PIE IN SKY SALE

SPEND BIG AND SAVE BIG

PIE IN SKY SALE

A NEIGHBOR LADY WITH FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS ARE MOST OF US, SAW A SALE AD ON SHOES. 70 % OFF.

SAVE 20 DOLLARS. TOLD THE CLERK, I ALSO WANT TO BUY ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WITH THE 70 % OFF TAG.

THIS IS GREAT, SAVING SO MUCH MONEY. I SUPPOSE THIS IS THE METHOD USED BY OUR PRISEDENT SAVING THOSE BILLIONS HE KEEPS TELLING US ABOUT.

SPEND MORE AND THE SAVINGS PILE UP. sam

WHOS ON FIRST

AS A KID HEARING ADULTS TALK, ONE EXPRESSION REMEMBERED, THIS OR THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN PIGS FLY. EVIDENTLY THE PIG FLEW.

POSSIBILITY HERE FOR A POET TO COMPOSE A SKIT COMPARABLE TO THE GREAT ONE OF BASEBALL'S WHOS ON FIRST. COME ON POETS, GIVE IT A TRY. sam

DAD'S TOMATOS

TRIBUTE TO 'DAD' WHITE, A LOYAL AMERICAN
(to dad in google blogspot entries, dads tomato garden journal) Saturday, May 02, 2009
DAD, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER TOMATO VINES BACK IN THE OLD DAYS.
MAYBE NOT THOUGH. YOU MAY NOT HAVE LIVED ON A FARM IN YOUNGSTER DAYS.
BIG GARDEN DAYS BEGAN WITH OUR FAMILY WHEN I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD, THE 'GREAT DEPRESSION' BEGINNING.
DAD LOST EVERYTHING BEING IN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. MOVED TO THE COUNTRY AND WITH LARGE RICH GARDEN AREA AND MY DAD'S KNOW HOW, WE HAD WONDERFUL GARDENS AND A CORN FIELD WORKED WITH A TEAM OF HORSES AND FARM TOOLS OWNED BY A NEIGHBOR. TRADED WORK.
WE HAD A SURPLUS WHICH THERE WAS NO DEMAND FOR. PROBLEM WAS HAVING MONEY TO BUY FLOUR, SUGAR BAKING POWDER AND LARD AND OF COURSE COFFEE.
BIG PATCHES OF TOMATOS. NO FANCY NAMETHEN. LITTLE YELLOW 'PEAR' TOMATOS, RED 'CHERRY' TOMATOS AND THE DELICIOUS COMMON RED ONES OF VARIOUS SIZES.
CHICKENS AND PIGS LOVED ANY TOMATOS PLACED IN THE PIG TROUGH.
I CAN STILL REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE TOMATO PATCH EARLY MORNING, HEAVY DEW AND THE SMELL OF THE DISTURBED BRITTLE TOMATO VINES.
SOME VINES BROKE OFF AND SEEMED TO RENDER THE PLANTS MORE PROLIFIC. LATER IN THE DAY THE HOT SUN BROUGHT THE PLANTS TO LIFE AND MOTHER CAME WITH BASKETS TO FILL FOR 'CANNING'. SHE ALREADY HAD WATER BOILING ON THE OLD WOOD BURNING KITCHEN RANGE AND WOULD 'PUT UP' DOZENS OF JARS OF THE DELICIOUS TOMATOS.
DEAR OLD MOTHER, SWEATING OVER THAT KITCHEN RANGE. SHE LOVED TO 'DO' FOR FAMILY.
NOW IN THIS PRESENT DAY, 'DAD'S TOMATO GARDEN JOURNAL' IS A GREAT HELP TO THOSE HAVING A DESIRE TO GROW FINE TOMATOS.
THANKS DAD. sam

