this thread is about something,im just not sure what...

so im in the mood to type,, i think,..

but i need a topic that will entertain me..
what do you suggest?

 

well seeing as we have to follow the title rule i suppose it should be about something

 

hows things going there? is it raining? what do y'all do to get ready for winter?

 

something it is,, but what??

 

winter is in the eye of the beholder..

according to dilli we dont get a winter..


although it is 60 outside..

 

winter too me is just when it's not sunny everyday

 

i suggest we all talk about ways of silencing nick lachey
he just came on tv, with his shitty songs :&

 

thats paradise to me.. i loathe the sun..

it makes me squint,and sweat..

an i prefer grey over blue..

 

i dont have a TV,..

an im stuck in the jam band / jazz/funckadelic/bluegrass scene musicaly wise,, so i have no idea who yer talkin about,, so thats out..

sorry..

luv n light

 

that's okay, it's better that you don't know

 

I know who he is but thankfully have no clue what he sounds like

 

Have you seen that movie 'Deliverance' ?

 

Someone made him squueeaal like a pig?

 

We're on the same page

 

Yep, which is page 2

 

oddly enough, the novel deliverence was based on was wrote about the damning of the coossawattee..

carters lake is the deepest lake east of the mississippi,, as well as the largest earthen dam east of the mississippi.

actually a interesting story how that fantasy came about..

 

do tell. this thread found a topic of interest after all.

 

Area History

The earliest written description of the area is probably 1731. A Virginian describes the junction of two roads in Cherokee county including the unmistakable descent along the Coosawattee River. In 1735 a second letter about the same road mentions the Cherokee town of Ellijay.

In 1838 the Cherokee were rounded up in the Ellijay area and detained in Fort Hetzel in East Ellijay. From the fort they were marched in groups to an area not far from the present-day dam to head north to the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee. Cherokee from Dahlonega's Fort Embry (or Fort Dahlonega) would follow the same route. From Tennessee they would be forced west on a route known today as The Trail of Tears.

In spite of the excellent power source created by the rapid descent of the Coosawattee, industrial development along the river was almost non-existent because the surrounding land was too rugged. Only occasional farms occupied the area with a saw mill and two grist mills near the river. Keen hikers can spot the remains of the sawmill with the unusual undershot wheel along the Tumbling Waters Trail that begins at the Ridgeway Day Use Area.

The area in the southeast corner of the lake was home to Hoyt Kelly, a moonshiner of note. Hoyt, unlike his more famous brethren in Dawsonville and beyond, did not drive fast cars to deliver his product to market. Instead he would sell the "likker" from a large cauldron to guests who visited from Atlanta.

When approval for Carters Lake dam was attained by the Corps of Engineers the outdoor world mourned the loss of what many enthusiasts considered the best whitewater run east of the Mississippi. Atlanta Writer James Dickey, one such enthusiast, journeyed to the river to make a final run. A friend, who was to pick him up on the Carters end of the lake stumbled across a moonshine operation. After the intruder explained what he was doing in the area, the owner of the still told his son to take the man to the pickup site and if the canoeists didn't show up at the appointed time, kill him. Luckily, Dickey and his friend came into sight within a couple of hours, but the idea for Deliverance was born.