Leaning Barns

I'm not quite sure why, but leaning barns absolutely fascinate me. I was driving along the other day and saw this beauty and noticed it was still in use.

I keep wondering, but never get the answer, why don't people do something about those leaning barns when they notice the problem?

My favorite leaning barn is found as you enter the big city (not) of Hopkinsville, KY from the northern end. It's a common site to see an old white horse leaning up against, or close to that leaning barn. I sometimes wonder which one is holding up the other, the barn, the horse, or gravity is holding both of them up.

It amazes me that farmers spend a small fortune to build barns but over the years don't maintain them.

Then again, you are likely bored that anyone would even care about leaning barns. But somebody has to do it and I willingly take on the job. You see, I see things like this as part of our culture and our history. Visualize farmer making his way into the barn, ready to load it down with that great tobacco crop he just paid all the illegal immigrants to cut. All the tobacco that I have seen cut and in barns is hanging UP in the barn, which means, some guy has to be chosen to do the hanging. And since there are racks after racks of tobacco that means, "Okay Jose, you get to climb up and hang the tobacco. It's a wonder that tobacco hangers aren't considered a hazardous profession and paid extra pay. No wonder all the Mexicans seem to be so happy to be at Wal-mart and K-mart on Saturday. Not only have they had a tough week in the fields, they have escaped death by collapse in the tobacco farms of Kentucky.

You go guys!