Abel wrote:
Hey SGM B, Like your picture of Val Kilmer "Doc Holiday." I'm somewhat partial to Dodge City since I was born there. Haven't been to Dodge for several years now, but the last time I was there for my sixtieth high school class reunion the population had metastasized to about 65% Mexican Illegals and English had nearly become a second language in the schools. The reason no one complains about all the Mexicans, illegal or otherwise, and I have nothing against Mexicans or any other race as long as they're legal, is that they seem to tolerate the blood inherent to the cattle slaughtering industry there better than white folks. In high school, we guys could always pick out the girls that came from the south side, where cattle yards were, because of the rather distinctive "perfume" they wore. They didn't notice it of course, they were used to it, but it was in their clothing. From Dodge City on west for several miles the odors from the cattle feed yards can be quite strong, especially on hot summer days. Unlike many big city urban dwellers that think beef just magically appears in the supermarket meat case, I never complain about the odor because I do enjoy a good steak. Have a great day.
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I grew up near Liberal. I remember when National Beef Packing Company was trying to get permits to build their plant there, it was touted as "odor free", and I reckon it was - we were never charged a dime for the odor that floated up from there on the days they were "cooking guts" is what we called it. Rank, very much bad - but no charge. I was in Liberal a couple of years ago, National has been bought out by someone, possibly IBP (Iowa Beef Processors) and has grown a lot. They employ lots of Mexicans, both legal and "undocumented" (wet backs) and like Dodge and Garden City, English is no longer the first language in Seward County, maybe even all of SW Kansas.