Prove to me you have lived in Tennessee

[PirateVOL]

When I first moved to East Tennessee in 1982, there were billboards everywhere in S Knox County that said "Water is for washing, Dickel is for drinking" and it showed a country gent sitting in an old school washtub drinking Dickel from the bottle.  That sure did seem appropriate for S Knox County somehow!   

Well, S Knox County has always been a bit "different" 

[BanditVol]

Well, S Knox County has always been a bit "different" 

yup.  I stumbled across a still while hiking in my junior or senior year....most likely senior year. In fact, I found more than one over time.  I found a couple that were abandoned and old, and at least one that was active.

When I was in HS and we lived in the Kimberlin Heights area (my parents house is still there, although they are both now in homes for the elderly), in my HS head, the countryside all around their house was open country and not owned by anyone. I guess I thought it belonged to the state of Tennseesee. So I would hike through the woods for miles away from my parents house, mostly in the winter when there wasn't much else to do.  Took the family dog sometimes.  And now I realize I was trespassing the entire time.  Probably lucky I wasn't shot at some point. 

[Coupe De VOL]

We ate at the Jolly Ox, instead of "Steak & Ale".  Eventually the TN state law that forbid reference to alcohol in an establishment's name was done away with and Steak & Ale it was....I loved their prime Rib.

[RockinGrannyVol]

Well if you grew up in North Knoxville --- you knew where the original Louis' Pizza Restaurant was!  And I remember when the brothers had a fight and 1 opened a 2nd Louis' restaurant next door to the original.      

And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church!   Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area!  Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house. 

Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now.  PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!

[BanditVol]

Well if you grew up in North Knoxville --- you knew where the original Louis' Pizza Restaurant was!  And I remember when the brothers had a fight and 1 opened a 2nd Louis' restaurant next door to the original.      

And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church!   Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area!  Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house. 

Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now.  PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!

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Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982.  Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.   

So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?   

[PirateVOL]

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Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982.  Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.   

So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?   

I worked at Kays on Magnolia as a freezer boy out of High School, till I joined the AF

[RockinGrannyVol]

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Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982.  Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.   

So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?   

So there is still a Louis' restaurant -- and honestly, I don't know which brother it was!  LOL  They are both gone now, but 1 of my brothers and my son ALWAYS go to Louis' for spaghetti anytime they are in Knoxville....not only was I raised going there, so were my children until we moved to GA!