History of All Kinds

[Iron Horseman]

We baled hay at the great uncles, went to A & W for root beer if we were lucky.

We would buy it by the gallon, it came in plastic jugs.

There is another one. My mother was a car hop at A&W. The gallons were glass back then. I remember the first time I moved up from a baby burger to a mama burger! I was growing up.

 

[BigGRacing]

There is another one. My mother was a car hop at A&W. The gallons were glass back then. I remember the first time I moved up from a baby burger to a mama burger! I was growing up.

I still have a couple of the old A&W gallon bottles down by my fireplace....keepsake from my wife's grandfathers garage.

 

[Iron Horseman]

I still have a couple of the old A&W gallon bottles down by my fireplace....keepsake from my wife's grandfathers garage.

I have a mug collection, but didn't ever get one of the gallon bottles. Wouldn't fit well on the shelf anyway

 

[Bruette]

 

[Bruette]

July 11, 1968: The Orioles name first base coach Earl Weaver to replace Hank Bauer as Manager. At the time, the Orioles were ten and a half games out of first. Under Weaver the Orioles winning percentage was .585 (48-43) for the remainder of the 1968 season.

Weaver's 1969-1971 Orioles are one of the best teams in the history of Baseball. Weavers time as manager of the Orioles resulted in the 1970 World Series Championship and a total of four American League Championships in the 1970s. His Orioles won five of the first six American League East titles (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 & 1974). In addition to the 1979 American League Championship. For a total of one World Series Championship, four American League Championships and six American League East titles. His Orioles were a contender every year.

Earl Weaver retired in 1985 with a lifetime winning percentage of .583. Still the sixth highest lifetime winning percentage of all MLB managers. In 1996 Earl Weaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Earl Weavers' stated philosophy was simple "Pitching, defense and the three-run homerun." His strategies were much more complex. He tailored his teams to allow him to achieve favorable matchups with substitutions. Earl was also a great judge of talent and an inovator. One of the many innovations Earl pioneered was his use of statistics. He kept index cards with statistics and notes on all the players on opposing teams.

Thank you, Earl, Rest in Peace. Earl Weaver 1930-2013

 

[BigGRacing]

I have a mug collection, but didn't ever get one of the gallon bottles. Wouldn't fit well on the shelf anyway

are you able to share a picture?

 

[Iron Horseman]

are you able to share a picture?

Unfortunately not at this time, they are at the other house and still packed up in a box from the move.

 

[NorthBrit]

13th July

1985 Live Aid benefit concert​

Held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, the concert raised millions in benefit of those affected by famine in Ethiopia. Over a billion people tuned in around the world to watch the show.

1937 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is founded​

The now-international doughnut company was founded by Kentuckian Vernon Rudolph.


David

 

[Bruette]

Babe Ruth hits his 700th Homerun.

 

[Bruette]

Secretariat in the Winner's Circle after the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes. May 19, 1973, at Pimlico in Baltimore.

 

[NorthBrit]

July 14th

1789 Bastille stormed by Paris mob

On this day in 1789, a mob advanced on the Bastille in Paris, demanding the arms and munitions stored there, but, when the guards resisted, the crowd captured the prison, an act that symbolized the end of the ancien régime.

1969 Easy Rider was released in U.S. theatres, becoming a classic of the counterculture and propelling Jack Nicholson to stardom.

David

 

[logandsawman]

July 14th

1789 Bastille stormed by Paris mob

On this day in 1789, a mob advanced on the Bastille in Paris, demanding the arms and munitions stored there, but, when the guards resisted, the crowd captured the prison, an act that symbolized the end of the ancien régime.

1969 Easy Rider was released in U.S. theatres, becoming a classic of the counterculture and propelling Jack Nicholson to stardom.

David

Thats a big 4-10

(an iconic line from Easy Rider)

 

[Iron Horseman]

Thats a big 4-10

(an iconic line from Easy Rider)

Really? I would have said that was from "Smokey and the Bandit". I didn't know bikers even used CB radios. To me the iconic line from Easy Rider is when Wyatt says, " I never wanted to be anybody else".

 

[NorthBrit]

JULY 15TH

1799

The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign

1912

American Jim Thorpe won a gold medal for the decathlon at the Olympics in Stockholm; he also captured a gold medal for the pentathlon.


David

 

[NorthBrit]

July 16th

1918 Russia Czar Nicholas II​

1918 : Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks, bringing an end to the three-century-old Romanov dynasty.

1969 U.S.A. Apollo 11​

1969 : Apollo 11 astronauts were launched into space on a Saturn 5 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 9:32 a.m. hoping to be the first men to land on the moon. The crew consisted of Neil Armstrong (Commander), Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (Lunar Module Pilot), and Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot). It's estimated more than a million people watched the launch at Cape Kennedy in Florida. Apollo 11 is scheduled to make it's moon landing in four days time on Sunday July 20th if all goes well.

David

 

[NorthBrit]

July 17th

1918 The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, was sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55, with the loss of 5 lives.

1945 The Potsdam Conference begins​

The heads of the US, the UK, and USSR met in Potsdam to discuss the terms of the German and Japanese surrenders, and to make post-war plans.

1955 Disneyland opens its doors for the first time​

The popular theme park (“The Happiest Place on Earth”) was opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.


David

 

[logandsawman]

Really? I would have said that was from "Smokey and the Bandit". I didn't know bikers even used CB radios. To me the iconic line from Easy Rider is when Wyatt says, " I never wanted to be anybody else".

Have not seen Smokey and the Bandit but wife and I have always joked about this line since we saw EZ Rider like 20 years ago...

 

[Bruette]

I never saw Easy Rider, but I did see Smokey and the Bandit.

 

[logandsawman]

I have been wanting to share a little of this WW II history, and after reviewing some of my documents find that this first 48 day journey of the 743 Tank Battalion, as depicted in this flyer, would have ended approximately today (7/18). They landed on Omaha Beach on June 5 1944 which would make today about the 79th year anniversary of the end of this initial part of the invasion.

I know this is hard to read but this depicts the first 48 days of the invasion (above). At least the pictoral is there. I have an original copy thanks to my Dad and Great Uncle;

Here is one of the pics in the group, and one of their tanks;

Some of the men and where they are from

another interesting photo:



These are familiar locations for some. Makes the problems of today look pretty small.


Dave LASM

 

[logandsawman]

I never saw Easy Rider, but I did see Smokey and the Bandit.

In Easy Rider, it was Peter Fonda saying "Thats a big 4-10", they left that line in the movie anyway. Was not supposed to be funny but kinda is.

Dave