tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post6028980676256832729..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: BonaparteYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23802894581355950412021-06-21T09:48:59.230+01:002021-06-21T09:48:59.230+01:00I can't remember any detail to enter the box. ...I can't remember any detail to enter the box. If I had to, I could find the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9191716437310334242021-06-21T03:05:42.862+01:002021-06-21T03:05:42.862+01:00If you like traveling via Google Street View, I re...If you like traveling via Google Street View, I recommend you check out the Geoguessr game. I've always been a geography buff and think it's great fun. Here's the link if you'd like to check it out. <br /><br />https://www.geoguessr.com<br /><br />It can be addictive, so don't say I didn't warn you!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83973764581954935432021-06-21T00:16:30.383+01:002021-06-21T00:16:30.383+01:00It could count as a hobby! I will do the same agai...It could count as a hobby! I will do the same again some time soon.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60598020297861004102021-06-20T23:12:11.068+01:002021-06-20T23:12:11.068+01:00Interesting to visit other places via google and t...Interesting to visit other places via google and then let the rabbit holes lead you where they may. :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85617271236427860612021-06-20T19:14:39.952+01:002021-06-20T19:14:39.952+01:00Thanks for the family geography lesson Bob. Lots o...Thanks for the family geography lesson Bob. Lots of coincidences there. Those typical American girls had so much to live for. One of them was shot in the closet of her bedroom where she was hiding. She was speaking to 911 and the bullet went right through the handset into her head. Terrible.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72958840464194956602021-06-20T19:09:25.294+01:002021-06-20T19:09:25.294+01:00Travelling by Google and Streetview is the safest ...Travelling by Google and Streetview is the safest way to go. In southern Congo thy would have probably boiled you in a cauldron with onions and herbs.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72275422584101339282021-06-20T17:42:38.792+01:002021-06-20T17:42:38.792+01:00Those girls look so lovely and their lives were sn...Those girls look so lovely and their lives were snuffed out in an instant. Sad.<br /><br />The Wikipedia article on Bonaparte, Iowa, refers to it as a city with a 2010 population of 433.<br /><br />Much of my family history is on the map you have shown. My father’s mother was born in a small town near the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota (north of Iowa & could be shown on your map). My father was born in Tomah in southwestern Wisconsin and raised in La Crosse in western Wisconsin (northeast of Iowa & both places could be shown on your map). The family then moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa (shown on your map; both of my father’s parents and all four of his brothers are buried there). My wife and I lived a few miles south of Omaha, Nebraska (shown on your map) for three years and our first child was born in a hospital in Omaha in 1964. Finally, you and I have a mutual friend in Blogworld, Emma Springfield, who lives in far northwestern Iowa diagonally across the state from Bonaparte; she went to school in Sioux Falls (shown on your map). rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6258238620701636602021-06-20T16:46:05.112+01:002021-06-20T16:46:05.112+01:00Well, this was unexpected! Got sick of stomping ar...Well, this was unexpected! Got sick of stomping around in Yorkshire, huh? Or too rainy, maybe?<br /><br />Every once in a while I get on Google Street View and check out some random community somewhere on the globe. Just yesterday, prompted by a New Yorker article, I was exploring a town in southern Congo. (It didn't have street view, but it had still photos.)<br /><br />I hadn't heard of that Bentler murder. He must have been seriously drug-addled. But you're right -- if the gun hadn't been handy, might it have all turned out differently?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24022813786215086592021-06-20T16:18:50.637+01:002021-06-20T16:18:50.637+01:00You were at school with Jimmy Bullard? I thought y...You were at school with Jimmy Bullard? I thought you were older than him. He's 42.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40955056214767893572021-06-20T16:09:31.947+01:002021-06-20T16:09:31.947+01:00Though an unexceptional place, Bonaparte seems to ...Though an unexceptional place, Bonaparte seems to have a whole bunch of stories to tell but maybe not as many as Lloyd FL.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28999668097350058122021-06-20T16:06:14.495+01:002021-06-20T16:06:14.495+01:00Hee-hee!Hee-hee!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30928822627511465452021-06-20T15:24:36.021+01:002021-06-20T15:24:36.021+01:00Ooh, you know how to wound a girl, YP.Ooh, you know how to wound a girl, YP.