tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post5334231272892690266..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 72: Adventures at the ChautauquaLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-41802267009665153992009-02-11T16:58:00.000-05:002009-02-11T16:58:00.000-05:00Hey all!Glad you liked it, Nudge. BTW, Amber and h...Hey all!<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked it, Nudge. BTW, Amber and her bubba brothers aren't much different than they would be here in 2009. She didn't look past the uniform, in several ways.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Boran. Part of the intent was to show a slice of life on Planet Georgia ca. 2023, partly to develop the post-army characters of the kids (Serena's story is next week), and partly because not everything in the FAR Future is about oil depletion. ;-)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-75614778563429747252009-02-10T22:20:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:20:00.000-05:00It's a bit like an updated version of the old stor...It's a bit like an updated version of the old stories about the farmer's daughter. But here it's got a couple of good old boys, like yooper says. This was an interesting installment, Far.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-47876518343899646442009-02-10T04:32:00.000-05:002009-02-10T04:32:00.000-05:00Far, nice post. I think you're right about the und...Far, nice post. I think you're right about the underlying subtext: hard times are going to make the overtly racist types come out of the woodwork rather than disappear into the woodwork.<BR/><BR/>Nice story lines .. please keep up the good work! :)Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-83277006019585131182009-02-09T21:11:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:11:00.000-05:00Hi Yooper!Papa is Rene's dad (Guillermo). I would ...Hi Yooper!<BR/><BR/>Papa is Rene's dad (Guillermo). I would have taken my cue from Mrs. Fetched; she's usually right about such matters (especially since she knows which family is which here).<BR/><BR/>The RoadTrain is just there in the background of those who live where rail doesn't go. Have you ever seen those articulated buses? Add some more segments, replace the diesel powertrain with diesel-electric, or perhaps biofuel-electric, include some smarts to keep all the segments in the lane through a curve, and that's a RoadTrain. I think they could be built with current technology, frankly… kind of like the Auto-Sail freighters I chirped about back in <A HREF="http://farmanor.blogspot.com/2008/03/far-future-episode-26-let-water-wars.html" REL="nofollow">Episode 26</A> (the latter might need a few more advances in materials science though).<BR/><BR/>The racists here tend to use "Mexican" as a catch-all for the (many) Hispanic folks in the area… it's somewhat insulting to all but the actual Mexicans. (BTW, the Cardenas family *is* Mexican.)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-24029487895734005302009-02-09T18:22:00.000-05:002009-02-09T18:22:00.000-05:00Hey Far! heh!heh! Gee, this one may be my favorite...Hey Far! heh!heh! Gee, this one may be my favorite, so far! ha! First, I had to look up "Chautauqua" as I didn't know the meaning. Thought you were going to discuss the "road train". Oh well! Really liked this! ha!<BR/><BR/>"So I palled around with Amber for the next couple of days. Farf-Mom didn’t look too happy about it; she said that Amber’s family has a long history of being troublemakers in the county. Papa just gave me The Look "<BR/><BR/>Yup, I know what kind of look you had! A grin from ear to ear! ha! Gee! I'm missing out on all the fun!<BR/><BR/>Perhaps, I'd better watch my mouth, about referring to "wetbacks" eh? 30 years ago, I thought nothing of it, using that term, in the South. Of course, the older gentlemen at the time thought nothing about using the word, "boys" either.....<BR/><BR/>Guess the "good ol boys" still hang together like glue down there, eh? ha! ha!<BR/><BR/>Excellent story!<BR/><BR/>Yankee Doodle Dandyyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.com