ID THEFT

REMEMBERING BASIC TRAINING AT LAUREL MISSISSIPPI DURING WORLD WAR 2. SMALL TOWN, WONDERFUL PEOPLE TREATED US LIKE THEIR OWN SON. I WAS IN AN ARMY AIR CORPS SQUADRON, TOTAL ABOUT 300 TROOPS. THIS WAS NEW TO COUNTRY BOYS SUCH AS I. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE NEATNESS AND HABITS OF SEVERAL FELLOWS AND ONE IN PARTICULAR. THIS PARTICULAR ONE WOULD NEVER CALL HIS GIRL FRIEND UNTIL FINISHING SHAVING, SHOWERING, SHAMPOO AND APPLYING A VERY LIGHT FRAGRANCE THAT I SUSPECT THAT LADIES WERE ATTRACTED TO THOUGH HAD VERY LITTLE ATTENTION FROM BUDDIES. WE ALL LIKED THIS FELLOW AND SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF SHE WAS BLONDE OR BRUNETTE ? THAT QUESTION SORT OF OPENED HIM UP. MORE QUESTIONS FROM ONE GUY WHICH SHOULD HAVE RAISED A RED FLAG, BUT NO AS HE FINISHED POLISHING UP, EVEN TOLD US EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAITED FOR HIM TO GET OFF THE BUS THAT CAME FROM THE POST TO THE DOWNTOWN BUS STOP. THEN CAME THE MOVE TO USE A DIRTY TRICK AS MEAN AS MODERN IDENTITY THEFT. AFTER THE NEAT ONE MADE THE CALL TO THE GIRL FRIEND, THAT NO GOOD CHARACTER THAT HAD 'PUMPED' FOR INFORMATION WENT OUT AND JUMPED IN A TAXICAB AND WENT RIGHT TO THE BUS STOP AND THERE WAS THE NEAT GIRL FRIEND WAITING. THE NO GOOD CHARACTER TOLD HER THAT HE HAD SAD NEWS, HER FRIEND HAD JUST BEEN CONFINED TO POST AND ASKED HIM TO MEET THE GIRL AND EXPLAIN THINGS AND POSSIBLY ENTERTAIN HER THIS EVENING. OF COURSE SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED ,HOWEVER SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM, LEARNING NEXT DAY OF HER FRIEND WAITING AT THAT BUS STOP FOR HER AND WORRYING ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. NO, WE CANNOT BE TOO CAREFULL OF DIVULGING INFORMATION. sam

BRESNAN

HAD BRESNAN INSTALLED TODAY.
SORT OF EXPERIMENTING WITH IT.
HOPING TO 'CATCH ON' TO HOW THINGS WORK.
MY PHONE WILL RING WHEN ON THE INTERNET.
PHONE BILL PAID BY BRESNAN THEY TELL ME.
TELL ME IF YOU THINK I MADE A MISTAKE. sam

VARIOUS DREAMS

APRIL 24 2009 , 89 YEARS OUR LORD WITH ME 24/7.
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED, DO YOU PRAY IN YOUR DREAMS ? WELL, I AM NOT ASKING EITHER.
SHOULD WE PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR SINFUL DREAMS ?
PROBABLY SO EVEN THOUGH MOST OR ALL OF US CANNOT CONTROL THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR DREAMING.
IF ANY OUT THERE HAVE THE GIFT OF 'JOSEPH' TO INTERPRET DREAMS, PLEASE SHARE BY OFFERING TO INTERPRET.
NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE 'EXPERTS' CONCERNING THIS, AS THERE ARE MANY PREDICTIONS OF THE FUTURE THAT ARE COMPLETELY WRONG WHEN FOLLOWED UP ON.
JUST SITTING HERE DAYDREAMING.
Joseph And Pharaoh's Dreams (type this in the keyword). JOSEPH'S BROTHERS LEARNED THE TRUTH. (read old testament account).
PRAY FOR GOD TO CORRECT TODAY'S HIDEOUS EVILS. sam

