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Getting the stuff to do it yourself got a lot easier on this day in 1979 when the first two Home Depots opened.
The home improvement store that revolutionized the industry first opened its doors in Atlanta on June 22, 1979, Today in Georgia History.

Wait, we're talking about Home Depot?

At our store we have a bunch of older guys who worked in the trades, so they actually do know their stuff. When we first moved here I found a lot of things that were built differently than what I always knew. Those old guys came in very handy.

But that's changing as clearly not nearly enough kids are entering the trades.

I did spend a few weeks one summer in college working Ace Hardware by day and loading UPS trucks at night, until I got an internship lined up. 

At Ace, it was split between old retired guys and young deadbeats. I hung out with the old guys. 

When football was played by men...

At Municipal, Otto Graham races along the sideline wearing a pair of Keds while his blocker rakes the eyes of his pursuer

One of the Greatest venues EVER saw over a hundred games there. Joe Turkey Jones almost break Bradshaw's neck. Lenny Barker's perfect Game. Browns beat the Cowboys on Monday Nite in '79,Squeelers beat them later the same season for the Super Bowl. One brother home on leave saw the 1st Monday Night Football Game in '70  Browns dumping defending NFL Champion Joe Willie Namath's Jets. Another brother was at the 10 Cent Beerr Nite Brawl with the Rangers - Good Times

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Those railroad lines still exist (mostly) under downtown.  Parts of them are exposed, for now, near MB stadium in  an area called "The Gulch" but are about to be covered up.

In city history, the lines were considered a major nuisance, which is odd considered the city only exists because of them.  The terrain is such that the first line could be managed to the north (Chattanooga) with some effort, and then east-west lines were built in hilly terrain, then a line to the northeast also in hills.  There were some lines built up to the mountains to the north but not through them as they get rather large.

Lewis Grizzard once said Atlanta was a city completely surrounded by an airport.  A second airport had been suggested ca. 1970 but of course never happened.

Tom Brady was the best QB ever, but I think he'd obviously be a net negative at safety or LB. 
Come to think of it, if football remained 1-platoon, it would have hastened the athletic (largely black) QB becoming the norm.  Not necessarily with Warren Moon, but Randall Cunningham (plus he punted!) and maybe a Rodney Peete would have been serviceable on D.  McNair, Culpepper.....idk, imagine Montana or Marino trying to play defense, even f they grew up doing it.  Once you get to Vick, he'd be a plus on both sides of the ball (I assume).

It would have been interesting.