Oakhurst Area Scandals???

[BGW]

From time to time, events happen in the Oakhurst area that get everyone talking and speculating!!

Example:

[Coldwolf]

Like, whose head is that between the truck and trailer? and which time that the Bear went missing was that?

[BGW]

I think the more important question is who is the guy in the background wearing the red/pink shirt? He is just standing there watching as the Talking Bear is wisked away to parts unknown.

[Keith]

Isn't the bear being relocated to the front door of the Oak room , to guard from unwanted patrons?

[BGW]

If only that bear could talk!!!!!

[Nascar8Fan]

Is he gone?

[BGW]

No, he's still there. This is an older photo...pre-digital even http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/doh.gif

Over the years...the Talking Bear has 'gone' missing. Usually there are outrageous stories about his where abouts racing through town. I like to think the Bear needs a vaction every now and then; just like everyone else.

Perhaps some of you know some of "The Bear" stories and would like to share them.

[Nascar8Fan]

Does anyone know the story why he isn't getting his voicebox back? I know it has been several years since he was "violated" but I remember coming up here and being able to him tell his story. My kids would like to hear him http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stretch.gif What originally happened to him?? Anyone know?? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/confused2.gif

[Coldwolf]

Whats a Talking Bear that doesn't talk? Silenced by the powers that be!

Just kidding.

Or am I?

Was he a subversive bear?

Damn Homeland Security, we'll never know!

[TOT]

Originally posted by Coldwolf:
Was he a subversive bear?


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oh my. i didn't know he wasn't talking anymore http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/sad420.gif that's just sad.

[MtnEagle]

I remember when he had just been referbished and someone stole is tongue...

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[Mysteefied]

Very sad indeed http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/no.gif I thought the whole point was to have him tell the story

[BGW]

No Wonder he can't talk anymore!! Someone stole his tongue!! I am wondering which cat got it?

Really though MntEagle...is there more to the tongue theft or was it just a tongue theft sends bear for repairs kind of story?

[MtnEagle]

Repair, IIRC it was a prank by some teenagers who returned it. I believe that referbish also had him talking again, but that's been a few years ago now.

As for why he don't talk anymore? Maybe he got tired of people not listening... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/crazya.gif

[oakhurstleaf]

I didn't know he stopped talking. He's still referred to as "The Talking Bear", so I just assumed he was still on speaking terms. Admittedly, I've never spoken with him in all these years that I've known him to exist at the corner of 41 and 426....I guess I was never curious as to what he had to say. But now I'm really curious!

What did he say when he was talking? Anybody remember?

Alice

[MtnEagle]

He really likes BBQ ... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

[oakhurstleaf]

Oh...maybe he did talk to us. Telepathically. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol420.gif

[Nascar8Fan]

I wasn't one of the fornunate ones to hear him, but my parents did and they tell me that he told the story of Oakhurst....what about Oakhurst, I don't know http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/bonk.gif

[Dodgergirl]

He was talking a year or so ago. Jack & Davy actually stopped to listen. I first heard him in (was it??) '85 Nah, couldn't be.........
anyway, I figured he had the same story so i haven't stopped since.

amazing what people take for granted, isn't it?

[BGW]

I asked my Mom about the Bear's history yesterday. She grinned at me evilly and said for me to take a close look at the Bear in the Photo and the Bear at Diiton's Centry 21...

She said something to the effect of the old Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie..."who are you and what have you done with my Bear....now I am really curious as to any silly funny stories related to this local Icon.

I can remember living in Tx. and Az. and over hearing people say "why you just turn right at the talking bear.....this creature has quite a legacy; real or imagined!!

[Keith]

Maybe the Talking Bear needs someone to rub old english all over his wood, that might get a rippling rise out of him.. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/blush.gif

If that dosn't work then give the Ol Bear,a Old English 800 40ouncer, that might loosen his tongue a bit.. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stickdance.gif

[BGW]

a few days away.... again? Away from the hussle and bustle of the 'big city'?

