Know what I miss??

krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:08 am

Yes I remember most of those thing---but what do I miss...the wilderness. Has anyone here ever backpacked from North Lake...over Lamarck Col...down into Darwin Canyon and on to the Evolution Valley? It is spectacular. I just had a memory of another trip-hiking beside a pristine, sparkling stream rushing down the mountain, the sky was an intense blue with "perfect" cloud formations, the ground squirrels were scampering among the rocks. We came to a Forest Service sign; "Warning; There are giardia in the water and bubonic plague in the squirrels. People die each year from lightning strikes on the ridges and cold exposure during the sudden storms common to this area." It's not just the CPAP-it's the knees too. I wonder how faded my old slides are?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:14 am

Goofproof wrote:You remember the Story about the old Bull and the New Young Bull on the hill in the pasture, looking down on the cows in the Pasture below? If you don't I'm not going to repeat it here.

ANYWAY, all I see from the otherside of the hill is a bigger hill. Like our fathers had when they walked to school, Uphill both ways. Jim

Oh yes, I do know that story.

I had a feeling that's what was on the other side.
With all the rolling eastern Nebraska hills, at least half of the trip to and from school was up hill.....each way.....whether walking or by bicycle. Sometimes I could have sworn it was ALL uphill.

Den

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:26 am

CollegeGirl wrote:I remember big bangs, Atari, legwarmers, neon spandex, 99 cents-per-gallon gasoline, $1.99 Happy Meals, and Saturday Night Live back when it was actually funny.

Every generation has its nostalgia. When I think about what my grandmothers saw in their lifetimes (early 1890's to early 1980's) it just amazes me.

Hang onto your memories and cherish them, CG.

Best wishes,

Den

kteague · Post by **kteague** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:50 am

Gee, I thought we were just talking about the things we miss because of cpap...since apparently not...

Grew up with an outhouse, a coal stove in the middle of the living room floor, and an outdoor well with a pump. But we moved up in the world - Dad moved the pump in the kitchen, then later got a spigot. Never did get hot water. Coal stove upgraded to oil. Had great childhood - didn't realize we were poor till junior high school. Grandma's farm had a 3-seater outhouse, side by side.

When I went to school in the first grade, I had seen a toilet flush only a few times. But these school toilets were industrial strength, and I was afraid to sit down on them for fear they would suck me down to Alice's porcelain Wonderland. Good thing they kept extra kids clothes in the office...

It was my life and I loved it, but I don't long for any of it to be a part of my life now at 55. I do miss the freedom to sleep with the doors open on hot summer nights to catch the breeze. And I miss my Dad feeling safe enough to invite hobos who jumped off the train to join us at the dinner table. I miss sitting on the well at night with a wet washrag & salt shaker, and juice running down to my elbows from fresh picked tomatoes.

But I've been a city girl now longer than I was a farm girl. Just give me my computer and my cell phone.

Kathy

elliejose · Post by **elliejose** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:49 am

While we are on the subject of old things, I would like to ask if anyone remembers my favorite "store bought cookies" ? I cannot remember the name of them and no one else ( friend or family) remembers them but me. I know I didn't dream them, because I ate them for several years before they quite making them. They were wafer cookies - 1 to 1-1/2 inches long - 1/4 to 1/2 inch high and that much wide - and covered with a butterscotch coating/icing -- Came in an aqua colored bag with a cellophane window. Please tell me that someone remembers them and knows what they were called and who made them!!

And like many of you, one of my fondest is at the end of a long hot summer day going to the filling station, dipping my hand down in the cooler of icy cold water and pulling out that ice cold co-cola and taking that first long cold swig -- nothing like it! I also am a country girl, so I remember when we didn't have electricity, much less a phone.

Barnaby · Post by **Barnaby** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:40 am

No one mentioned having a "butter and eggman" that came to the house each week. He was the guy that had a ford fliver and brought stuff to us on his route , from a nearby farm. And isnt there anyone out here that remembers SEX?? I really miss it !

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:49 am

kteague wrote:Gee, I thought we were just talking about the things we miss because of cpap...

LOL, yeah this sometimes happens when we go off topic (cpap talk)
There seems to be a tendency towards humor. I know my satirical remarks about 'electronic gadgets' went sailing over the heads of at least a couple here.

