northbeaumont Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 I just found an excellent website called "texhwyman.com." Most of you probably already know about it. Maybe the person who created it is on this forum. He did a good job of explaining highways, interstates, signs, etc. Quote
gwilson Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I was a highway man...Along the coach roads I did ride...With sword and pistol by my side...Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade...Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade...The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five...But I am still alive... Quote
northbeaumont Posted December 18, 2007 Author Posted December 18, 2007 I was a highway man...Along the coach roads I did ride...With sword and pistol by my side...Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade...Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade...The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five...But I am still alive...What are "baubles?" Quote
TheNiche Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 What are "baubles?"I started to make fun of that, but I couldn't make the joke work.In olden times, a bauble was a tool of a court jester, usually a hideous face with a mardi gras hat and bells on one end of a rod, and sometimes with a bladder on the other end. The real artifacts look like voodoo tools. Within the last couple centuries, it simply refers to jewelry or sometimes christmas ornaments. Quote
northbeaumont Posted January 9, 2008 Author Posted January 9, 2008 I just found an excellent website called "texhwyman.com." Most of you probably already know about it. Maybe the person who created it is on this forum. He did a good job of explaining highways, interstates, signs, etc.I found another good website called "okroads.com." I looked at the photos of the entire 143-mile stretch of IH-37 from Corpus Christi to San Antonio. It has many other freeways and highways, too. Quote
TJones Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) You got the friggin' internet at your fingertips and you can't do an image search ? Edited January 9, 2008 by TJones Quote
northbeaumont Posted January 10, 2008 Author Posted January 10, 2008 You got the friggin' internet at your fingertips and you can't do an image search ? What are you talking about? Quote
TJones Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Ummmm....I just showed you a picture of a "bauble". I got that picture off the INTERNET, by typing in the words "Mardi Gras Baubles" in an IMAGE search from Yahoo, or you can choose which ever search engine you prefer. Quote
TheNiche Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Ummmm....I just showed you a picture of a "bauble". I got that picture off the INTERNET, by typing in the words "Mardi Gras Baubles" in an IMAGE search from Yahoo, or you can choose which ever search engine you prefer.I don't think the Highwaymen were referring to Mardi Gras trinkets. Quote
TJones Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 I don't think the Highwaymen were referring to Mardi Gras trinkets.No, most likely they are referring to the pearl necklaces the ladies wore around their necks during the time. Quote
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