State Fair Season

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10 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

And the smells….of livestock mixed in with corn dogs and funnel cakes, and

Same in NOLA.   That raw sewage smell mixed with bbg shrimp and beignets 😆

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19 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Fond memories of the Ozark Empire Fair from a very young age.  Dad worked at Paul Mueller Co and their dairy tanks were always on display near the entrance.    That was my first prideful memory of Dads line of work when I saw those tanks at the fair.  But my mind was more on the rides, the funhouse and roller coaster and the A&W root beer in those mini jugs, and also extreme curiosity in a different type of jugs, you know the ones,,,,barely contained in the fashion of the time, tube tops.   And the smells….of livestock mixed in with corn dogs and funnel cakes, and the general suspicion that hung in the air that everything was a rip-off and a hustle.

Carnies are a breed unto themselves.  Personally, I'd rather never meet another one.

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On 8/13/2025 at 6:41 PM, ColdWaterFshr said:

Fond memories of the Ozark Empire Fair from a very young age.  Dad worked at Paul Mueller Co and their dairy tanks were always on display near the entrance.    That was my first prideful memory of Dads line of work when I saw those tanks at the fair.  But my mind was more on the rides, the funhouse and roller coaster and the A&W root beer in those mini jugs, and also extreme curiosity in a different type of jugs, you know the ones,,,,barely contained in the fashion of the time, tube tops.   And the smells….of livestock mixed in with corn dogs and funnel cakes, and the general suspicion that hung in the air that everything was a rip-off and a hustle.

Got beat up for getting in back of a pickup drinking the Alcohol found. 

So we put Cow Pee in their Beer Bottles. 

I was 13 at the time. 

My former Brother in Law retired from Paul Mullers.

We took his Ski Boat out fishing his wife had a fit. 

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