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28664542458609767692021-06-20T15:03:21.613+01:002021-06-20T15:03:21.613+01:00It would not be fair and sometimes not possible to...It would not be fair and sometimes not possible to write about others as I do without pseudonyms and changes to personal details, especially on issues involving as school bullying and workplace malpractice, e.g the gentleman with the same surname as the HC footballer. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32867221656285227192021-06-20T14:07:15.157+01:002021-06-20T14:07:15.157+01:00As Yoko Ono said, "Every one has a story to t...As Yoko Ono said, "Every one has a story to tell." I believe that every place has one too. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39442946199261631242021-06-20T13:18:23.280+01:002021-06-20T13:18:23.280+01:00Thanks Ed. It is because of you that I went to Bon...Thanks Ed. It is because of you that I went to Bonaparte. I was using Google aerial imagery to try to find the "river bend" in your blog header but I failed and investigated Bonaparte instead. I will alter the error in my post. Thanks.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35977616283306018512021-06-20T12:47:51.411+01:002021-06-20T12:47:51.411+01:00Don't know if you know it, but you struck clos...Don't know if you know it, but you struck close to home. I grew up in Van Buren county which is along the Missouri border and not Kansas as stated. Bonaparte is one of the villages of our county that has become a tourism draw mostly because it hasn't been modernized like other river towns. Mainly to us locals, it is known for The Retreat where you can get the best pork chops to eat in all of Iowa as far as I'm concerned. We don't eat there regularly but we get there a few times a year. <br /> <br />The murders were big news but I bet if you asked most people from the area, few would remember it already. As I mentioned, the most common association is by far that it is the home of The Retreat.<br /> <br />There is another small town just upriver called Bentonsport that probably gets most of the tourism draw though. It is much smaller than Bonaparte but has some shops along Main to cater to the people such as a pottery shop, iron forge, antiques, Indian artifacts, etc. We often take people for a morning spent walking around Bentonsport followed by a late lunch at the Retreat in Bonaparte. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50721433640126819302021-06-20T12:14:07.547+01:002021-06-20T12:14:07.547+01:00Where there are guns there always going to be more...Where there are guns there always going to be more tragedies. I guess there are very few in Shepley which may or may not be where you live you mystery man you.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25277472358297937722021-06-20T12:12:19.674+01:002021-06-20T12:12:19.674+01:00Is this why you escaped to Wales, fearing detectio...Is this why you escaped to Wales, fearing detection?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53086361061181960352021-06-20T12:11:34.678+01:002021-06-20T12:11:34.678+01:00I have visited rural America several times and alw...I have visited rural America several times and always found the people to be welcoming and peace-loving... but you wonder what might be hidden from view.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83534497226633658102021-06-20T11:50:58.363+01:002021-06-20T11:50:58.363+01:00So very sad, but it seems we've heard a simila...So very sad, but it seems we've heard a similar story so many times before in American towns. Violence and death happen everywhere, not just the big cities.<br />The first, and so far only, mindless street violence I ever witnessed was in America - no one helped or tried to break up the fight. When we talked about it later at our hotel, shoulders were shrugged, and we were told we were lucky we weren't involved, and that no-one was shot. It was treated as an everyday occurrence.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28732890266625191632021-06-20T10:14:36.319+01:002021-06-20T10:14:36.319+01:00Why not use the search box in the top left-hand co...Why not use the search box in the top left-hand corner of your illustrious blog?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2066367020192929842021-06-20T10:13:22.803+01:002021-06-20T10:13:22.803+01:00Those poor girls. They would probably be married n...Those poor girls. They would probably be married now with children of their own.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-37054637785705458992021-06-20T10:12:27.944+01:002021-06-20T10:12:27.944+01:00That is if you have a home and not a long term ren...That is if you have a home and not a long term rental!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76656824979087456672021-06-20T10:11:56.134+01:002021-06-20T10:11:56.134+01:00Was your dad a stand-up comedian? Was he perchance...Was your dad a stand-up comedian? Was he perchance Tommy Cooper? I think you are right about the guns. Things have gone too far to reverse gun ownership in America. Another Catch 22.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19386033513725539732021-06-20T10:09:44.338+01:002021-06-20T10:09:44.338+01:00America seems to call many small settlements "...America seems to call many small settlements "towns" when to Europeans they are just village-sized.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com