"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).(This Blog Is Rated "G"...General Audiences)
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"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")....................
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
If he did not do this it would not take long before you wore a hole in the shoe
Many good ones too.............
Often look back and reflex on it all
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
We kids got ten cents pocket money and at times all five of us put it together
We now had a fortune
We kids got ten cents pocket money and at times all five of us put it together
We now had a fortune
(That Meant Being Sure To Have Done All Of My Chores?)
"Was 25 Cents A Week"
"Pay Day Was Friday Night" .........................
"By Collecting 2 Cent Empty Soda Bottles"...........
$7.50 now, enough for about three soup pots
"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"...............
"29 Years And 5 Months...Born In 1910....And Died November 14th...1939"
"Are So Old...That"
"They Seem To Have Forgetten Those"
"Who Stuck Up For Them...When The Going Got Rough"................
(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)......................
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
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
We love that furball that is for sure
"Was Born In 1751"
"And Died On March 23rd 2006"
"He Was 255 Years Old"
(Ill Bet That He Saw A Lot).........................
Yes that was a very long life
"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"..................
So that shortened the years a bit huh?
"The Calendar Act Of 1750 Miss BC"
"To Fully Understand..... What That Was All About".................
"I Dont Know How You Do It...But"
"You Have The Ability To Send The Same Message"
"11 Minutes Later"................
"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"............................
"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".......................
"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).........................