On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:11:40 -0500, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:



Larry W4CSC wrote:


Y'all stop by and have some tea....

BIG difference between Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston they
serve you tea and ask who your daddy is. In Savannah they just ask what
you want to drink. :-)

In Savannah, they're pretty sure who yo' daddy is...(c;

It's not genteeel ta offah Mint Juleps to strangahs jis walkin' in
offa the screet (street). That comes mush latah afta a few
visits.....

Daisy, bring this nahce gentleman a glassah ahced tea, honey. He's
lookin' a li'l pahched. Sit heah, Suh. Daisy'll be raht back.

Some may think this is all in jest, but if you are walking alone (no
tourguide collectin' city guide taxes for the Democrats) down
Charleston's old streets and make some nice remark about how pretty
the garden looks, especially better'n the neighbors, you may find
yourself in a rockin' chah on the side porch of a 4-story Antibellum
mansion with that sweet iced tea in your hand hearing much more about
Chaostun than any tourguide could ever tell you.

I remember when I was a young sailor in civvies walking down historic
Tradd Street by some of the finest homes and said hello to this nice
old gentleman tending his roses out by the huge iron gates. "Come
'round back and take a look", the old gentleman offered, opening one
of the big gates to let me in. "Ah'm kinda proud of my Chinese garden
in the back.", he continued. A total stranger, I was given the grand
tour of one of the most historic homes in Chaostun by the owner of the
Charleston Oil Company....no not the one who ran it that day...THE
FOUNDER! Being a techie and gearhead, the most interesting item on my
nice tour was a 1920-something, 2-cylinder DC power plant used to
power the lights in the house when Mr Edison's DC power plant a block
down, blew a fuse or had steam engine troubles, again. He even let me
crank it! It still put out 110VDC on its beautifully-made Voltmeter
next to its equally beautifully-made Ammeter. It fed a big knife
switch on a black bakelite panel so you could switch from street DC to
generator DC with a wooden handle so you didn't get too close.

Charleston's historic buildings aren't the only thing that's historic,
here. In the past 6 months, I've fixed a 1955 Seeburg Select-O-Matic
juke box, a couple of 1930-something upright radios and a
1920-something Radiola with a blown 2nd RF Amp tube I bought from a
guy over on rec.antiques.radio+phono newsgroup.



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"