The History Channel’s Hatfield & McCoys is a story without heroes. We start off in the mist of The US Civil War and watch two soldiers struggle to stay alive. One of the two soldiers, a man named Hatfield, decides to desert from the Confederate Army and leaves his friend, a fellow named McCoy, behind. Mr Hatfield heads home and proceeds to make a good deal of money from logging. Mr McCoy gets to spent some time in a Union Prisoner of War camp. When Mr McCoy comes home after the War, he is none to happy to see Mr…
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American Pickers
There are two things you need to be a successful antique dealer-knowledge and money. The heroes of The History Channel’s American Pickers seem to have an endless supply of both. They also have a lot of time on their hands, as the point of American Pickers is that they are roaming near and far to sort through piles of junk for items they can resell for profit. I like American Pickers and I have to admire the chutzpah of these two saps as they bang on doors and hand out their want list. I have yet to see them hit…