Re: Actual towns mentioned on the show

2009-08-28 Thread blueridgebiker
Didn't Aunt Bee say she once lived in Morgantown, WV? There were other actual places mentioned too, but they are far away. You don't speak a word of South American. I do not know if Aunt Bee said she was from Morgantown, WVA. but I do know that Don Knotts is from Morgantown, WVA. It is a

Re: Out to the baseball field

2009-08-26 Thread blueridgebiker
To is used corectly here. You go out to a baseball field, you do not go at a base ballfield. What Chester said is a old saying or phrase from the old song, Take me out to the ballgame It is just a take off from that. I have Never Heard at used in place of to. not in person or on any tag

Re: (Mayberry moving around)

2009-08-26 Thread blueridgebiker
Mayberry or Mt. Airy is 143.12 miles from Reliegh, NC Mt. Airy Andy's home town is in the northern part of the state of NC. Go Hwy 52 north through Fancy Gap and you are in Cana, Va. Almost a stones throw away. I know cause I asked Hernest T. Bass. Mt. Pilot is the town that moved around a bit.

Re: Diced cream

2009-08-24 Thread blueridgebiker
If diced cream is ice-cream in squares then wouln'd a Clondike bar be the same thing ? I was just thinking, if how easy it is to think with this hear thinking bucket on my head. Tim in Salis-mayberry, NC ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

Re: Street scenes.

2009-08-05 Thread blueridgebiker
About rhe horn honking. It must be a compeltion. or maybe they are just saying Hi. They used to do that you know. Tim, resident of Mayberry. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: We don't all know this.

2009-07-31 Thread blueridgebiker
replying to your comment, what does county drawn mean ?? That is a new one on me. Do you mean a country draw ? I heard what Rafe said and think he drew out w e ee l l, Thats me. I thought the same thing but I know that they would never le the H word go out on the air in the 60's Heck, back then

Re: Phrase

2009-07-27 Thread blueridgebiker
Dashing is a English phrase, Not southern. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: Cast for new movie

2009-07-22 Thread blueridgebiker
I have not heard about any new movie in the works with Andy Griffith or Mayberry. But if it was a fact and I had any input thelists of acters cast I would use North Carolina's own Kelly Pickler to play Charlene. Kelly has the voice to sing counrty blue grass and the accent that is real and

Re: The Bus

2009-06-19 Thread blueridgebiker
I am not 100 % possitive but I think the Bus Bobby Fleet used was a Checker. This Comapany also made taxi cabs used in NY for years. Any other suggestions ? Moonshine Runner in NC. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Re: Favorite Expressions

2009-05-05 Thread blueridgebiker
My favorite is the expression Andy used several times to Barney. You beet all, you know that. And I sometimes use this in a e-mail. Well Bless Your Heart Barney used that on alot. I especially like the one Driscol Darlin used. Got time to breath, got time for music Opie, The cage looks so empty.

Barney's Gun, Rosco

2009-04-16 Thread blueridgebiker
Subject: Re: Barney's Gun, Rosco During the time period that TAGS was filmed, almost all Law Enforcement Officers in NC carried Smith Weason 38 cal. revolvers. One would not be hard to find . Any Law Enforcement equipment or gun store should have a belt and holster of the same type Deputy

Election tension

2008-10-24 Thread blueridgebiker
Please Keep this page non-partison. No dem plugs and no rep plugs. I am a Christian and Vote with the party and candidate that has Christian morals and values and I will leave it at that. Motorcycle riding Barn heading to check point chiki. Give them 35 and they will take 40.

Re: Mayberry David Quinn

2008-07-28 Thread blueridgebiker
Sheriff Taylor is the Sheriff if Mayberry and the Sheriff's is always in the County seat and the Court House and Jail is his office. Yes I agree that the Sheriff normally does not answer to the Mayor. They do not have a Police Dept because it is a small, small town, not a big city. Mt. Pilot was

Re: Mayberry

2008-07-26 Thread blueridgebiker
AS YOU ALL KNOW MAYBERRY IS A FICTICIOUS TOWN. The real comunity of Mayberry is in Va. bout 30 minutes away. This is the town Andy used to describe his childhood growing up in Mt. Airy, NC. sORRY bout the capitals, but the county seat had to be Mayberry cause that is where the court house and

