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Post by Ned Land on Sept 2, 2014 13:02:45 GMT -5
Glad to see they found that boy. I'd be scared to death if one of mine disappeared for two days. I have to say, you've got to wonder about that story. Lost in the woods two days, two blocks from Target and Publix?
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Post by gramps on Sept 2, 2014 15:26:25 GMT -5
Yep. Really weird story. Kid who lived in Oak Ridge with is mother disappeared while vising his father and step mother in West Knoxville.
Being the product of a family where the parents divorced when I was young, it sickens me to see how divorce or parents never being married or together in the first place affects kids.
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Post by Magnum on Sept 2, 2014 15:31:47 GMT -5
Ned Land. You are from Oak Ridge. You got lost in that same area he did, and you never made it back to Oak Ridge.
So thar
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Post by Ned Land on Sept 2, 2014 19:36:33 GMT -5
Ned Land. You are from Oak Ridge. You got lost in that same area he did, and you never made it back to Oak Ridge. So thar It was more like a prison break.Oak Ridge had been dying the slowest death for 30 years. I go back for pizza and family. The Oak Ridge I knew is gone. |
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Post by gramps on Sept 2, 2014 20:05:38 GMT -5
Ned Land. You are from Oak Ridge. You got lost in that same area he did, and you never made it back to Oak Ridge. So thar The Oak Ridge I knew is gone. As is just about every part of the Knoxville area that we all knew growing up. I don't recognize the Westmoreland/Rocky Hill area that I grew up in when I go to visit my daughter near Crystal Lake. |
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Post by Magnum on Sept 2, 2014 20:48:29 GMT -5
Good point Ned. Really, being from Coalfield, we pretty much had to go to Oak Ridge for most things. It is not the same.
Ken. Not at Ken's Barber Shop.
Jackson Square Pharmacy - Some kind of café.
Charlie Painter's Putt-Putt - Gone.
No Big Ed at Big Ed's and they now take debit cards.
At least Jefferson Drug store and Billy's Time Out Deli are still similar to 20 years ago.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Sept 2, 2014 21:41:35 GMT -5
Oak Ridge always sounded like a place like where the Steelers played or something. You'd hear "Oak Ridge".and it was like, oh no!
We cant beat anybody named Oak Ridge.
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Post by Magnum on Sept 3, 2014 17:50:23 GMT -5
I know you are familiar with DB, and they are similar to DB. Back when the DOE plants were different, and the hiring could be controlled more locally, the best players daddy's always had a job.
Back in about 86 or 87, much of the K-25 plant got notices they were being transferred to Paduka, KY.
All except Shawn Summers' daddy.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Sept 3, 2014 19:28:31 GMT -5
I know you are familiar with DB, and they are similar to DB. Back when the DOE plants were different, and the hiring could be controlled more locally, the best players daddy's always had a job. Back in about 86 or 87, much of the K-25 plant got notices they were being transferred to Paduka, KY. All except Shawn Summers' daddy. First game I ever went to of any kind was at J Fred Johnson for D-B vs Oak Ridge. Im guessing this was 1975 or so. This was the height of Oak Ridges powers (I think) and they were ranked #1 in the nation. Er, I mean in Tennessee. Anyway as this four year old remembers it the score at half was 35-0 OR. I couldnt tell you the final--Im sure we left--but that had a huge impact on me. This bunch is up on D-B 35 zip at half? Dear Lord how much would they beat Central? By a million? I would be very interested to see how close my memory is of the above. |
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Post by Ned Land on Sept 3, 2014 22:02:55 GMT -5
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Sept 3, 2014 22:09:45 GMT -5
1977 sounds more right. 1975 actually D-B wasnt as great. Sullivan Central actually won its only conference title that year.
And lost in the first round of the playoffs....
To Oak Ridge.
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Post by Magnum on Sept 3, 2014 22:43:10 GMT -5
Yeah, seems like Jerry Colquitt and Oak Ridge used to always beat DB then lose to Oakland every year. Then my Sr year Shawn Summers led them to their only state title they've won in the past 35 years. There was a kid that couldn't really hack it at Coalfield that went over there and started for them.
So yes, if we had played in AAA instead of A we could have won it all too.
But seriously as a kid, when Coalfield was off, we went to Oak Ridge to watch them. It was like a college atmosphere.
I remember one year, Paducah Tilghman, led by Billy Jack Haskins, came in there one Saturday and played them. It was literally like a college game. Lots of talent on that field.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Sept 3, 2014 23:19:03 GMT -5
Wierd how many really good programs and players come from Kentucky.
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Post by Magnum on Sept 3, 2014 23:22:19 GMT -5
I looked up Paducah Tilghman and they have gotten throttled their first two games this year. I guess the DOE has cut back there too.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Sept 3, 2014 23:32:18 GMT -5
Lol.
They had that team Louisville Male or somebody that the Brohm kid played for. They came to Nashville his senior year and beat MBA's eyes out.
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