I remember taking my brother to the corn field and leaving him there. That's back when switches were used for discipline. The kids in school used to sing that yipes stripes song to tease me.
Tattletales were the bane of my existence.
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I remember taking my brother to the corn field and leaving him there. That's back when switches were used for discipline. The kids in school used to sing that yipes stripes song to tease me.
Tattletales were the bane of my existence.
My GF just convinced me to buy a modern version of those
A reel mower? I hope it is a motorized version! Otherwise they're a PITA. They actually cut grass much more cleanly than a rotary blade but you HAVE to mow regularly. If it gets tall, forget it.
Its called a green mower or something. Its not motorized and we do HAVE to cut once a week. It works well except on weeds.
I remember being so naive of the "ways of the world" when I was in junior high. A friend said someone had put *some thing beginning with an "r"* in her locker to get her in trouble, and I thought she was talking about the insects, and couldn't figure out how that would get her in trouble!
I also went to my first concert when I was in 8th grade, with a friend and her dad - the Grateful Dead in San Francisco. It was a very sensory experience - oranges and the sweet smell of things that were being passed down the row (and my friend's dad kept a close eye on us to make sure we did nothing more than continue to pass them along!).
there's a fairly decent chance i was one of those passing that stuff down the row...
.. or not passing as the case may be
I remember 5 inch floppy disks. I now feel much younger
-Primulas
3 years ago i threw away all my 8 inch floppies after it finally dawned on me that they might not be making a comeback...
Reel mowers. My first real job was on a golf course. We used walk behind selfpropelled reel mowers for cutting greens. They were Toros, specialized for the job. The diameter of the reel was perhaps 4 inches and 2 feel long. They cut by having the reel rotate against a flat metal piece called a bed knife. The course had 3 greens mowers so each one would mow 6 greens every morning starting right before sunrise. These mowers were fast enough to jog behind going from green to green and we did jog because you had to get the job done before the golfers got out. The job would take 2 1/2 to 3 hours to do. I figure we put around 11 or 12 miles of walking every morning before we started doing our other work on the course.
Each week the reels and the bed knife were pulled off and put on a lathe then worked with some kind of sloppy grinding compound. After grinding they were tested using paper. They cut that paper like the best kind of scissors..sharp as sharp can be. Then adjusted for cutting height.
The pay was good though. I made 60 cents an hour.
In the mid 60s golf courses were a chemical dump. I suspect that this many years later if soil testing was done on older courses they would be declared chemical wastelands. We used so many hazardous chemicals for fungicides, pesticides etc. Mercury was sprayed on greens as a fungicide to name one kind.
Which leads me to this then I'll stop. One of my neighbors has his lawn treated by a lawn service company. I'm sure the company says its all natural, good for the environment type of treatment. He does have the best looking lawn if you think best looking is greener, thicker and no weeds. If thats the standard then he wins the gold metal. But theres one thing I have noticed while vaping on the front porch of my home. No bird, and I mean no bird has land in his yard all season long. Well OK, I have seen two birds land on his lawn and immediately left. However the yards surrounding his property always has plenty of robins, grackles, sparrows etc happily hopping around doing their thing. I wonder what those birds know that my .... retentive neighbor doesn't know or if he does know just doesn't care enough to do anything about it.
Now I gotta go make some coffee and wake up.
Each week the reels and the bed knife were pulled off and put on a lathe then worked with some kind of sloppy grinding compound. After grinding they were tested using paper. They cut that paper like the best kind of scissors..sharp as sharp can be. Then adjusted for cutting height.
The pay was good though. I made 60 cents an hour.
In the mid 60s golf courses were a chemical dump. I suspect that this many years later if soil testing was done on older courses they would be declared chemical wastelands. We used so many hazardous chemicals for fungicides, pesticides etc. Mercury was sprayed on greens as a fungicide to name one kind.
