Re: Time for Janicholsons feature night,,,honoring SweetFeet

Posted by SweetFeet on August 31, 2016 at 18:59:51 from (70.35.102.196):

In Reply to: Time for Janicholsons feature night,,,honoring SweetFeet posted by larry@stinescorner on August 31, 2016 at 15:50:00:

Hello, from that nice rusty chair in that beautiful backyard in Joisey. LOL

Sorry... this is LONG.

I always love a post about rust! Some of you have got quite a collection.

Ultradog's deck has to be the most unique use of rust (not even I could have dreamed
that one up)... it's cool. I remember seeing that rusty deck when originally posted
- but did not remember that it was Ultradog's. Kudos Ultradog.

Corey's poem is great.

Sure looks like there's some pretty nice rust from Florida to Texas... and all
points in between.

We don't have much of an iron pile - sold off when prices were high.

So instead, here is how I came to love rust and a story about our favorite junker.
Also a pic of my favorite rust at the end.

HOW I GOT TO BE A RUST FANATIC

I’ve been to a lot of junkyards with my husband over the years. For many years,
junkyard trips just seemed like an ordeal to be gotten through: it took a long time
for him to harvest parts, it was HOT, there were ticks and wasps and mosquitos, the
kids were bored/hot/tired/thirsty, etc. And sometimes the junk dealers were
unpleasant people.

I guess I fell in love with rust when I got a digital camera. My husband asked me to
snap a couple pictures of a rusty, old tractor so he could see something later, for
reference. When I looked on my camera to be sure those photos were clear… I was
struck by the sheer beauty of the “rust” against the backdrop of weeds and brush.

Then I said, “Hey hon, I’m going to walk around while you’re getting your parts -
these pictures actually look kind of neat with this rusty stuff sitting in the
weeds.”

LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME since then… now I see all of life in “pictures”. Just
give me a little bug repellent, charged-up camera batteries and a water bottle… and
I can get lost in a junkyard for hours and hours. LOL

My husband humors me (like many of your spouses also do), by not minding that life
takes a little extra time for me to “snap a few pics” most everywhere we go. He’ll
even turn the pickup around to go back so I can get a shot of a rusty critter
reposing in the weeds somewhere… or an old, dilapidated building.

THE KINDEST JUNKER

One day we met the kindest junker. His name was Jerry and he was the nicest junk
dealer and had the sweetest wife. They’d invite you right into their home (and it
was a nice home too), to visit for a bit before you could “settle up”. He was always
fair in his prices... And he always, always had something funny to say. He’d come
out of their house and say, “Well, whadaya want this time? Am I gonna have to fight
you for it?”, while rolling his fists in a boxing fashion. Or we’d arrive in his
yard and he’d come out of the house, but his dog would bark and growl ferociously
inside the house and he’d say, “BE CAREFUL now – I’m gonna let KILLER out of the
house… only to open the door and out bounds a tiny dog that just can’t wait to be
petted. Then he’d tell our kids, “She’s only ever eaten a FEW kids – and I just fed
her breakfast… so you’re probably safe.” LOL

We made many trips to that yard in all season’s except winter. So you’ve seen a lot
of photos from his place… old tractors, pickups, cars and trucks. His place is like
a playground to me. : )

In lieu of a junk pile, here is a pic of my very favorite hunk of rust:

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