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Re: Saabstalker for 200 Posted by Landjet [Email] (#16) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Landjet) on Sat, 20 Feb 2016 06:26:32 In Reply to: Re: The front end clunk when hitting a bump?, SaabStalker [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:45:12 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
That is funny about calling the race the Indy 900. It will be my new vanity plate if I ever get vain enough to get one.
So, just for us historical fans, the Yellow Brick Road indeed existed, but it wasn't made of bricks. It was Sunflowers.....the wagon trains would leave Independence, Missouri, the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails and follow a natural path through the landscape fording streams, camping in areas of water and shelter. At that time, there were no trees in Kansas on the plains, so the ones that eventually grew were a result of either bird migration, or if seedlings sprouted near water sources that burbled out from one of the largest aquifers in the world. Walnut trees grew from errant nuts that fell from wagons, probably collected in the forests of Missouri. The sunflower seeds from the heads of the plants carried for nourishment would fall along the way, and where possible, would grow along the path, and then populate along that trail causing a "fence" of yellow sunflowers leading off into the west. I'm guessing this was a one way street as who on earth would ever want to go back to Missouri......
So, all you had to do to get to Nirvana was to "follow the yellow brick road"......good lord what a hardscrabble way of life.
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