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Gaffney Peachoid Getting A Makeover
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| Updated: Feb 06, 2015 1:48 PM EST
| Chris Abbotts
Posted on 02/12/2015 5:48:31 PM PST by Resettozero
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Painful pictures at link. Of interest mostly to those of Upstate South Carolina...and anyone who saw the first episode of House of Cards (US version).
To: Resettozero
We always looked for it when we went through,
there was a place called the Peach Blossom Diner
not far from there. Great place years ago.
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posted on
02/12/2015 5:50:44 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Headed south on I-85 from Gaffney, Peach Blossom Diner is near Milliken in North Spartanburg. Still open...I think.
To: Resettozero
Yeah, one of those shiny polished metal places, kinda
like an airstream trailor.
Been a while.
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posted on
02/12/2015 5:55:12 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Resettozero
Reminds me of the "rose" water tower in Rosemont, IL:
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posted on
02/12/2015 5:56:34 PM PST
by
Boogieman
To: Resettozero
Why make it shiny? Peaches are fuzzy!
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posted on
02/12/2015 5:57:28 PM PST
by
Hawthorn
To: Hawthorn
You’d need to ask the town council in Gaffney...or President Underwood.
To: Resettozero
Saw it today while driving to Charlotte on I-85! It always used to mark the road I would take to the RevWar Cowpens battlefield, the American Cannae, where Daniel Morgan, his backwoods militiamen, and a few companies of Delaware, Virginia and Maryland regulars smashed the hubris out of Banastre Tarleton and the Redcoats in the most one-sided battle of the War of Independence.
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posted on
02/12/2015 5:59:49 PM PST
by
laconic
To: Resettozero
Ah the Peachoid, lol. Otherwise known as the big butt, looming up over the pines as you head north on I-85, almost home to NC. It really does look like the biggest moon you've ever seen, especially lit and glowing at night.
To: laconic
Man of few words knows his American History alright.
To: tet68
Peach Blossom Diner is now located on what is called Business 85. Good food and service. I live about two miles from the Peachoid in Gaffney, and it has been the “butt” of many jokes.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:02:49 PM PST
by
neal1960
(D m cr ts S ck. Would you like to buy a vowel?)
To: Resettozero
I remember the first time I saw it. I thought it looked like a giant butt. I still do.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:02:56 PM PST
by
22202NOVA
(Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
To: neal1960
I grew up in York county and remember that peach tower only too well. Didn’t know about the diner. Have to try it when visiting.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:09:21 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: RegulatorCountry
True story. When wife and I were dating, we were driving around Gaffney and heading North. I had my mind on her when I spotted the peach about a mile away. For a few seconds, I thought I saw the biggest full moon known to man. Turns out, they had just turned on the lighting surrounding the Peachoid. LOL
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02/12/2015 6:09:47 PM PST
by
neal1960
(D m cr ts S ck. Would you like to buy a vowel?)
To: wally_bert
The diner is actually in Spartanburg county on business 85. Near the highway 176 interchange.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:12:43 PM PST
by
neal1960
(D m cr ts S ck. Would you like to buy a vowel?)
To: neal1960
South Carolina can be exhuberant at times along the NC border.
To: RegulatorCountry
I got my walking exercise for the week just looking at that climb. Ah, to be young again and run up those steps!
To: 22202NOVA
Us North State Civilwar Reenactors called it the “Reenactor Memorials"....anyone spending 4-5 days in wool uniforms trampling about in the woods in July will know why
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02/12/2015 6:20:03 PM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Resettozero
Legal fireworks and way better tourist kit-kat than Stuckey’s at South Of The Border. Pedro was a major landmark on the summer vacation trip to Myrtle Beach, and remains a fond childhood memory.
To: 22202NOVA
We laugh at it every time we drive by - The Gaffney Peach Butt.
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