{"id":1798,"date":"2012-04-02T11:27:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2017-12-02T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T21:54:46","slug":"big-kentucky-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"Big Kentucky Mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Not all Big Things are things of beauty, especially when they assume new ownership. This is a case in point. The mortar and pestal configuration has all aspects of a drive-thru pharmacy. Now it is a liquor store, not what I was expecting when I was planning a Big Things route for our trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The thing about planning ahead of time that sometimes you get great and sometimes lesser. This is the lesser.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1799\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1799\" data-attachment-id=\"1799\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1799\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?fit=1159%2C1526\" data-orig-size=\"1159,1526\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1333366051&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.022&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Big Kentucky Mortar\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12mortar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Big Kentucky Mortar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?fit=145%2C191\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?fit=494%2C650\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?resize=228%2C300\" alt=\"mortar\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?resize=228%2C300 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?resize=778%2C1024 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?resize=114%2C150 114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/12mortar.jpg?w=1159 1159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Kentucky Mortar<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all Big Things are things of beauty, especially when they assume new ownership. 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