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To: nickcarraway

On the way home from pistol competition one evening we stopped in Gilroy for gas. Asked the old-timey gas station operator, “What is that smell?” “That,” he replied, “Mister, is the smell of MONEY!!!”

Strawberries (Watsonville), Lettuce (Salinas), Artichokes (I forget). Each town had a specialty.

And the one-worlders think they can do agriculture better than the farmers!


10 posted on 12/14/2022 8:17:22 PM PST by Srednik (Polyglot. Overeducated. Redeemed by Christ. Anticommunist from the womb.)
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To: Srednik

Castroville. Artichoke capital of the world. I often wonder who was the 1st person who thought one could eat an artichoke.


12 posted on 12/14/2022 8:26:27 PM PST by noexcuses
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To: Srednik

Chokes —> Castroville

Brussels Sprouts —> San Mateo County on the coast


16 posted on 12/14/2022 9:05:55 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: Srednik

Artichokes is Watsonville.

My grandparents lived there.


17 posted on 12/14/2022 9:06:05 PM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Srednik

Artichokes = Castroville.


22 posted on 12/14/2022 9:37:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Srednik

Artichokes are Castroville


24 posted on 12/14/2022 10:02:24 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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