My advice is to keep a sense of humor though, or we'll grow old!

elliejose · Post by **elliejose** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:53 am

I didn't have many jobs or chores, but churning the butter (in summer), gathering the eggs and bringing in coal and wood were some of my jobs.
I never learned to milk, but I thought I was going to bring the milk cows in to be milked in the evening, when really the collie dog and the cows knew what it was all about without me. However, I went with the dog, to get the cows and when I was smaller, thought I was doing something. When I got older, I went with her when I wanted the walk.

krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:59 am

The ice man and the bucket under the icebox to catch the melting ice. Or going down to the wellhouse to pull a jug of milk out of the water. Rootcellars-we could still use those two things.
Those tomatoes are still out back-there is a bench too-with a salt shaker on it. And when I fed the cats this Am there were 5 or 6 nice ripe heirloom tomatoes waiting. After the sun warms them up I think I'll visit the cat for a while. When I stop planting those tomatoes-I'll stop paying for health insurance too-and use the money to hire someone to drive me around.
PS the slides weren't too faded. The picture of the warning sign wasn't there. So it was just the clear water, green grass. blue sky, rocks, clouds, and a ground squirrel looking for a handout. I made it all the way across Lamarck Col and the Evolution Wilderness. Great trip and you know I'm not at all sore this morning.

tater pie · Post by **tater pie** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:24 am

I also grew up with an outhouse at our house and we used "thundermugs" as they were called at night. We had a two bedroom farmhouse with plank walls, no insulation. I remember the wind blowing through those cracks between the planks in the walls but we stayed warm. We had a fireplace which we actually used to heat the house, not just for looks or atmosphere. I miss the fireplace the most. I now live in a house with central heat and air conditioning and I really miss watching the fire go down and the coals glow and being able to put your feet up to the fire and warm them on a cold winter's night. I grew up in Texas without air conditioning or even an electric fan until I was about 10 years old. We would drag our beds out into the front yard under a big oak tree and sleep outside at night because the house was so miserably hot. We were really uptown when daddy got us a water cooler. Do any of you remember how the moist air would warp doors and cause mildew. Remember the smell of the air after the jute in the water cooler got wet? We led very simple lives and sometimes I go back to where I was raised and wish I could return to that time for a little while and then I get hot and sweaty and want my air conditioning back!

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:27 am

Vader wrote:
kteague wrote:Gee, I thought we were just talking about the things we miss because of cpap...

LOL, yeah this sometimes happens when we go off topic (cpap talk)
There seems to be a tendency towards humor. I know my satirical remarks about 'electronic gadgets' went sailing over the heads of at least a couple here.

My advice is to keep a sense of humor though, or we'll grow old!

Babbie · Post by **Babbie** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:42 am

Geez, I had no idea what I had started - 4 pages and counting!! I can't remember who asked, but my husband actually went to a one room schoolhouse until 6th grade - he never said but I assume it had an outhouse. We also had no running water (pump in back) and the wonderful outhouse. Had what my mom called a "cook stove" in the kitchen --- I knew how to start a fire in the cook stove when very young---doubt that parents now would trust their kids to do such but back then it was do that or freeze when we came home from school and the fire had gone out.

As for gas, I can't remember the price but could get a dollar's worth and drive my dad's '53 Chevy all night long!!

It's fun to remember the old times once in awhile--some we'd never want to go back to but others make us smile.

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:50 am

Goofproof wrote: I took the salt shaker out to the garden, and set in the tomatoes and eat then there.

I did that as a kid too, and I also discovered that the salt disinigrates the garden slugs!

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:54 am

Goofproof wrote: It's almost as important to think young, as to breath. Jim

Most definitely!

whatrdreamsmadeof · Post by **whatrdreamsmadeof** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:44 pm

o.k. when i rode a dinosaur to school......just kidding.
hey chuck did you make your egg creams with ubet chocolate syrup? we did in new york......played stick ball.........ate chocolate babies candy........dipped flavor straws in bottled milk delivered and left our doors unlocked........oh by the way to the person who wrote that happy meals were $1.99...........move here to good ole virginia they are still $1.99
oh yeah........led zepplin and steppinwolf go chuck...ellen

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