[BGW]

For giggles, I googled: talking bear
http://www.talkingbear.com/
Yep, he has his own website!! It appears to have been done by Joe Cartoon. It's cute and if you have never heard the bear talk...here's your chance.

[oakhurstleaf]

I can't believe Oakhurst as a whole can just sit back and have their world famous, award winning Talking Bear go silent http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/sad420.gif. Shameful. Who's in charge of his maintenance and care...Century 21? Well, we should rally for Talking Bear's voice to return...or boycott Century 21 http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/snobby.gif. That'll really put the pressure on.
He is Oakhurst's town history...and he must be restored. Who'd like to step up to the plate and organize a petition and protest http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/1zhelp.gif? (I'm not good at these kind of things http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wiseguy.gif) Let's get the Talking Bear in the front page news http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/yes.gif...I'm sure there's a lot of mountain folk who don't realize he's not talking anymore and hasn't been for a few years. Very sad. We must do something. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/yes.gif

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Originally posted by bgirlsworld:
For giggles, I googled: talking bear
http://www.talkingbear.com/
Yep, he has his own website!! It appears to have been done by Joe Cartoon. It's cute and if you have never heard the bear talk...here's your chance.

[Lacey]

I know that a long time ago the talking bear quit talking due to vandalism. But I had heard when I moved back there that Brad Ditton had taken on the task of getting him restored and that he does talk now. And at Christmas time, I heard that he tells a Christmas story or something like that. I've only been gone a year. I can't imagine all that has changed in such a short time. Someone needs to go rub his tummy and see what he says! http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stretch.gif

[Mibrew]

The voice has been down for a couple of months and Brad shut it down because the darn thing would talk all day and night without pushing the buttons, he does have the voice box and trying to get it repaired, but is not in a hurry to do it..... but I did not tell you that.


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[beautiful_mess38]

MMMmm We might have to take Brad's tongue http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/crazya.gif and give it to the talking bear.
He shouldn't distort our history in any way. Even if it does annoy him. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/sneaky.gif

[MtnBreeze]

Just for the record....the Bear belongs to Brad actually.....he is the one who put it there and has maintained it all these years....among other vandalism...it's tongue gets stolen on a regular basis...the tapes wear out or it talks incessently due to malfunction....I used to work at Ditton Realty and was always having to try and "fix" the bear for tourists etc. Althought the town claims it as it's own....it is actually a real pain to keep working, so I think Brad should be commended for keeping it going as long as he has.

[Mibrew]

Howdy Breeze.... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wave.gif how ya doing anyway?

I'm glad you told them, I didnt want to start a riot at Dittons http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

[MtnBreeze]

Hiya Brew
The town folk are very protective of that bear but few know much about it http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stretch.gif
As a footnote here. Another realtor and I took a picture of the exact same Bear on a building in Maryland several years back. So this is not the ONLY bear...hehehehe.

[Mibrew]

Breeze, I thought that bear could not talk though....let me find....

[Mibrew]

Bear from maryland

[MtnBreeze]

Hahahaha..I have a picture of the one we saw somehwere but even if I found it ..I have o scanner. It looked just like "our" talking bear.

[Sandman]

I have been visiting this area with my family since I was a baby. We would stay at the Oakhurst Lodge and would walk to the talking bear every time we visitied.

When I first moved up here, many people didn't know what road 426 was... but they sure knew what the "Talking Bear Road" was. There was no stop light... just a 3 way stop sign with flashing red lights.

Oakhurst just wouldn't be the same without the bear...

[concerned]

I was with my father when we heade to Fish Camp to go hunting. We drove 49 to 41 and headed North thru town. Town? About 3 or 4 buildings. This in 1950. When I drove up here in 1980 to interview for a job I was truly anazed to see all the buildings and it was actually a town. Compared to now though it wasn't much of a town.

[49er]

Yea, my nephew would get all excited when we would go and visit the Talking bear. But one day the Bear did not talk and has not been able to mumble a growl. We miss the Talking Bear and want him back...

[MtnEagle]

I used to love to come to Oakhurst back in the 70's to eat at the Bigfoot Grill...

Speaking of Bigfoot, you guys been hearing all that stuff coming out of Manitoba, CAN ???

Interesting...

[Mibrew]

I posted this a while back somewhere in here, thought I'd post it agian...

[Mibrew]

Manitoba Footage Update - May 6, 2005

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The recent footage described in the Canadian press was obtained on April 16, 2005, near the Nelson River, 500 kilometers north of Winnipeg, Canada.
Click image above for the map showing the location of the recent footage in Manitoba, Canada.
BFRO Director Matt Moneymaker has seen a digital copy of the master tape (the master tape is 8mm analog video), in Los Angeles, at the studio for the Fox Television program "Current Affair." Here are his observations:

"The Manitoba footage is blurry for the most part. The figure is nearly 1000 feet from the camera, on the opposite bank of a wide river.

Due to the distance involved, and problems with auto-focus while in zoom, the footage ranks well below the Memorial Day footage in terms of clarity."


Exclusions:

The figure in the footage is definitely :

1) Not an illusion created by a play of light and show (i.e. not a "blobsquatch").

2) Not a bear, or any other large, known, native species.

3) Not a composite, fabricated image.

4) A dark, upright, primate figure, with arms and legs somewhat like a human, standing on a riverbank.

5) Either a human or a sasquatch, but among those two candidates it is not clearly one or the other, due to the blurriness of the footage.

Comparisons:

Side-by-side images, showing humans standing at the same place, shot from the same vantage point, might demonstrate that the Manitoba figure is substantially larger than an average human, but comparison images are not yet available.

The trees along the river bank will provide scale measurements and a height range of the figure. When the height is determined it may reduce or eliminate the potential for it being a human.

The limb lengths are not clear enough in the footage to show an obvious distinction with human limb proportions, as they do in the Patterson footage.


The Focus Problem:
The footage is clearest at the beginning, for a few seconds, before it zooms in. The further the camera zooms in, the blurrier the figure becomes. Finally it goes into the dreaded "digital zoom" mode. Digital zoom transforms the blurry figure into a blocky, blurry figure.

The focus problem is apparently caused by the camera's auto-focus mechanism being thrown off by branches in the foreground. There is also some fog behind the figure. The fog dulls the edges of background objects when the camera is on full zoom. Had there been no fog behind the figure, the auto-focus mechanism might have found more clear edges in the tree line to use while adjusting itself.

The combined segments are well over 30 seconds total. There are two segments.

Circumstances:
The man who obtained the footage, Bobby Clark, is the ferry boat operator at the river crossing north of the Cree Nation community at Norway House.

Clark had previously worked the night shift. During his night shifts he occasionally heard eerie screams in the distance. He wanted to record the unusual screams so he made it a habit of bringing his camcorder with him to work. He didn't get any sound recordings, but he continued to bring his camcorder with him to work after he changed his shift to the morning shift.

The morning shift for the ferry operator begins at 6:30 am. Often there is no traffic to ferry across the river at that hour. Clark shot the footage from the opposite bank of the river while standing on the river bank waiting for vehicles to arrive.

For those of us who have been studying authentic footage and debunking bogus footage for a long time, the full circumstances of this incident point to a credible encounter.

The footage will air on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 as one of the stories on the Fox Television program "A Current Affair." The program may be aired on your local Fox station, or on a local independent station, so check your local listings.

Next Steps:

Comparison images will allow for measurements. Measurement data will allow for a height range to be determined. The height range will allow for calculation of a percentage of probability as to whether the figure could be human. The larger the measurements, the smaller the probability that it is human. If the figure is well over eight feet tall, the probability is close to zero (0). The location where the figure was walking (a muddy, marshy riverbank) and the movement seen in the footage, reasonably eliminates the possibility of a man on stilts.

[Mibrew]

Saw the video..... nothing but a blob????

Took a still of it...a joke, unless it gets cleared up, why would current affair pay for this???

[MtnBreeze]

If you had ever heard a Sasquatch you wouldn't need a clear pic to know they are real http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

[Keith]

Starbucks is opening on thursday,5-24-05.
and on wednesday they are having an open house for new employees and family members.

