Comments | tinyprayers: It is nearly time for the Threshing Bee.

tinyprayers

It is nearly time for the Threshing Bee.

Jul 24, 2008 13:46

The 52nd Annual Sycamore Threshing Bee and Steam Show is August 14th through 17th. This is the kind of stuff that you will see there:

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Photographs.It is impossible to convey the wonderfulness of all of this. Live steam-powered and gas-powered tractors. Stationary engines of every conceivable size. Threshing. Demonstrations of straw-baling ( Read more... )

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serrana July 24 2008, 19:02:33 UTC

Heh -- not unless there's some way I can be back in downtown Chicago by 5ish for the wedding. I think I would rather go watch steam engines and eat pizza, to be honest (I am not the big weddings type) but, you know, duty and all that.

stargazzy July 24 2008, 19:31:04 UTC

Tarnation! That's one of the two Saturdays I have to work all summer. :-P I loved your photos from last year.

tinyprayers July 24 2008, 19:39:26 UTC

What if it were Sunday?

cleversticks July 24 2008, 21:19:58 UTC

The missus and I, well, jeepers, I reckon we're gonna be there irregardless.

tinyprayers July 24 2008, 21:25:16 UTC

So, wait, she CAN come on Saturday?

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Oooo... angloprot July 24 2008, 19:35:02 UTC

That sounds faboo. I'll speak to the wife.

idasusan July 24 2008, 19:53:03 UTC

Yes, that is a fantastic Restaurant. I wish I could be there. The weather will be a lot like Tennessee as it is in August, but that's not the worst thing!

erinmack July 24 2008, 22:02:15 UTC

Wow. Were I within a few hundred miles, I would SO be there.