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Today's Topics:
1. Mayberry population ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2. Floyd's Finances (Jeff Krentz)
3. Floyd's Barbershop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4. Re: WBMUTBB digest, Vol 1 #287 - 18 msgs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
5. famine and pestilence and whatknot (Jeff Krentz)
6. Welcome back ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
7. RE: Howard's investment (K.D.)
8. Opies Pajamas ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
9. Re: TV Guide Voting (Jim Hady)
10. trivia time (Paul Mulik)
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Message: 1
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:26:51 -0400
Subject: Mayberry population
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On the statue episode yesterday, Howard says Mayberry is a town of 1800
vs. Mt. Pilot, up in the 30,000s (I think). Boy, the population of our
hometown seemed to change from season to season; just another discrepancy
that makes it all the more interesting!
Aunt Bee of Orlando
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Message: 2
From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Floyd's Finances
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:29:14 -0400
Organization: Hardly Any, Really
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 01:36:57 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
>At his age, his house is probably paid for. He is a widower (from season 3
>onward) so he doesn't have to budget money for his wife's clothes. He does
>have at least two children, but by this time the oldest one (saxophone
>player seen in "Those Gossipin' Men") is probably out on his own, with his
>own job. Where does all Floyd's money go?
Hey Paul
I've been studyin' on that subject myself and I think I got her if she
don't jump. I think Floyd's monetary problems stemmed from the fact
that nobody ever actually paid him for those haircuts.
Other than the Bookie Barber episode, it was rare to see money changing
hands or that register "playing Floyd's song." Everybody from Andy,
Barney, Opie and various mayors would simply rise from the chair after
the sheet was pulled off and amble out of the building without making
even a reach for their pockets.
Floyd complained when Jim Lindsey ran a tab, but was too polite to
mention it to the folks that lived in town, figgered that they'd get
around to paying up eventually I guess.
Jeff Krentz -BigHead in Dee-Troit
(O'Malley says "I've got the magazines to swing it!")
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Message: 3
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:44:30 EDT
Subject: Floyd's Barbershop
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I believe that Howard was making a little more than the 5% on his investment
of Floyd's Barbershop. He was subletting it to somebody else with or without
Floyd's knowledge; I don't know. I saw Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in there on
the 'Star Trek' episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever.' I don't know if
this other renter was Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) the social worker or
someone else. Kirk and Edith even walk past the outside of Floyd's
Barbershop. 'Floyd's Barbershop' aired on February 13, 1967 whereas 'The City
on the Edge of Forever' aired on April 6, 1967. Apparently, Howard found
another tenant still during Floyd's tenure but before Emmett moved in.I am
sorry that Edith had to die but Earth's history and therefore Mayberry's
history would have changed for the worse. In reality, Forty Acres was razed
in 1977. That's was a shame too.
"Yeah, they have some very interesting prognostications in there. I get a big
bang out of them." - Howard Sprague
Brian Rodahaver
Stevensville, Maryland
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Message: 4
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:45:52 EDT
Subject: Re: WBMUTBB digest, Vol 1 #287 - 18 msgs
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In re Howard's investment, the $65 isn't profit but the gross monthly rent.
The annual total of $780 is actually 105% of his investment, assuming he's
making a 5% return and he's factoring in all his costs, including debt
payments, taxes, etc. , which would be $743 ($780 divided by 105%).
Therefore, Howard's profit for the first year would be only $37.
In re Floyd's income from the barber shop, one TAG fan estimated Floyd's
income at $25,000 (900 monthly customers at $1.75 each plus ancillary sales
and tips). This is way yonder too high for two reasons. First , the $25,000
refers only to revenues and is not net of business expenses, such as rent,
utilities, taxes, insurance,supplies, etc.
Secondly, Floyd doesn't have the capacity to handle 900 customers in a month.
Barber shops are open five days a week (closed on Sundays and Mondays).
This means that Floyd has, on the average, 22 days monthly to work. Assuming
he works an eight hour day, he would have to cut 41 heads a day or over five
an hour to reach 900 customers a month. Given the temperament of Floyd, I
doubt he could cut any man's hair in less than twenty minutes. Maybe,
therefore, he could cut two or three heads an hour, which means about 20 a
day or 440 monthly customers. His monthly revenue from haircuts would be
$770 (440 x $1.75) and sales from other items including tips might be another
$400. At this monthly rate, Floyd's Barbershop would gross $14,040 annually
before expenses. Very likely, he cleared about $8,000 to 9,000 a year.
While not anywhere near the wealth of Charlie O'Malley or even Ben Weaver, he
and his family lived comfortably by Mayberry standards of forty years ago.
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Message: 5
From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: famine and pestilence and whatknot
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:40:33 -0400
Organization: Hardly Any, Really
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Only true fans and members can fully appreciate this thread. Other people
> just talk about things like famine and pestilence. BORING!
Hey Chip
Being true fans we don't bother with famine because the diner is almost
always open. We also know that there's no sense discussing the other
matter as if something is truly a pestilence "IT WILL FIND YOU"
Jeff Krentz -BigHead in Dee-Troit
(O'Malley says "Got time to breathe, got time for music")
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Message: 6
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Welcome back
A big welcome back to my daughter Tammy , who has been busy with my 2
adorable grandaughters. With the 3 year old watching, we are now a 3
generation of TAGS watchers.
Aunt Bee 2 (Ruth from Oregon)
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:45:55 -0500
From: "K.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Howard's investment
>
Ya...er...uh....HUH??????? :-)
"Flora"
>
> From: Don Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> that translates to the following equation: 780 = .05X
> Solving for X (which represents Howard's investment), X = $15,600. That's
> according to my slide rule (and it's a gooooood machine).Don Good
> ("two and two make...." what was that again?)
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Message: 8
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:03:12 EDT
Subject: Opies Pajamas
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Part of the pattern on his pajamas are sombreros. I have a still photo of
him hugging Aunt Bee and there are definitely sombreros and looks like little
people wearing sombreros riding on burros. If y'all have the "Act Like
Somebody" book it is in the front part of this book. (By the way, you can
purchase this book on-line at Weavers. I highly recommend it)
Bye 4 now;
Keith O.
"That's Salmon, Goob. And they swim upstream."
"As long as he learns the reason they're swimming."
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:32:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Hady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV Guide Voting
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just voted, and here's the top results as of 8:40
PM:
(there are more shows listed below Cheers on the
voting site.
Jim Hady
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 16381 22%
Bonanza 15315 21%
The X-Files 5820 8%
Seinfeld 4419 6%
The Simpsons 4341 6%
M*A*S*H 2749 4%
Friends 2732 4%
I Love Lucy 2375 3%
Star Trek: The Next Generation 2009 3%
The Andy Griffith Show 1808 2%
60 Minutes 1694 2%
Cheers 1136 2%
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Jim Hady
East Tennessee
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:02:24 -0500
From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trivia time
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A couple of weeks ago, I asked the following trivia question: Which female
cast member once dated Bobby Diamond (Evan Hendricks, son of the butter and
egg man)?
Nobody even took a guess, so I'm declaring you all officially stumped. The
correct answer is Teri Garr, who appears very briefly in one TAGS episode:
"The Wedding."
I learned this little tidbit while watching an old episode (c. 1971-1972) of
"Celebrity Dating Game" on the Game Show Network. Teri was the contestant,
and Bobby was one of the three bachelors. She didn't pick him, but it was
revealed that they had dated in the past. They also stated he was a
champion gymnast. I don't recall what competition he'd won to become a
champion.
--Paul
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