Dennis H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Still see lightning bugs in wet areas (like White > Rock Lake) and in neighborhoods after wet springs > and summers. Not as many as in yesteryear > though! > > Anyone ever call dragonflies "medicine doctors"? > They were considered good luck if they landed on > your fishing pole.by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
bug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Several years ago when we had that wet spring and > summer there were tons in Old East Dallas. > This year have seen quite few in the backyard. > > We have a couple of garden ponds full of mosquito > fish and there are toads as well, > not too long the ponds will be teaming with > tadpoles. &gby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
I don't remember Cardee's. However, the listing of all those restaurants complete with photographs is wonderful. Lots of them I do remember, and some were wonderful places, now unfortunately long gone. Others were also great, but have evolved so that they no longer are as good (in some cases no good at all). And some were important to the history of the city. Thanks for showing us this.by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
matthew stephenson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember two "huge" snowfalls while growing up > in Dallas: the first was the big snow in the > winter of '62-'63 (was it Jan or Feb '63?), the > other occurred in Dec. '72. Can't recall exact > dates. Look at my posts above for NOAA information on snow events and records of snoby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
ratfink23T Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did the Ross Avenue Sears store have murals on > some of the main floor walls? It is possible that > this is a false memory. Its happened to me > before! > > Dave Lewisby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whatever happened to them? > > The sky used to be full of them in the Summer. > I live in North Richland Hills and haven't seen > one in years. Insistence by property owners on manicured type landscaping and pesticides. Bugs have to have habitat and a non-toxic environment.by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
NativeDallasGal Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the early 60's, it seemed we had an annual snow > several years in a row. One year, the snow > drifts were so unusually deep (for Dallas) that > it completely covered our picnic table. My > brother and I built a cave in the snow. Mother > would take our cotton gloves and dry them outby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
Fred Ragsdale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > By the way, who was the person who came out with > the record about the J.F. Kennedy family? He had > the accent down perfectly. > ************************************************** > ****** > Vaughn Meter (sp?) I believe I still have the LP > of that... somewhere. It was a hilarious spoby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
SHABOO Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I meant "recollection" not "recolection". Believe > me, I do have a college education. And I meant to > use "now" instead of "not" when talking about what > is currently in that space. I guess I was just > too excited! You can edit your posts. I have not seby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
My mother watched Lawrence Welk every Saturday. Sometimes as I was getting ready to go out, a Manneschevits wine commercial would be on. "Wine from Manneschevits tastes like grapes right off the vine........... ."by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
altozwei Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, indeed. By "grill" I meant flat grill, > otherwise known as griddle. If the bun isn't > greasy. it wasn't done properly. :- ) > I do enjoy onion on my burger but good onions, > like really good tomatoes, can be hard to find. If > grilled onions are an option, I'll always choose >by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
altozwei Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A few years back, McDonalds had a special "Texas > Style" burger on their menu for a limited time. It > came with lettuce, tomato, pickle and mustard, no > mayo. I've seen burgers offered with a fried egg > on top, but only recently and only in froo-froo > "gourmet" burger placesby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pale dry Grand Prize- I think they sponsored part > of the wrestling matches. > > Remember Fearless Fosdick's Wildroot Cream-Oil > commercials? > > You better get Wildroot Crea-Oil Charlie... Bryl Cream, A little dab'l do ya, Bryl Cream, You'll look so debonair, Bryl Cream, ......... The girlby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember listening to radio before we had a TV. > > I was little but I still remember some of the > shows. > > Cornbread Matinee was a local afternoon hillbilly > show hosted by Johnny Hicks. > > Gangbusters > Mr District Attorney > Lone Ranger > Ma Perkins > Stella Dalby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
sharkins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > nikefreeway, nobody wants to read your cryptic > spam garbage. And yes, your post has been > reported. FWIW Sharkins, the spam is from automated programs. They never read the phorum. They are just scattershooting. Mostly it is not even to sell anything, but to create havoc on computers by contaminatingby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
