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Originally Posted by KC911
Ahh Pat...good times! Pat (FastPat, FastPaste), was actually a very interesting and intelligent (imo) fellow from SC who used to be here. I can't do him justice in just a couple of sentences as he was a prolific poster. He was quite passionate, loved to "paste" political stuff, etc., and it was easy for folks to "push his buttons". I don't recall the details, but on one occasion he maybe went a bit "over the line" and I think he was banned, asked to leave, etc. I actually found Pat to be quite likable, but didn't read the "political pastes", so I don't know the details. As far as accents go, I probably just sound funny to many, and although I don't "speak" the language you refer to, I certainly could if I went "oberdare wid 'em"  . You say you lived in Danville...I passed through there on a semi-regular basis whenever I'd head to one of my favorite places...Smith Mountain Lake, one of VA's simply georgous jewels imo. |
Yeah, Smith Mountain Lake is a very nice area. One of my friends had a boat docked there and we often played that West Lake golf course.
SML must not have always been quite as attractive/popular as it is now. I've got a great story about it. One of the older guys that I played golf with in Danville was a great guy but very ordinary and down to earth. He had driven a cab in Danville for many years and then worked at "the mill' until he retired at 65 with virtually no pension. But he was a happy guy who made the best of life.
One day he says that he would like to ask me a question. He tells me how long, long ago he and his son (who was my age) had leased some property up at SML from the electric company until the electric company told them they had to buy or move out. He said his son didn't want to buy the property. My first thought was "Oh no, I'm gonna get into a family squabble."
He proceeds to tell me how he finally told his son that he was going to buy the land since they had built a nice little cabin and improved the boat dock and got the whole place looking good. I think it was $1950 that it cost them at that time and his son wrote letters to the electric company telling them how they had screwed his dad.
After telling me all that ole Stan says that last week some realtor wanted to put his property on the market (he and his son had up-graded the "cabin" to a nice 3 br home) and he wondered if I thought it was possible what the realtor said was true since he wanted to start out at $675,000.00!!
I told Stan that it probably was worth around that much and that he had made one hell of a good decision to go ahead and buy it.
He was a great guy who unfortunately died last year at 87. He probably never earned $10K in any year and he was simply astounded about the Smith Mountain deal.
I bet that his son sure is happy that his dad didn't listen to him!