Starbucks hired 25 people to start with and will adjust to the flow of Guests.

[Mibrew]

Very Scandalous http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

--------Originally posted by Keith:
Starbucks is opening on thursday,5-24-05.
and on wednesday they are having an open house for new employees and family members.

Starbucks hired 25 people to start with and will adjust to the flow of Guests.

[BichonLover]

Originally posted by Keith:
Starbucks is opening on thursday,5-24-05.
and on wednesday they are having an open house for new employees and family members.

Starbucks hired 25 people to start with and will adjust to the flow of Guests.
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Try their low fat lemon zucchini muffins...they are reallllly goooood! That is, if they have them...the one in Vons never got them http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/koffie.gif

[LindaBo]

I thought i was going to read something ((HOT))) http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/no.gif i,m not here that is why http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/snobby.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stretch.gif

[concerned]

Hot. It has been 88 to 90% here the last 3 days. I'm not good with hot weather. I like it cool.

[BGW]

Starbucks hired 25 people to start with and will adjust to the flow of Guests.

I suppose the scandal lies somewhere within the above statement...as adjust usually means laid-off etc. A shame if those hired quit other jobs for this one only to find themselves unexpectedly looking for another job.

[Raider]

So is it true that oldwolf & eith ran off together ith Bigfoot ? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

[MtnEagle]

Keith has been down South I think. He was headed that way a few days back...

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[BGW]

Sorry......But it wasn't bigfoot!! Coldwolf....got him chained in my closet, feeding him raw meat and protein shakes. MWaaHuuhhahahahahahahhahhha

[Keith]

Was that Raider I saw driving a Yugo up Miami creek trail? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/cuckoo.gif

[Raider]

Originally posted by Keith:
Was that Raider I saw driving a Yugo up Miami creek trail? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/cuckoo.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/no.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol420.gif

[beautiful_mess38]

http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/rofl5.gif love being mooned by gremlins in a jeep.

[MtnEagle]

Originally posted by Keith:
Was that Raider I saw driving a Yugo up Miami creek trail? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/cuckoo.gif

I dunno, but I took the GEO up SkyRanch and back a little ways the other day... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol420.gif

[MtnBreeze]

Hahahaha.... You do know we are all nutso eh? This thread proves it http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink420.gif

[TOT]

I used to take my Yugo to Wiskey Falls http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol420.gif. It was interesting.

[TOT]

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[concerned]

Do Yugo where Igo?

[Mibrew]

Where ever Yugo... I go

[Newcomer]

Yugo bankrupt

[oakhurstleaf]

http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol420.gifThis reminds me...

Subject: Vincent Van Gogh's Family Tree





His dizzy aunt ----------------------------------------Verti Gogh



The brother who ate prunes ----------------------------Gotta Gogh



The uncle who worked at a convenience store ----------Stop n Gogh



The grandfather from Yugoslavia ---------------------------U Gogh



The cousin from Illinois ------------------------------Chica Gogh



His magician uncle ------------------------------Where-diddy Gogh



His Mexican cousin ----------------------------------- A mee Gogh



The Mexican cousin's American half-brother ----------- Gring Gogh



The nephew who drove a stage coach-------------- Wells-far Gogh



The constipated uncle --------------------------------- Cant Gogh



The ballroom dancing aunt ----------------------------- Tang Gogh



The bird lover uncle ---------------------------------Flamin Gogh



His nephew the psychoanalyst ------------------------------E Gogh



The fruit loving cousin ---------------------------------Man Gogh



An aunt who taught positive thinking -----------------Way-to Gogh



The little bouncy nephew ------------------------------- Poe Gogh



A sister who loved disco -------------------------------- Go Gogh



The cousin who car-pooled -------------------------------Van Gogh



And his niece who travels the country in an RV ---Winnie Bay Gogh.



Well, there you Gogh!

