Re: Postcard From Maine 4 . . .

george pearce Wrote:
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> C'mon, JB, 'fess up!  You're long before Calvin &
> Hobbes - I'm thinking you'd be right at home with
> Major Hoople, Little Orphan Annie, Joe Palooka
> and Amos 'n' Andy!!  

Ah said Ah wuz all growed up when Calvin & Hobbes came along – purdy near a geezer, achtully.  An' Ah do remembah LuLu Arfin' Annie from the Pogo strips, Joe Palooka an' Amos 'n' Andy.  IIRC, Major Hoople an' Haich O'Mannder at the CRRM have a lot in common, too . . .    

Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> I'd add Barney Google & Snuffy Smith . . .  that's
> when JB wharn't listening to Fibber McGee on
> the radio set.

AhYup.  IIRC, Barney Google was the husband of the notorious Georgiana Condi-GoogleEyes who nearly single handed 'cept fer help from a couple o' crooked lawyers almost destroyed the Georgianatown Loop-de-Loop 'bout a decade 'n' a half ago.  An' Snuffy Smith coined th' term "Flatland Touristers" to describe the same sort o' narry-gauge patrons we call "Daisy Pickers".

> Back to the photo, I think the T-shirt slogan says
> it well.  Who can tell me what product the slogan
> is talking about?   The winner gets one free trip
> on the Model T railcar.


That'ud be a mighty fine offer, Stewart -

But Ah live 'bout as fah away from Maine as I could in the U.S., 'cept maybe fer 'Laska or Hawai'i, so it'd be hard to accept even if Ah did win.  Anyway, Ah'm a-thinkin' thet thar slogan has to do with a downeaster beverage o' some sort – maybe Moose Drool ale??

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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