A Walk Down Memory Lane...

Seeing this picture on the internet brought back quite a few memories of early grade school.

 

These small packs of 'Blue Horse Filler Paper' were sold at our elementary school store - a place were you could buy last minute school supplies prior to the start of the school day. Pencils were .03 cents apiece(or 2 for .05 cents)and a pack of filler paper like the one pictured above sold for a mere nickel. As I remember the 5 cent pack consisted only of a dozen sheets or so but it was enough to get you through the school day with a few sheets to spare. The 'Blue Horses' could also be saved and redeemed for gifts via the mail.

We Miss You...

Even 20 years later, the loss does not get any easier. We love you, Mom.

 

Mary Alice Loftis

June 6th, 1931 - April 21, 1993

'Ship My Pants'

lol...don't think this K-Mart commercial would have been allowed to air back in the 70's.

I Love Atlanta...

 

The Atlanta Skyline may have changed a great deal over the decades, but 'The Varsity' and it's fine food remains the same.

Spring Is Finally In The Air...

 

Do You Like To Sketch?

Blizzard Of '93

Twenty years ago this week, the east coast of the United States was hit with what many still consider today to be 'The Storm Of The Century'. In Atlanta the rain changed over to snow at around 5AM on that Saturday morning and by early afternoon anywhere from 5 to 10 inches had fallen depending on your location within the metro area. High winds and blizzard like conditions made for impossible driving conditions with snow drifts of up to 3 feet deep in some places. Many residents lost power during the height of the storm. In some areas of Atlanta and North Georgia, the power was out for several days.

The picture above was taken late Saturday afternoon after the snowfall had ended. It was taken just outside my front door at the apartment complex that I lived in at the time in Norcross, Georgia. As you can see from the above graph, Northwest Georgia received some of the heaviest snow amounts in the state with as much as 15 to 20 inches.

Memories...

Seeing these pictures brought back memories of living in Southeast Atlanta in the late 60's and 70's.

The bus pictured above was replaced with this new GM style of buses following the creation of 'MARTA' in the early 70's. and now 40 years later...

Midtown Atlanta Painting

Painting by local artist Bobby Strickland.

The 'New' Midtown Atlanta...

Man Slaps Baby On Plane

(CNN) -- An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight is now out of a job. Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, was charged with assaulting a minor in the February 8 incident. His company, which initially suspended him, said Sunday that Hundley no longer has his job. As the plane began its descent into Atlanta, the boy began to cry because of the altitude change and his mother tried to soothe him. Then Hundley, who was seated next to the mother and son, allegedly told her to "shut that (N-word) baby up." Hundley then turned around and slapped the child in the face with an open hand, which caused him to scream even louder, an FBI affidavit said. The boy suffered a scratch below his right eye. Other passengers on the plane assisted Bennett, and one of them heard the slur and witnessed the alleged assault, the affidavit said. Hundley's attorney said that even if her client did use the slur, it does not make him a racist. Yea Right

# 1 Song - 50 years ago today...

'Hey Paula' The duo released two regular albums and a Christmas-themed album after the success of "Hey Paula", which charted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the entire month of February 1963. Their follow-up, "Young Lovers," reached #6 on the Billboard chart later in the same year. via - Wikipedia

MONOPOLY - The 'IRON' Is Out and the 'CAT' Is In...

As a kid. I always wanted to be the 'Car' or the 'Ship' when playing Monopoly. As a adult my favorite pieces were the 'Shoe' and the 'Wheelbarrow'

2013 Super Bowl Ad - 'So God Made A Farmer'

The late Paul Harvey's voice in the Ram Truck commercial.

Superbowl Ad - Coke (1979)

One of my favorite Super Bowl ads. This one is from 'Coca-Cola' and aired in January of 1979.

Strong Sales for Ford, GM, and Chrysler in January.

The big three domestic automakers saw big gains in sales in January as compared to he same period a year ago.

Ford Motor Company saw it sales jump by nearly 22% while GM and Chrysler saw their sales climb by around 16%. Ford's sales of 166,051 vehicles in January capped its best January since 2006. The company said car sales rose 34 percent, SUV sales jumped 23 percent and truck sales were up 11 percent over the same month in 2012.

GM said its retail sales soared 24 percent over January 2012, while fleet sales fell by 2 percent. Buick brand sales soared by 31.9 percent in January, aided by strong sales of the Enclave. Cadillac brand sales also jumped 47 percent; Chevrolet sales rose 10.9 percent and GMC sales increased 23.4 percent.

Chrysler said its compact Dodge Dart sold 7,154 units in January, up 17 percent over the previous month and marked the Dart's best sales month since its launch in June 2012. Dodge Avenger, Dodge Challenger, Fiat 500, Chrysler 200 and the Jeep Patriot all set sales records for the month of January. From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130201/AUTO01/302010386#ixzz2Jf6JiW61