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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Our sharpening man pushed a creaky cart with a big grinding wheel down the alley. He's yell "knives" and the housewives would come streaming out. The wheel was turned with a foot pedal, like an old sewing machine. I can still hear the scraping sound of the knives on the wheel.
Jacquie
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