Morgantown

2008-06-08 Thread blueridgebiker
Who is Jean Carson ?? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: A Happy Find

2008-03-20 Thread blueridgebiker
Hi, I am in Salisbury, close to Greensboro. Could you please make me a copy of that thar tape. I sure would appraciate it. Tim ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: Halloween Party in Mayberry

2007-10-11 Thread blueridgebiker
Ernest T. Bass as a Rock Singer ? Don't you mean, Ernest T. Bass as a Rock Slinger. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: Felling bad for Gomer

2007-08-08 Thread blueridgebiker
Gomer did not take any money for working on the business man's Lincoln Continental because Gomer considered it a privaledge to work on such a fine car which was unseen in a little town of Mayberry, NC. The man had a change of heart and said it was not running right just so Gomer would take it

Re: Barney was right

2007-06-26 Thread blueridgebiker
Barney as right about mountain folklore bout the rider on the white horse. But he rode in the Wrong direction..lol ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com

Re: City Hall

2007-06-09 Thread blueridgebiker
I thought that the City Hall or Mayor's Office was over the Court House. 2nd floor. In a small town it would not be uncommon to have city and county municipalities in the same bldg. Sheriff Taylor was the law in Mayberry and the entire county cause Mayberry was too small to have a city Police

Re: Floyd's Flavors.

2007-05-21 Thread blueridgebiker
High octane ethyl is nothing more than Premium gas, or High Test. I do not think you would want to drink it. With gas going up another .04 cents over the weekend, I wish I had Barney's old Army surplus Harley with the side car. It should be good for at least 60 miles per gallon. and with that

Re, Comfortable in our small town skin

2007-05-09 Thread blueridgebiker
Talking about when city folks come to a small town it is a bit of a culture shock and sets up some pretty good comedy. A Lot of Truth is Said in Jest. Who said that ? Calvin Coolidge ? Then who did say it. I just did. Weren't you-a listenin ? WHATS YUR HURRY ? Barn : I'm goin to go home.

Find Me a Man Like Goober video

2007-04-28 Thread blueridgebiker
That man at the end is long time member of the Grand Ole Opry, ( Little Jimmy Dickens ) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Good News.

2007-04-16 Thread blueridgebiker
Taxes are not due till April 17. This is because the 15 th is on Sun. And the 16 th,today is Emancipation Day in DC A little TAGS moment, ( Emancipation Proclemation ). Biker Fife ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Re: Statue

2007-04-07 Thread blueridgebiker
Ole Barn in the salt and pepper suit is better than no statue at all. Better yer, how about a statue of Deputy Barney Fife in a helmet, goggles, and leather jacket on a vintage Army surplus motorycle with a side car. BikerFife Speed, Speed, Speed

Favorite Quote

2007-03-26 Thread blueridgebiker
Barney: The quality of mercy is not strand. It dropeth as the gentle rain from heaven. BikerFife Tim in NCdreamin ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com

Favorite quotes

2007-03-26 Thread blueridgebiker
Andy: Where still holdn on ta Richmond. I wonder what causes that. Your a bird in this world. You beat all, you know that ? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Re: National potatoe week

2007-03-20 Thread blueridgebiker
About Roanoke Island, I think that is the Lost Colony. They have not been found yet. I guess cause Barney was not on the case. The first established sucessful colony was Jamestown. It is on the Va state tag. 400 th Anniversry, Jamestown 1607-2007. Yes NC has Roanoke Island now. Maybe Va thought

Re: Wallys

2007-03-17 Thread blueridgebiker
In those days the bay doors were just two sliding doors that met in the middle and they had windows at the top. At the top was mounted a metal track that had rollers attatched to the door. The overhead door had not yet been invented. That is how goob got cars into the shop. Mayberry dreamin in

Re: Advice Needed

2007-01-27 Thread blueridgebiker
If you want my opinion, I would have to say the best color episode is when Andy goes to a meeting in Raleigh to meet with a female attorney named Lee Drake and returns to Mayberry with a tan. Andy first said he rode back with the top down. Helen was steaming when she say the Lee was a beautiful

