I bet there is a black & white polaroid pic...of me ...in a

Pair of those pant....somewhere .

160...your folks must have been well off...with a color photo..lol

The Mines paid quite well in the late 60's and early 70's. My Dad was into photography. After the mines shut down lots of "toys" were put up for sale cheap but no one could afford to buy them.

Cool picture and cool stories, 160.

How did you go from poor prison pants kid to wealthy retired govt. Worker?

What kind of mines,Iron ore?

I just gotta know...... what was that rabbit singing about??

Good post. I love childhood trapping memories.

That is a great photo, Rob. It must have launched your career as a chick magnet!

Those were tough times when the mines shut down for everyone up there. Great photo, nice rat, interesting story. Thanks for posting it.

LOL Tatiana...... you put a lot of thought into analyzing that cartoon. How do you know the rabbit is not female? The rouge on its cheeks led me to think it was....

Well then judging from the pics you posted above, that certainly is a gay cartoon. I don't recall us having any so obviously gay! At least not back then!! Who knows these days.... sure there is now.

Thanks for sharing the cartoon... enjoyed seeing something from a different part of the world like that.... pretty cool!

Besides.... it's only natural that a 160user post would turn gay, LOL.

Hey now! You mentioned gay so that gal from WI and the Canadians should be along anytime.

Tatiana I remember hearing about Volk and Zaetz when I took Russian in high school!

Your high school offered Russian??? All mine offered was Spanish and French. I was mad as I wanted to take Latin.

Ripple effect too. I grew up in the twin ports and railroad, ore docks, shipping were all affected. Great pic 160. Had similar clothes in our house too

Not until my senior year. I wish I had four years of it. I did pretty well with it. I downloaded Babbel and I tried but it’s harder when you’re older…

I was tapped out with a C- in English so I saw no sense in trying to fail in another language.

For some I'm sure they are a waste of time. For others, learning foreign languages is useful.

My oldest was always interested in Russian culture and took four years of Russian language courses in college. I'm sure that served her well during the three years she spent there.

She has also taken several years of Spanish language classes and tells me it is very helpful to know living in Santiago. She says she is still getting used to the Chilean Spanish dialect spoken there. It is apparently a bit different than other Spanish dialects.

I remember rocking corduroy bell bottoms back in the 70's, great pic!

Nice pix and tale.