[Raider]

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[Choco-chick]

http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/lol.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/laugh4.gif That was too funny, I copied and e-mailed to others. Thanks http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/stretch.gif

[Keith]

Oakhurst Area Scandals??? http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/mask.gif

I think I might of heard some where, or maybe it was a note on a door , that Hondo's will be open soon.... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/bonk.gif

[BGW]

I heard that too except they are going to call it something different this time!!!! http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/rolleyes2.gif

[oakhurstleaf]

Yesterday, late morning, when I was heading back to my car after signing up kids for swim lessons at Yosemite High...I spotted an SUV with the Hondo's logo on it's rear window. The owner? Or the in-limbo owner? Had a thought...maybe, Hondo's is coming back. One would think if Hondo's were history one would get their logo removed from their rear window. But maybe not. Who knows? Anybody really know?

[oakhurstleaf]

Anyone know anything about the Oakhurst Subway? One of our employees read something in a newspaper that would fall into this catagory. I, however, cannot find ANYTHING about it...lots of talk, but no sufficient documented proof that I can find. Would say it's a rumor at this point...so unless anyone here has tangible evidence...then guess, I'll just leave it at that.

[BGW]

The owner of Hondo's is the high school baseball coach. His nickname is also Hondo. Since you were at the high school I imagine you saw his vehicle....

[Mibrew]

I didnt care for Hondo's and didnt care for Sherri D's, I think it needs a complete re-model, the food and service has always been "Hit & Miss" I myself would like to see new blood at that location... sorry but I look at investment value... and I never saw it there.

[TOT]

(random) i got my first speeding ticket in a yugo...

[Keith]

TOT Caught in a "YUGO - A - GO -GO - Ticket" to funny.. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/rolleyes2.gif


The Hondo's statement was a scandalest mudd sling.. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/annoyed.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/cry.gif

[shansard]

I hope something else opens there, maybe Thai, or another some Italian (don't care for Velvet Rose).

[MtnEagle]

I think some people are voting for a In-n-Out Burger joint...

[Mysteefied]

I'm voting for a Sweet Tomatos

[concerned]

There is,or was a Subway Sandwich Shop in front of Crab Caks Restaurant. Been there for years.

[oakhurstleaf]

Question is...

What's going on with it now? It's being taken apart...renovation? Reopening soon? Same owner? That's it?

I've just heard things...but maybe there's nothing to it all.

Originally posted by concerned:
There is,or was a Subway Sandwich Shop in front of Crab Caks Restaurant. Been there for years.

[shansard]

Originally posted by Mysteefied:
I'm voting for a Sweet Tomatos


Oooh, good idea! That would be awesome! I love salad! I have yet to find a good salad bar up here.

[Keith]

Is it really true that Burger King left because their lease was $ 10,000.00 http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/greedy.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/confused.gif a month?

No wonder they got Paris Hilton http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/greedy.gif to do the adds for Carl's, they'll need all the burger biters they can get http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wink3.gif.

[cloeybelle]

I miss Marty's...don't get me wrong, I like Pete's, but I miss Marty's...

[Yosemite_Wolf]

where is/was Martys??

If i want Subway.. ill stop at one in Fresburg o way to work.. now a BajaFresh in Oakydoke would be nice http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/happy.gif.
Just as long as CrabCakes stays in biz... i love them. Mmmmmmmmmmmm great seafood salads.

[beautiful_mess38]

rumor has it that Taqueira is moving into hondo's and I hate them. There food is so bland you need to bring your own seasoning.

[Yosemite_Wolf]

i would vote for a second "3 sisters" in Coarsegold

[Mibrew]

Right next to the new Wallmart http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/tongue.gif

Thats funny Wolfie I just saw her at the Coarsegold market http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/happy.gif

[Keith]

NEW SCANDAL ALERT !!!! http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

Von's and Rayley's are always trying to provide the lowest prices to the customer http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/applause.gif.

Latley Rayley's has advertised and shown lower prices than Von's http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/tongue.gif.

