(06-01-2015 10:09 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 09:57 AM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

Maybe BJ can tell us all what the Oregon Trail was like back in his day.

Weedy, just like it is now. Hence the range-burning in Springtime...

Ah, I wasn't paying attention and was referring to the other BJ. Too many BJs 'round here!

99% of students want out of dorms asap and want apartments or rent a house / duplex.

(06-01-2015 10:27 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  Ah, I wasn't paying attention and was referring to the other BJ. Too many BJs 'round here!

Same one actually... different username.

(06-01-2015 10:21 AM)Brian_Johnson Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 10:09 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 09:57 AM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

Maybe BJ can tell us all what the Oregon Trail was like back in his day.

Weedy, just like it is now. Hence the range-burning in Springtime...

As a fan of The American Musical Theatre I am reminded of:

Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II musical Oklahoma and the song:

I went to Kansas City on a Friday
By Saturday I learned a thing or two
But up 'till then I didn't have an idea
Of what the mod'rn world was comin' to.
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirselves
Almost every time I took a walk
An' then I put my ear to a bell telephone
An' a strange woman started into talk.
What next! What next?

Everything's up to date in Kansas City
They gone about as fer as they can go
They went an' built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' orta grow.
Everything's like a dream in Kansas City
It's better than a magic lantern show.
You can turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat
With every kind of comfort every house is all complete.
You could walk the privees in the rain and never wet your feet!
They've gone about as fer as they can go.
They've gone about as fer as they can go!

Everything's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fer as they can go
They got a big theatre they call a burleque
For fifty cents you could see a dandy show!
One of the gals is fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel
But then she started dancin' and her dancin' made me feel
That every single thing she had was absolutely real!
She went about as fer as she could go
Yes, Sir! She went about as fer as she could go!

(06-01-2015 05:07 AM)Brian_Johnson Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 06:48 PM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  K U has top of the line gas ranges, while we have cal-rod electric ranges in rooms.



BJ. Some of your more than generous salary just has to be going for this excessive living.

Never seen a state, with basically nothing in it, have such a high tax rate (percentage-wise). If not for my job and "more than generous salary", I would not live here. I plan to leave when my career is done.

Curious about your comment. Your Governor was just re-elected comfortably in 2014 and he and the Kansas legislature cut the marginal state income tax rate in your legislature's last biennium. Would you prefer to live in New York, Massachusetts, California or Maryland?

I guess I'm happy with income tax. But, property tax is ridiculous (like CA-magnitude in terms of percentage).

(06-01-2015 12:00 PM)dossbig Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 10:21 AM)Brian_Johnson Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 10:09 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 09:57 AM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

Maybe BJ can tell us all what the Oregon Trail was like back in his day.

Weedy, just like it is now. Hence the range-burning in Springtime...

As a fan of The American Musical Theatre I am reminded of:

Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II musical Oklahoma and the song:

I went to Kansas City on a Friday
By Saturday I learned a thing or two
But up 'till then I didn't have an idea
Of what the mod'rn world was comin' to.
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirselves
Almost every time I took a walk
An' then I put my ear to a bell telephone
An' a strange woman started into talk.
What next! What next?

Everything's up to date in Kansas City
They gone about as fer as they can go
They went an' built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' orta grow.
Everything's like a dream in Kansas City
It's better than a magic lantern show.
You can turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat
With every kind of comfort every house is all complete.
You could walk the privees in the rain and never wet your feet!
They've gone about as fer as they can go.
They've gone about as fer as they can go!

Everything's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fer as they can go
They got a big theatre they call a burleque
For fifty cents you could see a dandy show!
One of the gals is fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel
But then she started dancin' and her dancin' made me feel
That every single thing she had was absolutely real!
She went about as fer as she could go
Yes, Sir! She went about as fer as she could go!

Uh...the Kansas City is in Missouri. The other Kansas City, the one just across the river in Kansas and by far the lesser of the two, hasn't inspired anyone to write a song. It enjoys about the same status as Cincinnati, Iowa.