GARDENING IN YEAR 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009
GOOD MORNING DAD. GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU.
I HAVE BEEN SEEING HERE AND THERE IN THE NEWS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANTING A GARDEN.
DOING SO BY ENOUGH PEOPLE COULD HELP LOWER THE PRICE OF GARDEN PRODUCTS. ALSO MIGHT TAKE OFF SOME BELLY FAT.
AT THE MARKET, TAKE OUR CHOICE OR BUY BOTH IF NOT TOO FINANCIALLY EMBARRASED, THE BAKING POTATO ONLY ONE DOLLAR EACH AND ALREADY WRAPPED IN FOIL, SPECIAL TODAY ON THIS PRICE AS IS TOMATOS, ALSO ONLY ONE DOLLAR EACH.
TRUE, THERE ARE THOSE WHOM NEED NOT QUESTION THE PRICE, OTHERS OF US THAT CONTINUE TO STOOP OVER TO PICK UP A PENNY FROM THE FLOOR, SEE THOSE PRICES AND THINK WHY NOT PLANT A GARDEN. START A COMPOST CAGE TO RECEIVE THE COFFEE GROUNDS, VEGETABLE PEELINGS AND CRUMBS SWEPT FROM THE FLOOR.
GOOD TO HAVE A GARBAGE PAIL OR FOR THE POLITICALLY CORRECT A COMPOST PAIL AND DAILY EMPTY THE CONTENTS INTO THE COMPOST CAGE WHICH IS IN IT'S PLACE IN A CORNER OF THE GARDEN.
A BEGINNER MIGHT SAY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE COMPOST AFTER IT HAS MATURED ? (HOPEFULLY SOMEONE HAS TOLD THEM IT MUST BE KEPT MOIST AND PUNCHED AROUND DOWN IN THERE). COMPOST BECOMES FERTILIZER, ENHANCED BY A SPRINKLING OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER OCCASIONALLY.
THOSE HOPEFULLY MILLIONS OF NEW GARDENERS MIGHT BE ON THE WAY TO PRODUCING TOMATOS SUCH AS SEEN ON DAD'S BLOG.
HTTP://TOMATOGARDENINGWITHDAD.BLOGSPOT.COM/
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO GET OUT THERE AND PREPARE FOR THAT BOUNTIFUL GARDEN. sam

PIRATES

Monday, April 13, 2009
MICRO MANAGING ? PERMISSION TO SHOOT ? PERHAPS JUST TALK ?

AS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR 2 IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, AM WONDERING ABOUT THIS STUFF OF OUR NAVY FIGHTERS CALLING OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO GET PERMISSION TO SHOOT THE ENEMY ? ADMIRERS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA PRAISING HIM FOR HIS DECISION TO ALLOW SHOOTING THE PIRATES.
MY MEMORY TELLS ME THAT WE NEVER WERE REQUIRED TO CALL PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FOR PERMISSION TO SHOOT.
HOW ABOUT HAVING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO MILITARY PERSONELL SAYING, WE TRUST YOU, DO YOUR JOB ? sam

HOW PREVENT SLAUGHTER ?

HAVE SAID IT BEFORE
HOWEVER, WHO EVER LISTENS TO ME ? MANY OF WE CITIZENS ARE WELL QUALIFIED TO HANDLE A HANDGUN SAFELY. MANY WOULD BE WILLING TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON.
SURE, WE HAVE THE BLEEDING HEART TYPE PEOPLE THAT WANT MORE GUN LAWS WHEN ANOTHER KILLER GOES BERSERK.
CONCEALED WEAPONS IN HANDS OF PEOPLE WILLING TO SAVE LIVES COULD DO JUST THAT, SAVE LIVES.
WHAT AN AWFUL WASTE TO NOT BE LEGALLY USING GUN EXPERTS TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON OF CHOICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING PREVENT THE ONSLAUGHT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE HELD HOSTAGE AND USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE WHILE THE MURDER DOES THE CARNAGE.
TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, SEEING ON T V, POLICE OR WHATEVER, FROM BEHIND A VEHICLE AIMING THEIR RIFLES TOWARD THE BUILDING FROM WHICH IS COMING THE SOUND OF THE GUNSHOTS KILLING HOSTAGES INSIDE.
LOOKS SO STUPID AIMING THOSE RIFLES AT THE BUILDING, HEARING THE GUNSHOTS INSIDE AND OUT THERE HUNKERED BEHIND A VEHICLE and aiming that high powered rifle.
YES, CONCEALED WEAPONS CAN HELP SAVE MANY LIVES AND WILL IF OUR LAWMAKERS WILL STEP UP AND PREPARE THE WAY. sam
http://sayit-baldy.blogspot.com

