Dogpatch, USA - Rotting in the Sun!

Willy found this on Arkansas - A Great Place to Live - Blog and asked to put it here! Fits in with the Hillbilly Life - A great piece of Hillbilly History!

10-4 Willy
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If you're about twenty years old or older and grew up in the Ozarks, then you might remember visiting Dogpatch USA.

It was opened in 1968 and based on Al Capp's popular comic strip Li'l Abner, which was set in the fictional town of Dogpatch. The park had a roller coaster, a trout farm and lake where you could fish for your own dinner, a huge water slide, and all kinds of shops. You could meet Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, and even the lovable Shmoo.

Dogpatch USA has been closed since 1993, and everything's still there, rotting in the sun.

This was an interesting little place and I had the privelege of dropping by here in about 1992 - the year before it closed. Someone developed this to hopefully have the attraction of the super theme parks such as Six Flags. I still remember the rock caricature at the entrance of Abner and Daisy Mae!

But now it is just a rotting piece of Arkansas History!

The History of how this all came about can be found here at Russell Johnson's History of Dogpatch!

Below is a brochure for the theme Park.



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Posted By CDO to Arkansas - a Great Place to Live at 5/05/2007 08:37:00 AM

Encylocentral - Helped Willy be Smart!

Willy done ran into this site called Encyclocentral. Willy found it to be an interesting site. Willy done thought it had to do with learning from the encyclopedia but it goes far beyond that.

This site gives everyone the opportunity to post in "threads" about the things that interest them. Willy done found great facts on this site.

First Willy - being the great parent that he is - went to Parenting - expecting to find Willy's name and how to do Parenting . Instead Willy found interesting short articles about famous people and other short articles of great interest on the topic.

Also, being the business man that Willy is he went to the area for business and finance .
Found lots of good information there.

Willy thinks you might find something here!

10-4 Willy

What Muslims may find in Heaven

Dehumidify With Willy - What a Thought!

Willy done knows that the summer is coming. Willy knows that it gets mighty sticky and hot in Arkansas in the summer time. Willy also knows that his little Hillbilly Redneck Cabana in the Oarks might have a little moisture problem in the sticky summer time.

Willy done had a vision of last summer when it got so sticky hot that Willy couldn't sleep cause the sheets was sticking to his body. (Visualize that one!) Willy got to talking to the smart one in the family... that would be the little wife, and she suggested looking at a something that she called a whole house dehumidifier.

Well, Willy not wanting to look dumb said that might be a good idea and then Willy went and got on the internet to see what he could find about about this whole house dehumidifier thing.

Well, the first site that Willy ran into was a site called http://www.dehumidifiertips.com/. This appeared to be a site that would give you all the information you would need to know about the
whole house dehumidifier.

Willy done found out that other than just keeping him from feeling sticky at night this dehumidifier was not just a lusury item. This thing does a lot of other things such as:

Helping keep down the dust mite populations which causes problems for allergy sufferers.

It keeps condensation from forming on windows, water pipes and in extreme cases even on the walls which can cause paint to blister and wallpaper to peel.

Helps keep metals from rusting and wood from warping causing doors and draws to stick.


It helps keep musty smells from developing, and helps keep mold, mildew and fungus from appearing. These can be damaging to your health.

Yeap - Willy done thinks he might really need one of these whole house dehumidifier.

But Willy has no clue as to how do it work so Willy did a little more research on this and found a lot of information on how a dehumidifier works on dehumidifiertips.com

Well, Willy hasn't become an expert on this topic but Willy believes that if you go to find out what might be the best buy for your home - you will be impressed.

Willy says get you one!

10-4 Willy

Willy's Cell Phone

Willy was out at the local "Hillbilly Possum Grit Grill and Cantina" today and was just relaxing and enjoying a lunch outing with the little wife and daughter. The Cantina was especially crowded today and its a little small to start with to handle the crowds that like to congregate there on Saturdays.

Well, it was then and there that Willy decided he needed to go home and practice using all of the things that were on his cell phone. Cause you see Willy had already come to the conclusion that this new fangled toy was more than just something to talk on. Cause you see, Willy's skills with his cell phone consist of dialing a number and talking or opening it up and talking when it rings.

