The prose describing the site in Steve's note is somebody's attempt at
humor, someone who probably doesn't think there is anything unusual about
watching stock tickers but laughs as the corn is monitored for height and
tasseling, etc. Both measure stacks of dollars. When folks in the USA are
running 20% (or higher) ethanol in their <OM>SUVs</OM>, if they are lucky
enough to get any, this will all be understood instinctively. <G>
Me? I love looking at the corn. Here's what I see:
http://soli.inav.net/~jdub/corn.html
Don't get me started on beans. ;-)
Joel W.
From: "John A. Lind" in part:
The webcam cannot begin to
convey the totality of completely immersive sensory stimulation that occurs
experiencing it first hand.
At 03:34 8/5/01, Ken Norton wrote:
As one who lives in Iowa, I must say that I don't necessarily
get my jollies out of watching the 3.5 BILLION corn plants grow
on my 25 mile commute.
Ken N.
> > 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
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