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At least she's not wearing 6 inch heels. Sensible shoes are a plus in my book.
What country is that license plate from? Somewhere in Europe?
Shoes?
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They make a difference.
Calf muscles are challenged in heels not to mention others.
The focus of 5he add was to to sell cars not....
But I do like heels.
Ben
OK I went back and looked. She does have on shoes.
I didn't notice them. The 55 Chevy got in the way.
I didn't notice them. The 55 Chevy got in the way.
What shoes? Did you see any shoes?
Who needs shoes
I've done fire walks, walked on hot sidewalks and frozen snow but as I get older I find the comfort of boots and shoes quite pleasant.
Besides the comfort I like to remove the shoes from my wife. I rub her feet or on occasion wash them. a couple of pans of water, a little soap, a wash cloth and a nice big towel. The first time I ever did that it made her cry - she told me that I was the first man that had ever done that. It is a very sensual act of respect. All men should do that for their wife. (or maybe my friends and family are right and I am an alien)
Besides the comfort I like to remove the shoes from my wife. I rub her feet or on occasion wash them. a couple of pans of water, a little soap, a wash cloth and a nice big towel. The first time I ever did that it made her cry - she told me that I was the first man that had ever done that. It is a very sensual act of respect. All men should do that for their wife. (or maybe my friends and family are right and I am an alien)
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I found some old Farmer;s Almanacs wriiten in Penn Dutch, the oldest one was dated 1898. Also found some check stubs signed by my Great grandpa Edward Bontrager. Weird stuff in our attic.
Scrolling through this link reminds me of several things I have saved over the years.
In 2nd grade our class saved Campbells soup can labels and the teacher sent them in so every kid in the class could get a Campbells soup mug. I still have mine, probably 46 years old and in great condition. This isn't mine but what it looks like.
About 26 years ago an older friend was selling a few bins full of old newspapers. The entire paper, Probably New York Times or New York Post, that include the stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, July 4th 1976, JFK assassination, and many other important dates. Plus I still have all my news papers for the GWB "Hangind Chad" fiasco, every paper from election day until they finally settled the vote count in Florida.
In 1994 I went back to Kentucky for deer hunting at my sisters 80 acres. A friend of hers said we could hunt on her larger property because we only got 1 deer out of 4 of us in the 4 days we had hunted. The friends property had a very poor shape very old farm house, nearly falling down, and we were looking through it. I found several 3x5 cards filled out explaining someone either donated the war or bought war bonds, but the amounts listed were varying amounts like $1.67, or $1.31. Obviously whatever spare change they could afford that week/month. I have a handful of them stashed somewhere, I will find them one day if I ever finish this house and go through stuff in storage.
When my cement floor was poured in 2015 I scratched my name and date in 2 places on the garage floor. I always thought about writing something inside my walls before insulation and drywall but never did, but before I do the kitchen cabinets, and maybe a couple other things around the house, I will type out a letter explaining the why and how of the build process so it can be found many years down the road.
When cleaning out my parents house after my mom passed I grabbed an old washboard, still in decent shape, an old bottle of starch for ironing, my dad's old wind up phonograph that he built a mount to attach to his old 1947 wood/canvas canoe he had made so he could listen to music while canoeing around Belle Ilse in Detroit back in the late '40'sand early '50's. I also have the canoe, and the receipt for when dad bought the canoe. Sadly there is little information about the canoe but I believe it was custom made by the seller that owned the place in Detroit where dad bought the canoe. There are many other old things I can't recall right now. When I get around to sorting through all them I will put a label on everything explaining where it came from and about how old it is and urge the kids to keep them in the family.
And finally, although they are now old, because they were made in the late 1990's, I have some 3'x4' blueprint type prints someone my brother-in-law knows made up of a family tree of "everyone" important from biblical times. I haven't looked at them in several years but I think it was from Adam & Eve to the birth of Jesus, but not sure. It is the result of someone's serious study of the bible. If anyone is interested I can try to dig them out, but not sure how buried they are in storage.
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Our barn concrete has R Schrock 1908 stamped in it. It'd be Rufus Schrock, and many of his descendants lived here after he passed. I've got a little of childhood memorabilia. A crocheted over vest (wore them over a turtleneck) that was in vogue in the late 60's, an autograph book signed by my buddies in the very early 70's, and my Campfire Girl beads and beanie.
