Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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

2 comments:

baldy said...

THIS FROM SAM, HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MAKING ENTRIES.
ALSO MY 'FAVORITES' LIST DISAPPEARED AND I CANNOT RECOVER IT. IT HAPPENED WHEN MAKING A CHANGE WITH AOL PAYMENT DURING THE TIME AFTER MY STROKE.

FOLLOWING IS AN ENTRY WRITTEN TODAY, REMEMBERING SOME TIMES OF PAST YEARS.

SO MANY EXPERTS THESE DAYS TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE CUT AND PASTE THIS COMMENT AND MAKE AN ENTRY BLOG WITH IT ?
I TRIED AND FAILED. sam

baldy said...

more from sam, i forgot to paste my message of past times of shovel ready boys in the great depression of the 1930s. sam

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.