Pallets in fields

[stuckmotor]

I'm from Scots-Irish stock and moved to the Upstate in 1977.
Speaking of our ancestors, the story goes that when settling a new area, the Germans would first build a barn; the English,a church; and the Scots-Irish, a still.
Steve

I've seen that story too. Part of my family are Scotts Irish. We occasionally marry outside the family and picked up about equal parts of English and German along the way.:confused2:

 

[smstonypoint]

So Steve is from a long line of lushes......I mean stiffs....... I mean distillers

That's a fair assessment.

Steve

 

[dave1949]

The scientific persuit of the cause of pallets in fields has been a noble endeavor. I'm afraid we've been focusing on the wrong area of study, however. It's not science but, HISTORY that suggest that these pallets might be lost emigrants from the Palatine area of Germany. They come to New Jersey, in the warmer months, huddle together in fields until it gets cold, then make their way back to the fatherland. A new shipload of these tempest tossed masses finds it's way to the Jersey Shore every year.

This would be a most impressive conjecture--if the mystery involved stacks of empty beer cases--and not pallets.

In my various sojourns I have crossed the New York State Mohawk River via the Palatine Bridge. Also, I have lived in the Hunsrueck area of the German Palatine and toiled mightily deep within a secretive underground facility which lays in the shadow of the Erbeskopf, the highest peak of the Hunsrueck Mountains. Stacks of bier cases were present in great quantity, mostly Bitburger and Kirner Pils. However, I saw no evidence of pallets across the fields and forests of the Palatine, which I explored at great length for many years.

If you had spent less time stuck on the Squirrel Girl running your motor, and more time reading your history, it would be easily apparent to the rankest amateur history sleuth that the ties between the USA and the German Palatine are to the Pennsylvania Dutch, and not with New Jersey. Sir, I am afraid you have advanced an idea with the most shabby historical underpinnings.

 

[stuckmotor]

Dave,
Let me see if I understand you correctly. You've lived in the Paletine region in Germany and near Paletine New York. Is that correct? When you answer, I'll have more questions.

 

[dave1949]

Dave,
Let me see if I understand you correctly. You've lived in the Paletine region in Germany and near Paletine New York. Is that correct? When you answer, I'll have more questions.

I lived in the village of Niederhambach in the German State of Rheinland-Pfalz, the modern state which encompasses the historical "Palatinate."

I briefly traversed the Palatine Bridge while investigating reports of pallets at the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, NY; a town named after James Fenimore Cooper, the author of The Last of the Mohicans.

What are your questions?

 

[TomSeller]

Sentient pallets? Balderdash!

Next you'll have us believe that 'wire hangers' multiply in our closets when we're not looking.

I can debunk this so called "theory" quick-smart if Steve would loan me his Scientific X-ray Glasses!

I promise to have them back by Thursday... Friday at the latest.

I think you are onto something here. Typical wire hangers are inverted Vs with a base on the bottom and a hook on the top. They must be closely related to the inverted V pallets we have been discussing. I never did know how the extra hangers came to be in my closets, but now I understand they might have emigrated from Palatinate with the pallets. It took an objective opinion from down under to figure this one out.

 

[DT86]

Thought I'd stop by to see if you guys were still at it. 83 pages? :confused2:

Didn't look to see if this has been mentioned but today marks the one month anniversary of this conundrum.

Carry on.

 

[stuckmotor]

I lived in the village of Niederhambach in the German State of Rheinland-Pfalz, the modern state which encompasses the historical "Palatinate."
What are your questions?

I'll PM you. These questions are rational and have no place in this thread.

 

[smstonypoint]

Thought I'd stop by to see if you guys were still at it. 83 pages? :confused2:

Didn't look to see if this has been mentioned but today marks the one month anniversary of this conundrum.

Carry on.

Well, on the bright side, we have managed to debunk the hayist, seedist, and drainist theories.

Steve

 

[dave1949]

I'll PM you. These questions are rational and have no place in this thread.

Sir, I will endeavor to answer your questions to the best of my ability. I'm not sure if I can do rational, it's been a while. :laughing: