I took my grand daughter to a Red Hawks (of which there is no such bird)
game and bought her all the food and pop she could put away... then took
her home to her parents.

Is that not the greatest Picker! I do the same thing LOL

For Father's Day this year I got a new ice cream freezer with a wooden bucket and a hand crank AND an electric motor. On the 4th of July we had the usual gang over for the day. The kids swim and the grown-ups sit around and eat and visit. We made some ice cream in the new freezer and all the kids got to turn the crank as long as they wanted and then I put the electric motor on it. It only took another 5 minutes with the motor because the kids had it almost done. I didn't get to stop when I was a kid because Dad said "if you want ice cream, you'd better keep turning".

> "if you want ice cream, you'd better keep turning".

And so we did, AND IT WAS WORTH IT!

> "if you want ice cream, you'd better keep turning".

And so we did, AND IT WAS WORTH IT!


Amen, brother.

Every Saturday in the summertime, we kids and my grandfather cranked on the ice cream maker and had to "sample" it every few minutes. Yuummmm. Loved seeing the frost on the side of the creamer. The loud motor on the newfangled machines bothers me. Instead, there ought to be giggles and squeals of, "OH that's cold!" and "Don't drink the salt water!"

As much as I miss that wonderful ice cream, I miss my grandfather more.

I took my granddaughter to the Coney Island a few years ago. When asked what she wanted to eat, she asked "what are those red things?" Didn't realize that she had never seen the hot dogs with red skin.

That works in 2 ways. Correct in the color......

Wrong in that she has seen hot dogs with me (a redskin) before............

Shorthand...

Throwing newspapers at 3am while walking, not riding in a car.

Rick

Throwing newspapers at 3am while walking, not riding in a car.

Rick

In the rain and snow!!!

Cold rubberbands snaping your cold fingers and hands as you "rolled" your papers.

Using the library, only, to write a report. Copying things from the encyclopaedia by hand. Manual file card tables and relying completely on DD system.

Using the library, only, to write a report. Copying things from the encyclopaedia by hand. Manual file card tables and relying completely on DD system.
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You're sick.....did you actually hand in reports you did yourself????

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You're sick.....did you actually hand in reports you did yourself????

Are you kidding? I did everyone's reports...

Teachers walking the cafeteria making you eat everything on your plate.
Paying someone to eat your spinach.
Locker inspections, not for drugs, to see if they were tidy.
Bomb drills.
Getting swats for breathing, well, it seemed that way. LOL!

They'll never know about homemade ice cream.....i did find an electric freezer and i hope i live long enough to make home made ice cream for my grandkids and let them eat it till the get sick....then send them home with their parents................

Oops. Duplicated my earlier post. Ya think I might be getting old?

Kids will never know the following:

Thongs were shoes now called "Flip Flops":.....not String panties
"Crack" was something you did telling "Jokes"
"Hoe" was something used in the garden to get rid of weed"
"Weed":....a plant you used a "hoe" on to get it out of the garden....

The sayings of today will probably revert to something else..."My Bad"???what's that all about????..."Sorry I've made a mistake here"....Same thing????Hmmm...maybe the old folks don't know about them...Like where do the guys get those baseball hats with the bill on either the side or the back??? all I've ever seen came out the front of the hat...I remember Wedges being a flat sole shoe not your underwear pulled up real tight.....

I heard a guy tell me here's four large.....I took the money and it was 4 $100.00 bills..did the currency change in stature..????
Remember when a rap was a felony conviction....or your took the RAP for someone else.
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The sayings of today will probably revert to something else... "My Bad",
what's that all about? "Sorry I've made a mistake here"... Same thing?
Hmmm... maybe the old folks don't know about them...
I don't like a few of the new quips. "No problem", why not say "you're
welcome." Prunette and I can't stand to be called guys.
They probably don't like being called a whippersnapper, either.



I heard a guy tell me here's four large... I took the money and it was 4
$100.00 bills... did the currency change in stature?
Four large should have been $4,000! He needs to brush up on his street talk!

This may not set well with some, but today a 3rd grade boy was killed. The school announced that they will provide counselors.

There were there classmates of mine who passed during our school years. I did not know we needed counselors much less want one.

It's a part of life.

This may not set well with some, but today a 3rd grade boy was killed. The school announced that they will provide counselors.

There were there classmates of mine who passed during our school years. I did not know we needed counselors much less want one.

It's a part of life.

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That story of the dad killing his 9th grade son is horrifying. And yes, I don't understand the drama that some of the Psychologists attempt to keep dragging that stuff back up. In the 4th grade (summer before 5th) a friend of my was killed by a earth mover.....Accident....The principal at the first day of school called everyone in to the auditorium and told what happened...Said a prayer and school began.....No more drama needed in School....

I don't like a few of the new quips. "No problem", why not say "you're
welcome." Prunette and I can't stand to be called guys.
They probably don't like being called a whippersnapper, either.


Four large should have been $4,000! He needs to brush up on his street talk!

Agree on not liking being called guys, especially when Mrs. Jimbo is present.

And he gave you 4 c-notes or just 4 "c"s.

I recall when a classmate's little brother was swept away in a flood while he was trying to cling to him. Classmate was 9, little brother was 5. All I can say is that I still remember how I felt - still have that sick feeling or horror. Not saying I, personally, needed counseling but it sure was a big deal.

I know the father in the incident with the 9 year old. Very nice guy - must have had a psychotic break. I feel so sorry for the family and his wife. When he comes to his senses, they are going to have to watch him, constantly. Just awful. And for the kids, it might be all the more awful because the little boy was just so normal and if it could happen to him... well, you know.

I recall when a classmate's little brother was swept away in a flood while he was trying to cling to him. Classmate was 9, little brother was 5. All I can say is that I still remember how I felt - still have that sick feeling or horror. Not saying I, personally, needed counseling but it sure was a big deal.

I know the father in the incident with the 9 year old. Very nice guy - must have had a psychotic break. I feel so sorry for the family and his wife. When he comes to his senses, they are going to have to watch him, constantly. Just awful. And for the kids, it might be all the more awful because the little boy was just so normal and if it could happen to him... well, you know.

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My former statement wasn't in any way trying to be Harsh. i feel for the dad and the mother....they said that he had just settled a Malpractice suit and it looked like he and the mother were arguing and possibly the little boy tried to stop the dad......Everyone has a breaking point......I just hate to see the world begin to try and drag every kid in the school into the situation. I have worried many days about a School Shooting with my wife being in the classroom.
A lot of that is Gang related and or just a dare. And then along comes the bully effect and bingo chaos erupts.....My wife (last year) caught a kid coming into school with a rather large book....Not the large book kind of kid....and she took it from him ....when she opened it there was a place cut out of the pages that a pistol would fit.....the principal did NOTHING>>>> I am glad she is in a new school ......

Throwing newspapers at 3am while walking, not riding in a car.

I was spoiled, had a bike. Rolled them all, loaded 1/2, delivered looping back close to home. Loaded the rest, delivered the rest.

I suspect collecting is no more fun today than it was then

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My former statement wasn't in any way trying to be Harsh. i feel for the dad and the mother....they said that he had just settled a Malpractice suit and it looked like he and the mother were arguing and possibly the little boy tried to stop the dad......Everyone has a breaking point......I just hate to see the world begin to try and drag every kid in the school into the situation. I have worried many days about a School Shooting with my wife being in the classroom.
A lot of that is Gang related and or just a dare. And then along comes the bully effect and bingo chaos erupts.....My wife (last year) caught a kid coming into school with a rather large book....Not the large book kind of kid....and she took it from him ....when she opened it there was a place cut out of the pages that a pistol would fit.....the principal did NOTHING>>>> I am glad she is in a new school ......

Oh I know that you weren't being harsh. Don't give it another thought. The world has gone crazy.

Oh I know that you weren't being harsh. Don't give it another thought. The world has gone crazy.
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That's my FAVORITE Song:.....GOD is Great, Beer is Good and people are crazy...

Are you kidding? I did everyone's reports...

How I wish I had known you then:dizzy:

See y'all in a page, or three.

How I wish I had known you then:dizzy:

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Hey, I went back to college at a ripe old age of 32. Bad habits on writing abilities so, I typed all my reports (and my daily notes)....Some of the "Jocks"....mere kids at the time.....saw and they paid me to type their reports.....pretty good gig for a 32 year old Dad with a wife, mortgage and a dog. The coaches thought it was good also.....I ended up knowing the right people and I got a Full Ride Scholarship......Good old Mrs. Pendleton...(typing teacher....U.S. Grant Highschool)......

