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  1. That is from one persons research. There are many articles in the coin industry and in books on crime and criminals, that say it did happen. Here is an example from US Coin Values. http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/Liberty-Nickel-key-dates.html Either way, it is a fact the V nickel was passed off as a $5 gold piece by some people during those times, so who knows, maybe old Josh did exist.
  2. If I was on the jury Stewart wouldn't pay a dime. I blame the driver who ran down the track at the car, otherwise it is like blaming a driver on the expressway for hitting someone who is crossing the freeway. Simple rule, if you don't won't to get run over stay off the freeway (track), otherwise, Darwin is proved correct once again.
  3. Here is another good one. For many years Charles M. Hatfield was America's leading rainmaker. As in, he made it rain..........water. No joke. In 1905 the city of Los Angeles hired him to make it rain and he did so, raising the level of the Lake Helmet Reservoir by 22 feet. In 1915 the city of San Diego hired Hatfield to fill the Morena Dam reservoir. The deal was for $10,000 if he succeeded, but not one red cent if he failed. Hatfield had one year to complete his task. He needed less than one month. On New Years Day of 1916, Hatfield and his brother started their rainmakin
  4. Most people know that it is a federal crime to deface, mar or otherwise alter US currency. But do you know why this law was passed? In 1883 a deaf man by the name of Joshua Tatum noticed that the Roman numeral V on the US five cent coin did not specify cents, dollars or pfennigs or any other amount. So Tatum hired a jeweler to plate several thousand coins with gold and mill the edges so that they looked like five-dollar pieces. Then, and this is an important part, so pay attention, Tatum went from store to store making 5 cent purchases with his gold plated nickles. When the shop keeper
  5. I used to like these threads......until I realized that everyone ate better than me. Now they just make me sad. Just kidding.....mostly.
  6. Why doesn't someone take the bull by the horns and call the man and ask?
  7. Who's Running Our State? The way I hear it, it is either the Austin brothers or Delta.
  8. He has to be in his late 70's at least. He was never a major star, but he was on TV a fair amount in the 60's and early 70's. I remember seeing him on a rerun of You Bet Your Life, sometime in the early 70's, that was after he was on Gomer Pyle.
  9. Thank you. I don't do Redbox, but it will eventually make it's way to free TV. I can wait. (unless I get a movie popcorn jones, then I may see it, I have been wanting some movie popcorn lately)
  10. I always start talking as if I am talking to myself, I just ignore the caller....they hang up quick.
  11. I have had them call and my own number show up.
  12. That was one of the few new (and by new, I mean since 1984) movies I thought might be worth seeing.
  13. Ask Ronnie Schell about his appearance on Groucho Marx's show, You Bet Your Life. He was a struggling actor in the 1950's when he appeared on that game show. He was one of Gomer's best buddies on the Gomer Pyle show.
  14. I saw an interview on Jacksonville, FL news with the FL sheriff that they have asked to help with the case. He basically said that he was invited in because he knew the GA sheriff and the son had asked him to help. He said he would just be looking over what GA had done to "with fresh eyes", to see if they see something that was missed.
  15. What stars are left? Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) is an older lady that lives in Mt Airy, NC. (she once welcomed me to town) Elinor Donahue (Ellie) - I am pretty sure she is still around Ronnie Howard (Opie) - Too big to come to Paulding Clint Howard (Leon) - Same thing Maggie Peterson (Charlene Darling) - Not sure if she is still with us or not I think that is about it. ETA I forgot Jim Nabors (Gomer), but I don't think he ever leaves Hawaii.
  16. How hard is it to screw up Noah? You got a big boat, you got animals (two each), you got a lot of rain and water, you got a mountain, you got a dove, you got your movie.
  17. I would bet your browser history is interesting, to say the least.
  18. I heard on the local FL news channel, that the powers that be, said they could eliminate the ebola, except for the fact that the local natives won't follow suggestions. Also, that this recent outbreak will have more victims that all other outbreaks combined. Now, I have no clue how many have had the ebola before, but I don't think the numbers are that high, so that may sound bigger than it is.
  19. They used the name of the second bananas of the writing and singing duos, Simon & Garfunkel and Hall & Oates. Since Riki has blond hair, she is Garfunkel and since Kate has black hair, she is Oates. (and Kate says if she isn't careful she has a mustache)
  20. The NY Times gave them a nice review. Demure, Deadpan and Smutty, an Offshoot of Girl Power ‘Garfunkel and Oates,’ a Comic Female Duo on IFC By MIKE HALEAUG. 6, 2014 Garfunkel and Oates are Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, a pair of comedians, actresses and songwriters who bear a glancing physical likeness to Art Garfunkel (Ms. Lindhome is tall and blond) and John Oates (Ms. Micucci is short and dark haired). Naming their act — funny songs, stand-up, web videos and now a television show, “Garfunkel and Oates,” beginning Thursday on IFC — after a pair of famous supporti
  21. Uhhh, ohhh. I play golf, I seem to recently gained weight and I may or may not wear douchebag jeans (I don' know what that is exactly, so I am not sure about that one).
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