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  1. VERY popular.  What has sort of fallen out of favor are what I learned as "campers."  The ones you could dog down in the bed of a pickup. 
    Short Bed Truck Campers | Northern Lite 4-Season Truck Campers

     

    The tow behind the truck trailers I grew up calling "trailers" or maybe "travel trailers" or "camping trailers."  A "camper" was only the thing you mounted onto the bed of your pickup.  

    Also, while growing up, we made a couple of trips every year in our little "Teardrop Trailer" which could easily be towed by almost any passenger car.  Basic, basic.  Small bed for two, some inside cabinet/closet space,  Open up the back for the little kitchen.  Two burner stove, icebox, storage for pots, pans, utensils, and food storage.  Fold out, or maybe it was pull out, table for prep.  


    10 Best Teardrop Trailers of 2023 - Top Campers

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  2. 1 hour ago, Dapper Dave said:

    Not quite sure, did he say the pilot controls it with body movements, not with a stick or rudder controls? It certainly looks nifty!

     

    It has a "control column."

     

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    The Pou-du-Ciel, known in Britain as the ‘Flying Flea’, resulted from much experimentation by Frenchman Henri Mignet and was first exhibited at the Paris Air Show in 1934. After flying the first Flea for 10 hours, Mignet wrote a book with instructions and freehand drawings for potential Flea builders. The motorcycle engines used initially were not very satisfactory, so special powerplants were developed. The tiny cockpit contained a control column which moved backwards and forwards tilting the main wing on a pivot above the pilot's head for climbing or diving. Moving the stick sideways controlled the rudder.

     

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  3. 5 hours ago, watab kid said:

    what actually was that thathit her - not the ball , she caught that ,

     

    Dirt. Ball hit that lump of dirt the pitcher kicked up and sprayed it into the catchers face.

     

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  4. From what I've read, most did.   

     

    Now,

     

    19 minutes ago, Alpo said:

    You know, besides the rifle and or pistol that each Cowboy would have.

     

    well, that's a huge assumption. Average age of the  men on the drives was around 23 or 24.  Lots of teenagers,  and between a quarter and a third were black.   Neither demographic likely to have two firearms. Possibly not even one. Some trailbosses, not many, had their cowboys leave their firearms in the chuckwagon or supply wagon.  He'd have them draw them from there at his discretion.  

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  5. 38 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

    It’s funny, when I was a kid I liked slaw made with Miracle Whip and I think my Mom and Grandmothers put sugar in it too.

     

    Mom always made the clabbered evaporated milk dressing for slaw.  

     

    Miracle Whip is what we grew up with for sandwiches,  tuna salad,  and the like.  It used to be considerably less expensive than mayonnaise,  now they're about the same price.   

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  6. The first time I read "1984" I was in 6th grade.  In the scene where Winston Smith is talking with an old guy in a pub the old guy is complaining about the metric system,  and how it ruined drinking in the pub. Something like,  "A half litre isn't enough,  and a litre is too much.  Now a pint is just right."   Wait....a half litre is MORE than a pint!  So how could it be not enough.  Pulled out my big red Websters Dictionary and looked up weights and measures.   AH!  The English use bigger pints and quarts than we do!

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  7. On 5/31/2025 at 3:17 PM, Pat Riot said:

    Me too. But I like mine chunky and vinegary. Lots of mayo too. 

     

    I like it creamy, vinegary, and a bit sweet.   If you cut the mayonnaise with buttermilk and vinegar it's OK, but to my taste mayonnaise is not the way to go with slaw.  

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