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Chris Dawson 51
USA
175 Posts |
 Posted - 03/05/2006 : 18:45:48
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What a pleasant surprise to see all the activity here during the past couple of days.
This ol’ Ranger was out in the mountains and wilderness meditating for a couple of days.
“Do you remember” at 90 post and 1,959 read.   Wow. Who would have thunk it.
Lets kick this thing over the top gang. 10 more post and 41 more reads.
And before someone, anyone tries to bust my chops I can conjugate verbs.
Think, thank, and thunk. Dizzy Dean told me he thunk about things often.
We get this over the top and Andy (aka BEEP BEEP)is gonna have the responsibility to acquire the Chessie caboose for archives.
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Donnie Puckett 67
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 19:09:59
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Hey Chris,
I am terrible at trivia but I think Right Field is the only position not mentioned in the "Baseball" skit. Does anyone remember the name of the female singer mentioned?
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Donnie Puckett 67
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 19:12:44
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Hey Dale,
Where in NC do you live. I am in Winston-Salem.
Good hot dogs are hard to come by.
We have found some of the French cut buns like Thelma used and my wife has been able to come as close as anyone to that "special" taste. We would love to have you for a visit and a treat to this Rainelle style hot dog. |
Edited by - Donnie Puckett 67 on 03/05/2006 19:14:50 |
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Andy Aide Pendleton 64
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 21:25:04
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Chris,
I was about to retire for the evening when I read your reply concerning the Chessie Caboose.
Acquire
Does ANYONE have any idea how much the Chessie would cost?
I have thrown the question into your ball park, please reply....Give me some idea.....with more QUESTIONS to follow.
Now I will definetly retire for the evening due to the fact it is pumpkin time....I have work to do in my dreams tonight...I can hear the sound of "TOOT TOOT"
Help me make it through the night!!!!
Andy |
Edited by - Andy Aide Pendleton 64 on 03/05/2006 21:36:28 |
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Chris Dawson 51
USA
175 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 22:41:42
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Donnie: Correct guess “TODAY” and we will see how you do “TOMORROW”.
Andy: I see I didn’t put any or enough smiley’s   on the post. I wasn’t suggesting that you personally acquire the caboose. Wasn’t even thinking of a purchase. I’ll post something on the Chessie Caboose tab tomorrow. Trust your blood pressure is down enough that you sleep soundly.
Speakers on, please
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C&H. Clarence and Hazel. The hot dogs were boiled and the buns were steamed. That is the start of a good hot dog, but then that is just my opinion. And for all you “DIY’ers”, I still boil my hot dogs, place a rack over the pot and cover the buns with a paper towel. Two birds and one what ever. I will recommend Wolf Brand hot dog chili. Don’t forget some yellow mustard and I use scallions cut into small pieces. It’s not C&H but close.
Also I recommend a chili burger. Use onion buns, one or two beef patties, Hormel chucky chili, (with or without beans) little graded cheese, and sprinkled with (what else) scallions.
Chili size. Chile spread over Doritos or Fritos. Quick and easy and great on cold days for lunch, if you like chili. (Hormel chunky with or without beans)
Liver & onions, eggplant, fried green tomatoes, and buttermilk. Never understood how people could eat and drink these.
Remember the drug store beside the Alpine. Dr. Smith owned it early on. He set, in my minds eye, how a pharmacist was supposed to look. I remember that full head of white hair. The Smiths lived in the white house just before the C&H. I cut their grass one summer. I remember the rotary push mowers. No gas job or riding mowers in those days. The Smiths had a St Bernard that was friendly but when he came trotting toward you, I always wondered.
Speaking of scallions remember the “ramps” that someone always managed to bring to hi school and get behind the radiators?
Dale mentioned about being disappointed in a restaurant and the hot dog he got last week. I was in Amarillo several years ago and was told the “Tall Texan” was good. When you arrived this guy out front welcoming patrons was dress in western pants, shirt, western boots with a least 1 ½” heels, and a hat that was at least 6” tall and he looked 7’. Anyway, the food was outstanding. Year and a half later I was back in Amarillo and went to the same restaurant. It was still called the “Tall Texan” but it was at best an average hamburger joint.
Kites. I remember kits but don’t remember flying them. Now that its March and kite weather.
Marbles. We all had a bag of marbles. Two kinds of cheaters, one was the little steely. If you owned one and could use it you had an advantage and it was like cheating. The other cheater was the ones who crossed the line. Remember cows, moon eggs, and ups?
Don’t remember the custard stores but I do remember pop cycles.
1¢ deposit on soft drink bottles.
Men working along side the highway during the summer swinging the Scythes. Those long handle tools with a couple of grips attached. They earned their 5 bucks a day. Never did that and also never picked cotton. Picked strawberries though but that’s another story.
