"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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"This Is What The Projector Looked Like Then"
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I will attempt to post photo if I'm able to.
"The Rest?"..."Is History"
"He Was............. And Still Is"
"The Only Man That Was A President Of The United States".... 1909/1913
"And?"...A Supreme Court Justice"
"In 1921"........................................
"William Howard Taft Came In At 350 Pounds"
"He Had To Have A Special Bath Tub Installed Wherever He Was Staying"
"And These Bathtubs Weighed 1 Ton"
"And Of Course...These Bath Tubs Had To Be.... "Big Boys".......................
"On December 6th 1973?"..."The House Confirmed Gerald Ford"...."To Become The Vice President"
"And Just Months Later?"..."President Richard Nixon?...Was On The Run?"..."And Then?... Richard Nixon Resigned Before His Walls Came Tumbling Down"..."And Gerald Ford Took The Oath Of President Of The United States"...(How About That)..."Gerald Ford Became The First Vice President That Was Never Elected"
"And The First President To Not Be Elected"..."That'll Never Happen Again"...(I Don't Think So Anyway)
"This Was The Result .........The Following Day"
"Acting As Calm As Anybody Could Be ....While His... "Magnifying Transmitter".... Is Firing Away"
"When His Capsule?...,Upon Re Entry To Earth? Did Not Open".... "This?"... Is All That Was Left Of Him"
(Somebody's Head?..... Surely Did Roll I'd Say)
The 2nd One Was... "Nelson A Rockefeller"..Who Was Sworn In On December 19th 1974"....As It Was Along Time Ago?....The Ford's... And The Rockefeller's.... Were Running The Country Once More!"
"Of Course...Ole Nelson?..... Would Give It Right Back To You Too!"
"In This Case In 1930?....The Illegal Booze Was Found On The Top Floor Of This Building..... As You Can See!"
"The Civil War Began On A Person's Property"
""Owned By A Man Named........ "Mr McLean"
"This Was Where Mr McLean... Had Moved..... To Protect His Family"
"To Avoid The Civil War"
(But What happened After That?)...(Went Down In The History Books)
"Mr McLean Settled In His New Home Named ...."Appomattox Court House"
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"And?........ In History's... "Never To Be Known Again"... Situation?
"Yes...A Situation That Could Not Never... Ever... Happen Again?"
"The Civil War?"
"Ended In............. Mr McLean's Back Yard".......................
"Andy Warhol Was Shot And Wounded"
"By An Actress Named...... "Valerie Solanas"
"Who Was The Leader Of A Group Called......... S.C.U.M."
"Society For Cutting Up Men".........................
"Poor Clarence Did Not Have A Lawyer To Represent Him"........(And Sued)
"The Results Were........ That On This Date In 1961?"
"The Supreme Court Ruled In What Was Dubbed"
(The Poor Man's Case)
"That Everyone.......Has The Right To A Lawyer".....................
Interesting...love the history lesson...
One person's "History Lesson" is another person's "Nostalgia".
Nostalgia?...
And "Memories" to some of us.
The blog's gone Pffft, Lou
"The Cost Of Living Wasn't So Bad"
"A Gallon Of Milk Cost 1 Dollar"
"A Loaf Of Bread?....19 Cents"
"A Dozen Of Eggs?...82 Cents"
"A Postage Stamp?....3 Cents"
"The Minimum Wage Was.... 1 Dollar An Hour"
"A Brand New Home?..Would Cost You.....20,000 Dollars"
"And To Go Along With That... "Brand New House?"
"You Could Buy Yourself A Brand New Car... For Just...2,100 Dollars".......................
"Here's One For You To Take In"
("Today?...... Is The Oldest .....You Have Ever Been")
("And...Will Also Become?)
("The Youngest You'll Ever Be")..........................
"Today?..That Reward?... Would Be 20,000 Dollars.....Still Not Worth Looking Like Swiss Cheese To Get Him"
"That Would Be?......... That Daily Constant Dose Of Hoping"
"For Some Thing?"
"That Will Never... Ever.... Happen!"
(Keep On Hoping!!!)..................
"To Pick Up A Stick Without Any Other Stick Moving"..."If A Stick Moved When You Tried?..."You'd Lose"