Recent content by Big Joe M

With the Kentucky Derby running soon, let's remember a real champion. Seabiscuit A small horse, Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to Americans during the Great Depression. Shown here with trainer Tom Smith

Here's the Great Ben Hogan winner of the Masters in 1951 and 1953

I made money as a newspaper boy as a young man. Not many newspaper boys any more

Glad I wasn't an Oakie

I like his hat. Is there a way to describe his hat? What style? Are these on sale anywhere?

I saw Chuck Berry 30 years ago at Albright College.

Here's a great restaurant where you can still get a good cup of coffee. Ernie's in Gettysburg, PA serving classic dishes in a 1930s era diner.

Another job I'd pass on

Maybe I would sell Fuller brushes door to door

I would not be a coal miner. Rough life.

Denizens of the Fedora Lounge look askance at Asiago cheese and Fontina. No selfies or emoticons. Carbon footprints are for coal miners only. A ladies short skirt would leave a man a "twitter"

My pet peeve is words that have entered our vocabulary. I wonder if people from the Vintage age would understand the term chipotle or ciabatta bread or Dasani?

Well we never got to see the show in California, but we will be going to the movies here in PA at the Majestic theater in Gettysburg

They only take cash, but they will pump your gas when you stop at this still operating vintage station in Gettysburg, PA

We will!