Remember looking for the family Christmas tree? And I don’t mean down at the vacant lot down town.
Remember finding a hickory nut tree and then waiting, hoping no one else would locate it. Don’t know which was less rewarding, shelling the darn thing or the tiny morsels after you cracked the nut.
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Mary Jane Ingram Carr, “Miss Name That Tune Extraordinar”, another one for you.
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
An absurd little bird is popping out to say "cuckoo"
Regretfully it tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly it compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodnight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
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Dale Tincher 64
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 23:39:39
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Hello Chris. It is great to hear from you. I was having withdrawal symptoms. As usual, I read your post with a smile and enjoyed it so much. You, Marilyn, Donnie, Connard and others have touched us and made us smile with your sentiments and memories.
Your hot dogs sound wonderful, as do your hamburgers. By the way, in addition to hot dogs, I can't find tasty pinto beans, cornbread and onions in North Carolina like I used to get in Rainelle. Nobody here has heard of mixing buttermilk, cornbread, pepper and beans. They kept talking, instead, about grits. I finally tried them and aren't too bad, but they don't come close to real food. Speaking of odd food, when I travel, I like to sample the local favorites and I have run across some strange stuff. I was in Beaumont, Texas a while back and decided to take advantage of a billboard special for a bucket of crawfish for $7.99. I stopped at a crowded restaurant. I had just visited a client and was wearing a suit. Everyone else was wearing blue jeans, cowboy hats (the girls too) and boots. They treated me fine and patiently taught me how to open and eat the tiny crawfish. They crawfish looked like the crawdads we used to see in the Craig creeks (cricks). They weren't bad, but I have never worked so hard for so little. It was a bit like Chris' hickory nut item. When I put my shells back in the bucket, it was full again. But, I digress.
Chris, if we cook out at the reunion, you may be asked to leave the comfort of your Chessie caboose a few minutes early to come and supervise the preparation of the hot dogs and hamburgers.
The marbles brought back great memories. In grade school, having a big bag of marbles was a real status symbol. I could never master getting my thumb right and had a hard time keeping possession of my stash.
I also remember picking berries (blackberries in our case) and selling them in Rainelle for 50 cents a gallon. We also sold ginseng and mayapple roots at the hardware store. The deposit on "pop" bottles did add up.
I remember ramps. I didn't eat them, but I recall that anyone who did could make their presence known across several classrooms.
Lots more great memories from Chris' amazing reservoir.
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
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ML2006
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 00:13:15
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| I was going to give my computer a few days rest but then scanned across the memories board and noted the Lamppost Restaurant. I had forgotten about the Lamppost. Tedda Smith's mom made the biggest, lightest, tastiest home-made hot rolls I've ever eaten. I've tried to replicate them but can't. Dale, the one thing you folks in NC have that none of us do, is that delicious vinegar barbecue. Oh, and the Bus Terminal in Rainelle had the best vegetable soup in town, and coffee...are we all hungry now??? It's your turn Connard...take the stage please |
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Andy Aide Pendleton 64
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 08:22:56
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No Chris,
I was not at all worrying who was going to purchase the Chessie Caboose. I was going to start a campaign from our wonderful classmates to raise money for the Chessie......
WE can first use the Chessie for that perfect hot dog diner ...of course we will have to do a star search finding the perfect hot dog maker.
Polly lively Clevenger, we will have to bring your mother out from retirement....a great hot dog maker for sure  , if not the maker a perfect judge....Mary's Restaurant...
We will leave a bunk open for you Chris in the Chessie
Yes, Mary Jane will know the name of the song.
Would one of the singers be the great Julie Andrews....?
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Chris Dawson 51
USA
175 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 10:05:01
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quote:
Would one of the singers be the great Julie Andrews....?
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Donnie Puckett 67
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 15:41:11
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I have been letting my elementary p.e. students play marbles the last two weeks. It has been great because the vast majority of them have never had that in their lives.
I remember Norman Gillespie being the STATE CHAMP! (Norman is one our deceased classmates but his smiles and laughter as we played on the playground will always be special thoughts for us)
This is like James Earl Ray's speech in "Field of Dreams" where he talks about memories being so plentiful in our minds that we will try to brush them away so we can see.
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Dale Tincher 64
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 16:04:48
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Marilyn, you are correct about the NC vinegar Barbecue. Tar Heels are BBQ masters. One Web page describes Lexington, NC BBQ this way, "Lexington barbecue is pork shoulder basted with "dip," a mixture of water, vinegar, salt, and pepper. It is cooked slowly over hickory wood until it is "fall apart tender." Other Rangers who live now in NC and live near some excellent BBQ include Tom Wiseman, Tom Bennett, Tom Rider, John Tincher and Sue Tincher Dupor. I know I am missing some.
