9.8 Fri

[countrycorners]

Good Morning!
not much to say

[FUTCHCAIRO]

MORNIIN C.C., I AM NOT IN A VERY GOOD MOOD THIS MORNING, I HAVE 10 OF MY OFFSPRING THAT LIVE DOWN IN THE PATH OF THAT STORM IRMA. THEY HAVE ALWAYS WEATHERED OUT ANY STORMS THAT CAME THEIR WAY BUT I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THIS IRMA. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A PALM TREE NURSERY JUST EAST OF THE TURNPIKE, THEY ALSO HAVE A HUMONGOUS QUANSENHUT BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH 2 PREVIOUS HURRICANES AS WELL AS THIER HOME. MY YOUNGEST SON HAS PROPERTY DOWN IN JUPITER, HE IS CURRENTLY ON A PROJECT FOR RIO TINTO GOLD CORP. OVER IN MONGOLIA, I DO NOT KNOW IF HE IS BACK HERE FOR HIS WEEK OFF OR NOT. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT IRMA WILL REDUCE IT'S SPEED AND CHANGE THE PROJECTED PATH. I BELIEVE IF I WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF SOUTH FLA. I WOULD JUMP OVER AND GET ON RT. 441,OR 27 INSTEAD TAKING THE INTERSTATES WHERE THEY ARE ONLY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 5-10 MILES PER HOUR ALL THE WAY TO THE GEORGIA LINE.
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SEMPER FI

[JIm Smith]

41 goes in front of our fertilizer wearhouse in Newberry and I have never seen that many cars and trucks in Newberry at one time, moving as the last two days

[AugustusMccrae]

Mayo Fl, US 27 is bumper-to-bumper. People are now using GPS to utilize back-roads. Glad everyone is heeding the warnings as I fear bad things. Everyone be safe/smart.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

JIM SMITH, WHAT FERTILIDIRT COMPANY DO YOU PEDDLE FOR? I WAS SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE OLD GULF CHEMICAL CO. OUT OF TAMPA, THE WOODS BROTHERS OWNED AND OPERATED IT. I WAS REPRESENTATIVE IN HIGHLANDS, HARDEE,DE SOTA, AND POLK COUNTIES UP TIL THE BIG FREEZE IN DEC. 1957, I LOST EVERYTHING, HAD 3 GROVE CARETAKING BUSINESS'S, 3 WAREHOUSES, INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR DEALERSHIP, 360 ACRE YOUNG ORANGE GROVE, 3 CITRUS NURSERIES, 360 ACRE PASTURE AND 120 HEAD OF SANTA GERTRUDUS CATTLE AND MY HOME, BOY THAT WAS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW. I WENT BACK TO TRUCKING AND AFTER 15 YEARS WAS ABLE TO PAY OFF ALL THAT I OWED IN THE FARMING VENTURE. WELL IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER VENTURE THAT IS GONNA BE WIPED OUT BY ANOTHER NATURAL DISASTER, I HATE WORKING HARD AND HAVE GOOD PLANNING AND THEN HAVE IT TAKEN AWAY BY NATURE, I WILL CHANGE THAT STATEMENT, I GET DOWN RIGHT MAD WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
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SEMPER FI

[JIm Smith]

growers for the last nine years during the freeze you speek of W R Grace and then Lykes when Grace decided to get out of the fertilizer business. When Lykes sold to Helena they bought me for the next 8 years, then our old manager from Lykes got the old crew back together under the Growers fertilizer name witch started in 1934