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the road warriors of 1954

the road warriors of 1954 by aroid.
I am presuming this was the great car trip of Sunday, March 21,1954. Dad drove to Coalinga from San Luis, and we shot at squirrels along the way. Chuck pointed out signs that said this was illegal, Dad rationalized it. Dad recorded much of what went on, all digitized now, and makes interesting podcast material. The inevitable disputes arose about who got to shoot at a squirrel, how many shots, why there were no squirrels, whether we should touch wild animals, bandits who lived around here, what a pinhead was, whether dad had ever de-livered anyone, why his ancestors only drank rootbeer, not the hard stuff, how he lived in Coalinga for a while, almost got burned up, where he went to grade school there. Near the end of the tape part of the Jack Benny show turns up, the episode of March 21, 1954,

JACK LISTENS TO 'MEAN OLD MAN' ON RADIO 3/21/54 Jack listens to 'The Mean Old Man' on the radio before getting a visit from Don, the Sportsmen Quartet and his television producer, Ralph Levy, who goes over problems with the script for the television show. Jack and Don discuss Bing Crosby and George Burns being on the television show. Nearly identical for first half of show to 3/4/51. 

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CatsFive  Pro User  says:

Billy!!!!

OK, no snow on the ground. Now, go get some groundhogs!

Pinhead: See: Whitehouse.
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Twinmama  Pro User  says:

The truly amazing thing for me is that the beautiful SLO landscape still looks like this today.
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Todd Ehlers  Pro User  says:

Good one.
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roomman  Pro User  says:

Confusing story about free use of weapons. I doubt that this is a right way to do...
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aroid  Pro User  says:

We got two world visions, Mom was anti-gun, Dad was pro-gun. None of us have any guns now.
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Sedanman  Pro User  says:

This is a great photo!
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Lu-Gu  Pro User  says:

What a nice looking Caddy..
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boethe says:

How did you keep it so shiny? Did Day say, "OK, the car's going to be in the picture, boys, so wax and buff it first, then pose with your rifles"?
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aroid  Pro User  says:

Lol! He was meticulous about car care, and had it washed and polished every Monday.
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Sedanman  Pro User  says:

Nice to see this one come back around again! I'm re-faving it so it's not buried in my faves archives. I see you have a whole set of these pics - I'll have to come back for a closer look another time - I love the old pics!
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aroid  Pro User  says:

We called the popup door locks "buttons", as heard on about six hours of tape made on this day over fifty years ago.
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essichgurgn says:

Nothin´beats a Cadillac!

bright guzzler
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aardvaarkau  Pro User  says:

Your Dad a Mafioso was he! :-) Looking at that car, I'd say for sure!
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aroid  Pro User  says:

He affected a certain Hemingway look in the Fifties, www.flickr.com/photos/selago/24260142/
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