Well VON'S has drawn the line http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/comp26.gif and I have it from a reliable sourse( FLY ON THE WALL )that:

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER CLOSING VON'S IS BRINGING IN A LARGE NUMBER OF PRICE SLASHERS.
WHEN VON'S OPENS AT 5:30AM ON saturday VON'S WILL HAVE UNDERCUTT THOUSANDS OF RAYLEY'S PRICES.

SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ON A BUDGET , WHETHER IT BE SHOE-STRING OR VALUE., SATURDAY MORNNING WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON YOUR GROCERY BILL...REMEMBER THAT VON'S OPENS AT 5:30am http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/yes.gif http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/happy.gif

The best news out of this is that even though it's the start of summer we'll have a price war between our two local favorites, and that can, only benifit us.. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

[Californee Girl]

I have one! Does anyone know why the 22 Mile House doesnt sell cigarettes?

[MtnEagle]

Originally posted by Californee Girl:
I have one! Does anyone know why the 22 Mile House doesnt sell cigarettes?

...because it's a GAS station?

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[Californee Girl]

All the other gas stations sell cigarettes...

[Yosemite Joy]

Because cigarettes are bad? But man the 22 Mile House is completley DISGUSTING!!! Have you ever had the "pleasure" of using their restroom? After I walked in, I walked right back out, sick... never will I go in there again, and I wouldn't actually buy something to consume there.

[MtnEagle]

Anyone remember what the 22 Mile House used to be before a Shell Gas Mart?

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[cak]

Originally posted by Yosemite_Wolf:
i would vote for a second "3 sisters" in Coarsegold

Too funny. I mean, they keep such odd hours in Oakhurst - I can't imagine them wanting the work of running a second place!

[Californee Girl]

What Im getting at here is did they lose the right to sell tobacco. I havent personally smoked for a year and a half. Yea, that was a shameless plug.

[concerned]

When I first moved up here the 22 mile house was a bar. I stopped once, ordered a draft beer and it came with a large olive in it.

[Coldwolf]

Originally posted by concerned:
When I first moved up here the 22 mile house was a bar. I stopped once, ordered a draft beer and it came with a large olive in it.

That was because it was a biker bar. A draft beer is a mixed drink.

[Coldwolf]

From interview with Leroy Brown, 1986

22-MILE HOUSE
In 1939, when Highway 41 was completed, a man named Claude Miller and his wife established a service station and bar there. In 1946, Ida and I bought the bar so we could consolidate all our holdings on the west side of 41 Highway. After about a year of running the bar and service station we didn't think we could handle it. We sold the business and about an acre and a half; now the saloon is called the "22-Mile House." Previously, we called it the "Sweetwater Station." When he first established it, Mr. Miller called it "Miller's" and that is the history, to date, of "22-Mile House." It is twenty-two miles from the Fresno Courthouse.

[TOT]

As of... oh probably about a year ago, the 22 mile house still sold cigarettes. But i seem to recall they'd only stock Marlboros and one of the generic brands. For at least 2 years they never had Camels...

[Californee Girl]

Originally posted by Coldwolf:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by concerned:
When I first moved up here the 22 mile house was a bar. I stopped once, ordered a draft beer and it came with a large olive in it.

That was because it was a biker bar. A draft beer is a mixed drink. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

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[Yosemite_Wolf]

Originally posted by Californee Girl:
I have one! Does anyone know why the 22 Mile House doesnt sell cigarettes?

cos they work on COD... they can't afford to buy them wholesale!!!!

[Californee Girl]

ohhhhhhhh!! thank you wolfie!

[Summer]

Someone told me it was called the 22 Mile House because it is 22 miles to Yosemite. Is that true? Coldwolf stated Mr. Miller called it that because it is 22 miles to Fresno Co. Courthouse. Is it both?

[MtnEagle]

I've always known it to be the latter...

