There is a corner near us which is known as “Smith Motors”. SM sold out to another dealership at least twenty years ago. They went bankrupt, and the building burned down about five years ago. Old timers still call it Smith Motors.
I know a guy who lives in a real “Morton Building” house. (Morton Buildings is a company that makes steel barns that are often tricked out for other than ag uses.) From the outside, it looks like a farm barn. Inside, it’s a fully developed modern home. It’s way out in the country. From the air, it’s a barn and taxed as one. The tax appraiser has never been inside.
But yes, when I first came to this rural county and manned the fire department, including answering calls for fire and EMS, it took me a long time. People would say it’s just past the “old Farquar place.” Turns out the Farquars moved out in the depression. They also one day called in a grass fire “in the coal mines.” (We have no coal mines – no mines of any kind.) Again, in the depression “the coal mines” was an area near a coal yard where poor people were allowed to pick up spilled coal, their coal mine. There hasn’t been a coal yard there in living memory. After fifteen years, it’s still easier to direct people to my place as “the ______ homestead.”
OK, I had to look it up… a “Morton Building” is like a steel barn used for storage, so the Shemps musta added living quarters. Like Z51 said… Run Timmy…!
HarryLime Premium Member about 5 years ago
We do the same around where I live, except we would say “the old Taylor house.” The “old” denotes history.
Dani Rice about 5 years ago
There is a corner near us which is known as “Smith Motors”. SM sold out to another dealership at least twenty years ago. They went bankrupt, and the building burned down about five years ago. Old timers still call it Smith Motors.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 5 years ago
I know a guy who lives in a real “Morton Building” house. (Morton Buildings is a company that makes steel barns that are often tricked out for other than ag uses.) From the outside, it looks like a farm barn. Inside, it’s a fully developed modern home. It’s way out in the country. From the air, it’s a barn and taxed as one. The tax appraiser has never been inside.
But yes, when I first came to this rural county and manned the fire department, including answering calls for fire and EMS, it took me a long time. People would say it’s just past the “old Farquar place.” Turns out the Farquars moved out in the depression. They also one day called in a grass fire “in the coal mines.” (We have no coal mines – no mines of any kind.) Again, in the depression “the coal mines” was an area near a coal yard where poor people were allowed to pick up spilled coal, their coal mine. There hasn’t been a coal yard there in living memory. After fifteen years, it’s still easier to direct people to my place as “the ______ homestead.”
InTraining about 5 years ago
OK, I had to look it up… a “Morton Building” is like a steel barn used for storage, so the Shemps musta added living quarters. Like Z51 said… Run Timmy…!
Wally Cup Of Joe about 5 years ago
That Fiasco looks pretty roomy.