Weekly Survey

[Grandpa]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls? An autographed photo of Olivia Munn.

That one, I envy. Staring back in G4, which we no longer get, I thought she was the coolest thing around. Not really an inappropriate-age crush thing, but embarrassingly not too far off. Something about the combination of brains and attractiveness. It's far more of a fantasy than an actual bucket list to do an interview and photo shoot with her.

I'd say that I'd stop now before I embarrass myself, but it's too late for that.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

That one, I envy. Staring back in G4, which we no longer get, I thought she was the coolest thing around. Not really an inappropriate-age crush thing, but embarrassingly not too far off. Something about the combination of brains and attractiveness. It's far more of a fantasy than an actual bucket list to do an interview and photo shoot with her.

I'd say that I'd stop now before I embarrass myself, but it's too late for that.

I didn't know much about her until I saw The Newsroom. I didn't really like The Newsroom, but Olivia Munn was great on it.

 

[QueenOfHearts]

Funny you mention moonshining. This is a true story from what my great-grandfather told me way back when I was a kid. Both sides of my family are from southern Arkansas originally, right at the foot of the Ouachita Mountains, an area called the Caddo Valley. Back during Prohibition there was a series of trails leading up into the mountains from the towns of Caddo Gap, Hopper, and Norman (formerly known as Womble)..always found that to be a interesting name for a town. Anyway, the mountains around that area back then were, and still are very rugged terrain. These mountains are also dotted by hundreds of small caves, not very deep caves, but from the stories we were told as kids, the Caddo Indians used them for storing goods. If you took off walking west thru the mountains from this location you wouldn't cross the path of any towns until well into the southeastern part of Oklahoma, it's very isolated. Some of my relatives and other people in the area took to setting up moonshine stills in the mountains in order to supply the city of Hot Springs, AR. The town of Hot Springs used to be a popular "vacation" place for gangsters like Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and Lucky Luciano. The demand for liquor was very high in Hot Springs, so there was a lot of moonshine coming out of the area where I grew up as it was only about forty miles as the crow files from Hot Springs. Well, eventually the Government got word of the influx of alcohol coming from our neck of the woods into Hot Springs and they decided to send in a group of IRS "revenuers" out of the Little Rock office to shut the operation down.

This group of eight revenuers met up at the post office in Caddo Gap, AR and armed with rifles, pistols, and intelligence they had received from a bootlegger they had caught transporting the moonshine to Hot Springs, they started up into the mountains, some of them on horseback, and the others in a horse drawn buggy. My grandfather, who lived right in Caddo Gap all of his life, told me that night there was a prolonged series of gunshots and what sounded like explosions up in the mountains just west of town. The next morning the post master arrived to open the post office in Caddo Gap and found the horse drawn buggy tied up to the post out front. In the buggy were the bodies of all eight revenuers, all shot several times, with a note proclaiming "They got two of us. Let this be the end of it." The story was also covered in an old historical magazine in that area called "The Looking Glass" but my grandfather, not given to tall tales, told me that the State Police took the bodies back to Little Rock and that was the end of it. No other revenuers were sent into the mountains, no follow up investigation was initiated, and no charges were ever filed against anyone. My grandpa never actually said who was involved as far as which families but he said it was no big secret to anyone in town. Coincidentally, this happened around 1930 which would have made my great-grandfather 20 years old at that time. I never thought to ask him if he was in on it, he never seemed the type that would hurt anyone, but from what my great-grandmother told me, he was not someone to trifle with when he was a young man..lol. I've always found that story interesting but also a bit chilling. Have a good week ma'am.

I got goose bumps reading that story! How very interesting! Now I really wanna know more about that. You've given plenty of info I think I will do some digging and see what comes up! Once again thank you. I am thinking that I should find a way to read ALL of your posts pertaining to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.

 

[pegasus216]

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character?-Hossnpepper

Scott, you have one very warped brain.

 

[Sarah25]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls? Nah

2. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? ride my bike

3.Do you live in a house or apartment? house

4. What was your first job? bank teller

5.What is your favorite dish your mom makes/made?

6.What is your favorite place to go in the summer? I.E beach, park, etc. beach

7. Is your kitchen table round or square? round

8. What kind of vehicle do you drive. honda civic

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character? snoopy

10. Do you have a favorite t-shirt that you wear? no

 

[GNTLGNT]

That's my husband's dream car--lol. He's been searching high and low for a 1998-2000 Cherokee that's not a mess. We had a '97 a few years back, but it was totaled when we were hit by a truck that didn't think red lights applied to her. He's been in mourning ever since.

