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Depressed by the modern world
Home Carrier Box addresses out in the country. Calling the Sheriff instead of 911. Dialing 0 on the phone for the Operator. Talking to the switchboard operator at the JC Penney's downtown. Living in Knoxville when the World's Fair was still in the future. Looking at new Plymouths with my...- plain old dave
- Post #35
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Depressed by the modern world
Well, I have a slightly different take, but still on topic. Mine is cars. I am a HUGE stick in the mud for cars. I drive a 98 Crown Vic. V8 power, column shift, rear wheel drive, manual bench seats. Tan. The average modern car is usually some sort of SUV with bucket seats and power...- plain old dave
- Post #22
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Favorite Christmas movies
"No man is a failure who has friends." It's A Wonderful Life.- plain old dave
- Post #167
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Rifle Firing Position
This is actually how I shoot *my* Krag. Note the OR. Most of what we know about precision riflery dates to the immediate aftermath of the Span-Am War, and this book: http://www.archive.org/stream/modernrifleshoot00huds#page/34/mode/2up Dr. Hudson's book was the first scientific...- plain old dave
- Post #54
- Forum: WWII
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A surprising Atomic Pin-up...
Just caught this post. New York Pizza closed, but Big Ed's is still goin' strong. There are now *3* restaurants in Jackson Square, Razzleberry's (ice cream parlor/euro-deli/restaurant) serves lunch AND dinner, and a new place called Dean's moved into the old Drug Store. Both have great BBQ.- plain old dave
- Post #9
- Forum: The Display Case
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LAWLESS {Formerly The Wettest County}
Looks interesting... Only comment on clothing is in Depression-era Appalachia, the average man only wore a suit to a funeral, a wedding or church. Or court if he had to go. Usually only owned one suit at a time, and more often than not would be buried in it. Even more then than now, Appalachia...- plain old dave
- Post #26
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What era of dress or style doyou prefer?
Mid 1950s... People at work keep calling me "the Arizona Sheriff". Though next week I am going to wear khaki with sidezip boots and one of the pant legs half tucked in....- plain old dave
- Post #73
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
The "little old lady" in that episode was none other than Ellen Corby. You may remember her as Esther (Grandma) Walton. Interesting Golden Age connection.- plain old dave
- Post #1,820
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
The world is a little darker place than it was Monday night; we have lost the single greatest TV personality of the first 50 years of the medium, bar NONE. I heard a sound bite of an interview the other day where he allowed what they tried to do with Mayberry was make people laugh WITH the...- plain old dave
- Post #1,817
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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How old is your house?
Late 1942/early 1943. My house, like so many here in Oak Ridge, dates back to the Clinton Engineer Works (aka Manhattan Project). You had to be pretty important to rate a house to yourself and pay Roane-Anderson $38 a month. It is humbling, really. I don't have to go anywhere to see History. It...- plain old dave
- Post #95
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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A surprising Atomic Pin-up...
I think the house in the other thread is up near the park at the top of Kentucky Av, around New York and Michigan. For the peanut gallery, ORTN street names are in alphabetical order; A's are on the East End. I am right there with ya on This city; I really understand President Eisenhower's love...- plain old dave
- Post #5
- Forum: The Display Case
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A surprising Atomic Pin-up...
Google Ed Westcott. He was the official Clinton Engineer Works/ Manhattan Engineer District photographer and still lives here. He may have taken that pic; 90% of the known WW2 pix of the Townsite were taken by him. Feel free to PM me and I'll help you all I can. I live here in the Secret City in...- plain old dave
- Post #3
- Forum: The Display Case
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What Are You Reading
Sam Cowan's "Alvin York and his Mountain People". A true Jazz Age classic dating back to 1922, and you can get a facsimile copy at Pastor Pile's store on York Highway in Pall Mall. The Fentress County, TN newspaper still prints them.- plain old dave
- Post #4,726
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Living in the past
Interesting thread. For Around Here (Southern Appalachia), the model is The Waltons. Multigenerational families where $1 was a **lot** of money and younger children had never seen a $50 bill. Ever. Alvin York was making $1.15 a *week* building US-127 in Fentress and Cumberland Counties in 1914...- plain old dave
- Post #39
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The "Pleasing Phrase" Thread
Said "Pardon my boardinghouse reach" to the Missus the other day and she looked blankly at me. "Confound it" get odd looks too.- plain old dave
- Post #87
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Best city for vintage living
I have a radical suggestion: Here. Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The vast majority of the homes here in town date back to the Clinton Engineer Works, the streets still lay as the Corps of Engineers laid them out in 1942, and Grove Center, Jefferson Center and Jackson Square are still shopping...- plain old dave
- Post #33
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Stetson Open Road Panama Straw.
I think I gave $20 for my straw OR at a western wear store in Blacksburg, VA back in 2007. Was on my way home from AT in VA Beach. Was 107 on the line one afternoon and I decided I had had quite enough of baking under a felt hat. Never thought of putting lining in the *sides* of the band...........- plain old dave
- Post #17
- Forum: Hats
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Fantasy Vehicle
1950 Nash Airflyte, as issued. 1934 Chrysler Airflow sedan hot rod. Chopped, channeled, nosed, decked, shaved door handles and moon wheels. 5.7 Hemi built by my father-in-law hooked to a TorqueFlite with pushbutton shift on the dash and running gear out of a Charger/300/Magnum/pickup. Golden...- plain old dave
- Post #16
- Forum: The Golden Era
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All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette
Remove at following: 1) In another person's dwelling 2) Dining establishment or medical facility. 3) House of worship. 4) Anywhere a hat check is available. 5) At work. 6) Inside ANY building onboard a military facility. 2) and 6) are related; I am a US Navy Reservist, and naval...- plain old dave
- Post #945
- Forum: Hats
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Why do you wear a fedora or cap?
I have always liked a good old Open Road. It's countrypolitan, and that's a plus in East Tennessee. I live in Oak Ridge (which is almost a New England town, really), but right over the hill is Oliver Springs. Oliver Springs is where the town scenes in October Sky were filmed, and if you keep...- plain old dave
- Post #77
- Forum: Hats
