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  1. The Ringneck

    Fury

    P51--- I think you missed the point of my post(in reply to Worf's). I fully agree with what you just wrote. Worf wrote that they would not put a non combat GI in a tank when they were in a repple depple full of infantrymen. My point is that infantrymen were at such a premium that they...
  2. The Ringneck

    Fury

    In WWII there is no way they would have brought an Infantryman over to Armor. Infantry units were suffering 150% casualty rates in the ETO, they needed all the people they could get themselves. So dragging some clerk out of the Reppel Deppel wasn't unrealistic. Remember also there were...
  3. The Ringneck

    The Battle of Blair Mountain, 1921

    @Chas: Although I support the Bonus marchers(and labor, historical and current) I think we have to look at it from the perspective of the times. Many people were very afraid that the workers rights movement was part of something larger and more sinister---Events like the Russian Revolution...
  4. The Ringneck

    The Battle of Blair Mountain, 1921

    police weren't even the worst problem for the striking workers----private detective agencies like Pinkerton and Baldwin-Felts. The would, in addition to normal goon activities, even resort to tactics such as attacking strikers with armored cars! Earlier in WV a minining company made a special...
  5. The Ringneck

    The Battle of Blair Mountain, 1921

    Also Herrin Illinois was almost as violent as the Southern coal fields http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrin_massacre
  7. The Ringneck

    The Battle of Blair Mountain, 1921

    The actual origin for the term redneck goes back further and does apply to farm workers---usually in MS and AL, though it wasn't known much out of the area at the time. Though "redneck miners" recieved national exposure via the news it did not lead to the adoption of redneck as a phrase for the...
  8. The Ringneck

    WTB 30's-40's men's suit---37-39 jacket, 30W, 31-32 inseam. Condition not important

    Helping my buddy find a "hobo suit". He's wanting a 20's-40's men's two button jacket suit, vest would be good but not important. He's 5'11, takes a 36/37 chest, has a 29-30 inch waist, a 31-32 inch inseam and is VERY skinny (no fat, no bulk). As it's for a hobo like appearance some...
  9. The Ringneck

    Two movie hats I've always liked

    I read a story that the director realized the streets on a town set they built were six feet two narrow. The man in charge said, lets knock down one side, widen the road, and then rebuild the facades. Cimino said no and insisted both sides be widened by 3 feet. But my big theory is that...
  10. The Ringneck

    Two movie hats I've always liked

    I'm a hat novice so excuse any errors I may make below. Anyhow I wanted to post two movie hats I've always thought were pretty slick, but who most people don't talk about. The first is Ernest Borgnine in "The Wild Bunch". I had always thought this was his WWI campaign hat, from the bank...
  11. The Ringneck

    Basic personal possessions of the 1930's American male

    @Don: maybe people weren't bringing more stuff, during the 30's car and road technolgy went a long way and cross country, or at least long trips, were more feasible than they had been with Model A/T type cars (as well as with more areas now being open to travel).
  13. The Ringneck

    Stepping back in time in Indiana!

    I live just over the river in Louisville now though I was born in Vincennes and raised in Perry Co/St. Croix along the Ohio---btw I always felt that the river counties were basically more like an "Outer Kentucky" than part of Indiana---hills, very Southern culture/accents. Hell we even called...
  14. The Ringneck

    Basic personal possessions of the 1930's American male

    I think country people used to have fairly cluttered houses---just because you saved so much. I know the old timers around here would have lots of bottles and tins saved since they would come in handy for storing other stuff. I think companies knew this and would decorate containers to get...
  15. The Ringneck

    Time Warp

    Oh yeah, to the person who earlier mentioned going to visit a 40's airbase---Might not be a good idea, I'm sure someone with no ID, no record of birth in the US or other documentation would have been of extreme interest around a secure military instilation during war-time, lol. BradLaGrange
  16. The Ringneck

    Time Warp

    As to time capsules I have ran into one that was so unbelieveable I almost chalk it up to Twilight Zone. I had to get my dyslexia confirmed by an official test so I went to a doctors office in a building with other government medical stuff. This is about 2000/2001 I sat out in the...
  17. The Ringneck

    Gents: Do you feel comfortable with a woman who is taller than you?

    I have to say that at 5'9 I prefer the woman to stand at my heigth or under. Walking around isn't the issue to me, its having to stand on MY tip-toes that is kind of emasculating. Not a big deal, I can't see me completley brush off someone taller than me, but it is one of the things I'd...
  19. The Ringneck

    Time Warp

    I always liked the old timers around home here. In one sentence they'd tell you how you would have never survived the horrors that was the pre WWII era, and then the next time you saw them be lamenting how things were so much more wonderful back then...... My Dad, born in 1934 is the same...
  20. The Ringneck

    The Battle of Blair Mountain, 1921

    I had three relatives that "fought" at Blair Mountain. Long since passed of course. LaGrange's were big in pro-Union activities in WV. Check out "Harlan County USA", a 70's documentary for a more contemporary look and everyone should see "Matewan" for the story of Sheriff Sid Hatfield...
  21. The Ringneck

    Po' Folks Suits?

    @WB: They seem to be pretty aware of what seperated them from city people (which meant people with money)---some of it seems out of pride, some of it comes off as defensive. The other big thing was sideburns, usually worn to the bottom of the ear. Whats funny about that is in early "Beverly...
  22. The Ringneck

    Po' Folks Suits?

    Tomasso: Definatley found bits and pieces---reading about ties as we speak. Of course I also spent an hour looking at old shoulder holsters too, lol.
  23. The Ringneck

    True Grit - the Dude redo the Duke

    To me Jeff had the character down. I saw the original first, then read the book. Wayne, with few exceptions, plays John Wayne---and has made some really enjoyable movies and may be "the" movie cowboy. But after book I saw Rooster as a far more miserable old drunk, kind of like relatives I...

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