Life & times in Southern New Mexico

World’s Largest Pistachio

Alamogordo farm is home to giant pistachio sculpture
By Michael Johnson/For the Sun-News
Posted: 05/09/2009
ALAMOGORDO — There are plenty of large, man-made oddities that people can find throughout the world.
There’s the world’s largest baked potato in Blackfoot, Idaho, the world’s biggest buffalo in Jamestown, N.D., a larger-than-life hockey stick and puck in Duncan, British Columbia, and a [...]

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More craigslist Gems

As spotted on the Las Cruces, New Mexico craigslist in the Farm & Ranch section:
And a reply:

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World’s Largest Roadrunner

I’ve passed by this thing countless times in my travels west of Las Cruces and every time it was always “I’ll stop and check it out next time” – only I never did. Until now.
This monster bird is about 20 feet tall and 50 feet long and made entirely of garbage. From what I understand [...]

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