posted May 06, 2015 06:42 PM            

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The Legacy of George Washington Carver

The story is told that George Washington Carver had a sincere desire to help southern farmers rebound from the ravages of the Civil War and years of the soil being depleted by the planting of cotton. He couldn't get away from the idea that the answer could be found in peanuts and sweet potatoes. Being a godly man, he prayed that God would reveal to him the secrets of the universe. He told his friends that God replied, "Little man, you're too small to grasp the secrets of the universe. But I will show you the secret of the peanut."

His research at the Tuskegee Institute [in the state of Alabama] resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts -- products like cooking oil, paint and, yes, peanut butter. In addition, he created more than 100 products from sweet potatoes.

George Washington CarverAccording to Richard Pilant, who was instrumental in establishing Carver's birthplace as a U.S. national monument, Carver began each day with an earnest prayer that God would reveal to him the secrets of the flowers, plants, soil and weeds so that he might help “put more food in the bellies of the hungry, more clothing on the backs of the naked, and better shelter over the heads of the homeless.”

Near the end of his life, Henry Ford said of him, “Professor Carver has taken Thomas Edison’s place as the world’s greatest living scientist.” Senator Champ Clark of Carver’s native Missouri called him “one of the foremost scientists of all the world for all time.” After his death in 1943, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed legislation making his birthplace a national monument, which was a distinction only granted to Washington and Lincoln prior to that time.

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posted May 07, 2015 04:50 PM            

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Originally posted by HRH-FishAreFish:
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[b]The Legacy of George Washington Carver

The story is told that George Washington Carver had a sincere desire to help southern farmers rebound from the ravages of the Civil War and years of the soil being depleted by the planting of cotton. He couldn't get away from the idea that the answer could be found in peanuts and sweet potatoes. Being a godly man, he prayed that God would reveal to him the secrets of the universe. He told his friends that God replied, "Little man, you're too small to grasp the secrets of the universe. But I will show you the secret of the peanut."

His research at the Tuskegee Institute [in the state of Alabama] resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts -- products like cooking oil, paint and, yes, peanut butter. In addition, he created more than 100 products from sweet potatoes.

George Washington CarverAccording to Richard Pilant, who was instrumental in establishing Carver's birthplace as a U.S. national monument, Carver began each day with an earnest prayer that God would reveal to him the secrets of the flowers, plants, soil and weeds so that he might help “put more food in the bellies of the hungry, more clothing on the backs of the naked, and better shelter over the heads of the homeless.”

Near the end of his life, Henry Ford said of him, “Professor Carver has taken Thomas Edison’s place as the world’s greatest living scientist.” Senator Champ Clark of Carver’s native Missouri called him “one of the foremost scientists of all the world for all time.” After his death in 1943, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed legislation making his birthplace a national monument, which was a distinction only granted to Washington and Lincoln prior to that time.

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posted May 09, 2015 10:32 AM            

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posted May 10, 2015 07:02 AM            

THE GOOBER LADY...

posted May 13, 2015 02:04 PM            

ME:
Goober glue, goober grease, goober soap, and goober cream...
Goober milk, goober powder, goober dyes, goober flour.
Goober candy bars, goober chili sauce, goober sugar, and peanut brittle...
Goober meal, goober rubber, goober oil, and peanut butter.
Goober fuel briquettes, Goober shoe polish, goober paints, and caramel-salted peanuts...
Goober cheese, goober medicine, goober lotion...

And even chocolate-covered peanuts!..

BUBBA:
Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it...
Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo...
Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried...
There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp...
Shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich...
That- that's about it.

posted May 15, 2015 12:29 AM            

(My Pisces son at the Mall of America on April 21st, 2015...celebrating his Taurus sister's birthday.)

LOve & LIght,
Stephanie

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Got the Wings of Heaven on my Shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose. You know it's all right. Its ok. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man. Whether you're a Brother or whether you're a Mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

posted May 31, 2015 01:24 AM            

You probably wouldn't want to say your friend's family owns a "nut farm" either, especially since the colloquial use of "nut" refers to the insane.