I'm so old I Remember when:

[MROO]

As @Sally PB said, thank you for that.
I really regret that I didn’t have the wisdom to listen to the stories of my parent’s and grandparents’ youth.
I have a lot of their letters that I am going through to build a picture for myself, but it would be so much richer if I could talk to them live.
Fortunately they did pass on a lot of practical every day things so I am grateful for that.

My godmother's mother was a "rambler," repeating the same stories over and over so often that most cousins just tuned her out. I learned very early that, if you let Mom-Mom tell her stories and then asked questions, she'd go back to before she had her own family. Until then, no one else (except her children) knew that she'd walked to PA from Ohio ... behind her parent's Connestoga! No one believed me until my Aunt confirmed it ... and Mom-Mom would tell the same exact story, right down to the details of what she carried along in her shawl, every time.
Listen to the Old Folks. And if you don't have any to call your own, adopt someone from your local senior center. You won't regret it - and you'll make someone else a lot less lonely!

 

[jxp]

Hmmh. Apparently they still make these.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I did change it recently, yes. I do not have that dish, unfortunately, but SourRoses sent me the picture. I hope to find a dish like that, and hope I can afford it when I do.


Vinegar. My DD had smelly feets, we soaked her (feet) in 50/50 white vinegar water, washed all her socks and shoes in the same, and it cleared it right up. I think it is yeast that smells so bad and vinegar kills it. But you have treat ALL the socks, very hot water, and the shoes as well.

Yes, some yeasts can and do have an odor, sometimes offensive.
In addition to fungus, sometimes bacteria can cause more offensive odors. Anaerobic bacteria (or more accurately the associated detritus of their activity stink to high heaven.
Ever smell a septic tank or waterlogged compost pile after a week of rain? That is because those are environments devoid of oxygen - the environment conducive to anaerobic bacteria.

 

[jxp]

That is interesting. Why?

I wouldn't have thought any Russians would have emigrated to Maryland - it seems so unlike their home climate.

You do realize Russia is the largest country on our planet, right? There are many varied climates over there, much like in the USA. It has many beautiful places and a large Christian population. A lot of people still think of it as the USSR but it is not, although I'm still not a total fan of their government.

 

[jxp]

My mom was the youngest of 8 so she came along in her mother's late 30's. I am her youngest and my daughter waited until she finished law school and was settled in her career before blessing me with the most perfectly wonderful grandkids.
All that to say, I think it's pretty cool my grandmother was born in the 1800's, I was born in the 1900's and my granddaughter was born in the 2000's.

 

[The Chick Addict]

Then maybe he does stink.

HE DOES

 

[jxp]

 

[Evadig]

You do realize Russia is the largest country on our planet, right? There are many varied climates over there, much like in the USA. It has many beautiful places and a large Christian population. A lot of people still think of it as the USSR but it is not, although I'm still not a total fan of their government.

Yes, I know . But I still don’t think any parts resemble Maryland…

 

[MROO]

Hmmh. Apparently they still make these.View attachment 4080674

Yes, they do! As I write this, there is actually a "can" sitting on my kitchen counter!

 

[Nomadicus]

I remember back in the early 60's when I was in high school phys ed classes that we were supposed to step into the big tray of clorox water before going into the shower after our class time of physical activity. I guess that was to keep our feet from getting smelly fungi disorders...