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Dale Tincher 64
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 Posted - 03/23/2006 : 23:18:05
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Originally posted by Marilyn Lewis Bennett 65
Dale: Did you have a round-top lunch box with a cowboy (?) design on it??
LOL. Marilyn, how did you know? I had forgotten about that. I proudly carried my cowboy lunch box. I was a huge Roy Rogers fan. I used to fuss at my parents for naming me Dale. I would say, "why couldn't you have called me Roy?" A few of my friends enjoyed calling me Dale Evans. I certainly didn't enjoy it.
Does anyone remember Pat Brady's jeep Nellybelle? http://www.royrogers.com/museum-index.html We did not have a TV when I was very small (we got our news and the Grand Ole' Opry(remember howwddeee, I'm just as proud to be here?) from the radio) and fond memories include going to my grandfather's house nearby on Saturdays and watching cartoons and cowboy shows while he read his Reader's Digest. We enjoyed Heckle & Jeckel http://www.toonopedia.com/hekljekl.htm, Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger http://www.tv.com/the-lone-ranger/show/1651/summary.html and many more. Kemosabe was so cool and so wise. We played cowboys and Native-Americans for hours.  We didn't know it was politically incorrect and unnecessarily violent at the time. The smaller boys had to be the Native-Americans. We tried to teach our dogs to be as smart as Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. I always enjoyed the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons http://www.toonopedia.com/foghorn.htm To this day, when I tell a corny joke and my daughters look at me strangely, I say in a deep voice (as Foghorn did when his son looked at him quizically), "that's a joke son."
I also remember hearing or watching a few ghost stories when I was very small, then having to walk to outdoor facilities in the dark. That was very difficult for a small boy who spooked easily. The indoor plumbing we got later was wonderful. I also remember winters sleeping upstairs in my grandfather's big farmhouse that was heated by a big pot-bellied stove. The feather mattress was very comfortable and the home-made quilts were warm and it was fun to exhale deeply and watch your breath vapors float upward.
Here is a fun cartoon site http://www.toonopedia.com/ and TV Westerns are listed on the right side of http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-shows.htm (a few pop-ups)
Remember the singing cowboys? The theme was kind of like this. The cowboy hero would return from doing good deeds and find his house on fire and his ma, pa and entire family with arrows in them. His face would tighten. He would look at the camera and in a low, deep voice, say, "I'm gonna track down and kill them injuns if it's the last thing I ever do. But first, I'm gonna sing ya' a little song."
I also remember how my grandmother would cook massive meals that included lots of meats (chicken, ham, etc.), potatoes and other vegetables, desserts, etc. There were no microwaves, TV Dinners and dishwashers in those days. It was quite a production and all fresh off the farm.
My, my, Marilyn. You broke the memory dam when you mentioned the cowboy lunch box. The memories came bursting out. It sure was fun being an Appalachian-American in the 40's, 50's and 60's.
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
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Edited by - Dale Tincher 64 on 03/25/2006 11:52:01 |
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ML2006
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Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:26:53
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| Dale: I have no clue how I remembered that. It's scary...they say your long term (i mean way back there) memory becomes clearer as you age...as I am not aging I don't know what is going on. I was sitting here, Dale, and picturing that old lunchroom and those trays of home-cooked food and I saw got a memory flash of you and your lunch box. I could see you clearly. wow. I loved Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy. It is fascinating to read this board and memories like that flash up. I can see Peggy Viers and her friends standing out front of the school in their poodle skirts and bobby socks and I thought that group was the Camelot of Rainelle High. |
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ML2006
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:30:03
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| I remember Nellie Belle, I don't remember the Foghorn cartoons. I don't think we ever missed an episode of Lone Ranger. That was a great memories post! I can just see the people reading this laughing at themselves and their childhood days of the cowboys and native-amercians. |
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Chris Dawson 51
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2006 : 19:04:56
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Saw the note about western and that reminded me. I have this movie and couple months ago I was looking for it one evening but didn’t locate it. Its around here somewhere.
Rustler Rhapsody staring Tom Berenger, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey and others.
It is a spoof about the 1940 B movies and starts in black and white for a 5 minutes or so and wonders what the movies would be like today, in color and with different story line.
I love this movie. Great comedy. This is where I became a good fan of Tom Berenger.
Andy, some great one and two lines in this movie.
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev354.html
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Chris Dawson 51
USA
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Posted - 03/26/2006 : 11:39:14
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Dale this one is for you and the other folks that submit expense reports. 
This is a free download of “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
Johnny Dollar was a “ freelance insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account”
This episode is 23 minutes and his total expense report was $117. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar
Here is the link and it is “Jimmy Carter Case” listed in the gold color box.
http://www.otrcat.com/ytjd.htm
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