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VINTAGE AVOCADO GREEN STOVE AND DISHWASHER - $300 (MILLEDGEVILLE)
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Post# 857623   12/20/2015 at 22:21 (3,020 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )        

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Post# 857631 , Reply# 1   12/21/2015 at 00:46 (3,020 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest)        
That's right....

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these are "are in demand so no lowballers."


Post# 857680 , Reply# 2   12/21/2015 at 10:32 (3,019 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Yuck

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My parents' house had that stove in white; the ultimate in Whirlpool builder's-grade product. Nothing says "it was either this, or an empty space for a stove" quite like those units. Not bad, not particularly great either; just a stove. I think this unit comes with a Continuously Dirty oven.

The dishwasher is handsome on the outside, but we all know what's inside.


Post# 857687 , Reply# 3   12/21/2015 at 10:52 (3,019 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Milledgeville was the location of the Georgia State Hospital for the Insane, otherwise known as Milledgeville to save time and breath, so, for decades, just hearing the word made you think of or suspect crazy and this ad proves it. I can't count the number of times I heard it said that so-and-so was ready for Milledgeville.

Post# 857689 , Reply# 4   12/21/2015 at 11:00 (3,019 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )        

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What we can learn from one ad...you can lose your mind. ;-)

Post# 857699 , Reply# 5   12/21/2015 at 11:34 (3,019 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Knowledge of Milledgeville was not kept from children. Elementary school children with IQs above room temperature knew about Milledgeville. Like Julia Sugarbaker used to say, we openly discussed crazy in the south. Where the train ran off the tracks was when we started supporting crazy people for political office. "Ha-Ha" suddenly went to "Oh Shit" but nothing could stop it by then.

Post# 857704 , Reply# 6   12/21/2015 at 12:18 (3,019 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        
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When I read the ad and saw the pictures, then saw the location - I made the same connection as you...

 

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Post# 857712 , Reply# 7   12/21/2015 at 14:02 (3,019 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        
I only opened this thread . . .

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. . .  because I was curious about where Milledgeville was.   It seems appropriate that it was home to a mental facility, I don't know why.  Just sounds right, I guess.

 

We had a similar situation locally.  The small town of Agnew became home to a large state mental hospital in the late 19th century.  For whatever reason, the state named the facility Agnews.  People of all ages were aware of what Agnews was and the same sort of remarks like, he/she must have escaped from Agnews, etc. were made.

 

Agnew is nothing more than a railroad stop that has been defunct for many, many decades and was long ago absorbed by Santa Clara.  Sun Microsystems bought the Agnews property in the early '90s and suburban development around the complex followed.  A few architecturally significant buildings remain.

 

Dave worked at Agnews in the '70s and told stories of huge storage rooms full of creepy antiquated medical equipment and furniture.  For many years, we had a small oak nightstand/telephone table kicking around that still had a brass plate on the back that identified it as part of state/Agnews inventory.

 

The building pictured is among those that were saved.  I don't know details about why Sun was flying the rainbow flag when the photo was taken.


Post# 857737 , Reply# 8   12/21/2015 at 16:09 (3,019 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Maybe the rainbow flag was being flown to drive religious fundamentalists crazy, like stark raving, Thorazine IV drip, 100% quickly fatal crazy. Would that it were so easy.

Post# 857750 , Reply# 9   12/21/2015 at 17:29 (3,019 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        
"Would that it were so easy."

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For some, I think it is.


Post# 857790 , Reply# 10   12/22/2015 at 00:37 (3,019 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
Milledgeville

Also had a fantastic BBQ joint...


Post# 857833 , Reply# 11   12/22/2015 at 10:12 (3,018 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Also GSCW, which later became co-educational.


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