MISS BEING ABLE TO GO TO WAL-MART

TRYING TO GET STRONG AFTER A 'STROKE'.
MISSING VISITING WAL-MART

Woke up , T V was on, had been napping. No harm.
A sales promoter promoting, put me in the mood
to go to Wal- Mart, my favorite store.
Being the day after Thanksgiving, feeling good,
put my socks on and teeth in, counted my money
and soon on the way.
Greeted by Derral , a Wal - Mart good neighbor,
recently had a nice 'write up 'of U S Navy service
during World War 2 . In the Southwest Pacific .
On into the store and in an aisle ahead was a
commotion going on , at first appeared that a man
might be trying to fight off 'killer bees '.
No, on closer observation he was talking on a cell phone , people trying to keep out of arm's length
and the motions were so emphatic that the person
at other end of phone line could somehow be
receiving image of that arm motion.
Then when up closer could plainly see he was using that newly invented 'camera ' phone. I wonder
if I could afford one ?
I never realize the need for so many things until
walking those aisles at Wal- Mart. Especially the
kitchen ware department.Newly invented devices.
Paul is correct,you could'nt have a better neighbor. sam canon city colo

SWEET WILD STRAWBERRIES

TO PAULA IN THE GOOGLE BLOGSPOT
WILD STRAWBERRIES
PAULA, SO MANY VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES.
THE SUPER DELICIOUS, THE WILD ONES OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SOUTH SLOPING HILLSIDES COVERED WITH SMALL FLINTROCKS, BERRY VINES GROWING UP THROUGH THE ROCKS. LAST DAYS OF APRIL THE PLANTS BLOOM AND AS BERRIES DEVELOP THE SUNSHINE REFLECTS FROM THE FLINTROCKS AND BERRIES TURN RED AND RIPEN.
SMALL SASSAFRASS TREES HERE AND THERE AFFORD SOME SHADE OVER THE BERRIES. SMALL BERRIES, NEVER LARGER THAN A CONCORD GRAPE. SOFT SWEET STRAWBERRIES. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND ALSO IN ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS AREA.
I HAVE ENJOYED THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN ALL THREE STATES IN WHICH CULTIVATED STRAWBEYRRY FIELDS ARE COMMON, STILLWELL OKLAHOMA CLAIMING TO BE STRAWBERRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
WE OKIES SORT OF CHUCKLE TO OURSELVES WHEN SEEING ON DISPLAY IN STORES THE BIG ROUGH LOOKING STRAWBERRIES THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS, LIGHT COLORED SEEDS PROTRUDING AND IF BRAVE ENOUGH TO BUY AND TAKE HOME THOSE MONSTER BERRIES, NOT A SPECIAL TREAT THOUGH PERHAPS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
OH HOW I REMEMBER THOSE LITTLE SWEET SOFT WILD STRAWBERRIES. sam

