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[Jungle Rat]

[The Anti k*]

Crotch -- There's a marathon of The Andy Griffith Show on TV Land today. I just watched the episode when Charlene Darling first saw Andy.

Charlene: "Paw, caaaain't I at leeeeast look at da purrrteeey maaayuhn?"

Briscoe: "Ya caaaain't keep yer eyes 'n hands off her, can ya?

Andy: "Now Mr. Darling, that's the furthest thang from my mind."

Briscoe (complete with his trademark stare): "Ya words say no, but yer eyes say 'YES', boah."

[aTm]

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[crotch]

Crotch -- There's a marathon of The Andy Griffith Show on TV Land today. I just watched the episode when Charlene Darling first saw Andy.

Charlene: "Paw, caaaain't I at leeeeast look at da purrrteeey maaayuhn?"

Briscoe: "Ya caaaain't keep yer eyes 'n hands off her, can ya?

Andy: "Now Mr. Darling, that's the furthest thang from my mind."

Briscoe (complete with his trademark stare): "Ya words say no, but yer eyes say 'YES', boah."

Figured TV Land or Nick would do the Mayberry marathon... Been working outside all day, haven't had the TV on...will check it tonight. The Darlings and Ernest T are the cream of the crop when it comes to TAGS...Also, the black and white shows are much better than the color ones IMO.

One more pic for the 'guys'....

[crotch]

OK guys....A little history lesson on this 4th from an old Social Studies teacher....

A humble history lesson for all of us!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men
who signed the Declaration of Independence ?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and severly beaten before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.

Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated,
but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if
they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the
British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly.
He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him,
and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson
home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed,
and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill
were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

[Jungle Rat]

Why did his family bury him less than 5 hours after he died? That's sorta creepy. If he was an alien I'm gonna be so pissed.

[10ac]

Yeah, that was weird.

[Bklyn]

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The Gator is so bitch-ass, they had to use a dinosaur in the third pic.

Burial

Was he Jewish?

[DooKSucks]

He was a very private person. He didn't like fans intruding into his life, and I am sure that this was a way of preventing his funeral and burial being in the public eye.

[Gator by God's Grace]

The Gator is so bitch-ass, they had to use a dinosaur in the third pic.

Reagan couldn't handle the Gator. That's why they had to bring in a velociraptor instead.

[crashcourse]

first goober now andy.

me thinks gomer will be the third

[Saint]

Eamonn Brennan gets it: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... ching-jobs

[hedge]

[hedge]

"OK guys....A little history lesson on this 4th from an old Social Studies teacher....

A humble history lesson for all of us!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men
who signed the Declaration of Independence ?"

I was watching a series about the American revolution yesterday, they made a good point. If the British had won, Benedict Arnold would've been made a duke, West Point would still be called Fort Arnold and George Washington would've been hung as a traitor. The signers of the Declaration of Independence would've been regarded much as we regard Al Quaida today, with George Washington being Osama bin Laden. Pretty much validates the old chestnut, "The winners write the history books"....

[Jungle Rat]

The Gator is so bitch-ass, they had to use a dinosaur in the third pic.

Reagan couldn't handle the Gator. That's why they had to bring in a velociraptor instead.

Heh. At first glance I thought it was Gore.

[Gator by God's Grace]

Is anyone as into the Mayberry shows as the hillfolk of kentucky and north carolina?

when i think of Andy griffith, i think of his blasted Matlock show.....

[Jungle Rat]

Yeah. I get that. My grandma loved Matlock so for me he reminds me of the smell of Mothballs and plastic over the couch.

[Fifer]

"OK guys....A little history lesson on this 4th from an old Social Studies teacher....

A humble history lesson for all of us!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men
who signed the Declaration of Independence ?"

I was watching a series about the American revolution yesterday, they made a good point. If the British had won, Benedict Arnold would've been made a duke, West Point would still be called Fort Arnold and George Washington would've been hung as a traitor. The signers of the Declaration of Independence would've been regarded much as we regard Al Quaida today, with George Washington being Osama bin Laden. Pretty much validates the old chestnut, "The winners write the history books"....

If we had remained part of the British Empire until the middle of the 19th century, like Canada, there never would have been a civil war. The British Empire outlawed slavery and the slave trade in the 1840's. That being the case I can't imagine the south would have had any reason to attempt to break away and form a separate country. If we had been part of the British comonwealth, like Canada, in the 20th century, we would have been in WWI and WWII from the beginning.

[Bklyn]

Herman Cain would be dumbfounded to hear that.

[sardis]

and we'd be fracking the hell out of Kentucky...