tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post5910049508275501733..comments2024-03-28T08:01:16.665-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Knott's, October 1975Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-79588168792405477262010-07-17T10:13:38.103-07:002010-07-17T10:13:38.103-07:00I read that last line as "FIRST CAME TO CAL I...I read that last line as "FIRST CAME TO CAL IN 184*.<br />Makes more sense to me, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-45642818519773636192010-05-03T05:53:37.289-07:002010-05-03T05:53:37.289-07:00I remember a brief time when those flour-sack shir...I remember a brief time when those flour-sack shirts were popular here in Florida. Same time as denim overalls. Right before Jimmy Buffett hit the big time, and we all switched to Hawaiian shirts, pukka shells and boardshorts.ElectroSparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104933201637186911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-31556340017795124052010-04-27T21:32:08.012-07:002010-04-27T21:32:08.012-07:00This brings back some memories I'd forgotten I...This brings back some memories I'd forgotten I had. Knott's in the 70s...oh, what I'd do for an '85 Delorean, a flux capacitor, and 1.21 GW...<br /><br />The Gold Mine Tunnel was pretty scary for me when I was 6 or 7 - dark, dimly lighted, etc. - until I discovered nothing was going to jump out at me. Quite unlike my own 8- and 5-year-olds' experience last summer in what used to be Injun Joe's Cave on Disneyland's TSI. Stupid pirate rehab made me into a liar in front of my own kids...<br /><br />I'd also forgotten my mom had a flour sack shirt. Or maybe it was a shirt flour sack...I was pretty young.<br /><br />As always - thanks for sharing!Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-12803693572063184692010-04-27T08:46:29.827-07:002010-04-27T08:46:29.827-07:00thanks for the info, ToykoMagic.
im hoping to g...thanks for the info, ToykoMagic. <br /><br />im hoping to get to that park one of these days, even tho its not the sameNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54449808709390136092010-04-27T07:58:09.160-07:002010-04-27T07:58:09.160-07:00I guess the Flour Sack shirt was all the rage in t...I guess the Flour Sack shirt was all the rage in the '70s. Here is another example:<br /><br />http://weirdbabe.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/queens_pride.jpgAndrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-2858359356541601102010-04-26T22:57:58.070-07:002010-04-26T22:57:58.070-07:00Nancy, it was a tunnel that you could walk down in...Nancy, it was a tunnel that you could walk down into and you would exit out at the Pan For Gold attraction. Today, it has been converted into the entrance for the rollercoaster, "Ghost Rider."TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62383267694682956992010-04-26T12:39:29.001-07:002010-04-26T12:39:29.001-07:00very cool..im with ToykoMagic in that i love the 7...very cool..im with ToykoMagic in that i love the 70s as well. it was my decade!<br /><br />in the last picture, on the right is the Gold Mine Tunnel...<br /><br />was there actually a cave or something you could you go into or was it just a tunnel thru to whatever is on the there side of the building or was it just a facade? i like that sort of thing...<br /><br />thanks for posting these...im wide awake!! ;-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-70341199727653793212010-04-26T11:25:06.801-07:002010-04-26T11:25:06.801-07:00Yeah, I take the "these" to mean "t...Yeah, I take the "these" to mean "this kind of technology," rather than these specific pieces. Like you'd say, "The railroad came to California in 1863" or whatever. Like, these rock-grinding whatchamacallem's started appearing in California (including Death Valley) during the Gold Rush. But heck if I know! I ain't one for fancy book larnin'!Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-16964581577799167132010-04-26T11:10:30.327-07:002010-04-26T11:10:30.327-07:00Tim, those are the only halves I know of!
Andrew ...Tim, those are the only halves I know of!<br /><br />Andrew and Brian, I thought it might say THESE CAME TO CAL... also, but it didn't make sense to me since it supposedly came from Death Valley in the first place. I guess they meant that it first came to Death Valley in 1849?<br /><br />And Katella Gate, you might be right... it actually does kind of look like the vague outlines of people-shapes!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37004649295873718312010-04-26T10:21:41.842-07:002010-04-26T10:21:41.842-07:00I think the paint behind the fiberglass cowboys in...I think the paint behind the fiberglass cowboys in the fist picture was actually worn off by people wedging themselves behind the bench trying to get in the shot.<br /><br />That building was originally painted with a very thin special effects paint to give it that old timer look, and I doubt it would take much to rub off.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37470900353145590142010-04-26T09:28:50.346-07:002010-04-26T09:28:50.346-07:00I ain't no big city historian, but I blowed it...I ain't no big city historian, but I blowed it up real big and twiddled some flibberty-jibbers in Photoshop and agree with Andrew: "These came to Cal..." There aren't (sorry, "ain't")really many letters or much space to work with.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-10615666760855623852010-04-26T09:26:26.958-07:002010-04-26T09:26:26.958-07:00Death Valley...love that place.
Thank you Major, ...Death Valley...love that place.<br /><br />Thank you Major, great pics.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54391350904886793502010-04-26T08:30:39.995-07:002010-04-26T08:30:39.995-07:00You can see that in the last pic the city slicker ...You can see that in the last pic the city slicker is also wearing an Enriched Flour shirt. How strange. If I were to take a stab at deciphering that last sentence in the sign, try this one: THESE CAME TO CAL IN 1849.<br /><br />But only a Knott's historian would really know, anyone?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-90764243502004440272010-04-26T08:16:13.634-07:002010-04-26T08:16:13.634-07:00Goldmine pics are never snoozers, well, pics of th...Goldmine pics are never snoozers, well, pics of the current Goldmine would be snoozers but these are gems.<br /><br />Let's see, if you're "half coyote, half raccoon, and half monkey" what's your last half?Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-2063788022316208272010-04-26T00:56:28.729-07:002010-04-26T00:56:28.729-07:00No Snoozers there, Major! Thanks for showing us e...No Snoozers there, Major! Thanks for showing us everything you have. Oh, and I love the seventies....at Knott's or Disneyland, it doesn't matter!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com