Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]between the park and pamlico village want to meet there this weekend i'm still a member;^) ric On Aug 26, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Robert Clark wrote: > Ric: > I seem to remember that the Rebel is actually located in Washington > Park. > Is that correct or am I mistaken? > > Headin' down Thursday night and will be at Pamlico Beach by midnight. > Stayin' until Tuesday mornin' at the crack a dawn and headin' back > up to Pa. > > Robert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+rclark01=comcast.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+rclark01=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Ric > Carter > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:02 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Yet more signs > > Thanks Ball-- > > The Rebel has always been my favorite redneck bar. AG, the barbecue > guy in my WayBack PAW, is the owner. > > The Rebel has a history of hosting a number of Yankee regulars. Leo > was a 300+ pound electrical engineer from Cambridge, MA. (I'll try > to find a photo I have of Leo, mint julep in hand, sitting in his > 1966 Ford convertible in the parking lot at The Rebel.) Leo was in > this foreign land designing linear electrical motors for Hamilton > Beach and other manufacturers. > > Leo never lost his accent and loved to pick liberal arguments with > the local reactionaries. Among his favorite adversaries was Captain > Frank Cox. (The guy with the cannon in my WayBack PAW and the > yachtsman who always referred to fiberglass as "frozen snot.") That's > a real cannon by the way. I remember when Frank had her remachined > and had to resite the bugger. He an his Washington Grays cronies were > taking her out into the country one Saturday with lots of live rounds > to get their aim rezoned. They were competitive shooters. > > Frank invited me out to take pictures that day. "You don't need to > worry about bringin' liquor, we'll have plenty there," he reassured > me. They did. I'll look for those photos, too. > > Anyway... > > After hearing so much about how the damn Yankees were ruining our way > of life, Leo thought it would be fun to put a permanent end to the > question. He bought had installed a small tombstone memorializing the > symbolic "last damn Yankee." > > The second marker rather tells the rest of the story. > > Thanks for looking. > > ric > > > > > On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:39 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > >> Ha! I love it Ric. I wish I knew the story of the last >> damn yankee. >> There's a roller rink in Murray Ky that has a sign >> I'll have to shoot for you next time I'm there. >> >> --- Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >>> There are always interesting signs out there because >>> people always >>> have things to say. Here's another page in the >>> album: >>> >>> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Signage/?g2_page=6> >>> <http://tinyurl.com/3b625r> >>> >>> Ric Carter >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>> more information >>> >> >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> ______________ >> Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone >> who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information