Let’s see your memorabilia?!

[PrairieDrifter]

Very cool! While I very much like “normal” shops and buildings, I also really like “alternative” options for building use.

It probably would have fell into some state of disrepair like some of the other buildings in town. So I think it's a good thing. Happenstances and small town stuff, and it was repurposed and is a pretty cool setup.

I guess people do that stuff all the time these days and used to do it back in those days as well. It just became normal to me, especially during the years people would have thought it was weird we didn't build a new rectangle shop instead.

 

[TotalyHucked]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

I've lived in the city for awhile when I went to college, plenty enough for me. I like being 30 miles from the nearest Walmart. It's better that way.

Drive through any farm based, out of the city small town, you'll see and feel an almost identical experience. It's definitely better for the soul, has its cons, especially in the frozen north, can get hairy if you're stupid, which is also part of why it's so great here, the cold keeps the stupid levels down lol.

Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.

 

[TotalyHucked]

I've lived in the city for awhile when I went to college, plenty enough for me. I like being 30 miles from the nearest Walmart. It's better that way.

Drive through any farm based, out of the city small town, you'll see and feel an almost identical experience. It's definitely better for the soul, has its cons, especially in the frozen north, can get hairy if you're stupid, which is also part of why it's so great here, the cold keeps the stupid levels down lol.

Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.

I've had plenty of the small town experience, that's why I strive for it even more. My grandparents lived in Ellijay, Ga in the mountains and until about a decade ago, it was like time stopped in the 70s. My parents now live in a VERY small town, McCormick, SC and it's the same way. Once industry left, it's been dying for the better part of 40yrs. A retirement community sprung up in the 90s and that's kept what's left of the town alive. But it's 45min from anything meaningful. Me and the GF wanna move up toward AMD, there's about a 45min radius that you can get way out in the country and it'll be 20+yrs before the development reaches it

 

[DoubleDingo]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

Growing up in a small town, and now living in the city for 25 years, I long for small town living again myself

 

[DoubleDingo]

........Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.....

Old miners too. Pop had a friend that their family owned a mine. His friend and friend's dad needed a saw to cut timbers. They had an old Buick, so they used it to make a saw. BUT, THERE'S MORE!!! The saw worked great, and they were cutting a big chunk of wood. Well, one would think that is just normal cutting. Yes and no. The Buick engine ran fine, it was the automatic transmission attached to it that caused a scary moment. The engine bogged because of the extra friction on the blade, and what happens when that scenario plays out on the open road, yep, downshift and high revs. It kicked into passing gear and revved up like it was passing a car on the road. Scared the heck out of them. After that they left it in L...lol...

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Old miners too. Pop had a friend that their family owned a mine. His friend and friend's dad needed a saw to cut timbers. They had an old Buick, so they used it to make a saw. BUT, THERE'S MORE!!! The saw worked great, and they were cutting a big chunk of wood. Well, one would think that is just normal cutting. Yes and no. The Buick engine ran fine, it was the automatic transmission attached to it that caused a scary moment. The engine bogged because of the extra friction on the blade, and what happens when that scenario plays out on the open road, yep, downshift and high revs. It kicked into passing gear and revved up like it was passing a car on the road. Scared the heck out of them. After that they left it in L...lol...

I would **** my pants too lolol. Had plenty sketchy moments on the farm as well.