do any of you remember....

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do any of you remember....
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Wed, 12-10-2008 - 2:00pm
yeah im reminiscing this morning. we had lots of snow and ice here and walking has become very dangerous,although i did go out for my morning walk today,i kind of waddled walked and not powered walk as sidewalks were not clean. where the snow was removed it was ice and other walks were snow and ice covered. most were not salted.so this is where the reminising comes in,my sister who is pushing 80 ok she is 76, reminded me,after i came home complaining about the unsalted sidewalks,that when we were kids,our grandparents and parents would take out the ashes aka klinkers, from the old coal furnace and sprinkle that onto the sidwalks for traction. now that was recycling long before the word "green" even came into being.stick that in your pipe al gore!! LOL i wish we had that kind of heat back,it mite have been a little diry,but it sure was warm. hope your all enjoying the day. hugs mindy

                                             


                                            


                                     


                                  


                             

    

                      

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Fri, 12-12-2008 - 10:49am

Mindy, regarding the milkman...he'd leave those tall glass bottles with the paper disks in the top &

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 11:18am

I just read this whole thread through and found it very interesting.

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 11:44am

that's true


I am just a kid!


LOL

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Registered: 09-19-2003
Fri, 12-12-2008 - 3:23pm
really?? ok howwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww old are you..LOL...i will be 62 soon...oh my god..how did i get that old...LOL...

    

                      

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 3:28pm
i sure do remember those bottles cal...and do you remember the taste of that milk..oh my goddddddddddd..it was fresh clean and deliciously creamy...not like the milk today...no matter what percent you get its bland. thats why i buy miss swiss missy cows organic milk..LOL..really it almost and i say almost tastes like the real thing...ok heres a story...my mom was getting up one mornign and for some reason,she was still in her underpants but no top..she was carrying it thru the bedroom into the kitchen. as she went thru,and let me remind you my mother was a very modest person.now for some reason she raised the shade as she stood there in her underpants,topless,there was the milk man.LOLOOL he ran one way and she the other..LOL..she never raised that shade again and she quit the milkman.LOLOLOLOL my ma would kill me if she knew i told that story....LOL...

    

                      

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 3:33pm
bea..how could i forget the ragman!! he had a horse drawn cart and he also was italian as the area i lived in was called little italy,and im saying this because the ragman had an italian accent and he would go thru the neighborhood saying te rrrrrrraggggggggggs te rrrrrrrrragggggggs...he would roll that r...LOL..and i totally forgot about the guy that would go thru and sharpen knives and scissors..do you remember that?? both my grandfathers had gardens...filled to the brim with tomatoes greens and grape arbors over the yard...they made their own wine and canned everything they grew...do you think the kids of today,could survive if we had to? hey wait..i dont think i could either.LOL...dsl...i couldnt figure out what you were talking about at first..i thought it was dear someone LOL..now i know dsl....@@ duh to me...LOL min

    

                      

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Registered: 09-19-2003
Fri, 12-12-2008 - 3:34pm
LOL well of course you are...your going to disneyworld..case closed...LOLOL i kill me

    

                      

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 3:54pm
Mindy--I remember the pants stretchers and the ashes on the snow and I remember being scared of the Rag Man LOL A lovely memory now for me was the aroma of basil growing all over the neighbor. We lived in a small apartment building but there were lots of gardens behind the houses and we had many Italian neighbors. I didn't realize that the aroma was basil until I grew up and starting cooking with it. Every time I smell it i am transported to the "old neighborhood". Looove it! Thanks for helping me remember the "Good Ole Days"!
Hugs,
Carol
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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 5:20pm
I will be 64 exactly 13 days after you turn 62.

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Fri, 12-12-2008 - 8:33pm

carol isnt it strange how a certain smell can jar our memory. oh yes we had basil growing also. one could not make sauce or meatballs without the fresh taste of basil. i tell ya,the old europeans utilized their yard,no matter how big or small,you were sure to find a garden around every corner and