Guest Rudyard Welborn Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 More??? I am seeing nothing from the 66 egroup (and I dont think those in the St. Louis area are either)-I tried posting something a couple of days ago and it didn't get posted...it is definitely asleep; someone needs to wake it up...Tsingtao, Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim conkle" <jim@cart66pf.org> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: RE: OT - Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Test > Scott, > > It seems more folks were hit with that virus then first thought. I know that > three of the four machines here at my house were hit. It took me all day > Tuesday to get it out of them. So it looks by the lack of volume on the > e-groups that some of our friends might have it too. > > At this time I am seeing more on the American Roads group then the Route 66 > e-group. > > By the way I have the information on the Rendezvous which I will be sending > out in a day or so. Look good so far and if it all comes together as planned > it will be successful. > > James M. Conkle, Executive Director > California Route 66 Preservation Foundation > P O Box 290066 > Phelan, CA 92329-0066 > 760-868-3320 > 760-617-3991 cell > 760-868-8614 fax > jim@cart66pf.org > www.cart66pf.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Piotrowski [mailto:rt66prods@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:30 PM > To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > Subject: OT - Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Test > > > Thanks to everyone who responded, including those that emailed off- > list. My problem has not just been with Route 66, but also a couple > of non-road groups, too. I've emailed Yahoo Support, but of course > I've either received the run-around or no response. > > Scott Piotrowski, Director > 66 Productions > www.66productions.com > > (And yes, my website is currently down, but will be up and brand new > very soon!) > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 > WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA > 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chetnichols@aol.com Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Dear Friends, I hope all you summer travels have been safe and fun. Remember when gas was $1.25? Heck, back in my college days at was $0.19 in Kansas. I want to share a beautiful DVD that I was given. It is called "Dreaming Arizona". This film was shot and directed by Leo Zahn, a famous director in LA who came from Germany about 35 years ago. I contacted Mr. Zahn after having seen the DVD, he's a very nice man. He is also working on another DVD, "Dreaming Nevada". Anyway, this is a beautiful film that displays all the beautiful sites of Arizona. What sets it apart from other documentries is the quality of the images and it has an incredible sound track of Native American Music. The sound track really adds some cool punch and is one of the finest soundtracks I've heard. If you are interested in getting more information about this DVD go to the following internet address.... www.picturecompany.com I highly recommend this little gem. My Best, Unkle Chesty http://lastriderson66.itgo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian Butko Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Geocaching is a sport where people with GPS locators track down sites using coordinates, or do a reverse cache by listing objects which others find, photograph, and submit. Think "treasure hunt using hi-tech compass." Among the seemingly million cache challenges are Lincoln Highway Markers. A reverse cache, this was intended to be the 1928 concrete posts but people also tracked down new markers and even Abrahman Lincoln trail signs. Still, many concrete post pictures can be found here: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...=y&decrypt= Another cache is a "Lincoln Highway Bug" (like a dog tag, here with a souvenir mini-post) that travels the route by attaching to vehicles, making the search much more challenging. http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=9309 There are caches for Route 66, Weinermobiles, and lots more road-related topics - search here: http://www.geocaching.com/seek Any geocachers on the board? Brian Butko www.brianbutko.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RWarn17588@aol.com Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 > Maybe everybody *else* left..... > Nah. Greg Laxton, listdad at the Route 66 e-group, told me he's working on it through Yahoo! But it seems the list (and many others, apparently) were hit hard by the Internet worm that was making the rounds this week. But your point seems prescient. The number of subscribers on the Route 66 list has remained fairly steady -- even during the brouhaha over racism on the road (which led to some interesting and well-thought-out discussions, I might add), the number of subscribers dropped no more than six or seven, then quickly recovered back to its 630 or so. But having the whole system go down for several days, *that* might make a bunch of people quit en masse. As anyone will tell you in the newspaper or magazine business, nothing will cause someone to cancel their subscription faster than late or nonexistent delivery. Not that I have a solution or anything -- I've been on several Internet discussion groups, and Yahoo! is by far the best for ease of use and accessing archives. So I think moving the list isn't the answer, either. Ron Warnick Belleville, IL P.S.: Yeah, I know all this is off-topic, but I've seen a lot of current and former Route 66 groupers on the American Road list. There's a lot of