Massa Water Boy. Is there an actual town by
Gary Reeder
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 11:05 (3 days ago)
the name of Blue Eye Arkansas?
not Water Boy but yes...
Jim Taylor
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 11:37 (3 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
Blue Eye is an incorporated town in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 46 at the 2020 census. The population estimate is 33 as of 2024.
Blue Eye
stonecold
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 11:43 (3 days ago) @ Jim Taylor
Well I learned something today about AR. Glad to know that town actually exists. Of course in a state where there is a town named Toad Suck almost anything is possible.
The neat thing is that Blue Eye ...
Jim Taylor
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 12:39 (3 days ago) @ stonecold
is split by the Missouri/Arkansas border. So there is one town that the North section is Blue Eye, Missouri and the South section is Blue Eye, Arkansas.
Every time I drive to the HHC I look for
Gary Reeder
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 21:33 (3 days ago) @ stonecold
Toad Suck, and Lotta Watta (there are large bodies of water on each side of the road,) another one I can't remember that has something to do with a Mouse's Tail. A couple more that I can't remember right now.
I have to point them out to the guys in the truck with me. Otherwise they wouldn't believe me.
To explain something to you so you will understand.
There are a lot of things I honestly don't remember. My memory is almost not there these days. When I caught the Shingles it really messed me up. I spent almost 3 weeks in intensive care and Colleen said I said some really embarrassing things. Thank the Lord I don't remember them. Then it progressed to encephalitis which really kicked my butt and is still kicking my butt. Besides my memry loss I have lost vision in my right eye, but the Docs say I will probably get some of it back. If I look at you funny at the HHC it isn't that I am ignoring you. I just don't remember you. If I tell the same story over and over just ignore me. I am thankful for remembering some of you. There are probably some that I do remember but I may just ignore some folks to be able to keep my sanity.
Toad Suck is near Conway, Arkansas
Jim Taylor
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Sunday, June 07, 2026, 00:03 (3 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
Toad Suck is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of Bigelow Rosenwald School, which is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 60 and Bethel AME Road and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The origin of the name Toad Suck is disputed. Some believe that it received the name when idle rivermen would congregate at the local tavern where they would "suck on the bottle 'til they swell up like toads", while others believe it is a corruption of a French phrase meaning "a narrow channel in the river."
Blue Eye
stonecold
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 11:40 (3 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
I don't think so. Stephen Hunter in his books about Bob Lee Swagger wrote about Blue Eye AR but stated in an interview the name of the actual town he was writing about was Mena AR. Mena is about 35 miles west of Pencil Bluff where I live. Nice little town. This is a great series of books incidentally.
Oh yeah, Mena, "American Made" was based
WB
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Saturday, June 06, 2026, 14:40 (3 days ago) @ stonecold
on some real life happenings during the empowerment of some folks with a name that started with a "C" and ended with a "n". Folks still don't goof around too much with that name. It's not healthy.
Mena AK
Joepjs
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Sunday, June 07, 2026, 12:12 (2 days ago) @ stonecold
Mena had a nice little airport and was a prominent drug entry point when Clinton was governor. He and his friends used down on their luck Viet Nam Veteran pilots to fly low under surveillance radar from Columbia to Mena. A famous helicopter pilot I knew flew that route and eventually got busted. Clinton was never charged.