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[BGW]

I think it is 26 miles to Oakhurst from the 22 Mile House. It is the Fresno reference of which the place was named

[Keith]

Hondo's signs are coming down, all but one is down. The taco-ree-ahh sign has been put on the side of the building http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/happy.gif.
Slowly the change begins..... http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/yes.gif
Soon we'll have mexican food at HWY.41 and HWY.49 intersection. http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

[Coldwolf]

Originally posted by bgirlsworld:
I think it is 26 miles to Oakhurst from the 22 Mile House. It is the Fresno reference of which the place was named

Right, it was 22 miles to the (or from the) Fresno Courthouse. When it was built. But now the courthouse has moved

[Yosemite Joy]

The shaved ice stand is gone forever... the county shut it down because of water issues? I think so anyway... glad I am not preggers anymore, I loved shaved ice when I was. Me wonders if this is some sort of sneaky move by Starbucks, though I can't see why they would bother, it is not like she got tons of business at the stand. But seems sort of fishy that Madera Health Dept (is that an oxymoron?) would come a knockin' just days after Starbucks opened. Ho hum.

[TOT]

Originally posted by Yosemite Joy:
The shaved ice stand is gone forever...

the one by hondos?

[Nascar8Fan]

We drove by this weekend and I had to think a moment about what was missing! I figured it out and thought maybe she had moved somewhere else. How sad, she was a really nice lady. I hope she reopens somewhere else, maybe closer to the lake or something!

[Yosemite Joy]

Originally posted by TOT:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Yosemite Joy:
The shaved ice stand is gone forever...


the one by hondos? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep.

[Summer]

OK, from what I heard they were using the water from Hondo's from a hose. I think that might explain the health issues. I know, I know, we all used to drink from a hose when we were little, but it doesn't fly with Health Depts. Personally I wouldn't drink ANY water in Oakhurst. They just came out with another warning today - we received it at work via fax. Don't drink the water - and no, we are not in Mexico - yet! http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/goofy.gif

[Keith]

Yosemite Joy,
Yes the shaved ice building is gone, there is a big void where it used to be http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/sick.gif.
Hondo's water comes from their own well and not the hillside brown water company http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/wiseguy.gif.
The shaved ice business didn't comply with health and sanitation laws so they are gone http://oakhurstforums.com/icon/comp26.gif.

[BichonLover]

There is a shaved ice stand (summer only) in Bass Lake on North Shore Road by the Pines Village (close to Castillos and Century 21 office). http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/happy.gif

[Dodgergirl]

I think the truck up by True Value sells snow cones. I see the "we're open" sign on it in the afternoons.

[shansard]

Word on the street is that DiCicco's is looking at the Chateau Miel building next to Hoof n' Paw.

[Yosemite Joy]

Awesome.. I hope so. DiCiccos is good.

[Keith]

I want Jack-in-the-Box http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/clown.gif Tacos. Hope that place gets finished soon.. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/yes.gif

[Yosemite_Wolf]

Diciccos is adequate if not mediocre. Their food SWIMS in grease!! Some of their stuff is ok.. but all in all.. even a silly Scot-Norweigan Redhead like me can cook better Italian food (and i do)..... Id rather see an Olive Garden there.... or Macaroni grill... but anything is better than Mexico Tacquiera.

[jakobscalpel]

I know it will never happen, but please please please please let us get a Sweet Tomatoes.

[Mysteefied]

I know it will never happen, but please please please please let us get a Sweet Tomatoes.


AMEN!!!!

[Yosemite Joy]

Sweet Tomatoes is good, but I heard that they use MSG in the salad.

[oakhurstleaf]

MSG in their salad dressings?

We had the Sweet Tomatoes sister restaurant in Orange County, Soup Plantation...I loved that restaurant. The kids love it too...the whole serve yourself, pick what you want thing was a big draw for them.

Originally posted by Yosemite Joy:
Sweet Tomatoes is good, but I heard that they use MSG in the salad.

[jakobscalpel]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was MSG in their food. I usually just assume that no restaurant is safe unless they very explicitly deny using the stuff. Even then I have doubts. But we still go to when we are down in Fresno for the day http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/happy.gif I'm going to email Sweet Tomatoes and see what they say....