Re: Mayberry weather

2007-01-03 Thread blueridgebiker
Subject: Re: Mayberry weather I was once a Reserve Deputy Sheriff in NC and it was Dept. uniform policy that we had to wear long sleeves year round and yes it does get hot in NC. I worked the town of Faith, NC forth of July celebration when former Pres . Bush and his wife Barbara Bush came

Re: Choir Practice

2006-11-08 Thread blueridgebiker
Check to see if Gomer is back in town yet. I heard it from Floyd's Barbershop that Gomer is on furlough for the Holidays and can sing tenor for you Heck he can sing 11 or more songs if you let him. Tim, Maybery NC dreamin

Re : Mullet Festival

2006-10-17 Thread blueridgebiker
Mullet is a Fish caught in the Ocean. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

The Dillard's

2006-10-16 Thread blueridgebiker
Hey Kim, Do you have a schedule for the Dillard's so I will know where they are playing next ? Just to let everyone know that Ocean Isle Beach, NC will be having their annual Oyster Festival this coming weekend. They usually have beach bands, arts and crafts and a hole lot of oysters. umm,

Re: Cross Dressing Barn

2006-10-02 Thread blueridgebiker
I remember a episode where he dresses as a woman to catch a shop lifter, or was that a hunter with the hat with earmuffs ? Ohh Yea, Barn dressed as a woman to catch the horse gambling thugs.in Floyd's Barbershop. U-Turn Driver ___ WBMUTBB mailing

Re: Mr. Schwamp mystery

2006-10-01 Thread blueridgebiker
Mr. Schwamp is a mystery without end. Could it be that the untrained voice is trying to hide his true identity ? Is he indeed the unnamed mystery in Mayberry ? After all. We never did hear Mr. Schwamp sing now did we ? Makes you want to go. um. I think that Ole Sam is safe in

Drive Ins

2006-09-07 Thread blueridgebiker
I have wondered why drive in movie theaters was never used in the show. It is a very Big part of Americana, the 50's and the south. The Brightleaf drive in is still in business in Mt Airy, NC. If you are planning on attending Mayberry Days in Mt Airy you can call the drive in there at

Golden Rooster

2006-06-29 Thread blueridgebiker
Don't forget about the Snappy Lunch ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

MAYBERRY BIRTHDAY ..

2006-05-14 Thread blueridgebiker
- Original Message - From: blueridgebiker To: Shannon Huffman Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:26 PM Subject: Re: MAYBERRY BIRTHDAY .. Yes I do remember that one. The Mayor bought it for his wife and Andy traded his beloved lucky fishing rod Old Eagle Eye Annie for the blue jacket

aunt bee's 22nd birthday

2006-05-14 Thread blueridgebiker
- Original Message - From: blueridgebiker To: Marie Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:29 PM Subject: Re: aunt bee's 22nd birthday Thank you for straightening me out on that one. I do remember old eagle eye Annie. I thought the jacket was light blue ? I am glad to know that Birthdays

Birthdays

2006-05-13 Thread blueridgebiker
Does any of you trained noticers know about any episode that Opie's birthday was celabrated, or anyone ones birthday. I do not know of any. How odd. Barney ; A choir without its tenar is like a star without its gleamer. Nothing could be finer than to be in Mayberry, North Carolina .

Re: Barney's Physical

2006-05-08 Thread blueridgebiker
When Barney first became Deputy the state of NC did not have height and weight requirments. That came about later. Years later , late 70's I think they had to do away with the requirments again to allow woman which mostly were shorter and lighter that the requirments.

Re: What to do with DVD's without laugh tracks

2006-05-07 Thread blueridgebiker
Please, Just send them to me. I don't care for laugh tracks. The address is Tim F P.O. Box 547 Faith, NC 28041 I will even refund the postage. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com

Reply, Courthouse second floor

2006-04-23 Thread blueridgebiker
That is where the Mayors office was. The roof is where Deputy reserve Goober was on lookout duty and dropped his gun almost hitting Barney and Andy on the sidewalk delow. I do not know if this has already been answered but here is my 2 cents worth. Tim Foster NC

Re : Slits in shoes

2006-02-04 Thread blueridgebiker
Back in the day all men wore dress shoes with leather bottoms, or soles. If anyone has ever had a pair of these shoes you know that they are very slick on most floor surfaces and carpet. The only good traction is on concrete. A man would sometimes take a knife and cut slits across the bottom