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for old people

Posted by Bobby on March 31, 2007, at 21:24:42

http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/remember/remember.html

Don't make yourself unpopular, Beth Ann » Bobby

Posted by Racer on March 31, 2007, at 22:19:01

In reply to for old people, posted by Bobby on March 31, 2007, at 21:24:42

Boy howdy, do I remember some of those.

But, Bobby, I didn't think you were old enough to remember them...

When I was still working as a receptionist -- when there were receptionists, and not just "administrative assistants" -- there were still people who'd leave their numbers as "Garfield one etc" or "Klondike 8 etc." And my father was extravagant -- he didn't have a party line! My mother, of course, did. Interesting things you learned while waiting for someone else to finish a call...

Re: for old people » Bobby

Posted by Poet on April 1, 2007, at 10:41:42

In reply to for old people, posted by Bobby on March 31, 2007, at 21:24:42

Hi Bobby,

I remember Dolly Parton yanking that towel out of the box of Breeze.

I always prefered to mix Funny Face (Goofy Grape) with sugar, not Kool Aid to make my own pixie stix mix.

Geez I am old.

Poet

Re: Don't make yourself unpopular, Beth Ann

Posted by Declan on April 4, 2007, at 3:04:48

In reply to Don't make yourself unpopular, Beth Ann » Bobby, posted by Racer on March 31, 2007, at 22:19:01

There was a place out west we used to go to that had an artesian bore.
The water came up out of the ground in a stream almost a foot across (under pressure, no pump needed), 24 hours a day, years on end, and was too hot to touch.
They said the water was hundreds of millions of years old, and had come underground all the way (thousands of miles) from New Guinea.
It smelled of sulphur, and thick green algae grew in it.
First it generated electricity for the house, and then it fed into a hot pool in the ground, and from there into a cooler pool (with a diving board), and from there into a bore drain for the sheep to drink, until it finally soaked into the ground again.

Other than that, no electricity, no phone, no milk or dairy. Killed your own meat. Grew your own vegies.
Communication was through a 2 way.
But wonderful citrus fruits, and kangaroos, emus and solitude.

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