HI ALL
HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO THIS THREAD FOR A WHILE. DON'T KNOW WHY I GUESS IT JUST DROPPED OUT OF MY COMPUTER BANK.
BABY MOONS WEREN'T REAL POPULAR IN MY AREA FOR SOME REASON. WE WERE ALL INTO OLDSMOBILE SPINNER HUBS. REMEMBER IN THE CENTER THEY HAD THE PRETTIEST BLUE INSERT. BOY THEY LOOKED GREAT ON ANY CAR.
GENERAL MOTORS MUST HAVE MADE OLDSMOBILES NUMBERING IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DURING THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT WAS ANYBODY HAD FOUR OLDS HUBCAPS ON THEIR CAR. THEY WERE VERY EASY TO PURCHASE AT NUMEROUS JUNK YARDS OR AT THE CORNER OF GRABBIT AND RUN. REMEMBER THE SONG ABOUT DEIONE AND THE BELMONTS? WHILE DEIONE WAS SINGING IN THE AUDITORIUM, THE BELMONTS WERE OUTSIDE STEALING THE HUB CAPS OFF OF CARS. "MAN THOSE SPINNER HUBS WERE SO HIP THEY HAD TO WALK SIDEWAYS."
HEY, ANYBODY EVER CATCH ANY OF BILL COSBY'S OLD GIGS? ONE OF THEM USED TO REALLY CRACK ME UP. HIS SON AND HE WERE HAVING ONE OF THOSE REAL SERIOUS DISSERTATIONS ABOUT DADS AND SONS. COSBY TELLS HIS SON " BOY I BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD AND I CAN TAKE YOU OUT, AND YOUR MOTHER AND I CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE YA". REMINDED ME OF MY DAD. WHILE I WAS GROWING UP? I THOUGHT HE WAS THE WORLDS BIGGEST HARD A$$. HE WASN'T, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO INSURE I GREW CORRECTLY.
HEY BLUEGUNNER, I MISSED OUT ON THE MILKING BUSINESS BEING FROM CLEVELAND. BUT I DID FIND A BUNCH OF MILK BOTTLES IN AN ALLEY ONE DAY WHEN I WAS A KID AND THOUGHT IT WAS A COWS NEST.
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY THAT WAS HORRIBLE. MY ATTEMPT AT THE JOKE, THAT IS. I DO REMEMBER THE ICE BOXES THOUGH. AND THE ICE MAN THAT WOULD COME DOWN THE STREET DELIVERING.
WHEN WE MOVED TO DAYTON THERE WAS A BAKERY COMPANY THAT USED TO DO DOOR DELIVERY. PASTRIES, BREAD ROLLS, DOUGHNUTS ETC. THEY USED TO HAVE THE BEST BROTCHENS IN THE WORLD. BROTCHEN IN GERMAN IS LITTLE LOAF OF BREAD. ONE SERVING SIZE. I THINK OF THOSE AND MY MOUTH STILL WATERS.
AND THE OLEOMARGARINE WAS A REAL TREAT DURING THE WAR, BECAUSE EVERY THING WAS RATIONED. BUTTER WAS A TWICE A YEAR TREAT. CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. I SQUEEZED MANY A BAG OF OLEO. THE STUFF HAD THE COSISTENCY OF FROZEN REAREND GREASE. DID ANYBODY EVER FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT STUFF WAS MADE FROM? MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE.
I STILL THINK BACK TO THE 40'S AND FIFTIES. WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THOSE DAYS BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN WE WERE HAPPIER TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
BUCKHUNTER YOUR TAKE ON MY QUOTE ABOUT MY FATHER IS AN HONOR AND A TRIBUTE. I STILL MISS MY POPPA.
WELL GOTTA GIT. I'M LATE FOR SUPPER AND I'M HUNGRY. KEEP ALL THE OLD STUFF ROLLING IN. I SURE ENJOY TI.