I miss this..

[77transam]

Ah the old "foot-driven" sewing machine in Grandma's sewing room! One of my favorite things to play with when I was little!! I'd sit on the floor and rock the pedal w/my hands,trying to see how fast I could make it go while watching with fascination the needle bobbing up and down.

When I'm visiting, me and Daddy still watch Gunsmoke (Thank the Good Lord for TVLand!) every chance we get!! Mom watches Andy Griffith religiously and we still laugh so hard we cry:laughing: (even after seeing episodes 100's of times!)

And of the 1,000s of cartoon shows that come and go, the "original" WarnerBro's (Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Wil-E.Coyote)and Tom and Jerry (The one's produced by Chuck Jones r the BEST!) cartoons are still the funniest!!!:laughing:

 

[sweettractors]

When I'm visiting, me and Daddy still watch Gunsmoke (Thank the Good Lord for TVLand!) every chance we get!! Mom watches Andy Griffith religiously and we still laugh so hard we cry:laughing: (even after seeing episodes 100's of times!)

I saw Barney's daughter on TV doing a interview after he passed and she said he was asked by someone how come he was so funny on that show and he said it takes a lot of hard work and it don't hurt to "look like I do" I totally agree. Ken Sweet

 

[Chuck52]

I'm only 61, but when I was in high school there was still a one man flour mill in town where you could go for fresh ground corn meal. Granny Florence ( a friend's granny, but that's what everyone called her) used to send me and Bobby down there for meal because she didn't like the store bought stuff. She made her own butter in one of those gallon glass jars with the dashers you turned with a hand crank....she said it was a great improvement over the old wooden churns.

She used to cook once a day, put it on the table, and cover the dishes between meals. I ate there pretty often and I figure that's why I could probably eat the Salmonella contaminated eggs and not notice. I bet I'm immune to most food borne illnesses.

I was at her house once when Bobby's uncle came in with two of his hired men. They were carrying wash tubs covered with bloody paper towels. We boys had to know what was in them, so they showed us...split hogs heads with the brains removed, for Granny Florence to make head cheese from.

She used to butcher her own chickens in the back yard. She'd grab one by the head and give it a good whirl, and then a fast crack the whip move that would pop the head right off. She usually aimed at a big can and hit it most times, so she didn't have to chase the headless chickens around.

This all happened about a block from the main street of the little town I grew up in that was a county seat. Her house was, and still is, right across the street from the funeral home featured in the movie "Get Low".

Chuck

 

[Lloyd_E]

jayste,

We(my son and daughter) watch reruns of the Waltons every week night on Vision TV. I watched it as a child growing up. I think it was on after the Disney show - Sunday nights. I am very fond of the Waltons because my grandparents farm was in Walton(small village within my province) and it was on a bit of a ridge!

77 - I bet my grandma's treadle sewing machine goes faster than yours! : ) Forgot about that. And we got heck if we were caught playing with it! And yes I did manage to put the needle through my finger - only once though! I am a fast learner!!!!

Cheers...

 

[clemsonfor]

jayste,

We(my son and daughter) watch reruns of the Waltons every week night on Vision TV. I watched it as a child growing up. I think it was on after the Disney show - Sunday nights. I am very fond of the Waltons because my grandparents farm was in Walton(small village within my province) and it was on a bit of a ridge!

77 - I bet my grandma's treadle sewing machine goes faster than yours! : ) Forgot about that. And we got heck if we were caught playing with it! And yes I did manage to put the needle through my finger - only once though! I am a fast learner!!!!

Cheers...

I use to watch the waltons while in middle high and through the first year of college. I loved it and think i have seen all of them, again im 28 i use to watch it on weeknights at dinner maybe it came on TNN then i know when i was in college (ithink it was still tnn then) they would rotate, they would show weeks of Dukes of Hazzard then swithch to the Waltons in the same time slots but by that time i had seen all the waltons episodes. I have used my DVR search feature and cant find it on tv, but i dont have all the premium high dollar packages with the obscure channels. I need to get the box set, allthough i never seem to watch my box sets?

Yep i too played with my grandmas sewing machine, she sewed with it up into the early 90s, she died 2 years ago yet i still will keep and cherish the hand made and quilted quilts that she has made for me. Rarely do they get used on a bed as i want to save them, my original one she made me when i was small is getting thinner but i still have one in excellent shape. I grew up covering in multiple quilts, i guess why i still hate those fluffy comforters that you buy now at like walmart or target or bed and bath , like those on top of hotel beds. I like how a quilt comforms to your body i guess.

 

[mjarrels]

I don't miss buying new tires every 12,000 miles.

mark

 

[LostInTheWoods]

When I was a kid, I made a lot of 50 cent purchases at the gas station. That got me 2 gallons. I ran out 1 night and coasted into a local gas station in town and when I checked, I did not have a penny in my pocket. So The owner let me have 25 cents worth on credit. Ken Sweet

Ha! Could you imagine that now? Getting credit from a gas station owner. I'd bet 90% of the folks working in most gas stations today couldn't even tell you exactly who owns the station. Most work for some enterprise that owns dozens or even hundreds of stations.

I can still remember as a kid a couple of places where they still washed your windows and checked your tires while they pumped your gas for you. And as often as not, the guy doing it was the owner.

 

[sweettractors]

I don't miss buying new tires every 12,000 miles.

mark

I could only get about 6000 out of new recaps, Of course my front end probably was not in alignment Heck I did't have the extra money to pull it up the "Bear" machine at the local repair shop. . Ken Sweet

 

[sweettractors]

I can still remember as a kid a couple of places where they still washed your windows and checked your tires while they pumped your gas for you. And as often as not, the guy doing it was the owner.

I have a local Supertest station that has a pump with full service for 10 cents more per gallon. Just like in the old days. I use it occasionally when I want to bring back old memories. Ken Sweet

 

[clemsonfor]

Ha! Could you imagine that now? Getting credit from a gas station owner. I'd bet 90% of the folks working in most gas stations today couldn't even tell you exactly who owns the station. Most work for some enterprise that owns dozens or even hundreds of stations.

I can still remember as a kid a couple of places where they still washed your windows and checked your tires while they pumped your gas for you. And as often as not, the guy doing it was the owner.

in the town 10 miles from me there still is a station where this is possible and only costs like 15 more cents a gallon.