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Hey, I went back to college at a ripe old age of 32. Bad habits on writing abilities so, I typed all my reports (and my daily notes)....Some of the "Jocks"....mere kids at the time.....saw and they paid me to type their reports.....pretty good gig for a 32 year old Dad with a wife, mortgage and a dog. The coaches thought it was good also.....I ended up knowing the right people and I got a Full Ride Scholarship......Good old Mrs. Pendleton...(typing teacher....U.S. Grant Highschool)...... I took typing at Grant but, could not remember her name until you mentioned it. She probably wouldn't approve of my typing skills now.

mos kids in this day and time will never know about NOT having a credit card or a cell phone. I remember having to go to the pay phone (nickle cost) if we were out somewhere...and having to pay for things then....

mos kids in this day and time will never know about NOT having a credit card or a cell phone. I remember having to go to the pay phone (nickle cost) if we were out somewhere...and having to pay for things then.... I very seldom carry any cash on me anymore.

I very seldom carry any cash on me anymore.
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me either:......my wife makes sure of that.....for my own sake...she says....

mos kids in this day and time will never know about NOT having a credit card or a cell phone. I remember having to go to the pay phone (nickle cost) if we were out somewhere...and having to pay for things then....

My grandmother always kept nickles in her "coin-purse" which she kept in her "pocketbook".

That's two terms kids probably have never heard and will not in the future: coin-purse/pocketbook

This just came to me.

My name.

... me either... my wife makes sure of that... for my own sake... she says...
Same here. What's the deal?

Here's something our kids will never know about.

Mowing the lawn and tending the garden was created by a women's group
in 1874. Honestly. They realized that if their husbands (us) were mowing
the lawn and weeding the garden they'd know, at any given moment,
where we were.

Stinks, doesn't it.

We need to get together. Prunette thinks that the meeting at Coit's is
a garden workshop.

Whoa! Can we trust Mom? Rowdy55? Southsidegirl? Gen78's wife?

next generation will not know about the Icicles we used to put on the Christmas Tree....Also, that you used to open your Christmas Presents on December 25th....Nor will some of them even know why they receive presents on December 25th. They just expect it now....

next generation will not know about the Icicles we used to put on the Christmas Tree....Also, that you used to open your Christmas Presents on December 25th....Nor will some of them even know why they receive presents on December 25th. They just expect it now....

We have always opened gifts on Dec. 24th. These are the gifts that are person to person. Dec. 25th is for the kiddies from Santa.

Even though I have always been asked, "when are you going to grow-up," I never get presents from Santa on Christmas Day.

We have always opened gifts on Dec. 24th. These are the gifts that are person to person. Dec. 25th is for the kiddies from Santa.

Even though I have always been asked, "when are you going to grow-up," I never get presents from Santa on Christmas Day.

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Last night my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas...I told her a bottle of Old Spice.....$4.89.....That's all? She asked?;;...."I've got you I don't need anything else".....Hope that smooth talk works ...Cabela's has a Rifle I sure would like to have....

That would have been a memograph.

Mih-mee-o-graph. (sorry)

I just had my first baby. I'm afraid she won't know how to play outside and entertain herself for hours like I used to. Unless, of course, I give her some gaming device to do so!

I just had my first baby. I'm afraid she won't know how to play outside and entertain herself for hours like I used to. Unless, of course, I give her some gaming device to do so!

I worried about my kids not being outside with the freedom I had, too. They are now 34, 32 and 29 and living in NYC. Which only goes to show what happens when kids don't get to run loose.

I just had my first baby. I'm afraid she won't know how to play outside and entertain herself for hours like I used to. Unless, of course, I give her some gaming device to do so!

She will if you permit it, encourage it and go out with her, at least until it's time for you to stay inside. Not to worry. she'll let you know when that is if you don't figure it out first.

How about Polyester tires on your car????Some of you guys don't remember that....And then "Fake" whitewalls......It wasn't cool to not have whitewalls on your car....

