Random Observations

Amen Brother, and for the Good Lord to bless you, you need to buy at least
one ticket.

The Worst Food Product Ever???

Is it cheaper in case lots?

Chester, I have Never had That Before, But Grandmother after we had killed a Beef for our Meat supplies for the year would make up Brains and Eggs for a few Days for Breakfast !

Not Bad !!

Bill

Stumpy, The People at N.A.S.A say that it will make a few more passes of The Earth and then will Come In, and with any Luck May-Be Washington !!!
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Bill

There is nothing like bed sheets that have dried outside in the sun! We got the following in an email, and know there are some here who will appreciate it.

Mrs. C

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHES LINES:



You have to be a certain age to appreciate this. I can hear my mother now....

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHES LINES: (if you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this)

1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes- walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.

2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?

4. Wash day on a Monday! . . . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or
Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your
"unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)

6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather . . . Clothes would "freeze-dry."

7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"

8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.

9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

10. IRONED?! Well, that's a whole other subject!

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A POEM

A clothesline was a news forecast
To neighbors passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep
When clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link
For neighbors always knew
If company had stopped on by
To spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"
And towels upon the line;
You'd see the "company table cloths"
With intricate designs.
The line announced a baby's birth
From folks who lived inside -
As brand new infant clothes were hung,
So carefully with pride!
The ages of the children could
So readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed,
You'd know how much they'd grown!
It also told when illness struck,
As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
Haphazardly were strung.
It also said, "Gone on vacation now"
When lines hung limp and bare.
It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
With not an inch to spare!

New folks in town were scorned upon
If wash was dingy and gray,
As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
And looked the other way . . .

But clotheslines now are of the past,
For dryers make work much less.
Now what goes on inside a home
Is anybody's guess!

I really miss that way of life.
It was a friendly sign
When neighbors knew each other best

By what hung on the line!

AMEN BROTHER !!!
Bill

I totally agree with your wife, Stumpy. Nothing beats the smell of sheets off the line when you climb into bed at night.

Mark

Stumpy Thanks for putting that up !

Remember This Country The U.S.A. was Started By Men That Beleaved in a Higher Power , Most Went to Some kind of Church, But not All !!
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Many of The People that First Made Up this Country Were Masons and You Must Beleave in A Higher Power or Some kind of God to Be A Mason !!!

John Wayne was a 33Rd. Degree Mason Also and Beleaved in A Higher Power, But Did Not Like The Organized Church !!!!
Bill