tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270592942012-02-16T05:37:11.809-06:00Darlanoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27059294.post-30742732132319184502010-09-03T06:08:00.002-06:002010-09-03T06:35:21.532-06:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-321ebff0c7d5205" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0321ebff0c7d5205%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331540556%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D413C95874D4C239B405BEE32A002B6AF0CB2B6F4.5790657ABAA2436526278095A05E4E0822B64B23%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D321ebff0c7d5205%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dp9QGR81RhJKq5yfBVXX7wecw9v0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0321ebff0c7d5205%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331540556%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D413C95874D4C239B405BEE32A002B6AF0CB2B6F4.5790657ABAA2436526278095A05E4E0822B64B23%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D321ebff0c7d5205%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dp9QGR81RhJKq5yfBVXX7wecw9v0&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27059294-3074273213231918450?l=booksisgreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27059294.post-49572897072738887502010-08-10T17:08:00.007-06:002010-08-11T08:07:23.601-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TGHsKd-H3iI/AAAAAAAAATs/qJFzH_WJnso/s1600/IMG_2027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TGHsKd-H3iI/AAAAAAAAATs/qJFzH_WJnso/s320/IMG_2027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503939884211494434" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />A picture of myself with a small number of my books! The shirt caption fits me to a T!<br /><br />Hello to any Broads and Broadies that may visit!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27059294-4957289707273888750?l=booksisgreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27059294.post-55860324533755612932010-07-25T19:17:00.016-06:002010-07-25T19:53:25.588-06:00My granddaughter's 6th birthday present!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzl4dhtjPI/AAAAAAAAATc/kPKdodPzqBk/s1600/IMG_2003.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzl4dhtjPI/AAAAAAAAATc/kPKdodPzqBk/s400/IMG_2003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498022003273993458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I found this desk on someone's driveway for free.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzjI4qJEbI/AAAAAAAAATM/IemCPn4_uPc/s1600/IMG_2017.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzjI4qJEbI/AAAAAAAAATM/IemCPn4_uPc/s400/IMG_2017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498018986900132274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A few cans of paint some bling and WAH LAH!<br />She loves to draw and color so its the perfect fit for her!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzoJteC9FI/AAAAAAAAATk/mg3YfeUmhgo/s1600/IMG_2020.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/TEzoJteC9FI/AAAAAAAAATk/mg3YfeUmhgo/s400/IMG_2020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498024498634617938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here she is trying to take it home!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27059294-5586032453375561293?l=booksisgreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27059294.post-91419164359396352602008-10-13T15:08:00.006-06:002008-10-19T09:56:59.676-06:00We took a trip to West Mineral Kansas this last weekend and saw Big Brutus. The following was taken from the site for Big Brutus. <a href="http://www.bigbrutus.org/index.html">http://www.bigbrutus.org/index.html</a><br />******************************************************************************<br />Dedicated To The Mining Heritageof Southeast Kansas<br />Located at West Mineral, Kansas<br />Big Brutus put the oooohs and aaahs in the backyard of the Heartlands!!! Miles before you reach this retired giant — you can see it on the horizon south of West Mineral, Kansas. Standing beside it makes one aware of how fragile he or she is.<br /><br />The statistics give the hard cold picture —<br />Bucyrus Erie model 1850B<br />second largest electric shovel in the world<br />16 stories tall (160 feet)<br />weight 11 million pounds<br />boom 150 feet long<br />dipper capacity 90 cu. yds (by heaping, 150 tons — enough to fill three railroad cars.)<br />maximum speed .22 MPH<br />cost $6.5 million (in 1962)<br /><br />There is more to Big Brutus than cold steel and long shadows falling across the Mined Land Wildlife Area. Big Brutus is not just a symbol of the past, but an eternal tribute to the mining heritage of Southeast Kansas and to miners all across this nation who toiled to support their families.<br /><br />On July 13, 1985, Big Brutus was dedicated as "a Museum and Memorial Dedicated to the Rich Coal Mining History in Southeast Kansas."<br /><br />In September 1987 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) designated Big Brutus a Regional Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, the 10th since 1971 to be so designated.<br /><br />Big Brutus is a museum open year round. Hours vary with the season. Call (620)827-6177 for more information.<br />***************************************************************************<br />If you look closely you can see two people in the balcony...that is my son and grandson! In the bottom right of the same picture you'll see a picture of my dautghter-in-law. Definately BIG!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/SPO6JnVHLmI/AAAAAAAAANg/4l5oWepaEok/s1600-h/s670833898_1465814_9440.jpg"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/SPO6ABDLHvI/AAAAAAAAANY/jpHRN_Rfb8A/s1600-h/n670833898_1465825_3516.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256749699516014322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/SPO6ABDLHvI/AAAAAAAAANY/jpHRN_Rfb8A/s400/n670833898_1465825_3516.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/SPO6ghRwl8I/AAAAAAAAANo/FuKx60QCzeU/s1600-h/n670833898_1465797_2557.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256750257922938818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GoftFNJPP5s/SPO6ghRwl8I/AAAAAAAAANo/FuKx60QCzeU/s400/n670833898_1465797_2557.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is a picture of my son, daughter-in-law and my grandkids!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27059294-9141916435939635260?l=booksisgreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Darlanoreply@blogger.com0