How about Polyester tires on your car????Some of you guys don't remember that....And then "Fake" whitewalls......It wasn't cool to not have whitewalls on your car....

How about inner-tubes for car tires?

Balloons on the front forks of your bike. They rubbed against the spokes and made a great motor sound!

How about inner-tubes for car tires?
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You win on that one...Forgot about that....I remember you'd have them patched....and about three hours later you'd be looking for a Service Station with an air hose.....I remember my first set of new tires.....Notice I said "NEW" tires....Not the used ones or retreads.....My dad out of the clear blue bought new a new set with thin white walls for Christmas.....Thought I had died and gone to heaven......He said he wasn't ready for me to go to heaven....needless to say the tires on the old '55 Chevy were a little slick....

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You win on that one...Forgot about that....I remember you'd have them patched....and about three hours later you'd be looking for a Service Station with an air hose.....I remember my first set of new tires.....Notice I said "NEW" tires....Not the used ones or retreads.....My dad out of the clear blue bought new a new set with thin white walls for Christmas.....Thought I had died and gone to heaven......He said he wasn't ready for me to go to heaven....needless to say the tires on the old '55 Chevy were a little slick....

Bought many a recap at Freddie's for cheap.

I got mine at Buddy Hennessey's. Retreads that is.

Bought many a recap at Freddie's for cheap.

Me too!!!!!

Only problem now is that there are 100 or more Garcia Tires around here!!!!

GRIPE:.................Kids will never know about Diesel fuel costing a whole lot LESS that Regular Gasoline......I filled up my Diesel Pick-Up today.....Had to call the bank and get Permission......What's wrong with this?????Also saw the Fire Department and HAZMAT stopping traffic to clean up a MINOR Diesel Fuel Spill....What do they think Asphalt is made of????They should have put some sand on it and filled in the Pot Holes....O.K. no more Gripe tonight....2.79 per gallon....

This one came to me today as I retrieved my wheeled plastic trash bins from the curb. Remember when the trash men came up to the house to get your metal trash cans with a little cart to take them back and forth? I don't think my kids have ever even seen a metal trash can.

And clang???? OMG. And the dogs would go wild - sometimes unconfined. We'd always make sure the blinds were closed on trash day. My bed was by the window and some big burly guy (or wirey, depending) would go by at the crack of dawn.

Having a newspaper route. Can you imagine any parent today letting their 11 year old kid walk around the city at 3-4 am? I loved my paper route. It was almost like meditating; your mind emptied of all the BS you endured from parents, siblings, teachers, classmates and TV.

Having a newspaper route. Can you imagine any parent today letting their 11 year old kid walk around the city at 3-4 am? I loved my paper route. It was almost like meditating; your mind emptied of all the BS you endured from parents, siblings, teachers, classmates and TV.

how about bundles of newspapers being dropped on a street corner and not being vandalized?

After what I read today, it will be the roar of stock car races a mile away at the State Fairgrounds. God I loved that sound as a kid.....

After what I read today, it will be the roar of stock car races a mile away at
the State Fairgrounds. God I loved that sound as a kid...
It was very pleasing and soothing. Much like a freight train blowing it's
whistle.

These have all been mentioned but here I go again!

Getting marbles from the milkman, or even knowing what a milkman was!

Having milk delivered at your door.

A porched newspaper. A what? Aren't they suppose to be in the street or
somewhere in the yard?

Donuts delivered to your door. Thanx Gen64! What was the company?

The smell of the stockyards during a north wind.

The smell of Wilson's meat factory during a north wind.

Taking a trip to Wichita, KS because of a north wind.

The balloons that the Continental Bread Company released every summer.

Sky writing with by-planes.

Bi-planes circling Owen field with special messages and advertisements.

Crop dusting with bi-planes.

Ordering a car like you wanted it!

Refusing a car because it wasn't what you ordered.

Burma Shave signs.

Curio shops.

TG&Y, Ben Franklin, Woolworth's or Five and Dime stores. Thanx Gen64!

Real cheerleaders! Thanx Soonergirl26!

Route 66.

Make out spots! Thanx Pennyquilts!

Swats! I'm the resident expert on those.

Getting more swats when you got home!

The death penalty if you got any more swats!

Fearing your teacher. Not a bad thing. You had respect! Thanx C.D.
Chase!

