"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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Mom made a list. If you forgot something..too bad..wait til next month.
Now the town is a ghost town. Mostly empty store fronts. And people shop any time on the north side at Wally World.
We had two dime stores, 4 drugstores, 3 hardware, 6 or more clothing, 3 shoe stores. And more..all for a city of a few thousand. Now the downtown is lawyer offices and bars.
Of course, tons of shopping was done out of the Sears and Wards catalogs and picked up in the store or shipped. Remember the Xmas Wish book? I would look at toys forever. Mark lots. Then mom would tell me..pick out 5 you REALLY want. And then your dad and I will decide which, if any, you get for Xmas.
I learned to "own" things by picture and get bored with things NOT owning them. No impulse buying for me.
How could I NOT remember?? We grew up together! In the Very Same Town!!
Just curious -- What State were you in?
I was in Minnesota.
Til I got too big. Then sit on the fender and get long arms because he ordered me to hang onto fender back and headlamp! Get off when we got to the field. He would go plow and I would walk behind in the soft, warm furrows looking for worms and anything interesting. I miss him and those warm days.
I even drank the river water when a kid. Ate snow with syrup. Played in the woods, river, hay and all.
Yeah. I know. It's from your "Learn From History" blog.
But it fits into this "Olde Things" blog real well.
Anyway ...
Did you ever read the book, "Little House In The Big Woods"?
It Sounds like you're channeling Laura Ingalls Wilder.
BTW, Y'all --
Laura was born in Wisconsin -- same as orz -- and her Big Woods book is set there.
If I didn't Know that orz was born before Laura died, I'd almost suspect reincarnation!
I started out with a slightly older vintage -- it had an old Ink Well hole.
I know a guy a bit older'n I, and he USED the ink well.
One of the pupils was assigned the task of going around filling the wells.
NOT the task to be assigned to the Class Klutz
It REALLY hit me when I saw an ink well hole in a desk -- In A MUSEUM
"Of Course You Are Old"
"But The Women In Tennessee?"
"Age Gracefully"...........................
(I Wont Make You Divulge Your Real Age)
"Yeah..I Remember Those Days For Sure"
"On Those Sundays?'
"Everything Was Closed..You Name It..Except For"
"The Cops...Hospitals..And The Fire Department"
"And During The Christmas Shopping Season?"
"We'd Go What They Called It Then...... "Downtown"
"There Were No Malls"
"All The Shopping Was Done On "Main Street"
"In The Middle Of The Town"...............................
Yes a few of us took a walk down memory lane today.To me it was so much fun to do so.
This one's for YOU, Esteemed OP ...
"Imagine Bob Hope's Girlfriend"
"Sitting In Front Of You"
"At The Theater!".....
Quite similar to that one, except it was red.
Still remember the brand -- Magnavox®
My dad got a larger one so he could listen to Minnesota Twins Games while working outside.
Dad's passed.
The radio's still going. Son asked to have it & uses it same as his Grandpa.
"Waiting For A Back Haul"....(A Load To Get Me Back Home)
"For Some Reason... The Freight Has Really Slowed Down"
"So..In Case... Over Night ...They Find Me A Load?'
"Ive Got To Get Some Sleep To Be Ready In The Morning"
"Even If I Do Get A Load?..."It'll Be Not Til Monday When I Can Get Back"
"So?...This Is The "Ramblin Man"
"Signing Off"
"And Like Jimmy Durante Would Say"
("Good Night Mrs. Calabash...Wherever You Are")
"Over And Out"........................
"The Country Of Thailand Offered To Japan"
"A Young Female Baby Elephant"
"The Country Of Japan Accepted..................
"They Didnt Have The Technology Like They Have Today"
"Nor Were Hurricanes Given Names"
"After The "Hurricane Of 38" Though"
"They Decided To Give Hurricanes A Name"
"It Was Decided At The Time ...To Name Hurricanes After Women" Why?"
"Because Hurricanes...Like Women...Were Unpredictable"
(Im Not Saying This..Just Quoting Them From What They Said)............
Some things, eh ?
"Cinder Blocks Have Been Used To Build Houses For Over 100 Years"
"One Cannot Really Tell If A House Has Been Built With Cinder Blocks"
"Because After The Cosmetics Have Been Applied?... One Cannot Tell"
"Cinder Block Houses Are Very Very Sturdy"
"After They've Been Reinforced With Rebar And Concrete"
"But Wood is Still The Cheaper Way To Go"....................
" People Take Pictures Of Themselves"
" Inside Of Cars?"
"And?...You Don't Have Your Seat Belt On!!!"...................
"I Can't Remember How Much That It Did Cost Though"
"The Civilians From Nearby?.... Brought Their Families And Picnic Baskets"
"To Watch The Battle Of Bull Run"..........................
Thank you, Cap
"In July Of 1861?"
"The Civilians From Nearby?.... Brought Their Families And Picnic Baskets"
"To Watch The Battle Of Bull Run"..........................
As I recall, a U.S. Congressman got a mite TOO close to the fray & was captured by Confederates.