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I have seen the world's largest steam locomotive:
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(4,652 posts)Yummy pistachios, and decent wines.
Ptah
(34,173 posts)Enter stage left
(4,652 posts)But if you Google "Pistachioland" you'll see the giant nut.
Ptah
(34,173 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,559 posts)...the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley maybe 30 years ago.
The library director was a Democrat, fwiw.
He took me into a very large storage area, closed off to the general public, which was lined with rows of very large floor to ceiling metal shelves.
The shelves were loaded with all sorts of things that had been gifted to Ronnie during his reign of error.
One item was the "world's largest" ball of twine, maybe 6 to 8 feet in diameter.
That was the most memorable thing I saw there.
Ptah
(34,173 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,559 posts)...to Reagan, or any President, had to be, by law, documented and stored in their prez library.
That included the giant ball of twine.
I did see several very elaborately decorated, hand-tooled leather horse saddles that had been presented to Saint Ronnie, which he could not actually use, at least after he had left office.
No prez could personally keep anything gifted them during their term(s) of office. All such gifts belonged to the People of the U.S. and were not the personal property of any prez.
I'm sure that will be another established protocol that preznit Donnie dipshit violates if he ever has the chance.
Bobstandard
(2,393 posts)Orrex
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Ptah
(34,173 posts)Response to Ptah (Original post)
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Niagara
(12,213 posts)But I didn't want Ptah's thread to be locked so I didn't say a thing until you did.
True Dough
(27,423 posts)I'll take the "hide" if someone is so offended. It's worth it!
Niagara
(12,213 posts)Marthe48
(23,544 posts)but he saw the Big Muskie Bucket.