GOLD

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
GOLD
THE WORDS 'FORT KNOX' CAUSES ME TO THINK OF GOLD. WAY BACK 'THEN' WHEN EVERY DOLLAR WAS BACKED BY GOLD, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT BY EXECUTIVE ORDER HAD ALL GOLD COINS TURNED IN AND RECEIVED PAPER IN RETURN, ENDING 'GOLD STANDARD'.
PAPER MONEY COULD RECEIVE SILVER IN EXCHANGE. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUR FAMILY LIVED IN, EASTERN OKLAHOMA FLINTROCK HILLS, VERY LITTLE NOTICEABLE CHANGEB IN EVERYDAY LIVELIHOOD. THE COINS WE SAW WERE ONES HANDED US AT THE 'CREAMERY' AT THE SMALL TOWN OF LOCUST GROVE IN RETURN FOR THE CREAM BROUGHT IN A HALF GALLON SYRUP PAIL. EGGS TOO, AFTER BEING 'CANDLED' BROUGHT 12 CENTS PER DOZEN.
YEARS LATER WHILE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WAS SERVING FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES, WE COUNTRY BOYS FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL (NOT MODERN YET EXCEPT FOR ELECTRICITY).
WAR CLOUDS DRIFTED ALL THE WAY FROM EUROPE AS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DECLARED, 'NO AMERICAN MOTHER WILL SEE HER SON FIGHTING ON FOREIGN SOIL'. SENSIBLE PEOPLE KNEW THAT HITLER MUST BE DEFEATED.
SO INTO THE MILITARY SERVICE WE YOUNG ONES WENT, EUROPE OR THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, ALSO THE AREA WHERE SARAH PALIN CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM ALASKA.
AFTER MY COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING THE WAR, RETURNED AS MOST GOOD 'OKIES' DID AT THAT TIME, RETURNED TO OKLAHOMA. THAT IN 1945. MR. ROOSEVELT DIED WHILE IN OFFICE. HIS LEGACY IS INTERESTING AND HAS MUCH CRITICISM. (CHECK HIM OUT ON KEYWORD).
BACK TO GOLD. FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 2, MANY AMERICANS WERE VERY CONCERNED OF THE TACTICS THAT FRANCE WAS USING TO DRAW FROM OUR GOLD SUPPLY IN FORT KNOX. THE SITTING PRESIDENT WAS ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. GOLD IS MUCH IN THE NEWS NOW. HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT DISCOVER THAT DURING THE PAST 50 YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPING WHILE ON GUARD DUTY AT ENTRANCES TO THE FORT KNOX GOLD STORAGE.
IF ANY OF OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 'SERGEANT OF GUARD' CONCERNING FORT KNOX, IT COULD BE A CAUSE FOR WORRY. sam
http://sayit-baldy.blogspot.com
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PLATTER RECORDS

PLATTER RECORDS AND RECORD PLAYERS, IMPORTANT TO
POPULAR SINGERS DURING MID CENTURY, MOST RECENT CENTURY OF COURSE, A NOTICABLE EXCITEMENT COULD BE OBSERVED IN DEPARTMENT STORES NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
LIVING IN TULSA AT THAT TIME, I ENJOYED VISITING THE J.C.PENNY STORE ON MAIN STREET NOT FAR FROM THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION.
THIS PARTICULAR STORE WAS THE FIRST OF THE LARGER STORES HAVING BEEN BUILT BY MR.PENNY, AND OFTEN THERE WOULD BE MR.J.C. PENNY STANDING BY THE STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
A VERY NEAT MAN HE WAS AND A GENEROUS HEAD OF WHITE HAIR, GREETED CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS SUCH AS I.
NOW THE EXCITEMENT NEAR THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE ON THE DAY OF A PLATTER RECORD BEING RELEASED FOR SALE.
ASSIGNED THE JOB OF DEMONSTRATING THE NEWLY RELEASED PLATTER WOULD BE A PRETTY YOUNG LADY OF COURSE WEARING THE ADVERTISED ATTIRE OF THE DAY. J.C. PENNY KNEW ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
YES, YOUNG FOLKS, THATS THE WAY IT WAS AS T.V. EVOLVED FROM THE SNOWY SCREEN AND MANY DIALS AND RABBIT EARS DRAPED WITH FOIL RE-ARRANGED BY ONES WITH MORE EXPERIENCE OF GETTING A MORE CLEAR PICTURE.
GRANDMA COULD TELL MORE OF HOW THE DISPLAYS WERE IN THE PENNY STORES AT THAT TIME .A LARGE COUNTER FOR DISPLAYING PATTERNS. MOST FAMILIES USED A SEWING MACHINE.
AS TIME SEEMS TO PASS SO FAST, TWAS NOT SO LONG AGO.
sam

