Re: Mayor Stoner on Star Trek: Voyager

[Richard Lee]

I was interested to see Mayor Stoner (Parley Baer) in the Delta Quadrant on the 
1996 episode of Star Trek: Voyager entitled "Sacred Ground." Mayberry folk are 
liable to turn up anywhere.
Richard Sargent






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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16

[Richard Lee]

From: WBMUTBB  on behalf of 
wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com 
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:00 PM
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Subject: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16



Andy tells Opie not to pull horsehairs out of the lapel on his suit jacket.
What is that about? Thanks


According to The Horsehair Jacket Canvas -Tailoring – A Hand Tailored 
Suit

Horsehair, also known as horsehair canvas or hair canvas, is a woven 
interfacing that provides excellent sturdiness and has a coarse texture. 
Despite its name, it is not a thick material and can feel rough to the touch, 
making it unsuitable for wearing next to the skin.

Horsehair is commonly used in fine tailoring, particularly for achieving a 
beautifully rolled lapel. In bespoke suits, horsehair is often used in the 
jacket to ensure that it maintains its shape.

In the past, horsehair was used in crinoline petticoats to support oversized 
skirts. However, most of what is sold as "horsehair" today is actually 
synthetic and made from materials such as polyester or nylon. Historically, 
horsehair was made from the tail hair of horses, which is stiff and strong.

Richard Sargent
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Re: Goblins on roofs and bigger wires

[Richard Lee]

Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:24:36 +
From: Harriet Browder 
To: "wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com" 
Subject: Formatted emails
Message-ID:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"



> Outlook email app reformatted line breaks and paragraphing

Same thing happens to me. I think there are cyber goblins that hang out on the 
roof and like to swat at emails as they are sent. Wonder what causes that?

Harriet, the chicken thief


Perhaps you just need bigger wires!
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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7

[Richard Lee]

I have heard the phrase "give me a little sugar" all my life, so I do not 
believe it is something the writers of Mayberry made up. I suspect it may be a 
southern thing.

 Richard Sargent



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Thanks to Ed for explaining what "I'll be dogged" means.

Got another one for discussion. A few times in the early episodes, Andy
uses a phrase "give her a little sugar", meaning giving someone a kiss. Is
this a southern expression? (never have heard it up here in the Great White
North). Or is it something Andy or the writers made up, like "a bird in
this world"?

Just wondering.

JOE from G.I.


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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 21, Issue 14

[Richard Lee]

   1. Lincoln commercial (panderson...@verizon.net)


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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:46:09 -0500
From: panderson...@verizon.net
To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com
Subject: Lincoln commercial
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TY Dan but I D K H that?s why I asked someone who knows how to, to post it
TY TY TY Don Good I ?predicate it! And thanks Sandra Gore but what?s jiggin

John 3:16 Thelma Anderson

To answer your question, "jiggin'" originally meant fishing with a jog, a 
particular kind of lure. It may have some other meanings in modern slang.
Richard Sargent


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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 20, Issue 12

[Richard Lee]

The quiz guessed my age as 13 years too young. Hmmm
Richard Sargent


I just did this quiz and the result was within 3 years of my age. Pretty 
impressive, I thought. I would like to know what you all think of it.

Maryann



https://www.metv.com/quiz/can-we-guess-your-age-based-on-your-andy-griffith-show-opinions



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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 18, Issue 107

[Richard Lee]

Good observation! In the small town where I grew up in West Virginia in the 50s 
and early 60s, everything was closed EXCEPT the drug store, which opened for a 
few hours in the afternoon so people could get needed medicines. Perhaps that 
was what happened in Mayberry as well?

Richard Sargent


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Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 15:48:37 -0400
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 As I watched "The Sermon for Today" again yesterday,  Andy and Barney were
talking about going down to the drug store to buy some ice cream (of
course, they never quite made it).  In small-town America in the 50's and
60's, I would think that just about every type of store would have been
closed on Sunday, "the Sabbath" - especially in the South.   I grew up in a
northern city, and almost nothing was open on Sundays when I was a kid.  I
seem to recall at least one other TAGS episode where reference was made to
going to a store on Sunday.  Just wondering.

