Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 08:50 AM
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Our lives are tough in a different way because we have to endure societal dealings my grandpa would have pounded his fist on the table about.
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 10:21 AM
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I spent summers haying in Nebraska for my grandparents. They were the most frugal people ever, Grandma traded eggs for groceries at the local stores. We rethreaded many a bolt to get the size we needed to keep the haying equipment running from all the old cans of nuts and bolts in the shop. Huge garden that she canned out of all summer. And the coolest old under ground root cellar. Those were simple times.
The real Wally
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 10:42 AM
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These stories are all great and depict people who made America great. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of these heroes anymore; too many spoiled brats.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 11:03 AM
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Some of my fondest memories were deer camp. We'd sit around and reminisce about past year's hunts. Most of the hunters over the years are gone now. But, their legacies and memories live on as we continue to share their stories as they would have told them.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: SNIPERBBB]
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08/18/20 07:33 PM
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Most people can't comprehend times before they were born. It's just a mildly interesting movie to them.i don't anyone my generation or after could even fathom saving and straightening nails. Oddly enough, I was born in '81 and grew up straightening nails. My grandfather didn't even live through the depression, but he still saved nails LOL
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 07:49 PM
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My dad was born in 1901 and mom in 1908. Dad was 28 when they married, and both lived till in the nintys. First kid, my sister was born in 32, and they never forgot the dirty thirtys. You always shut off the light when you left the room and water was a precious thing. You used and reused everything. I was the last of five, and had to wear flour sack shirts that mom sewed until about the fifth grade. We ate squirrel a lot, and rabbits and bullfrogs in the summer. We butchered every fall, and mom raised lots of chickens, both for eggs and the meat. Big garden, and all we all did was work! I remember one vacation in all those years growing up, untill Dad sold the farm and we moved closer to town. Wouldn't have wanted a life any different growing up, nothing but good memories!
I forgot to add, beside the chickens that mom kept for a cash crop, dad always milked a half dozen or so holsteins and one old obstinate Jersey cow. They run a route and picked up milk in cream cans, and that was the biggest share of their spending money. They had 67 years together, and all five kids are still going strong. In 2022, my oldest sis will be 90!
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Gary Benson]
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08/18/20 08:20 PM
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Dad was born in 1909 he talked about working WPA in Poplar Bluff Mo, building cabins for some lake project. Also about getting a coupon book for tires and such and trading with others. He always said there was always work for those that wanted to work HARD. Wish I had listened more to the stories when I was a young man.
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Re: Folks think times are tough today......
[Re: Kansas Cat]
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08/18/20 08:54 PM
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My father had a bolt box also and a scrap lumber pile. When I got older I thought those 2 things were a terrible waste of time. Hey now! We have a dozen bolt containers and a scrap lumber pile!
~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~
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