overlap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hodkin Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 The Annual Miss Route 66 Pageant will take place September 11th at Gil's Place downtown Barstow Main Street USA (Route 66) during Barstow's Classic Car Show. This is the Saturday before the San Bernardino Rendezvous. The Mini-National Pageant is for ages 1-100, fun for beginner or experienced. New custom Route 66 crowns and sashes, trophies and embroidered jackets will be awarded to 12 queens. This is a fund raiser for the Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum. Participate or watch the pageant, lunch at Gil's, check out the classic cars, and visit the Route 66 Museum in the historic Harvey House (tour at 11). All free to see. For entry forms or more info, www.geocites.com/imperial_image or call Kris Watson 760-257-3435 or the museum. Debra Hodkin Route 66 Mother Road Museum Historic Harvey House 681 N. First Ave. Barstow, CA 92311 760-255-1890 Open Fri-Sun 11-4 & by appointment www.barstow66museum.itgo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shellee Graham Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know that I am going to teach a continuing education course (on ROUTE 66) at a local university next month. For this particular course, it's just a one night event. Still, I thought I'd ask advice from people who have already taught courses on Route 66. This course is a start, but I think it will lead to longer, more interesting classes in the future. (I would like to concentrate on college courses, but I may begin to do talks at elementary high schools as well.) So I will appreciate any suggestions, advice, materials, etc. you may have for me. Thanks in advance. Shellee Graham St. Louis, MO P.S. For you locals, the class will be at Maryville University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brownwho63 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 You go, girl! Am confident that you'll be sensational. Bliss --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Shellee Graham <SHELLEE66@E...> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just wanted to let you know that I am going to teach a continuing education > course (on ROUTE 66) at a local university next month. For this particular > course, it's just a one night event. Still, I thought I'd ask advice from > people who have already taught courses on Route 66. This course is a start, > but I think it will lead to longer, more interesting classes in the future. > (I would like to concentrate on college courses, but I may begin to do talks > at elementary high schools as well.) > > So I will appreciate any suggestions, advice, materials, etc. you may have > for me. Thanks in advance. > > Shellee Graham > St. Louis, MO > > P.S. For you locals, the class will be at Maryville University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott Piotrowski Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I've already sent an email to Shellee direct, but there are a few things that I would like to put out to the group in case anyone else is instructing a short-term course (or single class) or giving presentations about their favorite historic road. First and foremost, have fun. Enjoy yourself. You love that topic already, so make sure that enthusiasm shows. If you are not having fun, neither will that guy three rows back that just worked 10 hours and was expecting something else. Next, talk about what you know. I once attended a Route 66 presentation given by two guys that traveled the entire road photographing it and researching a map. (No, it was not Jim and Jerry!) Their presentation in a hot, non-air-conditioned room was about 45 minutes long. They spent that time saying "Why don't you tell about this slide?" "Well, frankly, I don't remember where this is." "Oh. I don't either. But it is pretty cool." (Of course, me being the troublemaker that I am, continuously blurted out things like "Oh, that's the U Drop In in Shamrock, Texas. It is currently in the midst of renovations and restorations to become a Visitors Information Center.") Finally, admit when you DON'T know something. I have been asked questions many times when I did not know the answer. I simply state something like "I do not know the current status of that location, but last I knew, this is what was happening there. See me after we are done here, and I will try to get you the contact information for Mrs. Smith. She is very active in preservation in that area." Again, most of all, have fun. Spreading the word about America's two- lane roads is why we are all here. Having fun with it makes the word spread faster. Scott Piotrowski, Director 66 Productions www.66productions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Greetings All! Hooking up with folks along the road and was wondering if anyone was going to be staying at the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, MO. on September 23rd. That would be a great place for an on the road rendezvous while heading to Springfield. God Bless and Happy Trails. the landrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Great news!! Sorry I missed most of the first year but I'm here to stay now. In a minute, I'll tell you how I celebrated. --Denny -----Original Message----- From: Pat B. [mailto:roadmaven@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:12 AM To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Happy Birthday! Today, October 2, the American Road Yahoo Group is 2 years old! Thanks to everyone for making this a great forum for all of us two lane road dogs. We currently have a membership base of 201, and hopefully we can eclipse the 300 mark by this time in 2005. There has been plenty of hearty discussion during these two years that