm.<br /><br />I wonder which years you lived in Paris, I also lived there for 3 years in late 1960s-early 1970sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540134722252188460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-90068555923857849032014-10-25T19:34:48.941-04:002014-10-25T19:34:48.941-04:00512Wow, I love the powerpoint presentation, such a...512Wow, I love the powerpoint presentation, such a beautiful place and I am sad to see the land developed. I work with a horse at Red Tail Ridge and just visiting there makes me see what a history this entire farm has. I hate to see it all go for some apartments to be built!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540134722252188460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-34931957707141420042014-09-16T17:14:28.862-04:002014-09-16T17:14:28.862-04:00I never get tired of reading the troll story, but ...I never get tired of reading the troll story, but the additional thoughts are just too bittersweet.brookberrygirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-12160058052310744452014-08-02T07:29:43.231-04:002014-08-02T07:29:43.231-04:00I've come wandering back to your blog and foun...I've come wandering back to your blog and found so much to think about. Thanks for writing so honestly. Takes guts.The Fuller Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617840841275896662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-4400088091893100022014-03-14T09:38:27.288-04:002014-03-14T09:38:27.288-04:00My father was a buyer for Imperial Tobacco Company...My father was a buyer for Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland from 1948-1972. After retirement, he worked for a couple of other companies on contract. When he lay dying in 1999, he went in and out of a coma. Once while falling deeply asleep, I performed a short auctioneer's chant with prices from his era of buying. As I chanted the prices upward, he raised his hand and place an imaginary bid on the imaginary pile I was auctioning. While not an auctioneer, I had heard them so often, I felt I was "qualified" to do this for him one last time. It is a moment I shall remember forever.Frank Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808176288356076714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-23732398158788970522014-03-14T09:35:45.102-04:002014-03-14T09:35:45.102-04:00My father was a buyer for Imperial Tobacco Company...My father was a buyer for Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland from 1948-1972. After retirement, he worked for a couple of other companies on contract. When he lay dying in 1999, he went in and out of a coma. Once while falling deeply asleep, I performed a short auctioneer's chant with prices from his era of buying. As I chanted the prices upward, he raised his hand and place an imaginary bid on the imaginary pile I was auctioning. While not an auctioneer, I had heard them so often, I felt I was "qualified" to do this for him one last time. It is a moment I shall remember forever.Frank Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808176288356076714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-7931645121391184162013-11-20T13:29:30.500-05:002013-11-20T13:29:30.500-05:00My father was a warehouseman and tobacco auctionee...My father was a warehouseman and tobacco auctioneer and it was not unusual to hear him chanting in the shower. His chant was unusual in that it could be understood compared to some auctioneers I heard. The tobacco business really was a way of life and auctioneering an art and it saddens me to know that it is a dying life style and art form. We were from the same town as Page and his video brought tears to my eyes for that lost way of life. Best regards to Page and his family. Debra Sizemore BoydAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-82992465682266674592013-06-29T11:02:14.744-04:002013-06-29T11:02:14.744-04:00Roger,
I think you're talking about 'Hands...Roger,<br />I think you're talking about 'Hands' of tobacco, although my exposure to Tobacco Auctions was in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Being in the Southern Hemisphere, our season was in your winter, and a number of American auctioneers used to spend a good part of their year in Africa! One of them had his own (weekly?) radio show, and I'm wondering if it could have been Page Roberts or Chuck Jordan … this would have been around the early to mid 1960s. (From memory, the explanation of the different chants was very similar to the one given by the gentleman who had this radio show.)Hughhttps://www.facebook.com/hugh.fraser.77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-67921097837093641412012-11-30T00:46:47.460-05:002012-11-30T00:46:47.460-05:00Crazy to think about that much of the mountain cat...Crazy to think about that much of the mountain catching on fire, but that is a great picture!erin, maker of chimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16421001265388943090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-10815630464215754632012-11-02T14:07:37.175-04:002012-11-02T14:07:37.175-04:00I found a list of quotas required from each common...I found a list of quotas required from each commonwealth, written in 1780 for the Revolutionary War. In the list is an abbreviation for the amount of tobacco. The old hand-written script looks like "Hhds". Example: Virginia's quota was 6000 Hhds of tobacco. Would this refer to bundles of tobacco leaves? What is the word?Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738623831029839551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-44950900851343181232012-05-16T06:55:56.731-04:002012-05-16T06:55:56.731-04:00Scott -there is still one here just outside of Win...Scott -there is still one here just outside of Winston-Salem. - Click on Yarddawg's profiel and shoot him an email - he is a retired buyer for the tobacco industry and has taken me to the auction. I recorded it in a blog post this last Summer if you scroll through the posts you will find it.4thBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630910580190343467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-27477750837092503512012-05-16T00:55:48.045-04:002012-05-16T00:55:48.045-04:00Is the auction still going? I am an Indiana boy t...Is the auction still going? I am an Indiana boy that is an auctioneer and LOVES to hear the cahnt of a tobacco auctioneer! I wish that I would have grown up about 75 years earlier and in the Southeast. I very much wanting learning more abou this lost art and way of life. I have talked serveral times about taking some trips into Virgina and North Carolina and try to learn some more about these auctions and warehouses. Any help on where to locate the auction and any museums or sources of information would be reatly appreciated! Thanks for the answers and help. Scott SscooterMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236769743636810278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-54723544503603728282012-02-09T20:20:15.610-05:002012-02-09T20:20:15.610-05:00Anon - yes, they buy from the auctions.Anon - yes, they buy from the auctions.4thBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630910580190343467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-3775763126392268582012-02-09T19:03:42.633-05:002012-02-09T19:03:42.633-05:00So, do the big companies still buy a little US tob...So, do the big companies still buy a little US tobacco at auction, or only through contracts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-41807350593775972052011-11-08T08:31:59.805-05:002011-11-08T08:31:59.805-05:00Happily recieved your book as a Christmas gift one...Happily recieved your book as a Christmas gift one year not too long ago, from my Winston-Salem living sister. Found a lot of beautiful images inside and also your signature!roanokeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245958332681556489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-90434560225959453502011-09-07T16:44:28.168-04:002011-09-07T16:44:28.168-04:00The top photo is of the old Moore's Springs re...The top photo is of the old Moore's Springs restaurant. Before opening the gallery, my mother worked there and would bring home fried chicken. You used to be able to cross the street and get spring water from an old spring house though I don't know if it's still there.Hampton House Art and Framinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585354016478521222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-26974380286458050402011-09-02T22:04:02.113-04:002011-09-02T22:04:02.113-04:00YieldHog - I would see if through his profile if y...YieldHog - I would see if through his profile if you can reach Yarddawg above - he is an old tobacco buyer for one of the big two. - By the way I do a little HY trading as well - great market and widely misunderstood.4thBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630910580190343467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-3121384343615716032011-09-02T18:49:35.880-04:002011-09-02T18:49:35.880-04:00Where would one find a reliable, public source for...Where would one find a reliable, public source for tobacco pricing?YieldHoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047492628291693069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-26549006808507245682011-08-28T20:56:46.706-04:002011-08-28T20:56:46.706-04:00There will be a tobacco auction Tuesday in Rural H...There will be a tobacco auction Tuesday in Rural Hall. Public is welcome.Yarddawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606732558845632465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-18045943924246988932011-08-28T14:43:41.880-04:002011-08-28T14:43:41.880-04:00Love the shot where you captured the red dirt. An...Love the shot where you captured the red dirt. And Pilot Mtn of course!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469382982063659778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-69871261325518661672011-08-18T19:40:00.697-04:002011-08-18T19:40:00.697-04:00How very fortunate I feel to have found your blog....How very fortunate I feel to have found your blog. As a native northern Virginian my recent trip to a working tobacco farm felt like traveling in a time machine. <br /><br />I was treated to an introduction of proper cultivation and curing by a wonderful gentleman. Photographs simply cannot capture the majesty of mature tobacco in full bloom. <br /><br />No other crop requires the intensive management. There is no adequate machine with the sensitivity of human hands to nurse, coax and coddle the full potential of each plant. <br /><br />Regardless of your opinion of tobacco products, it will serve you well to see first hand the manual labor and experience still in practice today much as it was 150 years ago. <br /><br />It is like walking into the pages of a history book complete with sounds, smells and textures. I stand in awe of the farmers raising the crop. God bless america!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-75192615071352510672011-07-06T17:36:14.515-04:002011-07-06T17:36:14.515-04:00Wow, she is beautiful!
I was cleaning my favorites...Wow, she is beautiful!<br />I was cleaning my favorites and found your blog site in which I kept from CS registry, I believe. I have '71 3.0CSi and she is in need of restoration. But since I lost my job, she has to wait. I've owned her almost 12 years. Yup, she makes me feel so happy, too. My husband thinks I love her more than I love him. Maybe that is true but don't tell him.<br />You have very nice pictures on your site.<br /><br />Aus Freude am Fahren!makonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-35827203751403804032011-04-04T16:40:11.020-04:002011-04-04T16:40:11.020-04:00The pictures say it all! What FUN and what wonderf...The pictures say it all! What FUN and what wonderful friends you two are!Brookberry Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027087908697066607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616257030831116566.post-22444996800308189352011-04-04T16:26:56.418-04:002011-04-04T16:26:56.418-04:00Our daughter Leah LOVES her BMW. This confirmed th...Our daughter Leah LOVES her BMW. This confirmed that her next one WILL BE PICKED UP personally by her. She was a little envious seeing you behind the wheel at the PLANT no less.Brookberry Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027087908697066607noreply@blogger.com