My doctor doesn't think I should eat hot dogs and BBQ, etc. I'm considering doctor shopping to find a doctor who tells me what I want to hear. Actually, I have never met a food I didn't like & also love seafood so I can manage.
Chris, your ideas on ways to approach the acquisition of the Chessie caboose are superb!!! Brilliant.
Marilyn, if your other half's memory continues to fail, we can direct him to some pages that list football scores in the 50's and 60's. It sounds like he has that virus that is hitting some of us - the C-Nile virus (for the Crimson Tide students, I'll spell it out - Senile Virus.) Just teasing again.
I considered challenging the Crimson Tide to a football game during the reunion so we could refresh their memories. Our weight sure sounds more impressive than it did in high school. Through a strict regimen of eating some of the foods listed above and avoiding injury by keeping exercise to a minimum, I personally have added 85 pounds to my high school weight and am ready! However, after looking over the reunion photos, I decided we couldn't afford the oxygen tanks, emergency vehicles, Bengay, etc. As I recall, our uniforms weren't spandex, so we would need new uniforms. Plus shortening the football field to 20 yards (so we could make it all the way down the field) and having people out there to tell us which way to run (or hobble) wouldn't make it very interesting, etc.
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
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Edited by - Dale Tincher 64 on 03/06/2006 16:16:29 |
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Patty Cox Osborne 67
128 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 19:28:26
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Although I obviously never played football, I never missed a game. Those were wonderful days! I think a football game is a terrific idea...just don't allow tackles! Coach Zopp recently attended the Class of '65's reunion. Maybe he would agree to be your coach! (Please check out Ann Womack's pictures on the website.) Marilyn, tell Clarence that the Rangers might even agree to let him play with them on the 'winning side'! I also think a half-court basketball game could be fit into the schedule. What do you think?
I have tried to get an alumni band together for the last 3 reunions but everyone seems to think we would sound terrrible. Well, who would really care? The band director at the Jr. High, Mr. Jay Frye, has even volunteered his services---Golly, what a job that would be!
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Andy Aide Pendleton 64
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 19:32:42
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Go Rangers !!!!
I will be your cheerleader I never got to be...lol
I would suggest at this stage of your lives...change the ball from football to golf ball. The red golf balls against the gold golf balls... The only injury that may occur if you would happen to stand in front of Dale while he is hitting the golf ball. lol 
Chris, I am very disappointed I did not know the name of the singer, in fact I am calling Mary Jane right now.....she will have an answer before the day is done....MJ not home.....
Marilyn, I will take a picture of the old state police office...then I will take a picture of the new one...OK.OK...
Donnie we must encourage Eddie McCall to register,,,as you know he is a man of many words..I will call tonight ..you email him...
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Chris Dawson 51
USA
175 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 20:53:51
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I remember the C&O cop when he would ride on the little motor car. The story was he would arrest you. When we saw the motor car we would head for the tall weeds. Sometimes we got fooled because there was a small line crew that also used a motor car.
Maybe at 4 or 5, we would step on cans so the outside edges would lock around shoe sole. Walking on cans.
What did I just see.8:12pm Rainelle light snow, temp 34 feels like 30, light snow shower in the am turning to partly cloudy in the pm. Tuesday. Back in the old days we would be gathered around the stove in the living room or the kitchen stove. Stoke those things up so there was a fire all night. Remember coal buckets? And don’t forget to take out the ashes. Do people still wear the rubber over boots with the buckle up front or over shoes? Where was the coal stored? Did you ever burn scrap hardwood from the mill. I can just remember that. Mostly it was 4” or 5” pieces of flooring but sometimes there would be a woman’s shoe heel.
How about Monopoly and checkers? One time we had a Monopoly game that lasted several evening. No one could get an advantage. I was an average checker play. Pretty good at horse shoe.
And the name Julie Andrews came up. Few months ago I saw a movie on TV. You know sex, violence, adult language, nudity, well surprise, surprise. Julie Andrews and James Garner in a 1999 movie “One Special Night”. What a good movie and probably GA. .James Garner had another movie few yrs back with Sally Fields “Murphy’s Law”. Also good movie, and it probably was a GA.
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Donnie Puckett 67
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2006 : 21:01:28
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Hey Andy,
I will send Eddie a note. He is finished with basketball but very busy being assistant principal.
He would enjoy reading and adding to the topics - you're right - he is a man of MANY words and a great deal of insight. |
Edited by - Donnie Puckett 67 on 03/06/2006 21:02:03 |
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Do you remember?
