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Just the space heater. I figured if I lit a fire they might throw me out.
Space heater?! I hope it was REALLLY cheap then.
Just the space heater. I figured if I lit a fire they might throw me out.
That "WigWam Village" Key brings back fond memories. Note the address: 601 N. Dixie Hwy, Cave City KY
When we were kids our family drove from Detroit to Nashville on that highway (pre-Interstate). My mother would always wake me and my brother up so we could see the "Indian tents".
Glad I could bring that back for you.
I can remember all kinds of cool stuff I saw on the side of the road, mostly in the gulf coast area, that I thought was cool as a kid, that is no longer there. I'm trying to take my kids to see as much of it that's left as I can.
I nearly froze my *** off staying there, with only a tiny space heater to keep the room warm, but my kids were so excited about the whole experience, they didn't care one bit how cold it was.
Some who grew up down south will doubtlessly recall these. In N Ga. you couldn't swing a cat without hitting one.
Now, I dunno when I last saw one. [huh]
The great Southern songwriter Tim Krekel wrote a song called Greetings From Nashville (famously covered by Jason and The Scorchers) about the decline in the country music industry and the Californication of the South in general. One of the lines is:
"Somewhere Hank and Lefty, are rolling in their gaves...while kudzu vines grow over signs that read 'Jesus Saves'..."
Go far enough north and you will encounter the 103 foot tall Mount Royal Cross on top of Mount Royal, Montreal Canada. The top of Mount Royal is 819 feet above the St. Lawrence River. It has been a landmark since 1924 and aviators can see it from many miles away.
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Jason and The Scorchers.
Man! That takes me back, they used to play the 4o Watt regularly back in the early '8o's.
I wore out that cassette. :rockon:
.22s and pistol shells in the cardboard boxes with half of them with the case heads up and half of them with the bullets up.
IRT dial phones, a good friend of mine had, near as we can tell, the last dial phone in the ENTIRE Highland Telephone Cooperative. Couple years ago, they started sending him letters saying they needed to talk to him about some "urgent matter", but thinking they were sharking him for something, he ignored the first few contacts. Finally, he called them and they told him they were getting ready to do away with rotary service. He refused to give up his "bought and paid for" rotary phone for a few months, and only gave it up when the company GAVE him a touch tone phone. Friends, you ain't HEARD angry til you've heard somebody out in the country rail about having to give up something that's working perfectly to rent a thing that does the same thing. This is the same fellow that still deer hunts with Golden Age rifles like Winchester 71s and Remington Model 14s.
I have a Winchester 86 45-70 made in 1889, that has taken plenty of deer and elk over the years. If it ain't broke!
Next time you go, you can send some of that elk this way.