So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I guess)
bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and it rang and
the draw opened there was no money!

Did stop at the train station of Truman's last whistle stop and peeked
inside his train which was honestly a wreck as it stands. It's an Amtrak
stop today.

Missed finding Frank James (F J cemetery marker).

Andy
Heartland of America BUM!!!

Andy wrote:

So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I guess)
bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and it rang and
the draw opened there was no money!

Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".

My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was raised
in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.


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Blinky the Shark said...

Andy wrote:

So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I
guess) bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and
it rang and the draw opened there was no money!

Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".

My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was
raised in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.


Blinky,

Well, duh, I meant drawer. I also meant Jessie James' which you missed. You
need some schoolin' too!

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:

Blinky the Shark said...

Andy wrote:

So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I
guess) bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and
it rang and the draw opened there was no money!

Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".

My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was
raised in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.


Blinky,

Well, duh, I meant drawer. I also meant Jessie James' which you missed. You
need some schoolin' too!

Oh, it was a typo? Having heard "draw" used that way before, I didn't
read it that way.


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On Jun 3, 5:34*pm, Andy q wrote:
So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I guess)
bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and it rang and
the draw opened there was no money!

Did stop at the train station of Truman's last whistle stop and peeked
inside his train which was honestly a wreck as it stands. It's an Amtrak
stop today.

Missed finding Frank James (F J cemetery marker).

Andy
Heartland of America BUM!!!

It's too bad you didn't make it to Truman's Presidential Library --
it's one of the best. Also the National World War I Museum (only
museum in the country devoted solely to WWI). Next time!

At least you had the sense to eat at Arthur Bryant's. I hope you went
to the original location at 13th and Brooklyn.

Where else did you have BBQ? What else did you eat? There's a
sizable Vietnamese population here, so there's some really terrific
restaurants...

On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:21:34 -0700, Blinky the Shark
wrote:

Andy wrote:

Blinky the Shark said...

Andy wrote:

So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I
guess) bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and
it rang and the draw opened there was no money!

Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".

My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was
raised in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.


Blinky,

Well, duh, I meant drawer. I also meant Jessie James' which you missed. You
need some schoolin' too!

Oh, it was a typo? Having heard "draw" used that way before, I didn't
read it that way.

you might also tell the ignoramus it's 'jesse,' unless james had a
heretofore unknown sister.

your pal,
blake

On Jun 3, 6:40*pm, Blinky the Shark wrote:
Andy wrote:
So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I guess)
bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and it rang and
the draw opened there was no money!

Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw". *

My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". *She was raised
in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.

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Norm Abrams of The New Yankee Workshop always says "draw." It drives
me crazy. I thought it was a New England thing. Me and my last-two-
hundred-years' worth of ancestor, college-educated and otherwise, are
firmly established in Iowa, and nobody I know from around here says
"draw."

N.

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 05:07:37 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Jun 3, 5:34*pm, Andy q wrote:
So what else about Kansas City?

We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
raised.

Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.

We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I guess)
bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and it rang and
the draw opened there was no money!

Did stop at the train station of Truman's last whistle stop and peeked
inside his train which was honestly a wreck as it stands. It's an Amtrak
stop today.

Missed finding Frank James (F J cemetery marker).

Andy
Heartland of America BUM!!!

It's too bad you didn't make it to Truman's Presidential Library --
it's one of the best. Also the National World War I Museum (only
museum in the country devoted solely to WWI). Next time!

At least you had the sense to eat at Arthur Bryant's. I hope you went
to the original location at 13th and Brooklyn.

Where else did you have BBQ? What else did you eat? There's a
sizable Vietnamese population here, so there's some really terrific
restaurants...

I went to Kansas City a couple of years ago and I swear I'd drive all
the way back there just to eat at Arthur Bryant's. That was awesome --
such a simple setup, such great sandwiches.

We ate at another barbecue place; I think it was Fiorella's Jack Stack
Barbecue. It was very good and had ambiance and all that, but my heart
is with Arthur Bryant. (We ended up forgetting our take-home
container, which sucked.)

We also ate at Stroud's in KC, which had been recommended by a
co-worker who was born in Nebraska. It specializes in chicken and
basically feeds you like Mom does. A pile of fried chicken, a big bowl
of mashes potatoes, and gravy and a veggie and bread. It was
delicious.

Of course, trying to eat it cold the next day from the little fridge
in the Super 8 revealed how fat it was, which I guess is why it was so
good. I ended up going to the hotel microwave.

Those were the main places we ate at in our few days in Kansas City,
where we also visited the beautiful Loose Park and spent an entire day
at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum/American Jazz Museum at 38th and
Vine. We also saw the Hallmark museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and
the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and watched a Twins-Royal
game.

I'm from Minnesota and the only open-air pro game I've ever seen was a
Twins game in Oakland when I was 14 and dragged along by my aunt, not
caring that I was seeing Harman Killebrew in person.

I could easily find plenty more to do in Kansas City again and plenty
of more places to eat. I wanted to try Gates and BB's. But I'd have to
go to Arthur Bryant's again. I got a big souvenir cup there with my
pop (not anything fancy, just a plastic cup) and I was using it for
diet Pepsi at work until it disappeared. So I have to go back for
another cup.

Laurie

Laurie S. said...

I went to Kansas City a couple of years ago and I swear I'd drive all
the way back there just to eat at Arthur Bryant's. That was awesome --
such a simple setup, such great sandwiches.

We ate at another barbecue place; I think it was Fiorella's Jack Stack
Barbecue. It was very good and had ambiance and all that, but my heart
is with Arthur Bryant. (We ended up forgetting our take-home
container, which sucked.)

We also ate at Stroud's in KC, which had been recommended by a
co-worker who was born in Nebraska. It specializes in chicken and
basically feeds you like Mom does. A pile of fried chicken, a big bowl
of mashes potatoes, and gravy and a veggie and bread. It was
delicious.

Of course, trying to eat it cold the next day from the little fridge
in the Super 8 revealed how fat it was, which I guess is why it was so
good. I ended up going to the hotel microwave.

Those were the main places we ate at in our few days in Kansas City,
where we also visited the beautiful Loose Park and spent an entire day
at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum/American Jazz Museum at 38th and
Vine. We also saw the Hallmark museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and
the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and watched a Twins-Royal
game.

I'm from Minnesota and the only open-air pro game I've ever seen was a
Twins game in Oakland when I was 14 and dragged along by my aunt, not
caring that I was seeing Harman Killebrew in person.

I could easily find plenty more to do in Kansas City again and plenty
of more places to eat. I wanted to try Gates and BB's. But I'd have to
go to Arthur Bryant's again. I got a big souvenir cup there with my
pop (not anything fancy, just a plastic cup) and I was using it for
diet Pepsi at work until it disappeared. So I have to go back for
another cup.

Laurie


Laurie,

Fun story, thanks!

From what I know about my brief stay in KC is, it's NO PLACE TO BE IN
SUMMER!!! I don't understand why they don't evacuate in 100+ summer
temperatures! #1 Bud said they had to spend more time in the basement than
outdoors, a year prior visit.

I'll be back, one of these days and now I have family to hang with, over
the river in KC, Kansas.

Best,

Andy
Samoan while a guest of family there!

P.S. Too bad about your missing Arthur Bryant's plastic cup! I just have
their business card residing on the kitchen bulletin board. --A