some things an old man ponders on

Never had enough kids in my hood in the country but I had the biggest and best farm and hunting land in the house. Can't tell ya how many acres I farmed on the knees. I always wanted to build a petal combine so I could help Dad out.

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Here is what my yard looked like at 8AM today. That is ice, not snow. Been sleeting all morning, then tomorrow it is supposed to turn into freezing rain. That is when it gets interesting, like walking on a frozen lake. I am in the central midlands of the state. Folks above us getting up to 6" snow, below us getting sleet and then freezing rain. They predict up to an inch of freezing rain, that will bring down trees and power lines.
This stuff falling now does not stick to the trees, it blows around like snow.

Just talked to a fella at our local co-op electric company and they are making contingent plans to come over and help if necessary. This could be big.

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Originally Posted by jimmydee1

Remember when mom would cut eggs, chicken and spread butter with the same knife on the same cutting board with no bleach? And nobody got food poisoning. Amazing. Lunch was wrapped in wax paper, put in a brown bag, not ice packed coolers at $15.99 a pop. Nobody got e.coli. Again, amazing.

Sneakers were Converse hi-tops at $4.25 a pair with no air cushions and built in light reflectors that cost as much as one years college tuition. Can't remember any injuries, but we must have had some since they tell us we're "much" safer now. We got our butts beat at school for messin up, but most of us grew up respecting our elders and honoring rules of life.

We had 30 plus kids in a class room and everybody learned to read and write and a little math, and spelled most words correct with out spell check? Funny that.....

We prayed in school, sang the national anthem, and after school detention caught all sorts of attention at home. Ouch!!!!!

I don't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station, Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations, but we must have been. And, where is the broom handle and soda caps, and a good game of stick ball....OUTSIDE!! How bout get the gang together for a game of kick the can???? Somebody bring the can.....

We played King of the Hill on a gravel pile left by a construction company and when we got scratched up some, mom got the iodine, douched us down, and sent us back for more. Now its a trip to the emergency room, ten day of antibiotics, and a call to the lawyer to sue that mean old company that left those rock in such a tempting place. (folks got way too much free time on their hands)

We never needed anger management classes or group therapy. If somebody bullied you, you met em after school, kicked their butt, or got yours kicked, and were good friends for life. Simple, uncomplicated, and final....in less than 10 minutes. Ahhhhh, the good old days when you could 'fix' things.

We had colored TV....two colors...black and white.

Prozac.....must have been a pro named Zac that played third base for the Cardinals?????

Good Lord, this cabin fever......come on spring!!!

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Many a road was built out in the dirt using an empty snuff bottle and I don't remember one ever getting broke. You needed it for the next road job. If you were under 18 you didn't need a cell phone because you let your parents know where you were going to be and who would be there. You couldn't wait to get that old car. You had ideals for the way you wanted it to look. Never even gave a thought to a new one that was for your parents.

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Originally Posted by jimmydee1

Remember when mom would cut eggs, chicken and spread butter with the same knife on the same cutting board with no bleach? And nobody got food poisoning. Amazing. Lunch was wrapped in wax paper, put in a brown bag, not ice packed coolers at $15.99 a pop. Nobody got e.coli. Again, amazing.

Sneakers were Converse hi-tops at $4.25 a pair with no air cushions and built in light reflectors that cost as much as one years college tuition. Can't remember any injuries, but we must have had some since they tell us we're "much" safer now. We got our butts beat at school for messin up, but most of us grew up respecting our elders and honoring rules of life.

We had 30 plus kids in a class room and everybody learned to read and write and a little math, and spelled most words correct with out spell check? Funny that.....

We prayed in school, sang the national anthem, and after school detention caught all sorts of attention at home. Ouch!!!!!

I don't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station, Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations, but we must have been. And, where is the broom handle and soda caps, and a good game of stick ball....OUTSIDE!! How bout get the gang together for a game of kick the can???? Somebody bring the can.....

We played King of the Hill on a gravel pile left by a construction company and when we got scratched up some, mom got the iodine, douched us down, and sent us back for more. Now its a trip to the emergency room, ten day of antibiotics, and a call to the lawyer to sue that mean old company that left those rock in such a tempting place. (folks got way too much free time on their hands)

We never needed anger management classes or group therapy. If somebody bullied you, you met em after school, kicked their butt, or got yours kicked, and were good friends for life. Simple, uncomplicated, and final....in less than 10 minutes. Ahhhhh, the good old days when you could 'fix' things.

We had colored TV....two colors...black and white.

Prozac.....must have been a pro named Zac that played third base for the Cardinals?????

Good Lord, this cabin fever......come on spring!!!

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I remember this too!!

I remember walking along the river bank during low water looking for hooks and other tackle that had gotten snagged and broke off someones line,And the 1/4 pounder babe ruth candy bar???putting cardboard flappers on the bicycle spokes,,always looking for that perfect (throwing) rock,Checking the rabbit gums before school..Bologna gravy with scrambled egg and hot biscuits for breakfast...Great time to be a kid

those were the days but now all we have is our right now huh?

Hillybilly....I plum forgot bout those monster Baby Ruths. Wow! And you'd get a RC cola and put peanuts in it before you drank it. You'd go to a grocery store and have the guy cut you a big slice of bologna and a whole wafer cracker and get a chocolate soda for lunch. How bout findin a tree with the correct "Y" branch, cut it out and split a tire tube and make a sling shot and go rabbit huntin. And when you played a baseball game you'd leave the glove at your position so the guy on the other team could use it. Ahhhhh...the good ole days. So much easier then. I guess....

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

The school bus stopped at the store every evening , drinks were a nickle , milk machines in the hall at school 3 cents , hamburgers at dudees were a dime . Babe ruth candybars were a nickle . Think i figured out why i weigh so much ! Lol

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how about the 2 cent minarature butterfingers and baby ruths........

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Originally Posted by HillBilly

putting cardboard flappers on the bicycle spokes,

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Playing cards and clothes pins!!!! WhooHoo!!! :)