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by "Buck" March 1, 2006 All of the recent talk in the comments section about old movies from our youth got me to thinking the other day. When I was young drive-ins were big deals back home. No I'm not that old—we just lived far enough back in the sticks that the cinema is still one of those new fangled fads. I remember the old Viking Drive-In near our school, but I never saw a movie there. It was torn down not long after I was old enough to notice….but I remember seeing the marquee advertising this flick.
I have no idea what the movie was about, but the title was arousing.
There was another movie I remember watching on TV. It was called "Smile." It had to be in the early 1970's and I never saw it again. However, it caused the hormones to flow in my young body. The plot of the movie had these guys taking peep shots through a window of a girls' locker room at a high school. The movie showed the girls undressing down to no more than their underwear—but man was that a 'nad pumper for a six year old kid. I'm almost certain my mother didn't see the movie. If she had, the TV would have been turned off, unplugged, and thrown into the yard. She was a little prudish in those days. These boys took the pictures, but were uneasy getting them developed at the local store because they knew the person developing the pictures would see them and they'd be busted. They were trying to get one of those state-of-the-art new fangled Polaroid Cameras, but were having problems. I don't remember much else about it.
This is an interesting journal I ran across on the net the other day. These guys did what we all dream of doing…bought a used school bus, patched it up, and had a cross country road trip filled with beer and babes. Oh to be able to make such a pilgrimage.
News from here at home, actually from Jeff's old stomping grounds. There have been three fires at abandoned buildings in the Dunbar area in recent days. They say now they are just a coincidence, but it has been a busy week for the boys at the Dunbar Fire Hall. By the way, has anyone seen Rocky?
On a similar topic, when I was in school there was a place called "Jasper". The area was sort of landlocked in the county. In order to get to the school from Jasper, you had to drive through another county. It could be done within the same county, but the road was winding and dangerous and took forever. By driving through another county, it was a four-lane highway. The outfit from Jasper, according to my dad, was a wild bunch. He told me when he was in high school, the Jasper bus arrived and moments later the sheriff's department showed up. Apparently somebody had thrown a burning notebook out the window and started a forest fire.
I recall being forced to watch Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" when I was in 8th grade civics class. I guess the next movie will be "Ms. Smith Goes to Washington" since Anna Nicole is trying to mine for gold in her late geezer husband's estate at the Supreme Court. I'm almost certain if THAT was required viewing in 8th grade I wouldn't have had as much trouble staying awake. I heard a clip on the radio yesterday in which she walked onto some award stage and said. "Do you like my body?" To which I would answer…. "Yes."
I write these updates every week and hope they are at least half-assed entertaining. I realize in recent days they haven't been, frankly because I'm in the midst of a super rut. That's a good thing if you're a DEER…since the rut is mating season. I however do not sport antlers and I realize this is probably painful for you to read. For that I apologize and slink off into the corner. You may abuse me at Moonshinebuck@yahoo.com
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