DonRocks Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 The internet is a really amazing thing. Found a document here that is a 1960 report on the demographics and trends of Mt. Airy NC (the real-life Mayberry, where Andy Griffith grew up. The African-American population was quite small - less than 5 percent if I am reading correctly - and mostly quite poor. So the show may have been substantially accurate in terms of its representation of who was milling around "downtown" in this small town in this part of NC. (I am not an expert on Mt. Airy in the 1950s and 60s, though I did spend many wonderful weeks there in the 1980s and 90s at the fiddlers' convention.) You were the fiddler crab, I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I grew up in Sneads Ferry, NC, in the 70s & 80s, was it like Mayberry? Not exactly, although it seems pretty innocent compared to where my kids are growing up now... I'd say the African-American population was much higher, & the income differential not as extreme, seems like everyone was just making it...although at the time, I felt trapped by where I grew up, in retrospect, it was not that bad....If I lived in the city, I'd have burned out early.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 To the CERN researchers, for discovering the Higgs boson (or, at least, Higgs-like) particie. I can't say I understand it, but I get that this may be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of my--our--lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 To me. For pulling the kind of stunt that means every time my company is down a certification and needs it in less time than one would think humanly possible, they come to me, and somehow I do it, and I keep my job. But now I just want some booze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMango Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Freshly brewed Art of Tea, Classic Black, over ice with lemon & a touch of honey. Toasting to the awesome Samaritan who helped my 83 year old neighbor recover her lost purse today. He found it on the side of Braddock Road, sometime after it had flown off the roof of her car, where she had absentmindedly left it. The minute he discovered the satchel, he checked the driver's license for the address, and drove all the way to our neighborhood to return it. She was despondent, knowing precisely what had happened, and was in the middle of placing a hold on her credit cards when he drove up. Cheers to you, good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To both Federer and Murray-whatever the outcome, an enjoyable match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Barney Frank and Jim Ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To both Federer and Murray-whatever the outcome, an enjoyable match. Like button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To both Federer and Murray-whatever the outcome, an enjoyable match. Like button! A must-see headline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To Ernest Borgnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 A must-see headline! Thanks, I needed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To Ernest Borgnine If anyone hasn't seen "Marty," they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioesq Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 To my new grandson, Hunter, born today and giving me reason to celebrate life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 To one of my best friends, who lost his grandmother yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 To Marion Cunningham, who taught many of us a thing or two about cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 To Louis Freeh. For the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ditto this, Marion Cunningham, for the pancakes & waffles, & Louis Freeh, for the Sandusky report-it's going to be a bumpy couple of years, but for the victims, it deserves to be brought out into the open, & the whole coverup exposed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 To Louis Freeh--thank you for bringing light to a terrible darkness. To Michel Richard and the staff at Citronelle and the staff at the Latham--good luck. I can't imagine it is going to be easy to shut down for anyone. That is a lot of people out of work in the blink of an eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm hoisting a glass to Stephen Strasburg. Please, all of you pitchers in MLB: deliberately walk the 8th Nats batter to get to Strasburg. Please do this at every opportunity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 To Sir Jackie Stewart, and to the ES and F&C personnel of the Washington, DC Region SCCA. And to first responders everywhere, while I'm at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 To Dr. Carrier on the 110th anniversary of air conditioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 To Kitty Wells, and to honky-tonk angels everywhere. You know who you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 To Emmanuel Ohuabunwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 To another inspiration, Sally Ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Guor Marial South Sudan oye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Ichiro Suzuki for bowing twice in appreciation to the Mariner fans before his first at bat after being traded to the Yankees. Most iconic baseball photo in a while. First ballot Hall of Famer, imo, as a Seattle Mariner. http://l.yimg.com/iu...3270899-p2.jpeg Somewhere between 30 and 45 degree angle, humble appreciation? Looks like it to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 To Felix Baumgartner and to the American hero, Joe Kittinger. (One cannot honor Aaron without Ruth, Beethoven without Bach.