I still have and use my slammer model.
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I still have and use my slammer model.
Oh, for the good old days
I remember that as well. Growing up in rural West Texas we were on a party line. Still remember - two shorts and a long was ours. Not many folks now a days even knows what that is.
When I was a kid, you could pick up the phone and hold it. The operator would come on and say operator. I could say I want to talk to Aunt Lynn and she might say she went to the grocery store and would be home in about an hour. Then ask how I was doing.
Lol, y'all are OLD!!!!!! I remember some of that!
That is too new fangled, we had the hand crank which I still have!!! Ours was 2 longs and a short ring also! EB
Yeah. But now you can throw 'em without 'em slingin' back around on you.
Oh for a much simpler time. We didn't have email or instant anything. The Goverment wasn't into building cars. You didn't have to pay to watch commercials on tv. Companies actually stood by the promises they made to employees. Laws dealing with hunting and fishing weren't written in such a way as to confuse people.
Even the commercials were much simpler. For instance
If you dislike
Big traffic fines
Slow down
Till you
Can read these signs Burma -Shave
good ole days? I still use them. I've had one or two laugh when they see them and it makes me smile and I have one of the old oak crank phones. did have two till one got stolen along with lots of other antiques. did have a couple of candle stick phones and my wife sold them in her antique booth. ah the good ole days are still here in this house.
You all had phones? We didn't get electricity until 1953 (rural west Tennessee). I still have the coal oil lamp my sister and I read by when in school.
cane, I have a collection of old oil lamps and Aladdin lamps. anything old I love it.
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Originally Posted by olduckhunter
Man, I'd be takin' me an old soft cloth and rubbin' on the sides of all 'em Aladdin lamps to see if the Genie was still in there.
I was in high school before we had a phone or toilet in the house. May be why I grew up so shy. :Rofl
and a small collection of thermometers which includes a dr. pepper "drink hot or cold."
Ima Pepper. Its my favorite sodie pop.
I got one that's a teem soda thermo. teem was green and the fluid in the thermo is green. all neat stuff that the young don't appreciate now. my boys will have a good auction.
Y'all don't need to know everything about when I was growing up, but...we used an outhouse until I was about 10 or so. Being the last place at the edge of town all I had to do was step across the fence after school and my beagle and I were hunting in a matter of minutes. That same fence, however, often did not keep the neighbor's bull in, and I was trapped in that stinking outhouse afraid to make a run for it when the darn thing terrorized our yard. Then again, it wasn't all bad growing up in such a small town. I mowed about 20 yards a week with an old push mower...not bad until it rained all week and kept me from doing any of them after school leaving them all to be done on the Saturday as none of the old widows would think of letting a boy work on Sunday after church. I think the most I got paid for any of them was $2.00 with a lot being less than $1.00. We also had the old crank wall phone, and it made my dad so mad when the nosy neighbor lady would hear our ring and listen in. Hey, kinda sounds like the present administration!
The wife tells about being a little girl when Kentucky lake was filling and how badly some hated when their places were "taken." She had the dubious honor of swimming beer out to her dad as he waded and fished while it filled. Guess he would leave the kids on the bank, wade out then get thirsty. He would whistle to get her attention and hold up either 1, 2 or 3 fingers denoting how many beers he wanted her to bring out. Sounds like a good plan to me! She and her brothers still talk about some of the places they fished as being so and so's place before the waters covered them...like the Old Lady's place, etc.
Sure is good to reflect on these things today, July 4th, as we are still free to both reminisce and make new memories. I lost my oldest sister last night and have managed to hold it together until just now thinking about old times. She was the most honorable lady I ever knew-never even had a bad thought about anyone no matter what. About 14 years ago she lost her husband soon after he retired from teaching. She just couldn't keep teaching after that and took early retirement. After a long period of mourning she bought a new Toyota Camry when the new body style came out. She was on her way to a doctor appointment when she was rear ended-both she and her brand new car were seriously injured with the car nearly being totaled. She, unfortunately, picked up MRSA (Mersa?) while recovering in the hospital and had many relapses as it never was completely eliminated. It finally ate away at her until she was put in hospice care 3 days ago. Thankfully, she did not suffer too long and is now gone to a better place. Hope I've not been so bad that I don't meet up with her again one day.
So sorry for your loss but what wonderful memories you have of her, she would be pleased I think and hopefully yall will meet again in a place where she, neither of yall for that matter, will know no sorrow nor no pain. God bless you and your family in a difficult time, mourn but take time to celebrate as well tho, sounds like the angels are today.Quote:
Originally Posted by justfishin2
John
Sorry to hear of your loss. You and yor sister have my prayers. God Bless and remember the good times.
sent
man, my dad (RIP) caught a bunch of slimmers with one of those thangs.:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Eager Beaver