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nolabear

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13. Hey! What's it like these days?

Reply to stonecutter357 (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:13 PM

Mar 2015

My mother's parents lived there and I was there frequently when I was a kid but have hardly been back as an adult. The last time was probably fifteen years ago. I remember it pretty well, the cotton mill and the red clay. My mother and Jim Nabors went to different High Schools at the same time, she to BB Comer and he to (I think) Sylacauga High. The town was always really proud of him and of course very, very much in denial about him being gay.

Nice to meet you!

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Indiana's Favorite Son Is Gay [View all] AnnieBW Mar 2015 OP

He announced last year that the 2014 Indy 500 would be his last one. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2015 #1

I think Jim was the fist "favorite son"...Letterman is the more recent one... pipoman Mar 2015 #2

Oh the Hate-Filled Irony.. mahalo, AnnieBW.. We Welcome Everyone in Hawaii! Cha Mar 2015 #3

"gay" was ok in pre-contact hawaii, then christians came and ruined everything as usual msongs Mar 2015 #5

Hey, Hawaii is Lower Alaska! raven mad Mar 2015 #23

Hoosiers are proud to claim Cole Porter Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #4

James Dean was bi or a closeted gay. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #6

How do you know that? cwydro Mar 2015 #30

Jump ahead to 3:15 on this youtube clip Electric Monk Mar 2015 #34

Read the autobiography of his best friend Bill Bast. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #36

Thanks! cwydro Mar 2015 #38

How'd he get connected to Indiana? He's from Alabama. nolabear Mar 2015 #7

Adopted Hoosier for 40 years due to the Indy 500 sobenji Mar 2015 #10

it's a small world stonecutter357 Mar 2015 #12

Hey! What's it like these days? nolabear Mar 2015 #13

I can play that game too... Whiskeytide Mar 2015 #15

Nice! Yes, it would have been mid to late 50s. nolabear Mar 2015 #25

My brush with greatness: I was bitten by Tramp's mother Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #18

So he was a SOB? nolabear Mar 2015 #26

She was actually a nice dog that just got caught up in the moment Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #29

All is forgiven, then. nolabear Mar 2015 #31

What a great keepsake. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #37

In my opinion, My Three Sons jumped the shark when William Frawley left Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #40

I think he left for health reasons. Chipper Chat Apr 2015 #41

Dead within the year Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #42

Sylacauga? I love that town! n/t raven mad Mar 2015 #24

I'd like to see it again someday. nolabear Mar 2015 #27

Well Surprise Surprise Surprise ! Motown_Johnny Mar 2015 #8

It even made it on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" Elwood P Dowd Mar 2015 #11

No. Really? nolabear Mar 2015 #28

What about Cole Porter? He was one of AMERICA's favorite sons. MADem Mar 2015 #9

Well since the race is in Indianapolis the answer would be 'not an issue' LynneSin Mar 2015 #14

Wow. That's Interesting ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #16

I don't know about home rule law, but it is VERY strong tradition in Indiana. ieoeja Mar 2015 #19

I thought Larry Bird was their favorite son./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #17

Michael Jackson itcfish Mar 2015 #20

any place that has children. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #22

! DeSwiss Mar 2015 #39

Brandon Fraser itcfish Mar 2015 #21

Jim Nabors is gay rumors went back to the time he was on Gomer Pyle Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #32

Wait, how is anybody other than Larry Bird Indiana's favorite son? LeftyMom Mar 2015 #33

Larry Bird is GAY? cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #35