I've seen/held them all except the $100,000. (My dad was a high mucky-muck at a large bank and he took me in the vault with him to show me around. Guessing that probably wouldn't fly today)

I do believe the OP needs one of these..

Not to be "that way" but the OP is in western Virginia (Roanoke valley, the Star, Lynchburg, Christiansburg etc.) and the New River and Coopers Rock are in West Virginia. In "eastern" VA there's Mabry's Mill and in West Virginia there's Babcock SP Grist Mill. Western Virginia is a nice area (the wife is from there) I'm from the "County Roads" side (I'm actually related to the first permanent resident of the state). That being said, lots o' photo ops in both places.

I also note that they didn't mention having a loose rope to start the lawnmower. My son in law with his new electric mower looked at me like I had 3 heads when I told him about the evolution of mower starting. I swear he didn't believe me over crank starting.

Ditto, but every once in a while there were these "bigger" (IIRC green) bottles we'd could get a nickel for.

Got that right.

Sometimes I was the “chicken guy” when I wasn’t on the grill. As for being a taster, if we had a real, real good night the one manager would have us cook a bag and make some fries and as soon as we closed we’d chow down before cleaning up. Full disclosure, it only happened once or twice. I’m sure if corporate knew they’d have stroked out.

In the mid 70's I had a second job at a McDonalds that was a test market for fried chicken (bone in type, not the nuggets). The chicken was actually pretty good. Probably cook time, amount of chicken that one could cook and having to have a pressure cooker k**led the idea. I tried to stay clear of the "McPressure" cooker knowing how well the ice cream worked.

I had a lecturer at school that at one time worked for National Geographic and he said that he'd shoot (IIRC correctly) 20 rolls of film on an assignment and they "informed" him to shoot more.

Mike was a really funny guy that could think fast for a "zinger" when the occasion arose. After their spashdown they were greeted by President Nixon and he mentioned that by travelling in space Frank Borman said they could be (technically) younger and Nixon asked if they felt any younger. Mike quipped, "we're all younger than Frank Borman." In the summers he would go out with the neighborhood kids and teach them about the stars and celestial navigation. At times it would morph into survival training mode and he'd tell them which bugs were safe to eat seeing he'd been to survival school.
Sure miss the guy. We've chatted about everything from painting, to roses, to the virtues of driving a VW bug. He was a great writer. If you're interested (and it's pushing it to put on your this years Christmas list) read Carrying the Fire, it's a classic.

Century old? Uh, ours was built in 1968. Plumb and square were optional that year, plus the added bonus of aluminum wiring. But it's a keeper.

It's been ages (and I'm too lazy to even think about looking it up) is that FP4? I wonder how many youngins would even know sheet film what those notches were/are for and how it was processed. Not to mention 2 sheets per holder unless you had one of those snazzy Graphmatic film holders so you could have a "six shooter."

That there is some fine turkey carvin'...

My wife had Homer's brother as a high school teacher in Virginia. (Boy was she amazed when she found out his brother) My father played high school football against Ted Cassidy (Lurch). My claim to fame is being related to Morgan Morgan.

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