Willy done set there today and watched about 18 people doing other things than talking on their cell phone. It appears that everyone under 30 had a cell phone and was typing to each other on it. Well during the meal Willy's daughter even sent a text message to her tournament fishing husband to ask how many fish he had caught. Willy even thinks that the two college kids sitting in the same booth across from the little family was talking to each other by texting on their cell phones - maybe they were undercover agents and couldn't say anything out loud that others might here.

Well, across the way Willy done seen another man pull out his cell phone and start to calculate his ticket that he believed that Juanita (beautiful waitress at the Cantina) had calculated wrong. Willy believes that if the guy thought it was wrong he would probably use the email on his phone to contact his accountant to check it out for him.

Well, Willy done sees another young girl waiting on a table and she had ear plugs in her ear and had a little wiggle to her step. Willy done thinks she might have one of them IPOD things with all of the music. But oh no! Her music machine done started ringing and she began to talk through this "blue tooth" thing stuck in her ear. (And Willy thought a "Blue Tooth was something from a blue monster or something). What else can you do on these cell phones that Willy has to learn.

Well, next thing you know, a middle aged man that knows that Willy is such a celebrity at the Cantina that he steps up and asks if he can take his picture with Willy. Well, Willy done takes off his sun glasses and straightens up his hat a little to pose for the picture. Then the man hands his cell phone to his wife. Willy done says - I aint got time for you to call the photographer, Willy has to get home and take his nap you know. Well, the man informs Willy that he is using the Cell phone to take the picture. When he gets through, he is going to send the picture in an email to the local "Ozark Hillbilly Gazette" cause he wants his picture to show up this week in the society page for everyone to see.

Well, this is getting tough. Willy done knows how to talk on the phone but now Willy has to learn to email, Text, send pictures and nobody knows what else he may have to figure out.

Then along comes the lady that says she is big into "YouTube" Well, Willy done heard about that internet site. He done watched some "Arkansas Razorback" footage on that site. One even had Houston Nutt using his cell phone to text message someone. (Willy done thinks thats gret that a head football coach done learned how to really use that text message thing for a good cause, especially right before kickoff of a bowl game.) Well, the little lady thought that Willy could sing good and she wanted to video this and put it on YouTube. Wonder if any one will look at it over there.

Willy done think this cell phone thing is done to much overwhelming. Willy believes that it has gone to far when he sees what he saw about a week ago at a concert. Willy was done sitting behind this young man and girl when they began to kiss with great passion. The little lady had one arm around the boy, both hands around his neck, the cell phone perched behind his head in one hand. With her thumb on her right hand she preceded to type at least 40 words a minute to her girlfriend about how good the concert was.

Willy enjoyed the concert too. Willy believes he is going to stick to talking on the cell phone for now. Hello! How do you work this thing!

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!

10-4 Willy

Vonage Might be Willy's Choice

Hillbilly Willy is ahead of his times when it comes to knowing about this VoIP stuff. Willy done knows that stands for voice over IP network. This is a fancy way for saying that inovative companies like Vonage have perfected the way to use your todays technology to create a better and cheaper way to talk over the telephone.

Willy, hard to believe, a few years ago was VP of technology for a company and Willy done had this computer geek that always wanted to try to get the company to go VoIP all the time. Well at that time there were not great people like Vonage around and it wasn't quite the thing it is now.

Willy done knows that this Vonage company has this going now very well. The Vonage website that you can get to by clicking on one of these links will tell you what you need to know about this great idea. On their site at Vonage you can see what real customers think about the service and how it might work for you.

Willy done thinks that after reading all of the reviews, the news and information from the Vonage site that he might just think about signing up for this service. Heck you never know when Willy might need to call a take out order down at the "Hillbilly Possum Grits Grill and Cantina" Man some possum would be good right now!

Check it out!

10-4 Willy


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New Dog in the Family!

Willy realizes that with added family, through marriages etc comes new added family beside just son - in - laws.

Along with good Son - in - Laws also sometimes new pets!

This is Bo - joined the family over a month ago! Willy finds he is fun to play with, the little wife thinks he is cute as he can be.

Sometimes he is a little wired up!

But Willy says - What the Hey! - He is a Pup.

Golden Labrador