Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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