have hopefully educated us all on various aspects of historic highway travel, be it preservation, promotion, or just the tales of those wandering the lost highways of America. We look forward to hearing more in the years to come. Happy trails! Pat & Jennifer Bremer American Road Yahoo Group Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 This is a pretty nice list and I found that one of the listed attractions was less than 200 miles away and was having the biggest event of the year, a race no less, on Saturday. Of course, I had to go. I learned in route that it was this groups birthday so I celebrated with two shots of bourbon and humming along to some Bluegrass. Photos, etc. at: www.dennygibson.com/DayTrips/Trip12 Thanks for the tip, Jennifer. I know I've already thanked you on another list but one can never be too appreciative of moderators;-) I'll also grab this chance to mention the mailing list at: http://www.dennygibson.com/listmailer/?p=subscribe&id=1 Since the AMERICAN_ROAD group isn't restricted to any single road or region, I'll probably continue to post at least a trip's completion here. But, if you'd like to be notified when daily postings are complete for any multi-day outings, see the "On the Road" list. Of course trips will be somewhere between few and none until spring. --Denny -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer [mailto:jabremer66@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 1:52 PM To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] From MSN: 59 Jaw-Dropping Roadside Attractions For anyone interested - it covers all areas of the USA http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5771671/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Following up on another great Landrunner suggestion, I just drove US 80 from Phoenix to El Cajon. If there had been no time constraints, I would have driven on to Balboa but when it became quite "citified", I peeled off to visit friends. After a stint on Calif. 94 (a wonderfully curvy surprise) my return was largely on I-8 with a couple of side trips to see thing I had missed. The tale is at http://www.dennygibson.com/ariz102003 --Denny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Even further off topic, but I was just thinkin'. "Cyprus wood tanks" hmmm . . . On my Barb-que, I've used smoking chips made from Jack Daniels Oak Kegs after they met the chipper. A fav beverage of mine is JD and A&W, (a tall glass filled with ice, the aforementioned two shots, then top with A&W Rootbeer) . . . Yumsters! A bit of Ronnie McCoury sounds nice too. . . Chris --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Denny Gibson" <denny@d...> wrote: > This is a pretty nice list and I found that one of the listed attractions > was less than 200 miles away and was having the biggest event of the year, a > race no less, on Saturday. Of course, I had to go. I learned in route that > it was this groups birthday so I celebrated with two shots of bourbon and > humming along to some Bluegrass. > > Photos, etc. at: > www.dennygibson.com/DayTrips/Trip12 > > Thanks for the tip, Jennifer. I know I've already thanked you on another > list but one can never be too appreciative of moderators;-) > > I'll also grab this chance to mention the mailing list at: > http://www.dennygibson.com/listmailer/?p=subscribe&id=1 > Since the AMERICAN_ROAD group isn't restricted to any single road or region, > I'll probably continue to post at least a trip's completion here. But, if > you'd like to be notified when daily postings are complete for any multi-day > outings, see the "On the Road" list. Of course trips will be somewhere > between few and none until spring. > > --Denny > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer [mailto:jabremer66@a...] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 1:52 PM > To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] From MSN: 59 Jaw-Dropping Roadside Attractions > > > For anyone interested - it covers all areas of the USA > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5771671/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Conkle Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Being that my birthday is also October 2, although a few years older then two, I am honored to share the date with an icon of America. Hopefully we will celebrate many more in the future. Thanks Pat and Jennifer and all American Road E-groupers. Of all the groups that I belong to this is one of the best. Take care and see you on the road, Jim Conkle James M Conkle Executive Director & Chairman of the Board California Route 66 Preservation Foundation P O Box 290066 Phelan, CA 92329-0066 760 617 3991 cell 760 868 3320 760 868 8614 fax HYPERLINK "mailto:"jim@cart66pf.org www.cart66pf.orgVOTE for Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program for the 2004 Smithsonian Magazine/TCF Sustainable Tourism Award. You can vote every day till October 31, 2004. www.sustainabletourismawards.com/index.