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I ate the last of the summer corn today. My parents go to a place maybe 20 minutes away from their house. The growers will tell you where they buy the seeds and what kind, so it's not a trade secret. The problem is one of terroir... the corn only tastes that good when grown on that specific farm. It was great!

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Nothing beats locally grown corn this time of the year. When we lived in our first house there was a small farm about 1 1/2 miles away that had the best corn in the area. Folks came from miles around to buy corn at that farm. There were times when folks showed up a little late and they didn’t have anymore corn for sale that day, so they had to return the next day. They picked their corn early in the morning and it was put on sale in their driveway by 9:00 AM. Most of the time it was gone by early afternoon. We didn’t have that problem since Son #1 went to school with one of the farmers sons. So my son would call his friend and ask him to set aside a couple dozen ears and I’d get them on the way home from work if Mrs. j couldn’t get there earlier. It never hurts to know someone, even when buying corn. Oh yeah, they had great tomatoes too.

Those days are gone. The kids (2 boys and 1 girl) didn’t want to carry on the corn/tomato biz. The farm is now an upscale housing development. The kids are probably living on their own private island where it’s too hot to grow corn and tomatoes.

jmonroe

Congrats to Mrs. @breld! 2025 or 2026? I pulled up the configurator on the MB site, and I think white is a good choice, given the available 2026 colors. I really like Mystic Blue Metallic, but it wouldn't be worth the $6,500 cost to me. The available acoustic comfort package sounds nice... My build was right at $90k with the fancy paint.

It’s a 2025. They’re discounting it a few thousand and then there’s a $9,500 lease credit, so we’ll lease it and then likely “convert” it to a financing deal. The credit makes it the same cost as a GLE 350, so seems like a good way to go.

She really liked the Twilight Blue, but it was pretty hard to find, and once she started looking at all the options, she found she preferred the white colors with the “night” package.