Bruce and List,
I had no idea the Geeezer comment would draw out so much good history and
memories. We have got to try to plan something where we can all get together
and just reminisce. The salt, in the evening sounds good to me, how bout it?
Dave Haller #93
----- Original Message -----
From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
To: <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: goodguy, YES ........ geezer, NO !
> Hi Wes , I do remember my mother leaving the want list in the
> empty milk
> bottles , and eating the cream that froze up out of the milk bottle neck
,
> or
> sometimes shattered the bottle ! As a small child on double runner ice
> skates ,
> I remember the men sawing ice with long saw blades ......... THAT to me
> seems
> to be the most old fashioned thing that I can recall . I sure can
> recall how the
> toast would burn in those old " flip down side " toasters if you didn' t
> keep an eye
> on them ........ and helping my father put chains on his tires in the
winter
> ..........
> I recall the roar of Thunderbolts , Hellcats , and other warbirds of
the
> 40s .
> My dad also took me one time to watch Admiral Byrd' s convoy of Arctic
type
> vehicles pass by on their way to Boston to load onto the expedition
ships
> ........
> some were HUGE orange tracked snow cats ! But the very best
memories
> from the 30s and 40s are of the TRAINS , and STEAM ENGINES of all
> kinds,
> from little yard switchers to the huge engines that ran out on the high
iron
> , the
> main line where the passenger trains roared by at 80 or 90 mph , and
some
> freight trains were so long they had to doublehead , or triplehead ,
the
> engines
> on them ........ I still have a couple of squashed out pennies that
went
> under
> those wheels over 55 years ago ! I have so many recollections from
the
> war years ........ all part of becoming a geezer , I would imagine .
I
> won' t
> bore you with any more of my ramblings ......... we ALL accumulate these
> memories as we roll on through life , and it sure is funny how the older
we
> get,
> and the more we see, learn, and experience .......... we then start to
> realize
> how VERY LITTLE we know of the ENTIRE BIG PICTURE ............
> VERY HUMBLING .............. akin to seeing a sunrise or sunset on the
salt
> flats of western Utah ............. sure makes you wonder
...................
> too nostalgic , too often , Bruce
>
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