I'm so old I Remember when:

[chrissynemetz]

A big X would be my signature if I had to do that!!

An X would be an improvement. Mine doesn't look like any recognizable letter in the alphabet

 

[Nomadicus]

A big X would be my signature if I had to do that!!

There is a contractor locally that signs a X for his purchases at the local hardware and lumber supply. I remember we had a man that was a family friend that had to sign an X on his pay checks. He couldn't read or write in the 1950's.

 

[Nomadicus]

I need to learn how to entertain myself Any tips?

Chickens. Lots of chickens. That worked for us in the 50's and it still does now.

 

[Nomadicus]

I remember when Sex Link chickens made the scene in our small town in FL. The first time I saw them one of my wife's uncles had bought some black sex links. His roo had to have an attitude adjustment. I took care of that. He stopped attacking everyone that came in the yard. I humiliated him by catching him and petting him like a little puppy.

 

[chrissynemetz]

There is a contractor locally that signs a X for his purchases at the local hardware and lumber supply. I remember we had a man that was a family friend that had to sign an X on his pay checks. He couldn't read or write in the 1950's.

I had an uncle who never did learn to read. He could sign his name, but he said that was all the reading he needed.

 

[Evadig]

I need to learn how to entertain myself Any tips?

Reading
Writing dumb stories (according to my family)
Music (I used to practice organ at least four hours a day several days a week in high school)
Drawing
Lots of pets

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm not sure how far in school my grandparents got. But they could read and write. I know that my grandfather was pretty good at forecasting his local weather by observing the skies during the day.

I remember a farmer in MO that would look at a cow he kept that he watched something about her and he forecast the weather using her somehow. That was back in the 70's.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I need to learn how to entertain myself Any tips?

Get chickens

 

[Nomadicus]

I need to learn how to entertain myself Any tips?

If chickens don't work get some ganders, big ganders and invite coworker for a picnic along with the ganders....

I remember what happen to my foreman's wife that was leaning way into the cab of their pickup for the last bag of groceries..... when her gander spotted her.

 

[ChicksnMore]

If chickens don't work get some ganders, big ganders and invite coworker for a picnic along with the ganders....

I remember what happen to my foreman's wife that was leaning way into the cab of their pickup for the last bag of groceries..... when her gander spotted her.

Did she get gander goosed?