Waylon Jennings, 1979, after just receiving Buddy Holly's motorcycle for his 42nd birthday. The original Crickets tracked down Buddy's motorcycle, bought it from the man, and gave it to Waylon. It's a 1958 Ariel Cyclone.1mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Marine Staff Sergeant John Edward Boitnott in Korea (1952) – With his M1C rifle - veteran of Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.3mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Bought my brother's old car for my teenage daughter to drive. There was still a tape in the deck.9mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Photo of surviving members of Metallica on the same day their bus crashed in Sweden in 1986, killing bassist Cliff Burton. They were taken from the police station to a hotel when this photo was snapped. Lars is barefoot due to a broken toe and their manager had a dislocated shoulder.8mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
My son starts high school on Monday. We decided his wheelchair was too bland and needed a cool paint scheme.9mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
James Dean at a gas station with his silver Porsche 550 Spyder, just hours before his fatal crash. Sept. 30, 19559mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Army nurse 2nd Lt. Roberta Steele, age 23, Qui Nhon, South Vietnam (1966) - - Something not well known today: All nurses in Vietnam volunteered to serve there.2mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
This dropped on Netflix September 1st. Watched it last week. I have not seen it in probably 30 years. My wife had never seen it. Getting older is a funny thing. Today, this movie hits more like a documentary on the time and people of my adolescence.7mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/80s
Cliff Burton and his parents, Jan and Ray (1980s) - - Cliff was bassist for Metallica when they broke commercial. His playing and writing are featured on the first three albums. Members of the band have said there was never a bigger fan of the band than Jan.8mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Someone at church HQ is probably saying today, This.....this is why we don't call construction workers to be bishops!!2mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Say what you want about the old washing and anointing ordinance or the crazy stuff in the endowment, but this was by far the most disturbing thing I saw on my first trip to the temple.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Eddie Van Halen (early 80s) with his CJ-5 Jeep Renegade and rocking a pair of Payless Pro Wings.9mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Cristopher Cross - Lead guitarist of the band Heath Black. (1970s) - I believe this is the Les Paul he got by trading in a pieced together 59 Stratocaster. The very next day, that Stratocaster was purchased by Stevie Ray Vaughn and it became his “Number 1.”1mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Back in 2017, Michael Anthony lost his 2 week old grandson to heart complications. To memorialize him, they did a fund raiser Walk LA for the hospital that did so much for him. They hoped to raise $5K. David Lee Roth stepped up and donated $10K.6mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
19 year old Dave Roth (1973) lead singer of a band formed by two immigrant Dutch brothers called: Mammoth.7mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The second most visited individual's grave at Arlington National Cemetery - Audie L. Murphy.6mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/CemeteryPorn
Dr. Robert Goddard (1930s) father of modern rocketry. Mocked and derided as a crackpot for asserting we could send a man to the moon....and beyond.6mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Ira Hayes, Arlington National Cemetery: There they battled up Iwo Jima hill - Two hundred and fifty men -But only twenty-seven lived - To walk back down again - And when the fight was over - And Old Glory raised - Among the men who held it high - Was the Indian, Ira Hayes6mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/CemeteryPorn
I thought the indoor train on Silver Spoons was the coolest thing I had ever seen on television. Wish I had a train in my house, too!!! Wasn't there a Fireman's Pole in that house too?5mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/80s
I stood listening and not acting on my doubts for 15 years too long. At least we got out with minimal damage to my kids. One more family out and gone.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
John C. Garand - Canadian-American engineer - early 1940's - Springfield, MA10mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
This year, Russ will be celebrating 50 years of his election and calling made sure. An excerpt below from his autobiography 1979 From Heart to Heart - he mentions what can only be he and his first wife receiving the Second Anointing - 6/9/74. I think I will send him a card.3mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Mormonism is really obsessed over women's wombs. (from General Handbook of instruction) Children born out of surrogacy.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Who else got hit with this bullshit on the mission? Talk about E for B.I.T.E..1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Mission... In other words: Someone wasn't as righteous/faithful as he could've been.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Why do baby blessings always include, And the name he/she will (shall) be known during their time on earth and on the records of the church is,______? Who started that bullshit? Always seemed like a lot of silly theatrics.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
20 year old First Lieutnenant Audie Murphy (1945) The most decorated US Army soldier of WWII. - - - The crosses grow on Anzio and hell is 6 feet deep. 2wk ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
What's wholesome to some - is mildly triggering to me as an exmo. Reminds me of the temple photo shoots my sisters did as YWs......and even primary age!!!! Fucking TSCC just ruins everything good.2yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