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.733 / Virus Database: 487 - Release Date: 8/2/2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chetnichols@aol.com Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Denny, BE SURE to visit the little mountain town, Jerome. It's quite a hoot.....it's west of Phoenix and south of Cottonwood...... Unkle Chesty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kiragaleRJP@aol.com Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 I don't understand why Route 40 is not called the Mother Road. Please explain. Kira Gale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Earlier this week I won another half expense paid trip to Phoenix from my employer. This one was even more of a surprise than the others plus I had this leftover idea of visiting Tombstone and vicinity so I didn't solicit ideas. I'm going to be heading to Tombstone (from Nogales) on AZ 82 shortly. Some first day pics & such are at http://www.dennygibson.com/ariz112003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Greetings All! All fellow roadie's are invited to join! Here is the complete info on the new Route 66 Swap Meet E-Group: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/route66swapmeet> This open forum is designed for those folks who are members of other "roadie" and "travel" related E-Groups, where posting "for sale" ads and "wanted" ads would be off topic in discussion groups. The Route 66 Swap Meet group does allow the posting of want ads, for sale ads, trade ads, and other related type personal ads. These ad posts MUST be for personal items that you are seeking, or that you are selling. If you are a retail or wholesale business, please do not post ads of those natures. Items to be posted MUST be legal to buy and sell on the open market and SHALL NOT contain ANY sexually related matter. This shall also include any ads posted for dating services site links, and other harmful content that contains information relating in a sexual nature. All such posts will be immediately deleted from the group message posts archives and the author shall be removed from the group without notice. The Route 66 Swap Meet assumes NO RESPONSIBILTY for any and all personal transactions made between any and all of the group members. The Route 66 Swap Meet EXPECTS that all ads and transactions are met with honesty and integrity from EVERY member. So, post your ads and enjoy what you may find! Have Fun! Thank you for your time. God Bless. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M. Macedo Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 One old-time diner, and make that to go 11/15/03 Carl Matzelle Plain Dealer Reporter Wellington- A small group of Wellington residents said goodbye this week to an old friend that was leaving town for good. The sun's bright rays kept the autumn chill at bay as they stood at Depot Street and West Herrick Avenue embracing, laughing and sharing memories of a diner that has been a landmark in the village since 1927. Over the years, the diner's name has changed: Hazel's in the 1940s. Carl's in the 1950s. Most recently, it was Cecil's Trackside Diner, named after the most recent operator's late grandfather, an engineer for the New York Central Railroad. "I'm very sad to see it go," said Jeanice Richmond-Johnson, 72, who washed dishes at Hazel's Diner, which she said was the place to be back then. "People came to gossip, make friends, as well as to sober up after a night on the town." Harold Wiles, 75, a lifelong Wellington resident, remembers people lining up outside Hazel's right after the end of World War II. "Railroad workers, engineers, conductors . . . everybody wanted to eat there," said Wiles. His parents, Carl and Icy, also frequented the diner. The diner was dismantled last weekend, loaded on a flatbed truck on Monday and transported to Gilbertsville, N.Y., where a new owner, Mike Engle, 30, plans to restore and reopen it. The diner and property were owned by Andrew Bendik and Tim Graham, who also have the Party Center next door. Sandra Aden, 44, who had operated the 21-seat diner since 2000, said it was too small. A bigger version of Cecil's will be built on the same spot next spring, combining Cecil's and the Party Center under one roof. Aden will operate the new diner. Still, Aden was sad to see the diner go. Engle, 30, says he got an appreciation for the old diners as he and his friends grew tired of hanging out at the local Denny's and tried the Miss Johnstown Diner in Johnstown, N.Y., for a change of pace. "I knew immediately that this was unique, and I was hooked for good." Engle, a volunteer with the American Diner Museum of Providence, R.I., and Dan Zilka, the museum's director, were in town to help with the move. Founded in 1996, the museum has focused on preserving the cultural and historical significance of the American diner. A crucial part of the museum's mission is to save vintage diners from extinction. The Wellington diner was manufactured by Goodell Hardware of Silver Creek, N.Y., and is the only one of its style that still exists in the country. The original 30-by-10-foot, pre-fab diner - called a dining car - featured a solid Philippine mahogany interior, with 12 stools along its length, with one double and one single nook booth. Total seating capacity is 18 to 21 people. "But folks were always willing to share their space when it got crowded," said Aden. Engle said it would cost him between $8,000 and $10,000 to move the diner. "Restoring it with original parts won't be cheap, either, but I'm taking it one step at a time," said Engle. Engle said the largest order for dining cars anywhere in the country came from Cleveland in 1926, when the Ward & Dickinson Co. of Silver Creek, N.Y., built and delivered 30 of them. Zilka, 47, a Canton native who has a degree in historic architecture and preservation, said that at the height of popularity in the 1950s, there were 5,000 to 6,000 diners across the United States. "Today, less than half of them still exist." He said that about 20 diners remain in Ohio, and eight of them are in the Cleveland area. "The reality of a diner isn't just to sit and eat," said Zilka. "It's also the culture and intimate atmosphere - the friendliness that surrounds the customers." Visit the museum's Web site at: www.americandinermuseum.org To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: cmatzelle@p..., 216-999-4744 © 2003 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rwarn17588 Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, kiragaleRJP@a... wrote: > I don't understand why Route 40 is not called the Mother Road. Please explain. > Kira Gale > The "Mother Road" description of Route 66 came from John Steinbeck's novel, "The Grapes of Wrath." Plus, Michael Wallis' later book, "Route 66: The Mother Road," was a best-seller. The name stuck, for obvious reasons. Ron Warnick Tulsa, OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ganderson35 Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Contact Tod at the American Sign Museum.. http://www.signmuseum.