Did anyone know this about Meredith?

[THUMPER]

Smelly........

Yep, used to rub rancid bear fat on our skin to keep the skeeters away. Only city folks bathed every week, we only bathed when it rained or we crossed a stream.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I dont know... but the "personal services" contract got the band leader an offer he couldnt refuse.

:horse:

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

:horse:

No... the horse was the NEXT guy... the BIG SHOT movie director

 

[Yeagermeister]

No... the horse was the NEXT guy... the BIG SHOT movie director

Oh yeah sorry

:shoot4:

 

[Cbz40]

Yep, used to rub rancid bear fat on our skin to keep the skeeters away. Only city folks bathed every week, we only bathed when it rained or we crossed a stream.

Well.....I got the hose turned on me every Saturday whether I needed it or not.....

 

[Yeagermeister]

Well.....I got the hose turned on me every Saturday whether I needed it or not.....

I have no doubt you needed it

 

[THUMPER]

I was able to find this on the Cowboys official website:

The Cowboys, in an attempt to prevent the AFL upstart Dallas Texans from signing Meredith out of college, worked a trade for future draft picks with the Chicago Bears to acquire his rights and allow original Cowboys owner Clint Murchison Jr. to sign him to a personal services contract.

So I was right and wrong, the Bears did draft him, we did trade future picks for his rights, but we also signed him to a personal services contract.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_roh_player.cfm?art=7

 

[THUMPER]

Well.....I got the hose turned on me every Saturday whether I needed it or not.....

Yeah, me too. I grew up in SoCal a few miles from the beach but I always wanted to be a mountain man.

 

[Cbz40]

I was able to find this on the Cowboys official website:



So I was right and wrong, the Bears did draft him, we did trade future picks for his rights, but we also signed him to a personal services contract.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_roh_player.cfm?art=7

Good find....I was headed for that site next.

Thanks Thumper very interesting post.

I'll make sure this thread ends up in the HistoryZone......I may delete a few of the post before I move it.

 

[Cbz40]

Yeah, me too. I grew up in SoCal a few miles from the beach but I always wanted to be a mountain man.

I grew up in North Texas on the Red River and by the way, I always wanted to be a Mountain Man myself. I'll take the mountains any day.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I grew up in North Texas on the Red River and by the way, I always wanted to be a Mountain Man myself. I'll take the mountains any day.

So you moved to the Valley?

 

[Cbz40]

I have no doubt you needed it

depended on how much rain we received during week.....lol


and yes!!!! Where do I end up......?????? feet below sea level....:bang2:

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I grew up in North Texas on the Red River and by the way, I always wanted to be a Mountain Man myself. I'll take the mountains any day.

what's stopping you? be-gone!

 

[Yeagermeister]

depended on how much rain we received during week.....lol


and yes!!!! Where do I end up......?????? feet below sea level....:bang2:

AKA The arm pit of hell

 

[Cbz40]

what's stopping you? be-gone!

I'm taking you w/me....and I'm throwing you off the first peak we come too.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I'm taking you w/me....and I'm throwing you off the first peak we come too.

you're mean

I suppose it's for my own good

 

[THUMPER]

I grew up in North Texas on the Red River and by the way, I always wanted to be a Mountain Man myself. I'll take the mountains any day.

I lived in Paris, Texas for a few months in 1980 (the hottest summer on record, we were there from June - Sept, DOH!).

I miss the beach in SoCal but I miss the Sierra Nevadas even more. The mountains here (Blue Ridge Mtns in NC) are nice but they just don't compare.

It's funny, people here tell me I'm still near the beach. They must be from Iowa or something. 2 hours away isn't what I call close, we used to ride our skateboards to the beach when I was a kid.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I lived in Paris, Texas for a few months in 1980 (the hottest summer on record, we were there from June - Sept, DOH!).

I miss the beach in SoCal but I miss the Sierra Nevadas even more. The mountains here (Blue Ridge Mtns in NC) are nice but they just don't compare.

It's funny, people here tell me I'm still near the beach. They must be from Iowa or something. 2 hours away isn't what I call close, we used to ride our skateboards to the beach when I was a kid.

I used to live in Hawaii a couple blocks from the beach, it was nice

 

[Yeagermeister]

I lived in Paris, Texas for a few months in 1980 (the hottest summer on record, we were there from June - Sept, DOH!).

We hit our all time high in Memphis that same summer 108 but that's night time where Pops lives

 

[THUMPER]

I used to live in Hawaii a couple blocks from the beach, it was nice

I had an apartment about a mile from the beach in SoCal with my girlfriend (who is now my wife) but that was about as close as I could afford. The rents skyrocket the closer you get to the water there.

That was 27 years ago so I can only imagine what they run now!