...I've seen several on Ebay that are under 8 grand...and I can help him out with all sorts of tips I've learned, helping to work on this one of mine....

 

[GNTLGNT]

That one, I envy. Staring back in G4, which we no longer get, I thought she was the coolest thing around. Not really an inappropriate-age crush thing, but embarrassingly not too far off. Something about the combination of brains and attractiveness. It's far more of a fantasy than an actual bucket list to do an interview and photo shoot with her.

I'd say that I'd stop now before I embarrass myself, but it's too late for that.

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[Flat Matt]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls?

I have a mirror on my wall that looks pretty unique when I'm peering into it.

2. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid?

Cause trouble and do just about anything I wasn't supposed to be doing.

3.Do you live in a house or apartment?

House

4. What was your first job?

Waiter in a pizza restaurant.

5.What is your favorite dish your mom makes/made?

Hungarian Goulash.

6.What is your favorite place to go in the summer?

Dorset or Devon on the English south coast.

7. Is your kitchen table round or square?

I don't have a table in my kitchen.

8. What kind of vehicle do you drive?

A knackered Ford Galaxy.

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character?

Peter Griffin.

10. Do you have a favorite t-shirt that you wear?

Just plain old black. It is the colour of the deceased.

 

[Flat Matt]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls? Nah

2. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? ride my bike

3.Do you live in a house or apartment? house

4. What was your first job? bank teller

5.What is your favorite dish your mom makes/made?

6.What is your favorite place to go in the summer? I.E beach, park, etc. beach

7. Is your kitchen table round or square? round

8. What kind of vehicle do you drive. honda civic

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character? snoopy

10. Do you have a favorite t-shirt that you wear? no

You weren't too fond of your mum's cooking then?

 

[Neesy]

You have a whole wee to think about them

She has to think them up while in the bathroom?

I hear some people do their best thinking there

 

[ghost19]

I got goose bumps reading that story! How very interesting! Now I really wanna know more about that. You've given plenty of info I think I will do some digging and see what comes up! Once again thank you. I am thinking that I should find a way to read ALL of your posts pertaining to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.

The two common traits to the majority of my posts are that they're long winded and dull...lol

 

[Alexandra M]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls?
2 paintings from my Brother

2. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid?
Play football (soccer)

3.Do you live in a house or apartment?
House

4. What was your first job?
Shop Assistant

5.What is your favorite dish your mom makes/made?
Chicken & bacon pie

6.What is your favorite place to go in the summer? I.E beach, park, etc.
I'm not keen on being hot so nowhere really

7. Is your kitchen table round or square?
Don't have one

8. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
Don't have one (well, I have a bicycle - just about, that's ready for the scrapheap)

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Principal Lewis from American Dad

10. Do you have a favorite t-shirt that you wear?
My earl tip Penguin polos

That chicken and bacon pie sounds good. Don't happen to have that recipe lying around do you?

 

[KingAHolic]

The two common traits to the majority of my posts are that they're long winded and dull...lol

... someone else has you beat....

 

[The Nameless]

That chicken and bacon pie sounds good. Don't happen to have that recipe lying around do you?

It's been a while, can't remember the specifics, just that it contained chicken in white sauce, bacon, diced boiled new potatoes and marrow fat peas - not a stinking onion in sight (I'm a very fussy eater). It was always well stuffed and the pastry was lovely. Damn, I'm hungry now.

 

[Alexandra M]

It's been a while, can't remember the specifics, just that it contained chicken in white sauce, bacon, diced boiled new potatoes and marrow fat peas - not a stinking onion in sight (I'm a very fussy eater). It was always well stuffed and the pastry was lovely. Damn, I'm hungry now.

Ummm marrow fat peas.... that's British. I'll ask my cousin in England maybe his wife can come up with a recipe. Thanks!

 

[skimom2]

The two common traits to the majority of my posts are that they're long winded and dull...lol

Poo. You're very interesting!

 

[Sarah25]

You weren't too fond of your mum's cooking then?

My dad raised me. He was the best ever but not an outstanding cook.

 

[GNTLGNT]

Poo. You're very interesting!

...never tell a man his poo is very interesting....

 

[QueenOfHearts]

Poo. You're very interesting!

I second that

 

[skimom2]

...never tell a man his poo is very interesting....