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  • Nightfall
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The real throwback

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    What is that?
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The real throwback

    What is that?

    Two sides of an early Mountain Dew bottle using the "Hillbilly" design.

    Tennessee bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew in the 1940s as a mixer.[10] Soft drinks were regional in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so the two men developed their own.[11] The name was trademarked in 1948.[10]



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  • Nightfall
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The real throwback

    What is that?

    Two sides of an early Mountain Dew bottle using the "Hillbilly" design.

    Tennessee bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew in the 1940s as a mixer.[10] Soft drinks were regional in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so the two men developed their own.[11] The name was trademarked in 1948.[10]



    I kind of want to bid on it...

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MOUNTAIN-DEW-HILLBILLY-10-OZ-SODA-BOTTLE-/282148320524?hash=item41b159b50c:g:QZYAAOSwawpXvc13
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The real throwback

    What is that?

    Two sides of an early Mountain Dew bottle using the "Hillbilly" design.

    Tennessee bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew in the 1940s as a mixer.[10] Soft drinks were regional in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so the two men developed their own.[11] The name was trademarked in 1948.[10]



    I kind of want to bid on it...

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MOUNTAIN-DEW-HILLBILLY-10-OZ-SODA-BOTTLE-/282148320524?hash=item41b159b50c:g:QZYAAOSwawpXvc13

    Just keep on eye on it and other postings, try not to pay over $5
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The real throwback

    What is that?

    Two sides of an early Mountain Dew bottle using the "Hillbilly" design.

    Tennessee bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew in the 1940s as a mixer.[10] Soft drinks were regional in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so the two men developed their own.[11] The name was trademarked in 1948.[10]



    I kind of want to bid on it...

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MOUNTAIN-DEW-HILLBILLY-10-OZ-SODA-BOTTLE-/282148320524?hash=item41b159b50c:g:QZYAAOSwawpXvc13

    Just keep on eye on it and other postings, try not to pay over $5
    i.e. wait till the last minute
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  • BlueMDPicker
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    Rainy season in full swing. The moat is full.

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  • mhardy6647
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    This juvenile northern goshawk is very happy that we put a hawk feeder in our backyard ;) When the platform feeder's full of morning doves, it's a hawk feeder all right!

    28544280293_fa69156c6b_b.jpgDSC_5457a by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • scubalab
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    BlueMDPicker wrote: »
    Rainy season in full swing. The moat is full.

    w4703u9o46mj.jpg

    Need some gators (or sharks with frickin' lasers) in that moat there Mike!
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  • BlueMDPicker
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    We get a gator about every other year during mating season, Al. The smaller males get driven out of other waterways and find their way here. Once they get to 4 feet, my nervous Nelly neighbors rat them out to the state, a trapper snags them and off they go (they're killed, not relocated as some think). Now, the sharks with lasers sounds interesting. Hmmm.....
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  • BlueMDPicker
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    Just shy of 3" of rain overnight has made a good start at a front moat. :o
    We're in the 6" to 10" zone of potential rainfall in the next 72 hours from Tropical Depression 9 (soon to be a named storm I'm sure). Should prove interesting.

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  • tonyb
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    Least you don't have to water the lawn, look how green it is. Looks like a future movie set for Sharknato XXV.
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  • mhardy6647
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    We had a decent amount of rain last week, and things are respectably green here. much of neighboring Massachusetts, though, is in severe drought conditions

    One upside to the changing climate here -- the hot, dry summer is poised to result in the best 'mater crop we've had since our days in Baltimore.

    ('maters are in the other garden plot... but this illustrates the generally good garden karma this year)

    28545510924_83b7c55d05_b.jpgDSC_5430 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited September 2016
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    tonyb wrote: »
    Least you don't have to water the lawn, look how green it is.

    Don't have to top off the swimming pool either, Tony. The pool's overflow port is approximately 6" below the patio surface. Last night, as the storm drifted towards the north, we were receiving rainfall at 2"+/hour. The pool level rose to within 1/2" of overflowing. I'm glad we dodged the original prediction here!
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  • Polkaguy58
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  • lightman1
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    'Merica
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  • sandworms
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    Samsung pn64f8500
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  • sandworms
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    First trip to San Diego, my daughter did some para gliding at Torrey Pines
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  • lightman1
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    I'm at Ryans house. This is bacon wrapped tater tots with jalapeno peppers and chedder cheese.
    I'm sure his wife is trying to kill me slowly.
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  • Jhayman
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  • mhardy6647
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    some cool cars come out at our church in the summertime :)

    28683057113_91088486a3_b.jpgDSC_5676 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    The Woody's interesting. Its owner (an incredibly spry retired MD in his early 80s) bought it used from its original owner... in 1954 when (if I understand correctly) he was a med student in MA. It was licensed by MA at the time as a "beach wagon" :)
    It is absolutely beautiful.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited September 2016
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    Is there a herpetologist in the house?
    Sounds like a punchline to a bad Borscht Belt joke... but it's a semi-sincere question.
    Our son had a close encounter today with this small (7" snake) -- I am assuming it's a young one (as opposed to a small species). I am taking the liberty of sharing a photo he took. Snakes are critters about which I don't know very much. Up here, we have very few venomous snakes (virtually none actually)... but our son lives in southern Virginia. All kinds of nasty crawlies as one goes further south in the US.

    Any ideas as to what it might be?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    oh. speaking of 'murrica... I need to go bring in our flag...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,803
    edited September 2016
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    oh. speaking of 'murrica... I need to go bring in our flag...

    Good citizen, H! I took that shot whilst having a cuppa joe and making sure my nicotine levels were up to measure.
    It's the sunrise from Ryans @ZLTFUL front porch. Sucks to be in Iowa. :'(

    And I can't 100% ID that legless demon serpent. Look up pine snake. It doesn't have the markings of a copperhead, though. There's a plus.
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  • lightman1
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    What part of south VA does the boy live?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
    edited September 2016
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    You close to water MrH?...looks like a northern water snake
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  • mhardy6647
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    You close to water MrH?...looks like a northern water snake
    2njsiff86vhk.jpg

    The snake in question is in VA not here... I am not aware of any water close to the locale of the snake in question, but there could be.
    Yes, that looks like a good match morphologically. Thanks.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    Ok VA has more choices
    If the picture is making it look bigger than it actually is, could be a young black rat snake
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited September 2016
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    Hmm. FYI, I got another vote for a rat snake at Erik's HiFi Haven Forum -- yes it looks bigger than it really is, I think (I didn't see it in the flesh, being about 600 miles away, give or take).
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  • mhardy6647
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    parametrically, eastern rat snake looks pretty darned plausible:
    http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/concern/snake-of-concern.htm
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Looks like it's a juvenile rat snake by the body markings and the shape/coloring of the head plate.
    They're not supposed to be venomous unless, like everything in life, you're allergic to their bite.


    Sal Palooza
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