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"...Tresspassers...Will Be Shot, Survivors..." signs - how old?
2robots4u:
Shuggy...did you take the photo of the fishing hut? Except for that horrible yellow mailbox, it's a great pic. Regarding the discussion on the age of that sign...it has been around for many, many years, and I'm going back to at least 1950. I remember seeing them in No. Carolina as a wee tot, when I accompained grandpa to fetch the cows home from the pasture. Hillbillies (and they aren't just from Arkansas!) had them all over the hills, primarily to keep "revenurers" from finding the stills....for those of you who do not know, a still is a contraption used to make illegal alcohol, called "white lightin'" and other names I can't recall at the moment. Stills were hidden deep in the woods, or underneath the house, particularily the henhouse, and usually only one or two members of the family knew it's whereabouts to protect it's whereabouts. I still have cousins (and in the south, almost everyone in "the hills" is a cousin to everyone else) there, and I've had a taste of the liquor. But I digress.......
The license plates don't bother me at all as they change all the time. In California, there are newer cars using ancient plates, and with all the designs supporting various groups/organizations, one could spend a lifetime trying to figure it out. I'm sure Lee knew the license plates would not be a significant point of interest (I guess he never figured some of our posters would figure it out sooner or later).
The vintage of the trucks is not really a noticeable point, except to those who are into that kind of trivia. I remember reading a post somewere by one who really got over-excited because the truck Ennis gets out of at the beginning of the movie is, apparently, newer than the time of the scene, 1963. But if you know nothing about truck year models, I don't see where it becomes an issue.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on October 15, 2006, 01:23:22 pm ---Look at what is for sale at Michaels...
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LOL, so did you buy one?
:laugh:
SFEnnisSF:
--- Quote from: atz75 on October 15, 2006, 03:00:50 pm ---LOL, so did you buy one?
:laugh:
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Thought about it. On second thought I should go back and get it.... :D
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on September 25, 2006, 09:16:25 am ---The first time I saw the movie, I noticed the sign and found it freakin' hilarious. But I was the only person in the theatre who laughed, because it was not translated/read out loud to the audience. Got me some strange looks ::)
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Reminds me of a friend who went to a Bergman film ("Smiles of a Summer Night" perhaps?) in which an old man explains about love to a young man, but the subtitles were only a summary, and one Swede in the audience was laughing his head off.
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: 2robots4u on October 15, 2006, 01:49:39 pm ---Shuggy...did you take the photo of the fishing hut? Except for that horrible yellow mailbox, it's a great pic.
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Thank you. Easy enough to fix the mailbox:
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