Not In Iowa, You Don't

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    Oooooh I read that link and the others about Iowa too.....and now I want to move to IOWA.....:D:D:D

    I've bookmarked that site so I'll be checking out all the other US states later.. :)
     
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    Although I make the statement that I am from Louisiana, I was actually born in Davenport, Ia. We traveled quite a bit but I somehow managed to go to junior high for a year and a year in high school in the quad cities.

    When I was in high school I did some work for one of the local farmers, Mr. Rostenbach, during harvesting season. He had a few hogs and a few cattle but his main harvest was feed corn, with a few acres of sweet corn thrown in.
    I got paid $5.00 a day plus lunch, and sometimes dinner to help out wherever his son, Larry would point out what needed to be done. It was derned hard work but I do have to say it was one of the happier times I had when I was a young man and some experiences I will never forget.

    When I think back, I must have been a pretty good worker because on my last day, the old man not only gave me my pay but he threw in 500 Yankee Boy fire crackers to boot! A dream come true in Iowa, because fire crackers were soooooo illegal at the time. Woo Hoo.......light em' up!!!
     
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  6. No offense, but before checking the link, when I read the title/post the first thing to come to mind re: Things Not To Do In Iowa was 'reply to the question "So, where are ya from?" by naming a certain state on the east coast...' Have never received a pleasant response to the answer!!!
     
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