[Yosemite Joy]

About two years ago my best friend was pregnant and ate there. She later felt dizzy, had a stomach ache and felt jittery. She went back and asked the manager if there was MSG in the food, and he said that he "believed" that there was in the salad.

[Californee Girl]

MSG is in everything. Im not just being paranoid on this one. Pretty much all forms of flavoring are MSG. Now look around you. How many things have added flavoring?

CFSAN.FDA.gov (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/msg.html)
MSGFacts.com (http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfacts.html)
HolisticMed.com (http://www.holisticmed.com/msg/)

[Dodgergirl]

Funny, J gets sick from MSG & since I stopped using products with it as an ingredient, whenever I eat it I get a stomach ache & my RA hurts more.
J can tell from the smell of one's cooking if MSG has been added, he's that sensitive to it.

[Mysteefied]

I know this is going to make me sound stupid, but honestly I don't know.

what is MSG used for? why do they put it in food? I don't understand what the purpose is. Can someone explain? is it like a preservative of some type?

[Mysteefied]

ok..nevermind, I went to the website and read up on it. The side effects of it sound A LOT like my panic attacks...raises a whole new set of questions in my mind. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/sneaky.gif

[Yosemite Joy]

Cancers are prone to panic attacks. Not that I believe in that. I get panic attacks too (not a cancer though). Sometimes my world starts spinning and I can't breathe.. sort of like when I see a slug. ha

Now that we are talking about msg I want Jade Gazebo chow mein.. gooooood stuff!

[Dodgergirl]

and it's in just about everything
do you use those box cooking mixes? it's in most of them.
seasonings? yup
asian food mixes/sauces? usually
frozen foods? yup again

gotta read the boxes

[Californee Girl]

Originally posted by Mysteefied:
ok..nevermind, I went to the website and read up on it. The side effects of it sound A LOT like my panic attacks...raises a whole new set of questions in my mind. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/sneaky.gif

awesome

[BGW]

Read in Wed.'s paper that "Gotta Luv Pizza" 40034 hwy 49 bldg A ste D Oakhurst. have applied for an on sale beer and wine eating place liqour licence. Who? What? Did I miss??????

[Yosemite Joy]

What? Really? Never heard of it.

[Californee Girl]

... cuz we need another pizza place ...

[shansard]

Originally posted by Mysteefied:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I know it will never happen, but please please please please let us get a Sweet Tomatoes.


AMEN!!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ditto. Or a Fresh Choice. I think I like FC more than Tomato's.

[Summer]

When I eat MSG my heart races like there's no tomorrow. Most all Chinese restaurants use it but if you tell them not to - that you're allergic to it - they will not put it in. Schezwan will not put it in if I ask.

[Summer]

Originally posted by Dodgergirl:
and it's in just about everything
do you use those box cooking mixes? it's in most of them.
seasonings? yup
asian food mixes/sauces? usually
frozen foods? yup again

gotta read the boxes

Yup you're right DG - got to read the labels!

[Dodgergirl]

Originally posted by bgirlsworld:
Read in Wed.'s paper that "Gotta Luv Pizza" 40034 hwy 49 bldg A ste D Oakhurst. have applied for an on sale beer and wine eating place liqour licence. Who? What? Did I miss??????

Well, that is Round Table's address....

[Mysteefied]

Round table has been sold, but I thought they were keeping it a Round table. hmmm..interesting

[MtnEagle]

Mono Sodium Glutimate (MSG)

Basically a salt preservative (Sodium... duh...)

I can understand how it would make your heart have issues.

http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/wink3.gif

Salt in too many forms and quantity is always bad...

[Summer]

Originally posted by MtnEagle:
Mono Sodium Glutimate (MSG)

Basically a salt preservative (Sodium... duh...)

I can understand how it would make your heart have issues.

http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/wink3.gif
Yeah, thats just exactly what the doctor told me!

Salt in too many forms and quantity is always bad...

[father guido]

Scandal? How about that motel that burned to the ground in Fish Camp? Could not quite prove it was arson, but the owner then went and opened up Pizza Joe's in Coarsegold and it, too, burned to the ground...what are the odds?