i have always been a bit of a history buff and am amased at the number of revolutionary war soldiers that are buried in north alabama .. i dont know if they came from here and went to fight or if they settled south after the war .. iv`e been driving past this site for 30 years and only recently stopped to investigate .. the petty family is prominent in the new market area but they are black folks .. i know some black folks fought in the revolution ..

 

Lot of Petty folk around my area too, but none of them are black.

 

I doubt that Mr. Petty cam from here - this area was not really settled in the mid 1700's (except for Indians)
Part of the pension for Revolutionary War veterans was a track of land - a lot of them in southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama.
Since Tennessee was already a state by 1796, a lot of the veterans settled there with their 600 acre pension after the First War for Independence. A lot of the land between New Market and Tims Ford was originally settled by Revolutionary War vets from North Carolina.
I would be willing to bet that the Pettys in New Market are direct descendants of slaves that lived on the Petty farm.

 

good info .. thanks .. that explains why there is so many revolutionary vets burried in the area .. i know the Bragg family " lots of whoom are still in new market " is also well represented in the revolutionary war and later in the civil war ( fort Bragg N.C ) my mothers family ( Hyatts ) also settled here from north carolina after that war ..

 

You can also see the influence in the names of the towns/counties in Tennessee -
Winchester - named after General James Winchester (Rev War)
Franklin Co. - named after Benjamin Franklin
Fayetteville, TN - named after Fayetteville, NC, where a lot of the settlers came from
Lincoln Co. TN - named after Gen Benjamin Lincoln (Rev War)
Pulaski, TN - nmed after Revolutionary War hero Kazimierz Pulaski
Giles Co - Named after a Senator in Virginia that petioned for Tennessee statehood.
Bedford Co. TN - named after Thomas Bedford, Rev War officer -

etc - you see the trend

 

The other day I went downtown to run a few errands. I went into the local coffee shop for a snack.

I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was this cop writing out a parking ticket.

I said to him, 'Come on, man, how about giving an old hot rodder a break'? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.

His insensitivity annoyed me, so I called him a '****.'

He glared at me and then wrote out another ticket for having worn tires. So I proceeded to call him a 'doughnut eating Gestapo...'

He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he wrote a third ticket when I called him a moron in blue.

This went on for about 20 minutes.

The more I talked back to him the more tickets he wrote.

Personally, I didn't really care because it was`nt my car and the car that he was putting the tickets on had one of those bumper stickers that said...


*'Obama '08.'*

 

 

<DIR>A refuse collector in Western Australia is driving along a street
picking up the wheelie bins and emptying them into his compactor.

He goes to one house where the bin hadn't been left out, and in the
spirit of kindness, and after having a quick look about for the bin,
he decides to knock on the front door.

There's no answer.

Being a kindly and conscientious bloke, he knocks again, much harder.

Eventually a Chinese man comes to the door.

"Harro prease" says the Chinese man.

"Gidday, mate! Where's ya bin?" asks the collector.

"I bin on toiret," explains the Chinese bloke, a bit perplexed.

Realising the fellow had misunderstood him, the bin bloke smiles and
tries again.
"No! No! mate, where's ya dust bin?"

I dust been to the toiret, I toll you!" says the Chinese man, still perplexed.

"Listen, says the collector, you're misunderstanding me. Where's your
wheelie bin?"

"OK, OK" replies the Chinese man, with a sheepish grin and whispers in
the collector's ear.
"I wheelie bin having sex wiffa wife's sista!"
</DIR>

 

when i wore a younger mans clothes i once took my 5 year old son shopping with me at the mall .. needed a gift for his mommy .. it`s not hard for a man to get distracted for a moment and lose a child .. that`s peraxctly what happened .. but in no time i spotted a mall cop walking around with my son on his shoulders .. the mall cop said he noticed the boy seemed lost and said he had lost his dad ...the mall cop asked " what`s dad like ? "... my son said ... hotrods ,, budweisers ,and women with big knockers .....kids say the darndest things .....

 

Found these at Dillard's

1st one is a Terlingua Race team shirt - If I can't score a Tiger, I'm thinking about doing a '67 Terlingua clone.
The Shelby shirt speaks for itself.

 

The Super Snake was a '67 though...

 

Yep - you're right - I really don't understand that shirt. They still sell them at Vintage Speed.

 

I figured they were referencing this....

http://www.supercars.net/cars/3694.html

And Barrett Jackson listed and sold it as a '66, so who knows.

 

Yea, that car wasn't called the Super Snake when new - that's a Barrett Jackson marketing ploy. The real Super Snake was a 427 powered '67 GT-500 Mustang.

 

I know, I was just saying that the shirt was probably referring to that '66 Cobra since Beri said he didn't understand why it said what it did.

 

Fixed that for you.
It clearly is referring to the Cobra. The 67' 500 SS doesn't have 800 hp.

 

That does make sense - I remember that Cobra coming through BJ a couple of years ago.

 

you mean one of these almost ...

 

One morning, the husband returns the boat to their lakeside cottage after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, puts her feet up, and begins to read her book. The peace and solitude are magnificent.

Along comes a Fish and Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, 'Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?'

'Reading a book,' she replies, (thinking, 'Isn't that obvious?')

'You're in a Restricted Fishing Area,' he informs her.

'I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading.'

'Yes, but I see you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up.'

'If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,' says the woman.

'But I haven't even touched you,' says the Game Warden.

'That's true, but you have all the equipment.. For all I know you could start at any moment.'

'Have a nice day ma'am,' and he left.

 

HAHAHHA!!! too bad a real game warden would've went on a real power trip and written her up for everything he possibly could have!!!