It's been a LONG time since I logged in here. I was one of the original moderators, and sat on the Queen Mary with Michael Key back in 2001 when he first told me of his plan to start this website. Has it been that long? Wow? Good to see folks are still using the joint.
Regards! Michaelson
I guess my 'pet peeve' is when I pull up a news service like NBC and click on an article to read, only to have a video pop up at the top of the article to SHOW me what the article says! If I wanted to watch a news film story, I'd have clicked on 'video', but I didn't....yet I'm STILL forced to...
Well, depends on the area you were from. Fedora's and leather jackets were pretty much the standard 'uniform' for steel workers and railroaders in my town 'back in the day', and I wore them LONG before Indy ever hit the screen, or was even a germ of an idea in Lucas's head.
The elderly lady in...
Years ago I was taking my daughters around trick-or-treating. I was wearing my standard fedora, leather jacket and was otherwise nicely dressed in what would probably be seen as 'blue collar' dress of the 20's thru '50's, when an elderly lady handed my girls some candy, looked up and said...
The Allenheny was also referred to on the C&O and an H8 and used quite a bit on the Columbus Ohio run out of Russell, Ky. The reason they had all their pumps on the smokebox of the engines was because the engines kept getting bigger and bigger on the C&O, but the tunnels of West Virgina didn't...
The first real inkling I had that I was starting to get long in the tooth was a few years ago in Scotsdale, AZ. I went into an old radio/TV station museum and realized every piece of equipment they had on display as 'ancient technology' was equipment I had used to make video productions when it...
'Emergency brake'? What a luxury! My cable was kinked and I NEVER had one. It was always an adventure driving the car. ;)
Anyway, sorry to drag the conversation away from the question.
Regards! Michaelson
Yep. It was getting harder and harder to keep going, and quite frankly, it was getting harder and harder on me driving it everyday to work in every type weather. Living in South/Central Tennessee you just don't find parts.
No heater in winter when it's 17 below zero, but 120 degrees inside in...
Already went through our first round of Spring time tornado watches and warnings, so our week of Spring is just about over....then right into Summer! Regards! Michaelson
Hear hear and amen, Brother! I smile because I, too, remember them well, and though the stereotype 'chrome/tailfins/ducktails' of the era were part of it, they were in no way part of MY history during the period. I remember being scared when the rumors of nuclear war existed, performing the...
I saw it start to ramp up back 22 years ago when the store I worked at started opening up early for 4th of July sales. I left and never went back. It's just gone downhill from there. This year they stated that the biggest seller Walmart had was the $.29 towel, and folks were actually fighting...
Yep, at least on the railroads and coal mines of West Virginia and Southern Ohio at the turn of the 20th century.
That said, though, a road apple or horse apple is still the same. A turd. An alley apple was half a paving brick. ;-)
Regards !Michaelson
Old 1930's union strike term...."alley apple".
It was half a street paving brick, easy to carry and conceal in a jacket pocket, kept as a weapon during strikes, and easily discarded if approached by police.
Regards! Michaelson
After driving a 50 Plymouth every day for 8 years to work, I can say it's a love/hate relationship, that's for sure. Brake lights were not electric switches at the base of the brake pedal, but are actualy in the brake line. When the pressure starts rising from the pressure of the brake being...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.