In a message dated 12/21/2003 2:01:00 AM Central Standard Time, Jc wrote

<<  I suggest that we should make
 sure that the next guy we allow to live in our public housing unit on
 Pennsylvania Avenue should be a graduate of a good public high
 school... >>

Prior to 1950 most of our presidents had farming back ground ,(heck
Eisenhower was raised on a farm) so was Harry and silent Cal and Hoover , Carter and
most of the 19 cent presidents.since in them days farming was tough business you
had to add and be responsible to your neighbors  pray for rain and be good
stewards of the earth;  which aren't bad prerequisites if you think about it  .
Harding was a notable failure; he came from  the new business class that was
the forerunner of Inron; and our new class of presidents where ethics are a
side issue; and cooking the books and standing tall is what its all about.
Good Public high schools are hard to come by; there is little academic
accountability
and alot of cover your ass ..and if you look at what the kids are wearing
there isn't alot of that either.....nah give me a background of someone who knows
what hard work is and what war is someone who has taken care of plants kids
and living things that has had a successful business from scratch; then I might
take a second look

the 1940 gov't spec school I am restoring (making into a home and theater)
was built for light and durability....and my guess is if built today would be a
couple of million


Skool house is 1940 gov't spec (Mo-dern ? ).....heavy Poured concrete outer
walls; large brick and plaster hallways with poured floors
heavy plaster on lath interior walls of class rooms  11.6 ceilings

7 class rooms ; 6  to nine large 4x 10 ft windows with 18 large  panes of
glass in  ea
Rooms are 11.6 ft high ; picture frame molding separates the wall space at
about 8ft.
white washed the walls with my own putty mix and colors replaced dropped
ceiling tiles with 32 ga rippled tin
 T&G oak  floor with 21/2 "leafs in rooms and auditorium

4 large main baths (boys and girls) have converted one into a steam bath so I
can walk around in my toga and oak laurel.

The concrete floors which Im leaning towards to  acid stain; but it has a
nice old polished green concrete look  that is worth considering to keep

Auditorium 80x 40 with dropped ceiling in wood (at 11ft 6) to hold ceiling
tile
plain jane Stage 25x18  with same at 11ft .6"

Wife looking to heat and cool with in ground system;
I like the old daze so Im handing out the fans .....Next month Im putting in
my shop 40x60 open air with two secured rooms ; open air to move fork lifts
around in and out

The school building is U shaped with nice old trees and planting s from the
40's ; the auditorium is at the bottom  of the U but faces the main road and
circular drive.

Building is very rural and sits on 6 acres with its own well of exceptional
water
and 2  acres of vegie garden has a swimming creek with rope nearby

Future plans are to cut doors from auditorium to large outdoor deck(Wife
wants "jib"
doors ) then from deck to walk down to a landscape pool  area that will run
the length of the interior building walls and beyond into gardens and old
growth trees.

Drifted down to the Delta last night ; seems the wife got a gig doing an
addition to the Delta Blues Museum;and as part of the perks she 's got 15 hrs in a
recording studio in Clarksdale caterwauling blues.
part of the addition  includes restoring log cabin whre Muddy was born)..I

It was foggy out on the delta last night; pea soup....so when you look out
the car window you see unatural shadows and ghostly shapes race across the land.
   Nobody is out at this hour ; the little juke joints  loom through the dark
sea like some garish lite time  capsule; tin roofed and fly blown they beckon
like sirens on coastal rocks ; promising salvation from the dark of the
night.
Inside however dey is serving up Cajun duck gumbo, tamales, .$2 beers and
blues
walking and drivin., crying and cussing  ......Mary aka peanut turns 4 Sunday
pony rides and ice cream and cake at school house  all invited....... PY....

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