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It's a pretty safe bet there won't be a repeat of this incident. Intervention time. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/rand-pauls-son-arrested-report-says-85819.html What? This kid is drunk at 10:49am? It's a very short flight from Lexington to Charlotte. As a non-drinker I don't...

We speak an eccentric variation of English in Appalachia.

Breakfast in Mom's kitchen(1966). A 5 year-old aristotle gets an early indoctrination into conservative philosophy from my Dad( center) and 19 year-old brother Jake who is home on military leave before deploying to Thailand. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0026_zps8779ccce.jpg

This is a photo of my Dad( standing on right) in 1970 at age 50. Uncle Roland on left. This is the image I remember of my Dad from that era as I was about 9 years old at the time. In the 1970's, my Uncle Roland owned a car dealership while my Dad had sold his independent mining operations to...

Wonderful! After WW2, my Dad didn't return to teaching. Instead, he began a 35-year career in the coal industry which paid much better than teaching.

200 years of a family living on the same plot of ground instills a strong sense of place. My wife knows my final resting place is the family cemetery there. No exceptions.

Thanks, xiggi and Paullud. These photos from the 1920's and 30's predate the modern welfare state. As you can see, we didn't have an epidemic of obesity in those days. Diabetes would have been practically unheard of. There were little, if any, refined sugar products and slothfulness would...

Dressed for cold weather flight. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0057_zps986983de.jpg

GWP puts in 4 years with US Army Air Corps. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0017_zps63c1037d.jpg

21 year-old George begins pilot training in 1942. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0046_zpsb99fd1a0.jpg

Pearl Harbor attack on Dec 7th, 1941. George drafted January 1942. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0018_zpsd078b53a.jpg

My Dad as a student at Pikeville College... circa 1939-1941. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0042_zps1ab0e1b3.jpg World War II hasn't reached the United States yet.

This photo is of the Feds Creek High School basketball team. My Dad is wearing uniform #8. That tall guy in the back row wearing a suit is his brother Clyde who was a teacher and coach at FCHS for 30 years. My Dad graduated valedictorian in 1939 from FCHS where I did as well 40 years later in...

My Dad sitting on right surrounded by 4 of his brothers. He appears to be about 17 years old. You can see a wide age disparity between my Dad and 2 of his older brothers who were 20 years his senior. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0012_zps9d09a4e6.jpg

Layoutshooter might like this one. Here's a teenage George, circa 1936, going hunting with his dog in Pike County, KY. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0033_zps54971b37.jpg The Great Depression would have been in full swing at this time.

This one appears to be taken in front of a barn? Wish I could make out what the advertising sign on the barn wall says. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0005_zps44fd443c.jpg My Dad is twin on left, Roland is twin on right, Woodrow on extreme right.

Another one approximately 1923 with my Dad being held by his sister. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0007_zps9b0b2c7a.jpg The other young boy was my Uncle Woodrow. He became a schoolteacher, then drafted into WW2 where he was captured by Nazi soldiers in Battle of...

This is my Dad with several but not all of his siblings... approximately 3 years old. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0004_zpseeb4721b.jpg My Dad is second from right.

My Dad( George) and his twin brother Roland.... circa Dec 1920 or early 1921. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0002_zps90df1279.jpg My Dad is on the left.

Imagine being born in Central Appalachia in 1920. Supposedly the Roarin' 20's were under way. No one knew the Great Depression was just around the bend; only to be followed by World War II. My Dad came from a family of schoolteachers. His father taught as did 3 of his 4 brothers. Here are...