tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post5984124762306352855..comments2024-02-22T04:38:15.816-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Route 66 Business Owner: You know you're from Afton if. . .Laurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-34620796469590808212013-04-26T16:03:26.319-05:002013-04-26T16:03:26.319-05:00Remember Hudspeth's Drug?
They started out on ...Remember Hudspeth's Drug?<br />They started out on Main and then moved the store on the highway.<br />Maxine, Spud and Betty ran it till Maxine sold it to Ben Allison.<br />I know many of you hung out there, espically at noon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-16856035802159764252011-08-13T11:13:21.124-05:002011-08-13T11:13:21.124-05:00Great DOO on Betty....Great DOO on Betty....grumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12836458167026491029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-20587803879201594132011-08-11T11:33:30.086-05:002011-08-11T11:33:30.086-05:00Sounds like some of the things where I grew up, ne...Sounds like some of the things where I grew up, near Wann, OK.<br /><br />You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to read.<br /><br />Boys would compare the sharpness of their pocket knives the way kids today compare how many "aps" their smart phones have.<br /><br />If you got swats at school, you got them again at home when your parents found out.<br /><br />The biggest disciplinary problems were boys smoking or chewing tobacco and girls chewing gum in class.<br /><br />Another sign I'm getting old.Trevor Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216077170526370999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-91987882612653302952011-08-11T08:28:30.947-05:002011-08-11T08:28:30.947-05:00I liked the one about being late to school because...I liked the one about being late to school because of a train, something Liz and I can personally attest to.<br /><br />Back in 2006, we were at the end of the sidewalk road coming from Miami when we encountered a stopped train across the tracks and it wasn't going "nowhere."<br /><br />We ended up backtracking and taking the other route to Afton.<br /><br />And, that lousy train was gone when we got back.<br /><br />Oh well, more of that fun sidewalk road.<br /><br />RoadDogRoadDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277792950413268265noreply@blogger.com