Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

Congratulations, Tramp!!!!
Happy Easter fellow Hobo's!!!!

[E7]

Happy Easter Jon, Hobos! Jon, you've been hangin' out with Rufus too long!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Jon, you've been hangin' out with Rufus too long!

Ya' think?

[Tramp]

Would really be interested to hear your thoughts on this. It’s a tricky touchy subject:

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/muns ... ages/67840

Thanks,

Tramp

I will respond to all the other comments real soon. Been wicked busy, but 'mI ready to take some time off! Going to build a water tower.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Would really be interested to hear your thoughts on this.

I like it.

[healey36]

Good column, Tramp, very timely in its delivery. The travesty that has been this election cycle has, if nothing else, demonstrated that there is much work to be done. However, it seems to me that much of the national angst is driven by one side's justified but misdirected sense of resentment, opposed by the other side's bloated sense of entitlement.

I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Gwynne a number of times back in the early to mid-1980's. Somewhere along the way, perhaps after he'd retired from Hollywood, he'd bought a small farm in Taneytown, Maryland, which is just seven or eight miles up the road from me. There used to be a little lunch-counter of a place in town and I recall sitting in there one morning eating breakfast when this hulk of a guy came in and parked his keester on the stool next to me. Rubbing elbows, he introduced himself as Fred, then ordered a couple of eggs, bacon, coffee, and a triple-scoop of grits. We had a short discussion regarding the merits of eating grits - he had an interesting theory on them and their role in the maintenance of one's internal plumbing. He seemed a solid, humble sort of guy, able to see the humor in the simplest of things. At one point he asked if I knew anyone that could paint his barn roof, and I referred him to a couple of pals of mine that would do just about anything for a buck. I'd painted my share of barn-roofs over the years, but I'd pass on this one...it's a hot, dirty, miserable job, and I didn't see much bragging rights in being able to say I'd painted Herman Munster's barn roof.

I ran onto him a couple more times over the years, never asked him about his most famous role. Then work took me away to DC and New York and I didn't make it out his way much anymore. I saw in the paper a few years later that he'd passed away. They buried him in an unmarked grave in a churchyard down the road from me, I guess to avoid the notoriety and the issues that come with it. Somehow it seemed unfair for such a seemingly decent, straight up guy.

Healey

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/03/obituaries/fred-gwynne-popular-actor-is-dead-at-66.html

[robert.]

Herman Munster had hope and family Values. Lose either one and things go downhill.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Herman Munster had hope and family Values. Lose either one and things go downhill.

Farrrrout !!!!!

[webenda]

Would really be interested to hear your thoughts on this. It’s a tricky touchy subject.

Another interesting and thought provoking essay Tramp.

"Someone else might have reveled in the surly attitudes and ugly rooms, been charmed by the athletic bugs."

Yeah, the Munsters, not this infidel. I don't blame you for quickly developing a prejudice--sometimes prejudice is a means of survival.

"Instead he explained that the whole point of good manners was to make the people around you comfortable."

Philosophy of the Admiral's Son is the same as the second greatest commandment, "First love God, second love your neighbor as yourself."
Matthew 22:36-39, Mark 12:28-31

Both statements speak to how we should treat those who treat us badly, with love and good manners. Not easy to learn if you were not raised that way.

Thank you for the link, very enjoyable read.

[Tramp]

Wayne, you might be my new hero. More soon!

Another hero!

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[quote="healey36"]I ran onto him a couple more times over the years, never asked him about his most famous role. Then work took me away to DC and New York and I didn't make it out his way much anymore. I saw in the paper a few years later that he'd passed away. They buried him in an unmarked grave in a churchyard down the road from me, I guess to avoid the notoriety and the issues that come with it. Somehow it seemed unfair for such a seemingly decent, straight up guy.

Healey

Interesting story Healey. Gwynne was not the only Hollywood refugee to own a rural Maryland farm. Robert Mitchum had one in Trappe down on the Eastern shore. The only reason I am aware of this fact is that Trappe is not far from my Mother's home. Can't say that I ever had breakfast with him though!

Rich

[healey36]

I ran onto him a couple more times over the years, never asked him about his most famous role. Then work took me away to DC and New York and I didn't make it out his way much anymore. I saw in the paper a few years later that he'd passed away. They buried him in an unmarked grave in a churchyard down the road from me, I guess to avoid the notoriety and the issues that come with it. Somehow it seemed unfair for such a seemingly decent, straight up guy.

Healey

Interesting story Healey. Gwynne was not the only Hollywood refugee to own a rural Maryland farm. Robert Mitchum had one in Trappe down on the Eastern shore. The only reason I am aware of this fact is that Trappe is not far from my Mother's home. Can't say that I ever had breakfast with him though!

Rich

Tallulah Bankhead lived for a time on the Eastern Shore in Kent County...I think she had a sister over there that took her in when her health started to fail in her later years. I'm pretty sure she's buried there as well. I'd have passed on meeting Mitchum or Gwynne for a chance to meet Bankhead...the ultimate hell-raiser, she must have been a riot.

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Tallulah Bankhead lived for a time on the Eastern Shore in Kent County...I think she had a sister over there that took her in when her health started to fail in her later years. I'm pretty sure she's buried there as well. I'd have passed on meeting Mitchum or Gwynne for a chance to meet Bankhead...the ultimate hell-raiser, she must have been a riot.

My relatives were in Dorchester County. Never heard them speak of her (TB), and they are long gone (H*ll, I'm d*mn near dead myself! ), and there's no one left there to ask. The only other rub with celebrity I know of was my Mother's aunt purportedly sewed/made some outfits for Annie Oakley. Only story I ever heard regarding Mitchum, was about him buying a Chrysler in Cambridge. Pretty mundane stuff, all, so I always figured they were true.

Rich

[healey36]

My only other encounter with celebrity was Wes Unseld, the HOF center for the old Baltimore/Washington Bullets. I used to see him pretty frequently at the cigar shop in Westminster. This was long after he'd retired. He must have lived somewhere nearby, because there were certainly better shops around. That guy could fill a doorway.

When I was a kid the old Baltimore Colts used to have their training camp in Westminster. It was nothing to see Unitas, Berry, Matte and others stumbling around town. Unfortunately I was too young to have a real appreciation for them.

Healey

[E7]

My only other encounter with celebrity was Wes Unseld, the HOF center for the old Baltimore/Washington Bullets. I used to see him pretty frequently at the cigar shop in Westminster. This was long after he'd retired. He must have lived somewhere nearby, because there were certainly better shops around. That guy could fill a doorway. Healey

I think he was listed at 6'7", which is shorter than most power forwards these days! I believe that same stat held true for his width! Once he took his spot on the court, not many could displace him.

Rich