If you dream it,,,do it!!!!
I dont know if anyone seen the movie Oct. Sky....The story of Homer Hickam and his life living in West Virginia...To me that was a powerfull movie,,and the story it told..
In spring of 2007,,,It came on again and I said to myself,,I'm gonna go see that place,,,damnit,,I'm gonna go there ...I searched and called people and finally someone in Williamson WV gave me the # to call Mr. Red Carrol ,, he is Jimmy ODells father from the book,,movie,,and I called,,and sure enough it was Mr. Carrol...I asked him if he didnt care if I could come down there in Sept. when I had a weekend off to talk with him,,and tell me about his life and about the story of the rocket boys....He said,,call me when you get down here...I was thinkin to myself,,he prob. wont think I'll come,,but I did,,and called....We meet at the Corner Store in Coalwood,,his wife drove him there to meet me....I talked with his wife for awhile and she was comfortable with him going with me for a day so we took off......And the story as the history of Coalwood comes..
He took me to the place where Homer and his friends launched their rockets...He told me how the people was so proud of him..He was a kid with big dreams,,and they come true.....
This one pic. of him,,,,with his books of Coalwood,,and the picture album of him in the days.....Told me they had a baseball team that played against the Cinncy Reds so many years ago back in the 1940's...But Mr. Carrol......this old wonderfull man............He said something I'll never forget............
He said his wife was worried about meeting people and might get robbed,,,and he said,,,Jess,,,I wasnt worried about you as soon as I heard your voice,,but he said if someone was to meet me,,and knock me in the head to die,,I'll write I Love You God in the dirt before I die.....
Sept. 1 of 2007....What a wonderfull day to spend with a man,,,a living history...To hear the stories,,,the words of how life was back then......I'll never forget it.............
Thank you,,and I'm glad you and others enjoyed...
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Downtown Lady
Stipes, that was a really great story -- thank you for sharing it.
On a side note, while I appreciate the need for good punctuation, it would be nice if people cared half as much about courtesy as they do about punctuation. Fully 21 of the 24 responses following the original post are about punctuation, with not so much as a reference to Stipes' post, save for those comments about how hard the post is to read. [[I have to question the reading comprehension skills of anyone who can't understand a paragraph because of the ellipses.)
There is such a thing as a brief threadjack, and then there is such a thing as complete rudeness to the original poster.
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Originally Posted by
Downtown Lady
Stipes, that was a really great story -- thank you for sharing it.
On a side note, while I appreciate the need for good punctuation, it would be nice if people cared half as much about courtesy as they do about punctuation. Fully 21 of the 24 responses following the original post are about punctuation, with not so much as a reference to Stipes' post, save for those comments about how hard the post is to read. [[I have to question the reading comprehension skills of anyone who can't understand a paragraph because of the ellipses.)
There is such a thing as a brief threadjack, and then there is such a thing as complete rudeness to the original poster.
I'm no english major, math was, is my thing, but I'm just a old country boy that grew up in the south and seen more beautiful places of this USA that people would dream of. I been blessed in my life.
All I wanted to do is share my day and tell the story in my eyes..I love sharing what I see tru my eyes as Lowell does tru his.
I always love and enjoy his, and everyones pics. they post...I know people see things diffrent tru their eyes,tru pics. and words,,but what I wanted is for someone to enjoy,,not a tounge lashing about how I write.
What really hurt me was the post about Jeff in the connect section. I know it's hard to expalne to people, but seems like not to many people understood,,and I'm sorry,,I didnt mean to offend anyone. I spoke what was on my mind,,I wasnt drunk as someone said, that hurt.. just miss the man.....
Someone posted they missed the old days,,I do too. Alot of joking and cutting up, but now,,seems like you post something someone has something bad to say about what you write. Cruel, and why alot have left...
Me,I'll post on my pics. on other sites for others to enjoy the world I seen, but never here no more.I'll keep lookin at Lowells beautiful pics. but I have nothing to share anymore....