Roadside fruit and cider stands. I loved it when Dad would crack the seal
of a bottle of cider and forgot about it for a month or so! Oh yeah!

Take it from here you old timers and our gorgeous young female participant
who are relaying what their mom's told them! Thanx... Soo... Pen... never
mind!

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Last night my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas...I told her a bottle of Old Spice.....$4.89.....That's all? She asked?;;...."I've got you I don't need anything else".....Hope that smooth talk works ...Cabela's has a Rifle I sure would like to have....

Oh how I miss the day, Christmas shopping for dad was so easy, a bottle of Brut, socks and an ugly tie, of course his feet were warm, he smelled good (decent), but come to think of it, I never did see him wear the ties.

These have all been mentioned but here I go again!

Getting marbles from the milkman, or even knowing what a milkman was!

Having milk delivered at your door.

A porched newspaper. A what? Aren't they suppose to be in the street or
somewhere in the yard?

Donuts delivered to your door. Thanx Gen64! What was the company?

The smell of the stockyards during a north wind.

The smell of Wilson's meat factory during a north wind.

Taking a trip to Wichita, KS because of a north wind.

The balloons that the Continental Bread Company released every summer.

Sky writing with by-planes.

Bi-planes circling Owen field with special messages and advertisements.

Crop dusting with bi-planes.

Ordering a car like you wanted it!

Refusing a car because it wasn't what you ordered.

Burma Shave signs.

Curio shops.

TG&Y, Ben Franklin, Woolworth's or Five and Dime stores. Thanx Gen64!

Real cheerleaders! Thanx Soonergirl26!

Route 66.

Make out spots! Thanx Pennyquilts!

Swats! I'm the resident expert on those.

Getting more swats when you got home!

The death penalty if you got any more swats!

Fearing your teacher. Not a bad thing. You had respect! Thanx C.D.
Chase!

Roadside fruit and cider stands. I loved it when Dad would crack the seal
of a bottle of cider and forgot about it for a month or so! Oh yeah!

Take it from here you old timers and our gorgeous young female participant
who are relaying what their mom's told them! Thanx... Soo... Pen... never
mind!

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Hardigree's Donuts on Main and Western next to the Vocational School building....You didn't know that that building was an old Vocational School did you?????Also, Dan's Donuts they were located next door to Bob Poole's Grocery Store on the North East Corner of 44th and S. May.....Did you remember Bob Poole's????They (the donuts) were 50 cents a dozen or three dozen for a Dollar......Fresh, and hot to your front door....."I always said when the people came to the door when they would ask how much????I'd say 3 Dozen for a dollar......most of the people were still sound asleep and would dish out a dollar to get rid of that "Pesky" little kid.....I would make about $3.00 a day and all the donuts I could eat.....Then I'd bring home the ones we didn't sell for my Mom and Sisters......Miss those days....$3.00 would equal a NEW Model car and Glue... sometimes new Model Paint.....a dollar or so left over for the movies at the Chieftain Theater......You can tell I was a money saver.....I knew what my budget was.....

These have all been mentioned but here I go again!

Sky writing with by-planes.

Bi-planes circling Owen field with special messages and advertisements.

Crop dusting with bi-planes.

Burma Shave signs.
I remember the plane with the lighted, scrolling sign under the wings flying in the mid-70's.

There are some Burma-Shave signs on US281 between Lampasas and Wichita Falls.

I was driving east on n.e.10th last week. There was a section of land running one mile west of the oil tanks. I remembered once when cars were all pulled to the shoulder of the road to watch the crop-duster spray the fields.......

Worked with a guy who one summer worked for a crop-duster. When the pilot landed he filled the "the spray tanks"

At that time probably ddt

I was driving east on n.e.10th last week. There was a section of land running one mile west of the oil tanks. I remembered once when cars were all pulled to the shoulder of the road to watch the crop-duster spray the fields.......

Worked with a guy who one summer worked for a crop-duster. When the pilot landed he filled the "the spray tanks"

At that time probably ddt

Hey, I miss having the DDT guys spray us kids as they drove down the alleys to get the backyards sprayed. How come I'm aqlive and healthy more than 60 years later? Ah, the summer of '48, what a gas!!!