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 To Danny Boyle for including Evelyn Glennie and The Kaos Signing Choir in the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony without making it a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 To my thoughtful neighbor, Colleen, who left a bag of fresh-picked rosemary and cinnamon basil on my front door this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 To my brother Bill, gone suddenly this afternoon at age 64. He gave me my first joint, taught me everything I know about cars, and asked me to be his best man, wearing matching leisure suits.In shock and tears, I raise a Bud to him, which he always called his favorite Belgium beer. Cheers, big bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 To my brother Bill, gone suddenly this afternoon at age 64. He gave me my first joint, taught me everything I know about cars, and asked me to be his best man, wearing matching leisure suits.In shock and tears, I raise a Bud to him, which he always called his favorite Belgium beer. Cheers, big bro. I'm so sorry, T. Please accept my condolences and a virtual 'clink' to your brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 something worldly and acidic, in honor of Gore Vidal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 To Patrick Deiss, who left us too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 To Alberto Salazar, whose students won both Gold and Silver in the 10,000 meter final today in an absolutely thrilling finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 To Joe Kubert, illustrator of my childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Crap. Who ever wants to have two posts in a row in this topic. To Harry Harrison, author of the Stainless Steel Rat series, and also the novel Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the movie SOYLENT GREEN. Another of my childhood worldview shapers gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 To Julia Child on her 100th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 To Julia Child on her 100th. The All You Can Eat blog today has this awesome note: When you visit Julia’s kitchen at the National Museum of American History, you’ll notice that Child loved to label and write directions for just about anything that couldn’t get up and move on its own. Why? Because many hands worked in that space, helping to produce three cooking series on television as well as countless dinners for charitable causes. When Post photographer Michael Williamson was on assignment last week, shooting the kitchen, he used a long lens to help decipher the many rows of plastic labels stripped beneath the garbage disposal switch; otherwise, they’re too small to see from the existing vantage points of the exhibit. They are fine examples of Child’s thoroughness and sense of humor. To wit: DISPOSAL 1. Remove sink stopper 2. Run cold water in sink 3. Start machine 4. Push food in gradually with brush No grease . . . no fats No artichoke L’s No husks Beware Onion Skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 To my dear friend Alex who kicked the cancer, but succumbed to the side-effects of the chemo. I miss you already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 To Peter Joseph Bis, a longtime fixture on Capitol Hill. Lugging Tujague to Union Vet I'd pass by Peter, who would peer in the kitty carrier and say, "Mmmmmmm. The other white meat." RIP, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangold Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I am talking to my online pharmacy still trying to rectify a mistake from over a week ago. So I am drinking a large shot of booze to myself. I wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The first time I saw her try, in 1978, I was repulsed at the sight of her vomiting up seawater. Last summer, on two separate occasions, I quietly said to myself, "Give it up, please." Tonight, I'm raising my glass to Diana Nyad, for failing yet again; this time, she won my heart. Only an athlete could possibly relate to those tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 To all the people of New Orleans, including my elderly parents, who are "sheltering in" during hurricane Isaac. Once they lose power, and they will, folks are likely to be without for days. It will be hot and oppressively humid...and yet eveyone there is hunkered down and prepared to cope. My parents refused to leave...the aftermath of Katrina made them suspicious and afraid of giving up control...and now my 84 year old Dad says they will be fine without air conditioning. I am drinking to blunt the worry, and to toast their admirable resiliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithstg Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 To Richard Keane and Bill Meehan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirite Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 To our fallen diplomats in Libya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 To Jeff Russell, owner of one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants, Cross-Rhodes, here in Evanston, Illinois. RIP, Jeff, and I look forward to many future visits with your daughter now the boss of the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 To the people of Alexandria, who decided not to sue one another this week while I had a juror summons. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirite Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 To the Washington Nationals who have brought post-season play to the city for the first time since 1933. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 To the Washington Nationals who have brought post-season play to the city for the first time since 1933. To our boys of summer--woohooooooo!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Don't forget the Grays, our Negro Leagues team! They were the best in the league and played all through the 1940s. Had a dynasty! Won the World Series of their league for years in a row. Local media are missing out on this fact. The Grays played about half their home games in DC (split with Pittsburgh) and drew better attendance than the Nationals-Senators! http://en.wikipedia....ue_World_Series Congratulations, Nationals!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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