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Subject: [OM] Exciting Times on the Internet
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 21:37:12 -0500
Found this this morning on another list, and thought I would share it with
y'all in case the list server goes down again.

> Yes, folks, it's an exiting time for Web surfers. Now you too can experience
> the culture of the great American Midwest. While Southerners wile away the
> hot months (all months except February) watching paint dry, and Easterners
> play golf, we all can now enjoy Iowa's number one social activity: watching
> corn grow. Iowa's premier agricultural magazine, "Iowa Farmer Today", has
> trained a web cam on the corn fields of Iowa farmers Jim and Sharon Greif.
> "As far as we know, we are the first company to photograph the growth cycle
> of corn on the Internet," said Steve DeWitt, "Iowa Farmer Today" publisher.
> Snapshots are uploaded to the Internet
> (http://www.iowafarmer.com/corncam/corn.html
> <http://www.iowafarmer.com/corncam/corn.html> ) every 15 minutes so Hawkeye
> State citizens can experience the thrill of watching those stalks grow at
> the rate of 1"-2" every day.
> The Governor of Iowa is so overjoyed at bringing news of his state's number
> one tourist attraction to the world that he and the state legislature have
> recently created an "Adopt-A-Stalk" campaign. Modeled after successful
> "Adopt-A-Child" programs, this will enable folks worldwide to have their
> very own Iowa corn stalk for a mere $1.00/month. The tax-deductible
> contribution will help your stalk survive the harsh afflictions of Iowa life
> - arctic winters, brutal tropical summers, floods, tornadoes, locusts, and
> lousy college football teams. Imagine the thrill of logging onto your PC,
> looking down, and watching your stalk grow by its usual 1-2 inches!
> Also, mark this on your year 2002 calendar. In July Iowa corn experiences a
> spurt (so to speak) in growth by an amazing 6" daily! You certainly will
> want to watch this on the state's famed "Corn Cam". Unfortunately, gambling
> on which stalk grows the fastest is still illegal.
> P.S. - Not to be outdone, an envious State of Idaho is working on "Spud
> Cam", whereby a fiber optic TV cable will be run underground so that the
> world can watch the renowned Idaho potatoes growing each day.
> David Hanwell

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