SIGNS OF TIMES

SIGNS OF TIMES


BURMA SHAVE
HOW LONG SINCE YOU HAVE SEEN A BURMA SHAVE SIGN ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF A FENCE POST ?
A GOOD BET THAT MANY YOUNG FOLKS HAVE NEVER SEEN A BURMA SHAVE SIGN ALONG AN OLD TWO LANE ROAD.
REMEMBERING BURMA SHAVE SIGNS THE MOST FOR ME WAS ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 66 BETWEEN BRISTOW OKLAHOMA AND ARCADIA OKLAHOMA. IN THE ERA OF THE 20s, 30s AND 40s THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF A STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY WAS ABOUT 50 FEET. THE SLAB WHERE PAVED OR BLACK TOPPED WAS ABOUT 17 FEET WIDE TO ACCOMODATE TWO WAY TRAFFIC , OF COURSE THAT MEANT MEETING ONCOMING CARS, TRUCKS AND BUSES WITH ONLY INCHES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHEN MEETING AND PASSING.
DROPPING OFF THE SLAB COULD MEAN A ROUGH RIDE UNTIL RECOVERING. TALL WEEDS COULD BE GROWING RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE SLAB. 'FREE RANGE' ANIMALS STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE SLAB. THIS GROWTH SELDOM MOWED BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. MAINTAINANCE WAS REGULATED BY LOCAL POLITICS. THE UNKEMPT AREAS HAD TRASH FROM YEARS BACK, UNLIKE TODAY'S TRASH, NO PLASTIC BAGS AND SUCH FROM FAST FOOD PLACES.
THE MOM AND POP STATIONS WHICH WERE THEN FREQUENT HAD FOR SALE TIRE AND TUBE PATCHING KITS, CRACKERS AND SARDINES, SODA POP IN THE LARGE GLASS BOTTLES WITH THE OLD ROUGH CAPS THAT REQUIRED AN OPENER AND ALSO FOR SALE WAS WATER BAGS OF CANVAS MATERIAL AND COULD BE FILLED FREE IF YOU DREW WATER FROM THE WATER WELL OUT BACK.
THE REST ROOM WAS FARTHER ON BACK AT THE END OF A WELL WORN PATH.
NOW I AM NOT HAVING YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL OF OKLAHOMA WAS LIKE THIS DURING THESE TIMES. SOME PARTS WERE SLOW TO CATCH UP.
AGAIN, POLITICS MADE THE DIFFERENCE. LOOKING BACK NOW, THE GREAT DEPRESSION DURING MOST OF THE 1930s, WAS A SLOW TIME, HOPING FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER AND MAKING DO WITH WHAT WE HAD, EXCEPTIONS BEING AS IN THESE MODERN TIMES, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WERE NOT LIVING IN FEAR OF BEING 'LAID OFF'. ONE OF THE MOST SECURE WAS A POSTAL JOB. A NEIGHBOR WAS A RURAL DELIVERY EMPLOYEE WHOM DELIVERED MAIL AROUND OUR COUNTRY SIDE USING A BIG BEAUTIFUL BUGGY HORSE AND FANCY BUGGY. BAD WEATHER NEVER STOPPED HIM.
IF MEMORY IS CORRECT, A FIRST CLASS STAMP WAS TWO CENTS IN 1930. PENNY POST CARD ONE CENT. OATS FOR THE BUGGY HORSE FOR A BUSHEL WAS TWELVE CENTS. CORN ON THE COBB ABOUT THE SAME.
SO IS IT NOT UNDERSTANDABLE MY 'MULLING OVER',HOW MUCH IS A TRILLION DOLLARS ?
BURMA SHAVE MAN, TELL US. sam shafer

FOOD DANGER EXPERTS

What a relief now to know that an outspoken food expert has proclaimed that salt is'nt really bad as has been accused. all those years thinking my life was being shortened because of addiction to salt.
Good old Granny Gage whom helped feed me when a baby, (she lived to be about 90), introduced me to the pleasurable taste of salt on ripe tomatos when I was learning to walk as she led me around. Back then about 87 years ago , I suspect that few people feared salt.
However, there were many that feared ripe tomatos. Never heard of that ? That is true. Don't know which Era of time it was though that a man announced that he would on the Public Square eat a red ripe tomato to prove they were not poison. I had heared my dad tell that story.
Back to Granny Gage, I learned to believe her about food because especially the gravy she made was so delectable. Using ham or bacon grease, browning the flour to perfection, a touch of onion, generous black pepper, touch of garlic and I was hard to stop from eating that.
Did you say salt too. Of course though she left that to us in addition to the salt she had sprinkled on. Oh the smell of that while cooking.
Other Modern Experts now agree that Sugar is not a killer. Why be a fearful victim to food experts ? Of course use moderation.
No I am not an expert though if it tastes good I will eat it.
Another thing important to remember, aside from an imbalance in our body system, it may not be WHAT we eat that makes us overweight so much as the amount we eat, so have a nice LIFETIME. sam

THIS TIME THE SHOVEL?

SHOVEL READY ?
SO WERE WE TEEN AGE BOYS THEN, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S DAY
BACK DURING THE 'GREAT DEPRESSION'.
DROUTH AND DUST STORMS.
TAKE A TIP FROM ME ABOUT SHOVELS. GET TO THE JOB EARLY SO AS TO GET ONE OF THE LONG HANDLE SHOVELS.
TOO TIRESOME TO LEAN ON A SHORT HANDLE SHOVEL.
THE EXPERTS COME IN WITH A TRIPOD AND PLUMB BOB, MEASURE OFF A SIX FOOT SQUARE, THEN ONE OF SEVERAL OF THE TWO MAN CREWS BEGIN DIGGING. ONLY ONE WORKS AT A TIME, THE OTHER LEANING ON HIS SHOVEL.
WHEN FINISHED, THE HOLE WILL BE SIX FEET DEEP, THEN INSPECTED BY THE PLUMB BOB CREW.
PASSING INSPECTION, THE ORDER TO REFILL THE PIT. THERE HOWEVER IS A PROBLEM. TOO MUCH DIRT. IT WILL NOT ALL GO BACK IN.
NOT TO WORRY. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN HAS EXPERTS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT NOW THREE GENERATIONS LATER HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS. HIS SHOVEL READY APPOINTEES HAVE PLANS AND A PRINTING PRESS. ONE PROBLEM IS FINDING AN APPOINTEE THAT WILL STICK.
HOW MANY REMEMBER THE RECENT HOWARD COSELL ? HE COULD ANNOUNCE A PRIZE FIGHT TO RADIO LISTENERS AS IF THE GUY BEING BEATEN TO A PULP WAS THE WINNER. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE OUR NEW PRESIDENT ?
Thursday, March 05, 2009 sam CANON CITY COLORADO.

IGLOO BUILT YEAR 1995

IT WAS GREAT LIVING UP ON THAT MOUNTAIN. BUILT THIS LITTLE IGLOO IN THE YEAR 1995, ONLY 75 YEARS OLD THEN AND FAIRLY HEALTHY.
THIS MOUNTAIN IS 15 MILES SOUTH OF CANON CITY COLORADO. NEW MODERN HOME, 8500 FEET ALTITUDE.
SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. COULD SEE THE AREA OF WESTCLIFFE COLORADO BELOW 15 MILES SOUTH AND WEST. LOOK UP WESTCLIFFE COLORADO ON THE KEYWORD.
NEAR MY MOUNTAIN HOME WAS THE 'GENERAL STORE, OWNED BY AUDREY AND JACK SLATER, ALONG THE OAK CREEK GRADE ROAD.
ALWAYS GOOD TO VISIT FOR 7 A M COFFEE AT THE GENERAL STORE AND LEARN 'THE LATEST'.
HAVE A NICE ETERNITY. sam

COPY OF COMMENT TO CARLENE.