Which leads me to this then I'll stop. One of my neighbors has his lawn treated by a lawn service company. I'm sure the company says its all natural, good for the environment type of treatment. He does have the best looking lawn if you think best looking is greener, thicker and no weeds. If thats the standard then he wins the gold metal. But theres one thing I have noticed while vaping on the front porch of my home. No bird, and I mean no bird has land in his yard all season long. Well OK, I have seen two birds land on his lawn and immediately left. However the yards surrounding his property always has plenty of robins, grackles, sparrows etc happily hopping around doing their thing. I wonder what those birds know that my .... retentive neighbor doesn't know or if he does know just doesn't care enough to do anything about it.
Now I gotta go make some coffee and wake up.
I remember reel mowers as if it was yesterday... wait a minute! It was yesterday
I remember
happy days
grease
The Bee Gee's
8 track tapes
cassettes
AUTO Reverse Cassette decks
boomboxes
original break dancing
quiet riot, twisted sister
The Shining
Boston
Chicago
The doobie Brothers
my 71 El Camino with a shift kit, rebuilt 350 holley 4 barrel carb edelbrock intake headers
Watching the original star wars at the theater
when bellbottoms were cool
when analogs were still allowed to have commercials and billboards everywhere
But mostly I Remember that while many things change certain things always remain the same
and too much more to list......
happy days
grease
The Bee Gee's
8 track tapes
cassettes
AUTO Reverse Cassette decks
boomboxes
original break dancing
quiet riot, twisted sister
The Shining
Boston
Chicago
The doobie Brothers
my 71 El Camino with a shift kit, rebuilt 350 holley 4 barrel carb edelbrock intake headers
Watching the original star wars at the theater
when bellbottoms were cool
when analogs were still allowed to have commercials and billboards everywhere
But mostly I Remember that while many things change certain things always remain the same
and too much more to list......
I remember mowing my grandparents "yard" with a reel mower for a whopping 2 bucks! Back then that was 200 pieces of penny candy and the corner store.......do they even have penny candy anymore??
We had one at our house growing up before upgrading to an electric mower, we went thru several cords before I got the hang of keeping it away from the blade!
My mom's '78 Mustang II had an 8 track! It finally gave in and went to the auto retirement home in 2001 which is pretty astonishing!
Recently I found some Green Stamps in a cookbook my mom gave to Mrs Underdawg. I remember her spending hours licking and sticking them bad boys on to her stamp books.
We had one at our house growing up before upgrading to an electric mower, we went thru several cords before I got the hang of keeping it away from the blade!
My mom's '78 Mustang II had an 8 track! It finally gave in and went to the auto retirement home in 2001 which is pretty astonishing!
Recently I found some Green Stamps in a cookbook my mom gave to Mrs Underdawg. I remember her spending hours licking and sticking them bad boys on to her stamp books.
Land of the Lost. Dinosaurs, glow in the dark rocks that could alter space and time, talking apes that were so furry that you couldn't even see their junk while they were strolling around nekkid, and of course, Sleestaks.
Different attitudes on child raising. No quiet time, no screaming in the store, just a preliminary 'If you don't quit that, I'm going to give your ... to Jesus RIGHT NOW.' Momma look, with her hurriedly looking for a vacant isle if you didn't.
Adults smoked like fiends around kids and didn't think twice about it.
Being with a bunch of cousins in the bed of a pick up truck with the adult in charge hollering, "Y'all need to sit down right now. We're on the highway!"
Trick or treating and still getting the really good stuff like a homemade popcorn ball that you'd still be picking off your teeth three days later, or-megascore-a caramel apple!
Kids who still raised to show respect to adults.
Neighborhoods where many didn't even bother to lock their doors unless they were away for extended periods.
Adults smoked like fiends around kids and didn't think twice about it.
Being with a bunch of cousins in the bed of a pick up truck with the adult in charge hollering, "Y'all need to sit down right now. We're on the highway!"
Trick or treating and still getting the really good stuff like a homemade popcorn ball that you'd still be picking off your teeth three days later, or-megascore-a caramel apple!
Kids who still raised to show respect to adults.
Neighborhoods where many didn't even bother to lock their doors unless they were away for extended periods.
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