Joe Suszczynski
Grand Island, NY



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Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 18, Issue 51

[Richard Lee]

Message: 5
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 19:52:03 + (UTC)
From: gloria bruce 
To: "wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com" 
Subject: time period
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 In the episode "Man In A Hurry" Malcolm Tucker mentioned that they were 
sending men into outer space.? This had to be in the 60's.? Yet, in Mayberry, 
two women were talking about their feet falling asleep.? They were also using 
an operator and party lines.? That puts it into two time periods or they were 
in the Twilight Zone.

Sorry, but using an operator and party lines does not necessarily place this in 
an earlier era. In Pendleton County, WV, people were still using crank 
telephones and operators as late as 1976, so it is quite possible people were 
still using operators in small towns in the south in the 1960s.
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RE: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 15, Issue 245

[Richard Lee]

>  When Andy and Barney were looking at their school annual, it is revealed 
> that Andy's name is actually "Andrew Jackson Taylor". Andrew is a 
> biblical name, being one of Jesus' disciples.There are several lesser 
> alumni of TAGS that have biblical names, such as Ben (Benjamin) Weaver and 
> Jubal Foster.However I could only think of one other main character on 
> TAGS with a biblical name, can you think of who it is? Hint:This name 
> is a name that you would not think would appear in the bible at first 
> glance.Also feel free to think of any more of the lesser alumni that might 
> have had biblical names. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man.  
>  The name Orville does not appear in the bible, but Martha's name does.
> However Martha never appeared on TAGS, she was only mentioned.
>   

Are you thinking of Johnny Paul Jason, Opie's best friend? Paul is certainly a 
Biblical name! 
I'm not sure Asa was a main character, but Asa was a King of  Judah. John 
Masters, the choir director, also may not be a major character, but John was a 
major Biblical character! I also think of Emmett's wife, Martha! 

Richard Sargent
  
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RE: Prayers

[Richard Lee]

> 
> I have never written this digest before but I read it with interest everyday 
> and enjoy it. I consider the friends on this digest family. I would like to 
> ask everyone to keep me in your prayers as I just lost my wife to cancer. She 
> has been fighting this for 3 years and it finally got her. She was a 
> christian and I know she is in a better place but that still leaves a void in 
> my life. We had a good marriage and was very close.
> Charles AdkinsBlairs Va.

Charles, 
I am praying for you that the God of all comfort will give you His peace that 
passes all understanding, His assurance of eternal life, and that He will fill 
you with His spirit and His love. 
Richard
  
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RE: Bible Study

[Richard Lee]

> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:34:43 -0400 (EDT)
> From: BcunTestnin107 
> To: wbmu...@tagsrwc.com
> Subject: Bible Study
> Message-ID: <8d16f335d73a717-3148-23...@webmail-m289.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> Been a while since I posted, but can anyone point me to a location where I 
> can find the bible study lessons for TAGS? Seems I remember seeing them 
> somewhere before, but the location escapes me now It's probably just 
> the light...
> 
> 
> Brad "Neil Bentley" Cunningham
> "My card, in case you ever need my services..."
> 


Try: www.barneyfife.com

  
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RE: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 42

[Richard Lee]

> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:34:32 -0600
> From: Ken Anderson 
> To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com
> Subject: Aunt Bee Marriage Reminder
> Message-ID:
>   
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> So far 23 good folks have cast their ballots as to who they would have
> liked to see Aunt Bee marry.  If you still want to vote here are the
> eligible bachelors:
> 
> John Canfield
> Reverend Leighton
> Roger Hanover
> Briscoe Darling
> Fred Goss
> Mr. Wheeler
> Professor St. John
> 

I believe I would vote for retired Congressman Canfield - If he and Bee could 
have communicated, instead of trying to out-do one another, I believe they 
would have made a wonderful couple. 
Richard Sargent
  
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re: Drug Stores and Sundays!

[Richard Lee]

> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:38:47 -0500
> From: Pam Bryan 
> To: "wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com" 
> Subject: "The Sermon for the Day" episode
> Message-ID: <0f37560b-0758-41b2-be06-fc17a7f68...@yahoo.com>
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> 
> Andy and Barney are sitting on the porch after one of Aunt Bee's delicious 
> meals. They start talking about going to the drug store to get some ice 
> cream. Would the drug store be open on Sunday, or would they use their own 
> key to help themselves?
> 
> Pam
> 
At first blush, one would think the drugstore would be closed. However,I grew 
up in the 50s and 60s in small town Appalachia, and even with the blue laws, 
the local drug store was open for a few hours Sunday afternoon so anyone 
needing medicine could get it. So, I think it is at least possible the drug 
store could have been open on Sunday afternoon. 
Richard Sargent

PS - If I remember correctly, a fountain Coke cost $.07 back then! 
  