March 3, 2009 9:47 AM
baldy said...
CARLENE, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL ENTRY.DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, BEFORE OUR TIME OF SCHOOL BUSES, WALKING OVER THREE MILES TO THE SMALL HIGH SCHOOL AT LOCUST GROVE OKLAHOMA, AT TIMES DURING SNOWSTORMS, TOWN STUDENTS LOOKED UPON US WITH AWE WHEN ARRIVING AT THE SCHOOL AND MAKING ROOM NEAR THE HUGE COAL HEATING STOVE.PERHAPS WE WERE ACTUALLY TUFF. THE ONE DAY BEING ABSENT DURING THE FOUR YEARS,A SOPHOMORE, DAD WOULD NOT LET ME GO BECAUSE OF HAVING A FROSTBIT EAR THE DAY BEFORE.YOU MIGHT SAY, WHY DID'NT DAD TAKE YOU ? WE DID HAVE A CAR, AN OLD 8 CYLINDER BUICK, WHEELS STILL BEING MADE WITH WOODEN SPOKES. DAD HAD PAID 30 DOLLARS FOR IT AT A USED CAR LOT IN TULSA. THE CAR WAS GUARANTEED TO BE USED.NO, DON'T GO, DAD SAID.THE TEMPERATURE WAS 15 BELOW ZERO AND TO DRIVE THE OLD BUICK WOULD HAVE REQUIRED TO FILL THE RADIATOR WITH HOT WATER, PUMP UP A COUPLE OF TIRES AND EVEN THO WITH A WEAK BATTERY, IT WOULD HAVE STARTED BECAUSE OF THE LONG DOWNGRADE FROM THE HOUSE.YOUNG FOLKS NOW MIGHT NEED AN EXPLANATION OF STARTING A CAR BY 'COMPRESSION' , LETTING THE 'CLUTCH' OUT WHILE CAR IS MOVING FORWARD.YEARS LATER, MARRIED, SEVEN CHILDREN AND LIVING IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI, NEXT DAY AFTER A HEAVY SNOW, OUT IN THE YARD BUILDING AN IGLOO.YES,AND THERE IS AVAILABLE SNOW BLOCK 'FORMS' OF PLASTIC. PACKED WITH SNOW CREATES A BLOCK FOR USE IN MAKING AN IGLOO.WITH CHILDREN'S HELP ONCE MADE AN IGLOO TWELVE FEET IN DIAMETER AND COULD STAND UP INSIDE.SOME OF MY OLDER ENTRIES SHOW IGLOOS THAT I MADE AFTER THE CHILDREN WERE GONE. MADE ONE AS LATE AS 1995. I WILL TRY TO PLACE A PHOTO OF ONE OF THE IGLOOS IN A FOLLOWING ENTRY.BACK TO CARLENE'S SNOW DOWN SOUTH, WE LOVE TO READ YOUR STORIES OF YESTERYEAR. sam

PERSIMMON BLOOM HONEY

KATH WHETTED MY APPETIRE FOR PANCAKES AND MEMORIES OF THE OZARKS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

FOLLOWING IS THE COMMENT SENT TO KATH.

HOT CAKES WITH HONEY(PERSIMMON BLOOM HONEY).IN THE OZARKS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA, ALL OF ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI ARE PERSIMMON TREES, WHITE BLOOMS COME OUT IN SPRING AND WITH WORK OF BEES PRODUCE A WONDERFUL FLAVORED HONEY.IN THE FALL THE FRUIT DEVELOPS INTO A FIRM GREEN COMPOSITION WHICH HAS A SOUR PUCKERING TASTE.HOWEVER AFTER FROST THE FRUIT IS TRANSFORMED INTO A SHRIVELED YELLOWISH TAN COLOR AND SUCH A DELICIOUS TASTE.ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF 'MEAT' ON EACH FRUIT AND BLACK SEEDS ARE LARGE.WE HILLBILLY BOYS WERE EXPERT ON GETTING THE SWEET PART.OPOSSUMS LOVED THEM TOO.WHEN YOU GO OPOSSUM HUNTING, GO TO THE PERSIMMON GROVES,(AT NIGHT).sam
01 March 2009 09:20
NOTE : BAKED POSSUM IS VERY GOOD TOO. sam shafer