I've wondered, like others, why there are no authors listed on the Gospel Topics Essays. The only thing I can think of; the church knows that some of these scholars could leave the church eventually and even be later critics of the church. Or they are not history scholars, but lawyers.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
The new temple video reminds me of the old film strips we used to watch in Sunday school. The type you advanced by hand at the sound of the beep on the cassette tape.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
I always thought this was one of the coolest of EVH photos. It was from an article in Car and Driver. This is the car used in the recording of Panama.11mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
An original .30-03 cartridge that were only made for about 3 years. It's the original cartridge for the M1903 Springfield before they redesigned it into the .30-06. This is a Frankford Arsenal from June of 1906. Found it at a gun show years ago.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/guns
Rockwell's Easter Sunday - - There's a lot going on in this painting. Hits a little too close to home.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Was there ever a time the TSCC was not doing shady financial things? It seems thematic in its history and its people.9mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
So which is it? Joseph Smith said Jesus' church was in pieces and he fully restored it. Subsequent Prophets through to the 21st century said it was fully restored. Now, all of a sudden, we hear the church is in continual restoration. Which is it? lol1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Go! P-51 , Cadillac of the sky! P-51s , Cadillac of the sky! Horsepower! Horsepower! P-51s! Aren't they beautiful!?!? I touched them.......I touched them! I felt their heat! I can taste them. Oil and cordite.....6mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/80s
Shrinky Dinks - A toy that required adult supervision and use of the kitchen oven.8mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/80s
The actor who played Little Enos Burdette is singer/songwriter Paul Williams who wrote a lot of hits in the 70's. We've Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays and Rainbow Connection for Kermit - to name just a few.10mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Recently played The Last of Us game with my son. We got out of the church when he just turned 5. A great moment of satisfaction for me when we got to this scene and he never said anything about the temple. Upon questioning; he doesn't even know what a Mormon is.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Since the end of these latter-days is so near, which 2 of the 15 will be laying dead in the streets of Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days? Imagine being a Q12 and being told, we need you two to go to Jerusalem. lol1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
This made me laugh. It's what I think when I see certain, tried coffee for the first time, posts.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
From the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Joseph F. Smith lesson manual. FYI - wife and I exited the church, to never go back, as 100% full-tithe payers. Shelf can come down in a hurry. I'm just sayin........1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
I don't think a day goes by where I don't laugh at how deathly terrified my TBM folks were of this man. Today, he's like the world's favorite grandpa. I lived through Satanic Panic. It was an interesting time. 🤘2yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Was there ever another TV show that had as many name changes? First it was, Valerie. Then it became, Valerie's Family: The Hogans, I then it ended up simply as, The Hogan Family.10mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/nostalgia
These are the most recent pics I can find of the 5150 Kramer. it's really worn. Notice the 7th tuner. Anyone know of more recent pics?1mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
Saw this and couldn't help but laugh. Stake President visiting a ward today?1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Gunter Wendt (right) - 1971 - Engineer and launch pad leader from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle. Known for his seriousness for safety, attention to detail, and his good humor. He was often the last face astronauts saw before the hatch was closed.11mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Of all the topics of of the Gospel Topics Essays, Plural Marriage is glaringly the one they wanted to talk about the most (eh...gaslight the most) with four individual essays. No matter how hard they try to rebrand or inoculate against it, polygamy will ALWAYS be the TSCC's legacy.2yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
I saw the post by u/bob_ross_lives. I sent a screen shot to my brother, who served in the Anaheim Mission 2000-2002. see his response below.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Screenshot of the Gospel Topics Essays page. Plural Marriage is the only topic with a sub-section. This simply puts on display the most front-and-center issue with Mormonism. They'll never be able to out-run it. It will ALWAYS be a church of polygamists. It's still doctrine.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
Memory is a funny thing. I had no idea Black and Blue broke the Top 40.11mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
In the 1980's we had the fad of the Survival Knife and every kiosk in every mall in America sold them along with every Army/Navy store. The hilt was hollow and allowed basic survival items to go inside. A compass capped it off.10mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/nostalgia
An Music Man with a fixed bridge??? Any details on this one? Perhaps a studio guitar?9mo ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/vanhalen
Wait.....what?!?! RS members had to pay dues??? Any one know how much were these dues?1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
I saw this headline on a Yahoo article just now and it gave me a good laugh. 15 new wards/branches in the last year is surging membership???? ok.....sure.......1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
After the Donnie and Marie and long before Archuleta, Mormons had - The Jets.1yr ⋅ Cabo_Refugee ⋅ r/exmormon
