Tuesday, July 26
Jul. 27th, 2022 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Sunshine, but not too hot.
I went to go see River, and had a good time.
I worked on the obstacles with him, but lower key. Without a competition date, I feel less pressured.
He actually did quite well on the side-pass at Liberty, coming towards me.
There were other people around having their lessons.
I rode River for awhile, and used the neck rope a bit. Still very hard to get him to do a nice, round circle with only that. I know that means my other cues are not there enough.
I came home, and let everyone out for a while.
I then spent some time moving dirt. There is a pile of dirt right in front of the house, that my husband says needed to go up against the house on that side, to improve the grade for drainage. That dirt has been there for a few years, so I guess that's my job now.
So, I spent a short amount of time moving dirt to that side of the house. I'll keep at it here and there until it's gone.
Then I spent some time mudding in the porch. Wow, how bad I am at mudding. What's worse, is that I'll have to sand that mess. Oh well.
I learned about the smallest skyscraper in the world, in Wichita, Texas.
This was the result of a deliberate swindle, where the dimensions were not clearly marked in feet. This allowed for a loophole, and the building was made to be 480 inches high, not 480 feet.
"The Newby–McMahon Building, commonly referred to as the world's littlest skyscraper, is located at 701 La Salle (on the corner of Seventh and La Salle streets) in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. It is a late Neoclassical style red brick and cast stone structure. It stands 40 ft (12 m) tall,[1] and its exterior dimensions are 18 ft (5.5 m) deep and 10 ft (3.0 m) wide.[2][3] Its interior dimensions are approximately 12 ft (3.7 m) by 9 ft (2.7 m), or approximately 108 sq ft (10.0 m2). Steep, narrow, internal stairways leading to the upper floors occupy roughly 25 percent of the interior area.[1][4]
Reportedly the result of a fraudulent investment scheme by a confidence man, the Newby–McMahon Building was a source of great embarrassment to the city and its residents after its completion in 1919. During the 1920s, the Newby–McMahon Building was featured in Robert Ripley's Ripley's Believe It or Not! syndicated column as "the world's littlest skyscraper," a nickname that has stuck with it ever since. The Newby–McMahon Building is now part of the Depot Square Historic District of Wichita Falls, a Texas Historic Landmark."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_littlest_skyscraper
Sunshine, but not too hot.
I went to go see River, and had a good time.
I worked on the obstacles with him, but lower key. Without a competition date, I feel less pressured.
He actually did quite well on the side-pass at Liberty, coming towards me.
There were other people around having their lessons.
I rode River for awhile, and used the neck rope a bit. Still very hard to get him to do a nice, round circle with only that. I know that means my other cues are not there enough.
I came home, and let everyone out for a while.
I then spent some time moving dirt. There is a pile of dirt right in front of the house, that my husband says needed to go up against the house on that side, to improve the grade for drainage. That dirt has been there for a few years, so I guess that's my job now.
So, I spent a short amount of time moving dirt to that side of the house. I'll keep at it here and there until it's gone.
Then I spent some time mudding in the porch. Wow, how bad I am at mudding. What's worse, is that I'll have to sand that mess. Oh well.
I learned about the smallest skyscraper in the world, in Wichita, Texas.
This was the result of a deliberate swindle, where the dimensions were not clearly marked in feet. This allowed for a loophole, and the building was made to be 480 inches high, not 480 feet.
"The Newby–McMahon Building, commonly referred to as the world's littlest skyscraper, is located at 701 La Salle (on the corner of Seventh and La Salle streets) in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. It is a late Neoclassical style red brick and cast stone structure. It stands 40 ft (12 m) tall,[1] and its exterior dimensions are 18 ft (5.5 m) deep and 10 ft (3.0 m) wide.[2][3] Its interior dimensions are approximately 12 ft (3.7 m) by 9 ft (2.7 m), or approximately 108 sq ft (10.0 m2). Steep, narrow, internal stairways leading to the upper floors occupy roughly 25 percent of the interior area.[1][4]
Reportedly the result of a fraudulent investment scheme by a confidence man, the Newby–McMahon Building was a source of great embarrassment to the city and its residents after its completion in 1919. During the 1920s, the Newby–McMahon Building was featured in Robert Ripley's Ripley's Believe It or Not! syndicated column as "the world's littlest skyscraper," a nickname that has stuck with it ever since. The Newby–McMahon Building is now part of the Depot Square Historic District of Wichita Falls, a Texas Historic Landmark."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_littlest_skyscraper
