Hail to the beef
On this afternoon, I had three passengers in my car. Two of them I had just met. And one of those had just asked me what sorts of things I liked to photograph. I said, “That. Right there. The old building. Oh! And that sign! The old building AND the sign!!”
Maybe I just imagined that I caught them exchanging worried glances at each other.
At any rate, I didn’t stop. But I did come back later….
Canyon, Texas
photographed 3.20.2013
Posted on April 2, 2013, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, canyon texas, mcdonald's, melinda green harvey, one day one image, palo duro canyon, photo a day, photography, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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You did the right thing. I would have gone back later, too, but I think it can be difficult to describe how you see things, especially to folks you don’t know. “Hail to the beef”. I would have shot this, too.
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It’s very hard for me to articulate what I like to photograph, even though it is perfectly clear to me. Oh, well, if it was something easily understandable, I’d be taking pictures of baskets of kittens, right?
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…or sunsets!
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Not to mention (where I live, anyway) – windmills.
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I learn many new things about Texas from your blog. I new it sometimes rained oil, I have seen those movies where it does that. I had no idea that it hailed beef but on second thought it makes some kind of bizarre sense.
I sure wouldn’t want to be struck by hailing roasts, or even a single cube of stewing beef hail. I presume frozen. It must be hell on cars too.
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You may have heard of the Fujita Scale, which rates tornadoes from F0 to F5? There is a similar scale for hail, the Hereford Scale, which ranks hailstorms from H0 (ground beef), through H56 (Porterhouse steaks), up through H83 (a whole freaking side of beef).
Prior to the official adoption of the Hereford Scale, just prior to the 1993 storm season, hail storms were rated on a much less complex system of (1) hail; (2) a lot of hail; and (3) I guess I’ll get a new roof. The insurance association pushed through the change, as they were weary of property owners assuming that the outcome of a hail storm was ALWAYS a covered-by-insurance roof replacement.
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H83 (there is *that* number, again) = smashed rafters, which are covered by insurance. I’m surprised they don’t call it the Long Horn Scale, especially with 83 categories.
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(The use of “83” a second time in one day was just to see if you were paying attention. I should have known you were!)
Also, the original name WAS Longhorn Scale, but that is so closely associated with the University of Texas that the fine folks at their then-arch-rival, Texas A&M University, forced a last minute name change. It was very well played, on the part of the Aggies, and is still studied in political science classes today.
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I am surprised they did not name it after the Hailikar breed of cattle. Could even have twisted it (more) to Hailonkar which would be highly suitable. And would have put the Aggies 4 legs and a tail up on the Hornies, or whatever they are called colloquially.
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“Hailikar” is too hard for Texans to pronounce. Otherwise, history would be quite different!
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