{"id":1012,"date":"2010-08-02T16:45:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2018-11-30T19:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T00:31:42","slug":"woody-the-root-beer-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1012","title":{"rendered":"Woody the Root Beer Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Woody the Root Beer Man in Oglesby, Illinois. Wow, a drive-in! I was holding my root beer float when Henry Moore &#8211; that&#8217;s M-double O-R-E, (he made a point of getting the spelling right) introduced himself. Makes you wonder how many times he delivered that line. At any rate he was delightful. He owned the restaurant for 50 years, purchased it after WWII, and then sold to his son. Now he is an employee. This was a man living his dream. Thanks Mr. M-double O-R-E. The float was good too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1013\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1013\" data-attachment-id=\"1013\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1013\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?fit=1570%2C1850\" data-orig-size=\"1570,1850\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280767503&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Woody the Root Beer Man\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10rootbeer &#8211; IMG_0670&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Woody the Root Beer Man&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?fit=145%2C171\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?fit=494%2C582\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?resize=255%2C300\" alt=\"root beer\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?resize=255%2C300 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?resize=869%2C1024 869w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?resize=127%2C150 127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10rootbeer.jpg?w=1570 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woody the Root Beer Man<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Woody the Root Beer Man in Oglesby, Illinois. Wow, a drive-in! I was holding my root beer float when Henry Moore &#8211; that&#8217;s M-double O-R-E, (he made a point of getting the spelling right) introduced himself. Makes you wonder how many times he delivered that line. 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