The Old Folks Home

[Cynthia12]

Just slap me silly!!!!!


Someone has agreed to buy my flock for $300!!!!!!

I had a feeling, that is about right in our area here, just didn't know how it would go there. Happy for you!

 

[Cynthia12]

I would have loved to have walked into that shop!

 

[Lynn Manes]

We got the RV home yesterday it was an all day affair again. But at least now it is home. There is so much to remember to operate the thing it's crazy how you think you can remember after they spend most of the day showing you, then you get home and cannot get the first thing to work! We spent the morning reading the owners manuel just to turn on the AC! Driving home 3 hrs. trip Parked in the drive way for now. We have to move a fence to park it when we want it to go.

Love it! Miss ours. You know, you will have to take photos every time you go out in it. See where you've been.

Very nice. I have a 29 ft Class C. I drove it all by myself 2 years ago half way across the country and back. I had only driven it about 5 miles locally when I test drove it. It sat here in my driveway after my husband's death for a long time while I was still paying on it and the insurance and registration. So I said that's it. I got my Mom and Aunt both in their 80's and my cousin and my 7 tiny dogs, and we 4 women made the trip from California to Illinois and back. After that, I felt like I could drive it anywhere bc the S.W. desert is the worst to drive a high profile vehicle in. I was doggone proud of myself Enjoy yours!

 

[NotAFarm]

Ron has the recipe answer for everything!

My sewing machine's been acting up. There is one certified Singer repair shop in the state and it's 90 minutes south of me. However, there's a guy with a sign "Sewing Machine Repair" about 15 minutes from me. I decided to take the risk and go there. When I walked in I was really unsure of my decision. The repair man was ancient, the shop was ancient and I felt like I had gone back in time to 1970. The shop was packed with old machines, old parts, notions and dust. The owner went to work immediately on my machine and within an hour had determined that it was likely not my machine, but was my walking foot causing the issue, and unfortunately he couldn't fix it. I spent the hour prowling around his shop looking at all the old machines and parts (and really enjoying it). I ended up purchasing a foot for my 1892 Singer treadle and if I come back with the part I need another of, he'll root through his jars and help me find what I need. What a phenomenal find! I've been trying to get parts for what I need off ebay, but many sellers don't know exactly what they're listing so often you buy something that doesn't fit. He was impressed with my knowledge of treadles and insisted at the end that because he couldn't fix my machine, he wouldn't charge me. I tried to give him 20$ for his time, but he refused. I am so glad I went in and am glad that places like this still exist. I hope the girls lay some eggs this week so when I go back for parts I can at least give him a dozen eggs.

Hard to find shops and shop owners like that anymore. Grats on a great find! However, I had to say "ouch" when you said "The repair man was ancient, the shop was ancient and I felt like I had gone back in time to 1970." I was in high school then

Guess that pretty much makes me pre-historic

I thought the exact same thing when I read "ancient" and then "back in time to 1970"

Young whippersnapper!

 

[perchie.girl]

yep.... I was thirteen from sixty nine to seventy.... It was a good year... Got and fired my first boyfriend.... started highschool and got to go to hawaii....

deb

 

[Alaskan]

The machines in the photo she took looked more 1900 to me... So I thought she just goofed on the date.

 

[drumstick diva]

Sure can't beat a trip to Hawaii but back then I was a really cute, despite having a straight up and down figure, and worries that I would NEVER gain any curves. Now I am having a free giveaway - need pounds of fat, I've got them. I did manage to lose 5 lbs. but I know in the beginning that is just water.

Love the music from the 70's . I was 23 and had my first REAL boyfriend. So of course certain songs took on deeper meanings.
Ancient, heck no. I would have loved to check out his shop, as long as no little rodents or big spiders jumped out at me.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, this IS the OLD folks home after all... I guess most of us ought to qualify.

 

[Cynthia12]

I thought the exact same thing when I read "ancient" and then "back in time to 1970"

Young whippersnapper!

whippersnapper! Haven't heard that in a while, or...have I said it in a while..as..now there's a whippersnapper. Nope, I'm sure someone has said it about me by now.

The 70's! Loved it! They seem further and further away. Graduated in 72, had my first baby in 74. Wow.

 

[Cynthia12]

Anyone up for sharing a photo of them back in the 70's?

SCG, your photo would be of a very little girl. Right?