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[Midnight Rider]

We went through Selma during the marches in 1965. Dad just finished flight school at Fort Rucker and was on his way to Vietnam. Dad was bringing the family back to California so Mom could be close to her family. Traveling was interesting...Selma- Mom saying to us girls don't stare out the window look straight ahead until we get out of town.
All across the USA- Gas stations refusing to fill the car, Dad having to show his military ID telling them he was trying to get us home and he was on his way to Vietnam, just so we could get gas...we had Alabama license plates on the car.
LA California area...had to hide our car in Aunt and Uncles garage (Alabama plates again). Got up to Santa Cruz CA and everything was OK because it was all about "Peace" & "Love"
Memories of living in the 60's
 
 Your new building looks nice Terry. Are you sure it is going to be big enough?   

Reckon?    Alabama, in general, got a lot of bad press back then...some of it well deserved, some of it not.  "The Bridge" in Selma is a big deal though, and there is a "reinactment" of that whole thing each year there.  Birmingham had an ahole for a mayor (Bull Conner) in those days, thus the firehoses, dogs, etc.  In reality, it depended on where you lived in Alabama...even parts of B'ham were very different in those days than what was depicted, and some of the trouble here was imported from outside the immediate B'ham area.  George Wallace hated B'ham and North Alabama in general because he was not supported as well around here as in South Alabama.  In fact, when the interstate system was being built in Alabama, all of them got to B'ham and just stopped.  I personally was raised differently, mostly due to my Grandfather owning a service station (remember when you actually got SERVICE at a gas station?) in a predominately black part of the B'ham area...not that he was perfect either, but I just never had some of the extreme bigotry prevalent in some parts of the city.  I worked there in the summer, pumping gas, cleaning windshields, checking oil, fixing flats, even when I was only 12-13 years old.  One of the best mechanics I've ever known was a young black man my grandfather had working there...he was like family, and I respected him a great deal.  Then my High School was intergrated in '65, when I started my Freshman year, and I never had any issues getting along with whoever, but there were a lot of kids who felt differently about it.  It was then that I realized I was different than most of my peers, for whatever reason, and embraced the whole "hippie" thing way earlier than most folks around here.  I was a bit of a fish out of water...still am, for that matter.  I would probably fit in better on the West Coast, but that'll never happen at this point in time, so I am just very selective in who I get close to, as most folks don't really want to hear what I have to say on many subjects, so I've learned to keep my mouth shut...well, most of the time.        The University of Alabama was THE place to be in the very late 60's through about '77...lots of political activism, for here, and some damn good times.

[sadunbar]

Reckon?    Alabama, in general, got a lot of bad press back then...some of it well deserved, some of it not.  "The Bridge" in Selma is a big deal though, and there is a "reinactment" of that whole thing each year there.  Birmingham had an ahole for a mayor (Bull Conner) in those days, thus the firehoses, dogs, etc.  In reality, it depended on where you lived in Alabama...even parts of B'ham were very different in those days than what was depicted, and some of the trouble here was imported from outside the immediate B'ham area.  George Wallace hated B'ham and North Alabama in general because he was not supported as well around here as in South Alabama.  In fact, when the interstate system was being built in Alabama, all of them got to B'ham and just stopped.  I personally was raised differently, mostly due to my Grandfather owning a service station (remember when you actually got SERVICE at a gas station?) in a predominately black part of the B'ham area...not that he was perfect either, but I just never had some of the extreme bigotry prevalent in some parts of the city.  I worked there in the summer, pumping gas, cleaning windshields, checking oil, fixing flats, even when I was only 12-13 years old.  One of the best mechanics I've ever known was a young black man my grandfather had working there...he was like family, and I respected him a great deal.  Then my High School was intergrated in '65, when I started my Freshman year, and I never had any issues getting along with whoever, but there were a lot of kids who felt differently about it.  It was then that I realized I was different than most of my peers, for whatever reason, and embraced the whole "hippie" thing way earlier than most folks around here.  I was a bit of a fish out of water...still am, for that matter.  I would probably fit in better on the West Coast, but that'll never happen at this point in time, so I am just very selective in who I get close to, as most folks don't really want to hear what I have to say on many subjects, so I've learned to keep my mouth shut...well, most of the time.      The University of Alabama was THE place to be in the very late 60's through about '77...lots of political activism, for here, and some damn good times.

One of the finest people I know, and a very good friend of mine is John Doar.  John spent a good piece of his career in Mississippi and Alabama during the Civil Rights era...  I've spent many hours listening to John speak of those days...

For those who may be interested...

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/trialheroes/doaressay.html
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/JohnDoar1.pdf

[dlaws01]

Alabama is OK in my book. I have many friends that live there and I'm proud to have AL as a neighboring state to Tennessee.  Welcome to the south!

[cvobiker]

Nice Shed     what size are you allowed to place un-permitted??? down here in my world we can only have 124 SQ feet un-permitted, anything larger requires a $2,500-$3,000 fee and i know many folks that learned this the hard way after the fact, including myself.    
I have a 10 x 12 in my back yard and about a year after placing, i got a visit from local city inspector.   My shed is legal size BUT It was placed within 3' from back and side fences.. I get a visit from a city Inspector due to a neighbor complaint and he informs me clearance from side property line must be 5' and i have 48 hrs. to move it or daily fines kicks in.... WTF.   The same inspector discovered i had Harleys in my garage, he has Harleys too and we quickly befriended.. (we still ride together to this day) Needles to say, my new friend was over the next evening helping me move the shed. He brought over 3- 3inch x 10 ft steel pipes and one of those 4x4 jeep jacks..  He rigged up a steel cross bace bolted to both ends of one side of the shed, jacked one end up, placed two poles under and started rolling the shed while feeding the 3rd pole at the beginning.  Shed was moved within an easy half hour..  I sware,, a harley is the best thing for any pack pocket  and a 12 Pack of Rolling Rock helps too  

I found out latter the neighbor behind me made the complaint. I used to be heavy into Nitro Powered RC cars, the Shed was my hobby shed to build and tune my cars.  I guess this neighbor was angry about the noise from my cars.    ..   After i got the shed moved i bought a couple 1/5th gas power cars, the ones with the chain saw motors.      revenge can be fun sometimes     

[Chains]

Terry,

Nice shed.  Went back and re read all the captions, I firtt thought you had bought Tara and were starting a new family, once I re read I saw Judy's place, nice.

I was thinking all weekend about how many kids you would have to have to fill Tara.

 

[Midnight Rider]

Terry,

Nice shed.  Went back and re read all the captions, I firtst thought you had bought Tara and were starting a new family, once I re read I saw Judy's place, nice.

I was thinking all weekend about how many kids you would have to have to fill Tara.

 

That is a very frightening thought, especially since I don't have kids at all.  6 dogs and a bird are enough   

Filled a 16' Budget truck up Monday evening and drove down Tuesday AM and unloaded it all.  All packed boxes and other things that don't fit well into boxes.  1st phase.  Mid July will be second phase...a friend's pickup truck and open trailer will haul all the lawnmowers, weedeaters, grill, and whatever else we can fit on there that the two of us can handle.  Then the big furniture at the end of July will be moved by a moving company yet to be chosen.  It'll take 3 months to get everything reorgainized after that, with Maggie Valley thrown in there.

[miker]

Best of luck to you both!