Monday, April 29, 2024

Wow.

 


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  1. Buildings were built this way so that they stood out & could be found if meeting someone there, today everything is bland and boring.

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  2. There is actually a "Shell" Station in Winston-Salem that is a large shell. It has been preserved.

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  3. the same diner can be seen in the 1991 movie THE ROCKETEER

    el néné....

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    1. Yes, it needs Peevy's '34 Ford Pickup and a GeeBee Z parked out front, preferably with the glorious Jenny in attendance.

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    2. "The Bulldog Café (similar to the Pup Café) was built in 1928 and located at 1153 West Washington Boulevard. It was demolished in 1966. ... In 1990 Disney recreated the Bulldog Café when it adapted the work into a movie called The Rocketeer. It was on display on the Disney-MGM backlot tour from 1991-1996."
      From waterandpower.org/museum/Programmatic_Style_Architecture.html, which has more examples of this style of architecture in SoCal.

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  4. There is a statue of a gorilla holding up a VW that still stands in VT. https://www.roadarch.com/07/8/gorilla.jpg

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  5. I can't believe that grown up men wore that kind of an outfit.

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    1. I can't believe a dog smoked that kind of a pipe.

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    2. In the beginning there's usually a reason, like keeping your pants up out of the mud and horse poo.

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    3. I'm thinking that this dude's pants shrank and he's not able to purchase a new pair.

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  6. The public restroom is directly around the back under the tail.

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    1. Hahahaha! Anon, you win the internets for today.

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    2. Thank you so much, CW.

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  7. Bill Crosby did a bit about the internal theme music that each of us has and identifies with, his was "The Lone Ranger" theme.
    Mine is the theme from "The Rocketeer".
    https://youtu.be/C7Luq7JzxCM

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  8. Tamales first, ice cream after
    ~ Doctor Weasel

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  9. That is the Americana I love, not the Golden Arches or Applebees.

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