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Larry Kinsey Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Mike, I received my copy today here in Kansas City. Larry At 04:59 PM 11/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Speaking of American Road and "new", got the latest issue today. It just >keeps getting better and better. Even before I have a chance to open it >that smell of printer's ink hits my nose. That, to me, is the smell of >quality! Keep it up, Thomas, Rebecca, Jim, and everyone else who contributes. > >Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rudyard Welborn Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 hola: THis is what I can tell you...I called the guy who owns Bob's Gasoline Alley in Cuba may be a possibility...he cannnot do anything till next week, but if they will hold it till then he may be able to bring the sign back to his place where it would be displayed...I imagine he would want to own it, but it would be someplace where it could be viewed by the 66 folks, and he's a 66er...Kenny Storie is going to check with a friend of his to see if he can move/store it till we can find a place for it...I called Rich Henry; he'd be glad to take it but can't move it...I couldnt get ahold of the guy at Eislers...I left a message with the guy with the sign this pm as to our status and will call him back in the am...if he can hold it for a few days we might be able to pull this off...Tsingtao, Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Priddy" <sundayjohn66@mac.com> To: "Rudyard Welborn" <r.welborn@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: Re: KoKo motel signs > Buy the sign now, worry about raising funds to pick up the slack later. > Once we own it -- and let's get documentation saying we own it -- this > guy can't throw it away, regardless of the time frame he has given us. > Which is not to say we shouldn't pick it up as quickly as possible, but > if I park my car in front of your house, the worst you can do is call a > towing company and have them charge me a storage fee; you can't crush > my car. One problem at a time, and the first problem is acquiring the > sign. > > I don't have any contacts I can think of on the western end of the > state. If need be, could we rent a U-store shed in Joplin and stash the > sign there until we find it a permanent home? It might cost us 50 or 60 > bucks a month, but I think we could find something in fairly short > order. Hell, some enterprising soul might loan us the space if we > explained what we needed it for and offered to give him some good P.R. > in exchange. > > Emily > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Reynolds Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I'm sure most all of the Mother Roaders out there are quite familiar with a sight just outside Waynesville, Mo. A rock outcropping that has been spray painted to look like a giant frog. <Photos/BabyBoomerBob/Waynesville.jpg> While this is likely the best known of what I call road monsters, there have been at least two more I know of. Back in 1979 when Susan and I were living in south Knoxiousville, there was a vacant lot off Chapman Highway (US 441). The land was slated to be the site of a new Wal-Mart and bulldozers began clearing and leveling the land. In their actions, they uncovered a bunch of rocks that some wag converted into a big turtle crawling out of the ground. Given the obviously temporary nature of the beast, we snapped a couple of pictures. <Turtle-1 & 2.jpg> That's me riding the turtle in the second picture. Then, there's the Mascot Monster. It's located between 11E and 11W in eastern Knox County near the little town of Mascot. <Mascot01 & 02.jpg> It looks like some sort of lizard head sticking out of the side of a hill just about at road level. I went back to see the beast a few months ago and, while the paint had faded a bit, it was still as startling as it was in 1986 when the pictures were made. Now, having said all this, I wish to state that I understand there's bound to be some disagreement between those who call these monsters folk art and those who consider them vandalism. I can see both sides of the issue. But I did find them interesting and wanted to share my pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest egyptianzipper@aol.com Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 In a message dated 10/31/04 8:42:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, hester_nec@yahoo.com writes: Especially in the middle of the night running hard and fast - I'll leave it up to your imaginations what we were doing. Running moonshine? The reason I say that is because of one of the best road songs of the 20th Century, "Ballad of Thunder Road." It was a 1962 hit for Robert Mitchum who also starred in the movie by the same title. The song traces Mitchum's flight from Harlan, over Cumberland Gap, through Maynardville and Knoxville, and finally out Kingston Pike where he "left the road at 90, that's all there is to say." Tom Hoffman Pearisburg VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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