Not too much service any more
Just another one of the many abandoned service stations in shrinking towns on the Plains.
On an important historical note, the most expensive pig ever sold was owned by a Hermleigh resident. Jefferey Roemisch of Hermleigh sold his cross-breed barrow* named “Bud” for a record breaking $56,000 in 1983 to a man named Bud Olson and his partner, Phil Bonzio. I thought you’d want to know.
Hermleigh, Texas
photographed 3.20.2016
* Were you wondering what a “barrow” is? Yes, I thought you were.
Posted on June 10, 2016, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abandoned buildings, black and white photography, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 21 Comments.
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It’s an eerily accurate depiction of what service has become as well as a sad reminder of what it was…
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I could do an entire series of small-town service stations that look like this one…wait…maybe I WILL do an entire series!
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And put them on a calendar? 🙂
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Pre-orders* now available for Baskets of Kittens 2017!
* I cannot stand the term “pre-order.”
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It’s a pretty ridiculous term… and practice. And put me down for one.
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And how would like to “pre-pay” for that “pre-order”?
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With pre-money, pre-perhaps?
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Good news! You’re pre-approved!
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This got me thinking… when was the last time you walked out of a store without paying first? “Sorry, officer… I thought this was a post-pay transaction…”
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First immediate thoughts… I love this image. Second, the realization of how so many places are thrown by the wayside and forgotten. Great capture!
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Thank you very much. I am actually working through some ideas to photograph a particular part of an highway access road that’s got miles and miles of abandoned businesses. It’s a shame how much of this stuff is around.
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I’m very excited to see your work!
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Love today’s and yesterday’s. That must have been a real huge porker. Wondering if any of those gentleman went into politics?
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Thank you, Richard. I don’t know for sure if those guy went into politics, but let’s just assume they did…
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Thanks for the introduction to the suidae family! I never knew what a barrow was in this context, nor a gilt. I hope those words come up on a crossword before I forget them. 🙂
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Glad I could help out! When I was a kid, the radio station that my mom listened to gave an agriculture report every day at noon, and I can remember hearing prices on barrows. Back then, I didn’t care enough to ask (or find out on my own) what a barrow was. I never knew until I wrote this post.
Good luck using gilt and barrow on crosswords!
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Nice!
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Thanks – I am a big fan of that butterfly roof.
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Love this type of place. Hard to believe it was ever part of anything least of all a town.
Loved the historical pig story. So glad I know.
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That pig story was the best pig story I’ve read in a while. Or, actually, it’s the only pig story I’ve ever read…
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He he he!
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