I'm so old I Remember when:

[MROO]

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Still have one in a random box somewhere in the house!

 

[MROO]

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Every Christmas - and sometimes in your Easter basket!

 

[MROO]

And the coiled handset cord that knotted up constantly!

and stretched for m ..... i ..... l ..... e ..... s!

 

[MROO]

I liked it too! I think the host`s name was Marlin Perkins if my memory serves me right!

And Jim ... the poor guy that always wrestled with the bear or jumped from a helicopter into alligator-infested waters. We were all sure Jim needed his head examined!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We had Ice delivered to our home on the second floor. The "Ice Man" would carry a block of ice, on his back, up the stairs and then put it in our wooden Ice Box.
So many different people/jobs that disappeared over the years. The Ice Man, the Tinker, the Bread Man, the Milk Man, the Rag Man, the Vegetable/Fruit Man, the Doctor making house calls. All apart of my childhood that I haven't thought about for a long time.

That might be changing back, about house calls, if you find someone in private practice for themselves so they aren't answerable to an administrator or anyone else.

My primary care provider is a private practice nurse practitioner and she makes house calls. She visits patients in the hospital, too. My regular appointments with her last an hour, not 10-15 minutes, and she gives me a discount because I bring her fresh eggs. She is awesome!

 

[R2elk]

Face value of 100 pennies is $10.00, right? So you can buy $10 worth of pennies for $9.95 plus shipping? Wow, what a deal! And people are falling for this scam? Shipping's got to be pretty expensive. I haven't weighed mine but they're heavy!

Face value of 100 pennies is $1.00.

 

[2 Acres]

So last night I did the "deep litter" method, and literally slept with the chickens. My roosters back was bothering him.

So I got him to lay down, and I gave him a half hour back rub. He enjoyed it.

The coop was 58 degrees The outside temp was 31.

 

[Love Donkeys]

I learned to sew on my mom's old manual singer. I was barely able to reach the foot peddle but I loved it. I'd give anything to have one like that now.

My aunt had a Singer Treadle machine! I think she could get that machine to go as fast as an electric one.

 

[2 Acres]

So last night I did the "deep litter" method, and literally slept with the chickens. My roosters back was bothering him.

So I got him to lay down, and I gave him a half hour back rub. He enjoyed it.

The coop was 58 degrees The outside temp was 31.

Now I just have to figure out how to get rid of the mice. I've been asking "The big guy" to send me a good cat, that the chickens won't be afraid of.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I bought $10 worth months ago. So blame me for some of the shortage. But when TSHTF, and everyone is running around carrying their treasures to sell, lamps, statues, paintings, pianos, children, anything they can get their hands on, remember me, I'll walk down to the local moneychangers with a penny or two in my pocket and walk away with the equivalent of two or three thousand dollars.

A friend of mine used to work the counter in the Penny Arcade on Main Street at Disneyland. She made change, etc. Once someone handed her a twenty and asked for $20.00 worth of pennies.

My friend just looked at her and said, "You... don't want $20 worth of pennies." (That's 2,000 pennies, for those wondering.)