Anachronisms
You know there were some things out of place on Andy, like the coors beer truck, the train Barney came in on with Tina Andrews had never gone any where near North Carolina, a gold truck coming from Denver and heading to Fort Knox Ky. via way out of the way of Mayberry but as for other things like the medicine hawker, yes Wakipedia may say that the last was in 51 but I know for a fact we had one come through here in the early 70,s, at the same time we had a butter and egg man coming to the house and a company named jewel t that carried open accounts on items such as soaps and home good items going door to door on a weekly basis. My grandma and my aunt both had party lines, I remember as a kid staying all night at their homes and my brother and I lifting the receiever and playing spy listening to the conversations. It was also common see horses and buggies going down the roads in our town in fact we still have the law on the books saying that you can't tie your horse up on the main street on sundays. The point behind this post is just to point out while some towns may have been advanced at that time, not all were and weren't for sometime after the show even went off air. I live on the out skirts of Cincinnati and they had many advancements yet our small town didn't see them until the 70's. Outrageous! Sheer idiocy! I can't believe this is happening to me!! A public utility being tied up like this, You people are living in another world!!! This is the 20th century, don't you know that? The whole world is living in a desperate space age, Men are orbiting the earth, International television has been developed And here, a whole town is standing still because two old women's feet fall asleep I wonder what causes that Yes some of us were living in another world, and what I wouldn't give to have it back... Mike CJ Becker / Ernest T Bass where AMSOM is the http://amayberrystateofmind.com http://amayberrystateofmind.org _ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live Toolbar Today! http://get.live.com/toolbar/overview ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
anachronisms
Thought of another anachronism: the horse drawn milk cart.? Of course that was even presented as one. Dixon ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Anachronisms
Well, the Mayberry phone system may have been a little later than some others in converting to dial, just like my hometown up in central Virginia. When I came to NC in 1963 I made a collect call to let my parents know I had made it all right, so I picked up the phone and told the operator I needed to make a collect call, gave her the town, and the number which was 7-5. She said, 7-5 what? I said, that's itjust 7-5. She finally got the town and told the operator to dial 7-5 to which she got the reply, I can't dial it but I can ring it! So, she rang it, and I got thru! They were the good old days, where you had party lines with weird numbers like 32W11 and 48J2, etc. You could keep up with all the neighbors if you had a party line since it was open line to whoever was on that line! So, Andy was right on time with the phone operator and no dials on the phones! And, since this was a sit-com, or situation comedy, I guess they could have anybody do anything they wanted any way they wanted, as long as it was funny with a good story behind it! Pass the snake oil, I got a pain in my knee! Welford theCameraNuttt!! **Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare0003) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
No anachronisms in Mayberry
I know that there were still party lines in the 60s - my grandmother in Virginia had one. You had to listen for your specific ring. When you made a call you did not need seven digits. Also - side shows like Colonel Harvey are all over the place - have you been to New York City lately? Peggy Mayberry IS nice. We like it ourselves! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Anachronisms
I too am an anachronism as I would love to be back in the time of the 50s with its better values, etc. but then I'm not willing to give up all the modern conveniences like AC, microwaves, DVD players, computers.LOL! Not to argue, but I've found all thru my life that changes in small somewhat-isolated towns are made much slower and on a smaller scale. When I passed thru some areas like that in central Texas in the 60s, many were still living like Mayberry. I once read where the writers of TAGS were actually focused on presenting life as it may have been in the late 40s-early 50s but I can't remember the reason. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
