"SOME THINGS THAT ARE OLD"..("MICLEE"S 21st CENTURY")

Some Things.......................... In This World................... Are So Old .............................."When We Were Kids?"........................................ (You Can Something In................If You Care To.................. From Here).

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Yeah Miss BC


"Some Things In Childhood?"........."Will Always Be Right There......... Like it was Yesterday"

"My Mothers Favorite Saying To Us Kids Away Back Then.......... Was"


("Everybody's Gonna Have To Paddle Their Own Canoe")....................detective
In the good old days, men wore a hat
I still remember three men walking together and us kids sneaking up on them and knocking off those one-off those hats and run for it wave
Wearing wooden shoes would often be handy as we would be able to kick them off easy and run wave
My dad would take a tire from a bike and use it to put a piece of it under our wooden shoes
If he did not do this it would not take long before you wore a hole in the shoe wave
Lol Being as old as I am has given me a world of memories.
Many good ones too.............
Often look back and reflex on it all wave
No we did not have those but did you know salmiak licorice? You wet your finger and stick it into this powder until you had loaded it up on your finger yum yum a bit salty wave
No we did not have those but did you know salmiak licorice? You wet your finger and stick it into this powder until you had loaded it up on your finger yum yum a bit salty wave
That looks good nam I wonder is it is dubble salt wave
That looks good nam I wonder is it is dubble salt wave
Don't of another country that has so many kinds of licorice
At least 40 kinds. Some salt and some double salt, some sweeter it is unreal
Just bought some today
Lucky these days you can buy them in the US and Canada
In the past had to send the folks send it to me from Holland wave
Lol what you could buy for a penny
We kids got ten cents pocket money and at times all five of us put it together
We now had a fortune wave
Lol what you could buy for a penny
We kids got ten cents pocket money and at times all five of us put it together
We now had a fortune wave
"My Allowance For The Week?

(That Meant Being Sure To Have Done All Of My Chores?)

"Was 25 Cents A Week"

"Pay Day Was Friday Night"rolling on the floor laughing .........................detective
"I Added To This 25 Cents A Week Fortune"

"By Collecting 2 Cent Empty Soda Bottles"...........detective
Bought soup bones this week, remember the butcher gave them to you for free?
$7.50 now, enough for about three soup pots wave
"Its Winter ..Real Cold Outside"..."Im 8 Yrs Old...My Brother Is Four...The Other One?...Is A Baby"

"My Father Brings In A Flat Tire On A Rim"..."And...In The Boiler Room?".."He Takes it Apart"

"Back Then?"..."There Was A Tube Inside The Tire"

"My Father Patches The Tube"..."The Bath Tub Is Filled With Water... To Check Tube..... For Any Leaks"

"Theres No Leaks"....."He Takes The Air Out"...."And Puts The Tube Back In The Tire"

"Now?"...."Me And My Little Brother...Each Take Turns Of Pumping Up The Tire With A Hand Pump"

"We'd Each Do Ten Pumps"..."Over And Over And Over"

("Thats How Tires Got Repaired Back In Those Days"...............detective
Wow that too belongs to the "good old days" eh big job for little guys wave
This Is "Bluey"...An Australian Cattle Dog..Who Holds The Guiness Record Of Being The Oldest Dog"
"29 Years And 5 Months...Born In 1910....And Died November 14th...1939"

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"Some Of Us... It Seems"

"Are So Old...That"

"They Seem To Have Forgetten Those"

"Who Stuck Up For Them...When The Going Got Rough"................detective
"According To The Guiness Book Of World Records?"

(And Verified)

"The Oldest Domesticated Cat That Ever Lived?"

"Was "Creme Puff"...Born August 3rd 1967"

"And Died On August 5th 2005"

"38 Years And 3 Days Old"

(There Is No Picture Of... "Creme Puff"... Though)......................detective
Oh my goodness nam 38 years for a cat?
Our" Sating machine" is 5 years old in August
\We have been feeling guilty getting her as a baby because
we most likely won't be here until she dies of old age
"So...As Of Right Now?"...."And Verified By The Guiness Book Of World Records..."We Have "Rubble"..."From Great Britain..."Who Has Just Celebrated His 30th Birthday"...(It Was Quite The Party They Say)

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We call Sandy our "Eating machine" for she eats almost everything
Yoghurt, apple sauce, mushrooms, etc Unusual food for a cat
She may be sleeping in another room, but as soon as we are in the kitchen she will be there.
She expects to be tasting from whatever we are having, she will stare at us until we give in
She is spoiled? Oh yes we spoiled her, so don't blame her wave
We love that furball that is for sure
"A Male"........ "Aldabra Giant Tortoise"....... "Named"...... "Adwaita"

"Was Born In 1751"


"And Died On March 23rd 2006"

"He Was 255 Years Old"

(Ill Bet That He Saw A Lot).........................detective
Wonder what this animal could have been seeing under his shell
Yes that was a very long life wave
"I Dont Know Miss BC"

"But What I Did Find Out Was ...........That When "Adwaita"..... Was Born In 1751?'

"Great Britain... And Its Colonies..... Only Had 282 Days In That Year"

"Due To The... "Calendar Act Of 1750"..................detective
Lol The things you manage to find out nam amazing
So that shortened the years a bit huh? wave
"One Would Have To Look Up"

"The Calendar Act Of 1750 Miss BC"

"To Fully Understand..... What That Was All About".................detective
We could figure it out nam the days in the year today and then that if we really wanted to eh wave
We could figure it out nam the days in the year today and then that if we really wanted to eh wave
Miss BC

"I Dont Know How You Do It...But"

"You Have The Ability To Send The Same Message"

"11 Minutes Later"................detective
Nam I am soooo old at times I forget I had already sent it
Really it stays there and you can not tell if you send it or not sorry wave
"Brian Jones"....The Creator Of The Rolling Stones"..."Arriving At Dublin Airport?...September 3 1965"

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"The Oldest Book In The World ?"

"Is Estimated To Be Over 2,500 Years Old"


"Some Years Ago?"

"It Was Found..... In An Old Tomb...... Along The Strouma River.... In South Western Bulgaria"


"This Book Consists Of... Just 6 Pages Of Beaten 24 Carat Gold...... Covered With Etruscan Script"


"It Is One Of The Very Few Writing Systems"

"Scholars... Have Yet ....To Be Able To Decipher"............................detective
"On December 14 2018"..."Irene OShea"..(Age 102).. Became The Oldest Tandem Skydiver In The World"

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Would sure like to see the outcome of what those old pages have to tell us wave
"There Is The Case Of A British Army Sergeant... Emile Cilliers"

"Who Tampered With His Wifes Sky Diving Equipment... Who Had Recently Given Birth To Their Second Child"


"She Fell 4,000 Feet Into A Freshly Ploughed Field"

(Thats Just About 4/Fifths Of A Mile)

"And Luckily Survived.... But With Serious Injuries"


"All For What?..................... Insurance Money Of Course"


(Always Check Your Own Equipment Yourself)

"One Cannot Even Trust Family Anymore".......................detective
"The British Court Handed This Kind Man"

"With A Life Sentence"

"He Must Serve A Minumum Of 18 Years"


(No Doubt She'll Want A Divorce)


(And The British Army Is Preparing Papers)

(To Be Rid Of This Guy).........................detective
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