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"Even before emails." I heard that today.
Damn.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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"Back before microwaves, we made Jiffy Pop popcorn on the stovetop".....
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Before rabbit ears we listened to the radio.
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"Back before microwaves, we made Jiffy Pop popcorn on the stovetop"..... LOL ! We were at the Drive-In Movie when I was probably 6 or 7 years old. 1966 or 1967. Dad was too tight to buy Movie Popcorn. He did a pan of that Jiffy Pop in the foil pan on the manifold of his 64 Chevy Impala. Doesn’t get more Redneck than that. 🤠
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Before those creedmores hunters killed schiett.
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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My father's last words to me were in an email, still got it.
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Before those creedmores hunters killed schiett. Yeah but not as dead as with the Creed.
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Before plastic, wax paper shells lubed chambers.
Before shot cups we used full chokes.
Before aluminum cans kids traded three pop bottles for a soda pop.
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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Before dial telephones----------Rio7
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ltppowell; Good evening to you my cyber friend, I hope the first day of the last month of what's proven to be an eventful year finds you and yours well.
My late father went from horses only on the prairies through watching man land on the moon up to cell phones. I always thought he saw a whole lot of change in his life, but here we are now right?
Honestly speaking of cell phones though, when I watched the crew of the Enterprise with the little communicators they had, I expected to have phazers before that. We had VHF radios in the tractors, combines and trucks on the farm, but they were big things and only worked maybe 20 miles mobile to mobile.
The first computer our school got was donated by a bank and it took 6 of us to move it on and off the back of a pickup truck. I doubt it had a fraction of ability most phones have now.
Sometimes when I'm sitting on a mountain and there's no overhead airline traffic and I can't hear logging equipment, which admittedly isn't that often, but when it does happen I wonder what life would be like if it stayed quiet like that, you know?
It's interesting for sure though what some of the younger set call "way back".
On the other side of the coin, our youngest is a high school teacher and when the inner webs broked off two weeks ago, she said that very few of her Grade 8 class knew how to get information out of a textbook. That concerned her mightily as you can well imagine.
All the best to you and yours as we head into the Christmas Season.
Dwayne
The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"
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3 cent stamps - whatever happened to the "cent" sign, BTW - the little "c" with the vertical line? Post cards The term "two bits" Carbide lights, and kerosene road flares Flour sifters Citrus juicers Dollar watches "The Warden" suggested girdles and nylons with seams - "Is my seam straight?"
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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"Dittos" from the teacher.
How many of you can still smell them?
“Factio democratica delenda est"
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When radio was "wireless" and 270s were macho
Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk. That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied. Well?
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Dwayne, our daughter is a high school FFA teacher, with many students who have minimal internet service. (many on the rez) I need to ask if her students can use a book - for my own knowledge - I can't fathom NOT being able to use a reference book!
Best to you and yours, and all up north.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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My grandmother marveled everytime an airplane flew over. She lived 1908-1990.
I still remember her saying, "look,an airplane!". I said, "yeah", nonchalantly. She said, "well, I remember when there weren't any!"
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Hot N Now .39 cent burgers and .86 cents a gallon gas in the early 90’s. My parents would sometimes go away for the weekend and leave me with food in the fridge, a $50 and whatever money I had from my minimum wage $4.25 per hour after school job. I had money to burn riding around with buddies on a Friday or Saturday.
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Hot N Now .39 cent burgers and .86 cents a gallon gas in the early 90’s. My parents would sometimes go away for the weekend and leave me with food in the fridge, a $50 and whatever money I had from my minimum wage $4.25 per hour after school job. I had money to burn riding around with buddies on a Friday or Saturday. Lucky badstid.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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My grandmother marveled everytime an airplane flew over. She lived 1908-1990.
I still remember her saying, "look,an airplane!". I said, "yeah", nonchalantly. She said, "well, I remember when there weren't any!" It was similar for my grandparents. They were all born in the 1920’s and remembered first radios, first radios in cars, cranking an old car with a hand crank to start it and refrigerations rather than an icebox.
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My grandmother marveled everytime an airplane flew over. She lived 1908-1990.
I still remember her saying, "look,an airplane!". I said, "yeah", nonchalantly. She said, "well, I remember when there weren't any!" Good one.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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