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RE: Wearing the full uniform

[Richard Lee]

One episode where Andy wears the complete uniform is when Malcolm Merriweather 
(spelling?) was taking care of him and Opie, and insisted he do so! I love the 
part where Malcolm opens the car door for Andy, and then unfolds a blanket on 
Andy's lap, to Andy's obvious chagrin!!!
Richard Sargent

> 
> I just watched a TAGS episode this evening where Andy was adorned in his FULL 
> uniform, to include a tie and hat. ?Barney routinely wore the entire uniform, 
> but Andy rarely did. ?Please submit a reply to see if you can guess which 
> episode(s) Andy is seen adorned in his entire Sheriff uniform.
> 
> Brian
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RE: NATA alphabet

[Richard Lee]

> Dear Tags,Here is a official verification list of the NATO alphabet in case 
> someone wanted to give it a lookseee!   (betting slips in the barber shop) 
> NATO ALPHABETA Alpha  B  BravoC  CharlieE  EchoF  
> FoxfireG  GolfH  HotelI   IndiaJ   JulietK  KiloL  LimaM  MikeN  NovemberO  
> OscarP  PapaQ QuebecR  RomeoS  SierraT  TangoU  UniformV  VictorW WhiskeyX  
> X-rayY  YankeeZ  Zulu Aunt Bee: Did you like the white beans you had for 
> supper? 

What happened to 'D'?? 
Richard Sargent
  
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RE: Mayberry Telephones

[Richard Lee]

The date for the last crank telephones in West Virginia was May 21, 1977. 

  
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RE: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 140

[Richard Lee]

According to an article here: 
http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory5/partyline.htm there were still 
5000 party lines in existence as late as 2000, though at that point 90% of them 
were "ghost lines" which really had one party only. 
I remember in the 1950s visiting my great-aunts in Fairmont, WV, and there were 
no dials on the phone - you picked up the receiver and an operator would ask, 
"Number please." I know that by 1965 that changed, for I moved to Fairmont that 
year and we had dial phones. 
If memory serves correctly, the last crank phones in WV were replaced in the 
1970s with actual dial phones - that was in the Seneca Rocks, Spruce Knob area 
of WV (I'm going by memory on the dates, could have been a bit later, but 
almost certainly not earlier). 
Bottom line: it would have been quite possible for there to still have been 
non-dial service with party lines in small towns in the 1960s. 
Richard Sargent
 
> I haven't seen this question brought up before so I wonder if anyone has
> any thoughts about the telephones used in Mayberry. I'm sure I'm
> telephone-knowledge challenged. I realize the party line enhanced the
> town's small-time feel (and party lines are to this day used in very rural
> areas, according to Wikipedia), but I can't figure out why the sheriff's
> office still had a candlestick phone and why the Taylor kitchen had a
> vintage wall phone with a mouthpiece in 1960 and beyond. I know Mayberry
> was rural, but our family had long had a rotary phone by 1960 and no party
> line. "Sarah, get me my house. She's fine."
> 
> Debbie Whisenant
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RE: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 386

[Richard Lee]

> If you're like me you miss our annual Mayberry calendars. Well if you happen 
> to have a 2005 calendar you can put a sticky note over the "05" with a "12" 
> on it. Same days of the year with January 1st on Sunday. Enjoy!


Ummm... Isn't 2012 a leap year? And, if so, this will probably only work until 
Feb 28..
Richard Sargent 
  
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RE: Childhood Memories

[Richard Lee]

Bruce and Ken,
 You mean, you DON'T do those things any more?  
 Actually, we still DO have mortuary fans in our church sanctuary! And we 
still do burn leaves in the fall. Our children still do tricks for treats on 
dark Halloween nights, and catch fire flies in the neighbor's field. 
 But of course, I realize that we are missing a great deal from the past, 
and your posts brought back lots of memories! Thanks for sharing! 
Richard Sargent

 


 

  
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