jgoodman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Remember the cigarette commercials? Sure you do. > You know the Marlboro Man succumbed to lung cancer > as well as the district atty. on Perry Mason. > Anyway, there was this advertisement showing a > studly guy with a cigarette dangling from his lips > ascending a staircase out of a great plum of sby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Coke Stevenson. He lost to Landslide Lyndon in > 1948 by 87 votes-all of them voted from beyond the > grave. You are correct, Stevenson, not Stevens. The story is much more complicated, actually. The Cato biography of LBJ, and most others as well, detail the relationship between Stevenson and George Parr,by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some of my favorites. > > From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters > > > Bucky Beaver > Jax Beer had crazy commercials, including a series about a bald woman who evidently had great sex appeal. Too bad the beer was so bad.by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MWT Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Dale Milford had the magnet thunderstorm > symbols > > that would flash when he put on the map for the > TV > > weather report. Very high tech back then. Who > was > > the weatherman for channel 5 atby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Letta's Cafe in Fort Worth was ran by an old 80 > year old woman. She had a big lunch crowd and she > ruled with an iron hand. > > If somebody ordered a hamburger with complicated > instructions like cut the tomato and onion and > both mustard and mayonaise she was likely to run > them off. &by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
ratfink23T Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder how many people have been killed as a > result of arguments over proper chili? > > Dave Lewis Frank Tolbert and another author he called "Soupy" something or other, who together initiated the "Chili Appreciation Society, International," made a lot of money from their argumby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
ratfink23T Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought you folks might enjoy this.... > > A few years ago on a food show on TV they were > talking about hamburgers. They said that in New > York City a Texas Burger was a hamburger with a > fried egg on top. > > I don't know about the rest of you but if I was > served a hamburgeby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
jgoodman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > O.M. from D. There is a place up in Wisconsin or > Illinois that puts together an "all beef" chili in > a can....of course from the North it has beans in > it. It's supposed to be good. I saw it on the > Travel Channel(Man vs. Food) last year. Do you > remember the brick chili from the 50sby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
MWT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dale Milford had the magnet thunderstorm symbols > that would flash when he put on the map for the TV > weather report. Very high tech back then. Who was > the weatherman for channel 5 at that time? I > forget his name.... I don't know, back in the fifties and early sixties I always watched the local newsby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I barely remember Tatos. I rememebr Frito's Chili. > It was good. I still make Frito's chili pies. > > When i was a kid I passed by a hamburger joint on > the way home from school that made Frito's chili > pies. I would save my lunch money and stop on the > way home and eat one. My understandinby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
jgoodman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gordon McClendon had a place out at Lake Dallas. > It was "Cielo".In the late 60s/early 70s I was > told that some wild drug-fueled orgies went on out > there. In fact, I believe my source was either a > Lake Dallas policeman or a Denton Co. deputy. > Supposedly the lakes edge in that areaby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I barely remember Tatos. I rememebr Frito's Chili. > It was good. I still make Frito's chili pies. > > When i was a kid I passed by a hamburger joint on > the way home from school that made Frito's chili > pies. I would save my lunch money and stop on the > way home and eat one. > > Sideby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
Once bought a scarf at the Orchid Shop as a Hannakuh present for a girl I dated. She said it was a Christmas present, because I wasn't Jewish. I thought it was a Hannakuh present because she was Jewish. We actually had a spat about it. Silly kids. But, we didn't fight long, just drifted apart for other reasons.by old man from dallas - DHS Archives
Mr. Chuck, bottle clubs were common back in the day, when all of Texas was under no liquor by the drink law. In some of the bars, one took the bottle in for each visit, and kept it on the table. Then a person could order the mixer of choice, and add the liquor oneself. In others, the bottle was kept in a locker and the bartender mixed the drinks as you described. Typically, the club would posby old man from dallas - DHS Archives
Wayne Pritchett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Dale Milford (February 18, 1926 – December 26, > 1997) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. > > He was born in Bug Tussle, Texas, and attended its > public schools, then Baylor University in Waco > from 1953 to 1957. He served in the United States > Army from 1944 to 1953, attainiby old man from dallas - DHS Archives