At the corner of my driveway there was a country store around 1900. When I was a kid the roof was caved in.
But inside were all sorts of goodies. There was a cabinet full of medicines in little bottles 1oz, labels intact. Newspapers, even the old cash register was worked.
I saved a lot of things when I was about 10 into a big toy chest in my room.
A couple years later a tornado got our house, ironically the old store survived. But all the things I'd saved were destroyed... Except a stack of canceled checks written by a great uncle, who eventually started his own bank and was successful.
The checks were funny to read... like were he paid for lunch for 3 at the White's Kitchen, for $1.35. My dad remembered that restaurant.
My uncle bought a cow and calf for $5 and that was one of the largest checks. Most were for amounts 50cents to $2.
In the little town where my great uncles bank still stands there is a historical society. A few years ago I donated the checks to them, several hundred in number. They made a display for some of them.
But inside were all sorts of goodies. There was a cabinet full of medicines in little bottles 1oz, labels intact. Newspapers, even the old cash register was worked.
I saved a lot of things when I was about 10 into a big toy chest in my room.
A couple years later a tornado got our house, ironically the old store survived. But all the things I'd saved were destroyed... Except a stack of canceled checks written by a great uncle, who eventually started his own bank and was successful.
The checks were funny to read... like were he paid for lunch for 3 at the White's Kitchen, for $1.35. My dad remembered that restaurant.
My uncle bought a cow and calf for $5 and that was one of the largest checks. Most were for amounts 50cents to $2.
In the little town where my great uncles bank still stands there is a historical society. A few years ago I donated the checks to them, several hundred in number. They made a display for some of them.
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We have a bedroom upstairs in our house that used to be only accessible by a stairway off the kitchen downstairs. It's a big bedroom and was rented to the schoolteacher for the little one room school house down the road. It was called Daisy School, but is no longer standing. The check stubs we found signed by my Great Grandpa were made out to the teacher that lived here because he was on the school board. I also found a bunch of very old Valentine Cards from her students,
Did anybody else hear this? I just saw it today. God Rest His Soul.
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/01/24/don-wilson-guitarist-with-the-ventures-dies-at-88/
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/01/24/don-wilson-guitarist-with-the-ventures-dies-at-88/
When my septic drain field failed I found a half case of empty beer cans where there should have been an elbow connector. One third of my drain field was never connected to the septic tank.
That's what I got for buying a spec house.
That's what I got for buying a spec house.
Jim
This is the time when you say "I am getting stronger in my old age." In 1971 it would take me three trips to carry $100.00 worth of groceries. Today I can carry it all in one bag. Just paid $3.85 for a pound of hamburger, and $3.00 for a gallon of milk Saturday.
Insulin. This was my grandfathers, dated on the box 1950. I still have it packed away. I think my sister has the prosthetic leg from when diabetes required amputation. One of these years hopefully we all can get together and decide what to do with all this old stuff. None of us feel the need to display a 75 year old prosthetic leg over the mantle.
1968 Detroit Tigers, I attended one game as a baby, the year they won the World Series. I also have the team autographed ball and a variety of 8x10 photographs of various players, a button, a mini souvenir bat, and several other team items. Sadly, that is the only Tigers game I ever attended. Every time I tried to go in later years the games were either sold out or snowed out.
Anyone familiar with this? Probably purchased in the early 60's.
Probably from the 50's-ish. I still have it.
My dads 1947 canoe, he ordered it and it was handmade by a company in Detroit, I still have the receipt. And this is the wind up record player he would mount in the canoe so he could listen to Big Band music while paddling around Belle Isle. I also have the record player and the mount for the canoe.
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Wasn't that the year Denny McClain won 31 games? I know they had a good team.
I started following base ball in 1967 and got hooked. I read the box scores and stories in the paper nearly everyday.
One of my prized possessions: a personally autographed ball to me from Denny McClain. A very close friend was producing his radio show at the time. I guess he was between incarcerations. Still the last pitcher to win 30 in a season.
Highly likely his mark will stand forever now. The way MLB pitching staffs are managed 20 game winners are getting to be few and far between
